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COP 3767 - Operating Systems Student Name: Abel Obregon

Professor: Michael Robinson

program 4 OSpgm4_4Fall2021

Print this program 4, sign it, answer all questions and bring it to class on due date.

This program is worth 10 points total

Each question/answer is worth 0.50, there are 20 questions

The answers MUST have been covered in class and be on our book:
Operating Systems for IT ISBN 978-1-4652-8990-2

NO INTERNET ANSWERS WILL BE ACCEPTED

Make sure to have the following documentation

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Author : Abel Obregon
Course : Operating Systems for IT
Program : 4
Due Date : Thursday 12/02/2021
I certify that this work is my own alone.

..........{ Abel Obregon }..........

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The answers MUST have been covered in class and be on our book:
Operating Systems for IT ISBN 978-1-4652-8990-2

NO INTERNET ANSWERS WILL BE ACCEPTED

1) What is an Operating System, as learned in CLASS

Software that allows the user to control hardware.

2) Name 3 (three) properties of Primary Memory compared to Secondary Memory, as learned in

CLASS

Primary memories are smaller, faster, and volatile.

3) Name the Windows File Systems, as learned in CLASS

fat12 fat16 fat32 ntfs.

4) What is Time Splicing in Operating Systems, as learned in CLASS

The amount of time an OS assigns to a process/task to execute.

5) What is the block size, as learned in CLASS

Secondary memory amount that can be read/written using one cpu instruction.

6) Name 4 (four) HOT Swappable parts in laptops, as learned in CLASS

There are no hot swappable parts in laptops.

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7) What is the SCSI maximum speed and the usual warranty time, as learned in CLASS

The maximum speed is 15,000 RPM and the usual warranty time is 5 years or more.

8) Name the Operating System functions, as learned in CLASS

UI, Processor/CPU, Storage, Memory, and Device Drivers Management

9) What is a File System, as learned in CLASS

The file system is in charge of all data regardless of storage type.

10) Name the numerical systems, as learned in CLASS

Decimal, Binary, Hexadecimal, and ASCII

11) What is Swapping in Operating Systems, as learned in CLASS

When we request to load items into RAM and theres not sufficient space in RAM,
the OS moves items in RAM which have not been used for the longest amount of time.

12) Name the Linux File Systems, as learned in CLASS

ext2 ext4 ext3 gfs hfs

13) What is a Virtual Machine, as learned in CLASS

Software that can be installed in a Host Computer, allowing us to install multiple

Operating Systems,
using the Host's hardware.

14) Name 4 (four) hardware parts that magnetic hard drives have, as learned in CLASS

Platters, Spindle, arms, heads.

15) Name 5 (five) Linux editors, as learned in CLASS

VI, VIM, gedit, nano, pico.

16) Name 5 (five) types of servers, as learned in CLASS

Data/Application Servers, Printer Servers, Copy Servers, FTP Servers, Web Servers.

17) Name 4 (four) Server parts that are NOT usually found in laptops, as learned in CLASS

Hot Swappable Hard Drives, Hot Swappable Power Supplies, Multiple Ethernet Boards,
Multiple Video Boards.

18) Name the type of cables found in your personal computer, as learned in CLASS

Data cables and Power cables.

19) Select from smaller to biggest Computers ( least powerful to most powerful ), as learned
in CLASS

Cellphones, Tablets, Netbooks, Laptops, Desktops, Servers, Blades, Main Frames,

Supercomputers.

20) Name 5 (five) types of software, as learned in CLASS

System Software, Applications Software, Word Processors, Accounting Software, Research

Software.