Assignment Cover Sheet

Qualification Module Number and Title

Higher Diploma in Computing & Software CSE4001 Computer Architecture
Engineering “Understanding Operating Systems and
System Software”
Student Name & No. Assessor

Hand out date Submission Date

04/07/2021 22/07/2021

Assessment type Duration/Length of Weighting of Assessment

Assessment Type
Presentation-Group Mid Semester 25%
PRES1 15 minutes (750 Words)

Learner declaration

I, certify that the work submitted for this assignment is my own and research sources are fully
acknowledged.

Marks Awarded
First assessor

IV marks
Agreed grade

Signature of the assessor Date

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 FEEDBACK FORM

INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE OF BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY

Module: Computer Architecture - CSE4001

Student:

Assessor:

Assignment: “Understanding Operating Systems and System Software” (Presentation-

Group)

Strong features of your work:

Areas for improvement:

Marks Awarded:

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 Coursework: Presentation (Group)

Learning outcomes covered

 LO 03: Relate the principles underlying operating systems and system software

Introduction

The operating system is a very important subject domain related to Computer systems. It acts
as the interface between the user and the computer hardware. An operating system controls
the execution of application software and manages the computer hardware.

At present people use the operating system daily and we can find Operating Systems
everywhere around us. So there are multiple reasons behind the study of the operating
systems. Having a clear understanding of Operating Systems will help to learn how to
manage the computer resources appropriately. On the other hand, it will be helpful to solve
any problem occurring in an operating system.

Tasks (100 Marks)

1. What is an Operating System, What are the examples of the most popular operating
systems and their characteristics? (Take 5 examples) (20 marks) LO 03.

2. Describe the following mechanisms that are found in most computers related to the
CPU. In each case, state what the technique is, how it works, and how it helps to
improve the computer performance. (25 marks) LO 03

a) Machine Instruction Cycle.

b) CPU Scheduling Algorithms.

c) Direct Memory Access (DMA).

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3. The main task an operating system carries out is the allocation of resources and
services. Explain the following Operating Systems functions: (15 marks) LO 03

a) Program execution.

b) I/O operations.

c) Communications.

d) Error detection.

e) Resource allocation.

4. Now a day almost all computing devices have the capability to process more than one
task simultaneously. What are the advantages of “Real-time Systems Distributed
Systems”? What is the difference between Real-time and Distributed Systems?
Compare and Contrast. (10 marks) LO 03

5. Describe the following Operating Systems related terms: (10 marks) LO 03

a) Kernel

b) Bootstrap Program.

6. Presentation and Individual Viva Session (20 marks) LO 03

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Grading Criteria
Task (1) contains 20 marks.

Marks Marks obtained

Criteria by the student
Out of 20 for the answer
provided
Fail
 Student failed to answer the task as instructed or
 Learner has not given proper explanation or the
information provided is not valid, accurate and not up to 0-5
the standard. No in text citations.
 Poor presentation of information with lot of
grammatical and technical mistakes.
Pass
 Student has demonstrated the information in a fairly
poor way. Some part of the question is not covered, but
it was seen that student has put an effort to answer the
given question. No in text citations.
6-10
 Learner has provided a simple explanation. Answer is
not structured, information is scattered which showed
that student had poor theoretical knowledge and the
application knowledge.

Good
 Student has demonstrated a very good understanding
and identification of correct facts with relevant
examples. And explained the practical aspects as well. 11-15

 Good effort to make the answer more logical and

structured.

Excellent
 Student has demonstrated an excellent in-depth
understanding, proper identification and accurate
presentation of information.
16-20
 Well-structured logical answer is provided with the aid
of valid sources, diagrams and examples.
 Learner has done research about the new technologies
related to the question asked and included proper
references. Harvard Referencing has correctly applied.

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Task (2) contains 25 marks.

Marks Marks obtained

Criteria by the student
Out of 25 for the answer
provided
Fail
 Student failed to answer the task as instructed or the
information provided are not valid, accurate and not up
to the standard. No in text citations. 0-5
 Poor presentation of information with lot of
grammatical and technical mistakes.

Pass
 Student has demonstrated the information in a fairly
poor way. Some part of the question is not covered, but
it was seen that student has put an effort to answer the
given question. No in text citations.
6-12
 Learner has provided a simple explanation of the task
and the answer is not structured, information is scattered
which showed that student had poor theoretical
knowledge and the application knowledge.

Good
 Student has demonstrated a very good understanding
and identification of CPU in related to computer
memory.
 Learner has made an explanation about the CPU 13-19
operations with their mechanism and the practical aspect
of them.
 Good effort to make the answer more logical and
structured.
Excellent
 Student has demonstrated an excellent in-depth
understanding, proper identification and accurate
presentation of information on CPU operations.
 Well-structured logical answer is provided with the aid 20-25
of valid sources, diagrams and examples.
 Learner has done research about the new technologies
related to the question asked and included proper
references. Harvard Referencing has correctly applied.

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Task (3) contains 15 marks.

Marks Marks obtained

Criteria by the student
Out of 15 for the answer
provided
Fail
 Student failed to answer the task as instructed or
Learner has not given proper explanation operating
system related operations. No in text citations. 0-3
 Poor presentation of information with lot of
grammatical and technical mistakes.

Pass
 Student has demonstrated the information in a fairly
poor way. Some part of the question is not covered, but
it was seen that student has put an effort to answer the
given question.

 Learner has provided a simple explanation OS 4-7

operation.

 Answer is not structured, information is scattered which

showed that student had poor theoretical knowledge and
the application knowledge.

Good
 Student has demonstrated a very good understanding
and identification of OS operations.

 Learner had explained the internal mechanism of each 8-11

technology and provided examples for the practical
aspect of each.
 Good effort to make the answer more logical and
structured.
Excellent
 Student has demonstrated an excellent in-depth
understanding, proper identification and accurate
presentation of information on OS operations.
 Well-structured logical answer is provided with the aid 11-15
of valid sources, diagrams and examples.
 Learner has done research about the new technologies
related to the question asked and included proper
references. Harvard Referencing has correctly applied.

Task (4) contains 10 marks. 

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  Marks Marks obtained by
Criteria  the student for the
  Out of 10 answer provided
Fail   
 Student failed to answer the task as instructed or
 Learner has not given proper explanation or the
information provided is not valid, accurate and not up to
0-1
the standard. No proper citations have used.
 Poor presentation of information with lot of grammatical
and technical mistakes.

Pass 
 Student has demonstrated the information in a fairly
poor way. Some part of the question is not covered, but
it was seen that student has put an effort to answer the
given question.

 Learner has provided a simple explanation and 2-4

differences. No proper citations have used.

 Answer is not structured, information is scattered which

showed that student had poor theoretical knowledge and
the application knowledge.

Good 
 Student has demonstrated a very good understanding and
identification of the given components.

 A good comparison has done regarding the given tasks. 5-7

 Good effort to make the answer more logical and

structured.

Excellent 
 Student has demonstrated an excellent in-depth
understanding, proper identification, accurate
presentation of information and very good comparison.
 Well-structured logical answer is provided with the aid 8-10
of valid sources, diagrams and examples.
 Learner has done research about the new technologies
related to the question asked and included proper
references. Harvard Referencing has correctly applied.

 
 
Task (5) contains 10 marks. 
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  Marks Marks obtained
Criteria  by the student
  Out of 10 for the answer
provided
Fail  
 Student failed to answer the task as instructed or
 Learner has not given proper explanation or the
information provided is not valid, accurate and not up to
0-1
the standard. No proper in text citations.
 Poor presentation of information with lot of grammatical
and technical mistakes.

Pass 
 Student has demonstrated the information in a fairly
poor way. Some part of the question is not covered, but
it was seen that student has put an effort to answer the
given question. 2-4

 Answer is not structured, information is scattered which

showed that student had poor theoretical knowledge and
the application knowledge.

Good 
 Student has demonstrated a very good understanding
and identification of the given components.
5-7
 Good effort to make the answer more logical and
structured.

Excellent 
 Student has demonstrated an excellent in-depth
understanding, proper identification and accurate
presentation of information.
 Well-structured logical answer is provided with the aid 8-10
of valid sources, diagrams and examples.
 Learner has done research about the new technologies
related to the question asked and included proper
references. Harvard Referencing has correctly applied.

Task (6) contains Total 20 marks.  - Oral Presentation and Viva Individual Assessment

Form

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a) Presentation Skills (10 marks)

Skill Set Allocated Assessor Comments

Marks Mark

Delivery: speed, eye contact, 2

clarity, audibility, tone

Content: sets out relevant

issues, explains key terms, 2
confident with material, aids

Structure: logical, easy to

follow, provides headings, 2
each section relates to overall

Use of visual aids: uses

handout or other visual aids, 2
relevant to content

Response to questions:
willing to answer questions, 2
actively seeks questions

Total 10

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b) Viva (10 marks)

Assessor may ask related question from each task from the given scenario.

Task No Allocated Assessor Comments

Marks Mark
Task 1 Question 2

Task 2 Question 2

Task 3 Question 2

Task 4 Question 2

Task 5 Question 2

Total 10

Assessment Marks

Question Number Allocated Marks Awarded Marks

Task 1 20
Task 2 25
Task 3 15
Task 4 10
Task 5 10
Viva 20

Total 100

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Guidelines for Presentation

 Minimum 5 slides for each member

 Suitable slide theme

 Clearly, easily readable text and suitable graphics (Graphs, Charts, etc.)

 Limit the number of words you have on each slide

 Font

 Suitable clear and readable font style

 Not to use less than 20pt font (or more).

 Titles -30-40pt (or more).

 Body text- 20-30pt (or more).

 The student needs to name the presentation softcopy with his/her name with initials
and the ICBT number / University number.

 You are required to submit the soft copy of the presentation slides to ICBT SMIS.

 The student will not be judged on “glitz and glam” on his/her presentation slides.
Therefore, students should not use too much animation or anything that will distract
the audience from the main points of the presentation. Pictures, graphs /Charts are
nice in order to demonstrate a point or show the audience what the student is talking
about but should not put in extraneous pictures just for the sake of having pretty
slides.

 Strict time limits will need to be enforced on student’s presentations. Therefore,

students need to have proper practice before the final presentation.

 Page numbering.

 No watermarks, Headers, and Footers required.

 Referencing and in-text citation should be done strictly using Harvard Referencing
System.

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