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MODULE NAME: MODULE CODE:

OPERATING SYSTEMS 1A OPSY5111
OPERATING SYSTEMS 1A OPSY5121

ASSESSMENT TYPE: TAKE-HOME TEST (PAPER ONLY)

TOTAL MARK ALLOCATION: 60 MARKS
TOTAL TIME: 21 Hours (midnight to 9PM on the same day)
By submitting this assessment, you acknowledge that you have read and understood all the rules
as per the terms in the registration contract, in particular the assignment and assessment rules in
The IIE Assessment Strategy and Policy (IIE009), the intellectual integrity and plagiarism rules in
the Intellectual Integrity Policy (IIE023), as well as any rules and regulations published in the
student portal.

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Please adhere to all instructions. These instructions are different from what is normally
present, so take time to go through these carefully.
2. Independent work is required. Students are not allowed to work together on this
assessment. Any contraventions of this will be handled as per disciplinary procedures in The
IIE policy.
3. No material may be copied from original sources, even if referenced correctly, unless it is
a direct quote indicated with quotation marks.
4. All work must be adequately and correctly referenced.
5. You should paraphrase (use your own words) the concepts that you are referencing, rather
than quoting directly.
6. Marks will be awarded for the quality of your paraphrasing.
7. This is an open-book assessment.
8. Assessments must be typed unless otherwise specified.
9. Ensure that you save a copy of your responses.
9.1. Complete your responses in a Word document.
9.2. The document name must be your name.student number.Module Code.
9.3. Once you have completed the assessment, upload your document under the
submission link in the correct module in Learn.
Additional instructions:
• Calculators are allowed
• For multiple-choice questions, give only one (1) response per question. The marker will
ignore any question with more than one answer, unless otherwise stated. You should,
therefore, be sure of your answer before committing it to paper.
• This assessment has Choose an item.. You are required to answer Choose an item..
• Answer All Questions. .
• A formulae sheet is included to this paper.
• Show all calculations, where applicable (marks may be awarded for this).

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If you are using a Word Document in specialised numeracy modules:

o Please see the Word document included as part of this assessment.
o Tables have been created for you to complete.
o Use the following to reflect your calculations:
o Multiple x – small letter x or *.
o Division / forward slash.
o Addition and subtraction + and -.
o Square roots and equations – using the function insert - equation.
o Tables – using the function insert – table.
o Working with tables – use merge and split cell functions through right click function.
o Fitting tables to pages – Autofit to window/content through right click function.
o Layout of table – Section breaks and landscape orientation through layout – breaks and
layout orientation in the ribbon.
o If you are not familiar with all the functions in word it is recommended that you rather do a
hardcopy if possible.
o The document name must be your name.student number.Module Code.
o Once completed the assessment, upload your document under the submission link in the
correct module in Learn.

Instructions for assessments including practical computer work:

o Use of good programming practice and comments in code is compulsory.
o Save your application in the location indicated by the administrator (e.g. the Z:\ drive or
your local drive).
o Create a folder as follows: use the module code and your own student number and create a
folder with a folder name as per the format shown here:
o StudentNumber_ModuleCode_Test. Save all files (including any source code files, template
files, design files, image files, text files, database files, etc.) within this folder.
o E.g. if your student number is 12345 and you are writing an examination for the module
PROG121, create a folder named 12345_Prog121_Test and use this throughout the session
to save all of your files.
o Important: Upon completion of your assessment, you must save and close all your open files
and double click the ExamLog application on your desktop. You must follow the instructions
carefully to ensure that the information about the files that you have submitted for this
assessment has been logged on the network. Specify the location of your source code on
your question paper.

Instructions for assessments including drawings in design qualifications:

o Drawings must be done on A3 paper and your name and student number must be included
on all sheets.
o A 10mm border must be drawn around your drawing sheet and a title block must be
inserted at the right-hand corner. Supply information as requested.
o Marks will be lost for poor planning and layout.
o Complete each of the questions on a separate page. Make use of various pencils, erasers
and a viewfinder only.
o Draw all the required drawings on drawing paper as required.
o You may then scan or take a photo of the drawing for online submission.

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Referencing Rubric

Providing evidence based on valid and referenced academic sources Markers are required to provide feedback to students by indicating
is a fundamental educational principle and the cornerstone of high- (circling/underlining) the information that best describes the
quality academic work. Hence, The IIE considers it essential to student’s work.
develop the referencing skills of our students in our commitment to
achieve high academic standards. Part of achieving these high Minor technical referencing errors: 5% deduction from the
standards is referencing in a way that is consistent, technically overall percentage – the student’s work contains five or more
correct and congruent. This is not plagiarism, which is handled errors listed in the minor errors column in the table below.
differently.
Major technical referencing errors: 10% deduction from the
Poor quality formatting in your referencing will result in a penalty of overall percentage – the student’s work contains five or more
a maximum of ten percent being deducted from the percentage errors listed in the major errors column in the table below.
awarded, according to the following guidelines. Please note,
however, that evidence of plagiarism in the form of copied or If both minor and major errors are indicated, then 10% only (and
uncited work (not referenced), absent reference lists, or not 5% or 15%) is deducted from the overall percentage. The
exceptionally poor referencing, may result in action being taken in examples provided below are not exhaustive but are provided to
accordance with The IIE’s Intellectual Integrity Policy (0023). illustrate the error

Required: Minor errors in technical correctness of Major errors in technical correctness of referencing
Technically correct referencing referencing style style
style Deduct 5% from percentage awarded Deduct 10% from percentage awarded
Consistency Minor inconsistencies. Major inconsistencies.
• The referencing style is generally • Poor and inconsistent referencing style used in-
• The same referencing format consistent, but there are one or two text and/or in the bibliography/ reference list.
has been used for all in-text changes in the format of in-text • Multiple formats for the same type of referencing
references and in the referencing and/or in the bibliography. have been used.
bibliography/reference list. • For example, page numbers for direct • For example, the format for direct quotes (in-text)
quotes (in-text) have been provided for and/or book chapters (bibliography/ reference
one source, but not in another instance. list) is different across multiple instances.
Two book chapters (bibliography) have
been referenced in the bibliography in
two different formats.
Technical correctness Generally, technically correct with some Technically incorrect.
minor errors. • The referencing format is incorrect.
• Referencing format is • The correct referencing format has been • Concepts and ideas are typically referenced, but a
technically correct throughout consistently used, but there are one or reference is missing from small sections of the
the submission. two errors. work.
• Concepts and ideas are typically • Position of the references: references are only
• Position of the reference: a referenced, but a reference is missing given at the beginning or end of large sections of
reference is directly associated from one small section of the work. work.
with every concept or idea. • Position of the references: references • For example, incorrect author information is
are only given at the beginning or end of provided, no year of publication is provided,
• For example, quotation marks, every paragraph. quotation marks and/or page numbers for direct
page numbers, years, etc. are • For example, the student has incorrectly quotes missing, page numbers are provided for
applied correctly, sources in presented direct quotes (in-text) and/or paraphrased material, the incorrect punctuation is
the bibliography/reference list book chapters (bibliography/reference used (in-text); the bibliography/reference list is
are correctly presented. list). not in alphabetical order, the incorrect format for
a book chapter/journal article is used, information
is missing e.g. no place of publication had been
provided (bibliography); repeated sources on the
reference list.
Congruence between in-text Generally, congruence between the in-text A lack of congruence between the in-text referencing
referencing and bibliography/ referencing and the bibliography/ and the bibliography.
reference list reference list with one or two errors. • No relationship/several incongruencies between
• There is largely a match between the the in-text referencing and the
• All sources are accurately sources presented in-text and the bibliography/reference list.
reflected and are all accurately bibliography. • For example, sources are included in-text, but not
included in the bibliography/ • For example, a source appears in the in the bibliography and vice versa, a link, rather
reference list. text, but not in the bibliography/ than the actual reference is provided in the
reference list or vice versa. bibliography.
In summary: the recording of In summary, at least 80% of the sources In summary, at least 60% of the sources are
references is accurate and are correctly reflected and included in a incorrectly reflected and/or not included in
complete. reference list. reference list.

Overall Feedback about the consistency, technical correctness and congruence between in-text referencing and bibliography:
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Test Outcomes ____

Learning Unit/s Objectives covered in this test:
At the end of this assessment, students should be able to:
• Distinguish between the specific tasks of the operating essential managers:
Memory, Processor, Devices and File Managers;
• Discuss the function of cache memory;
• Explain how memory is allocated to incoming jobs;

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Question 1 (Marks: 5)
Multiple-choice questions: Select one (1) correct answer for each of the following unless stated
otherwise. In your answer booklet, write down only the number of the question and next to it, the
letter of the correct answer (s).
Q.1.1 The primary part of the Operating System that remains in the Random Access (1)
Memory (RAM) and is charged with performing the system’s most essential tasks,
such as managing main memory and disk access is called _________________?
(a) Network;
(b) Firmware;
(c) Kernel;
(d) Embedded systems;
(e) Operating System.

Q.1.2 ________________ are computers that are physically placed inside the products in (1)
which they operate to add very specific features and capabilities.
(a) Embedded systems;
(b) Dynamic partitions;
(c) Storage;
(d) Hardware;
(e) User interface.

Q.1.3 ____________ is a computing system used in time-critical environments that require (1)
guaranteed response times.
(a) Real-time system;
(b) Real system;
(c) Time system;
(d) Critical system;
(e) Storage system.

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Q.1.4 __________________ is a group of related records that contains information to be (1)

used by specific application programs to generate reports.
(a) File;
(b) Master file directory (MFD);
(c) Extents;
(d) Key field;
(e) Path.
Q.1.5 ______________ is known as the sequence of directories and subdirectories the (1)
operating system must follow to find a specific file.
(a) Key field;
(b) Path;
(c) Extension;
(d) Database;
(e) Master file directory (MFD).

Question 2 (Marks: 10)

Match-the-columns question: Match the description in Column A with the correct term from
Column B. In your answer booklet, write down only the question number and, next to it, the letter
of the correct
Column A Column B
Q.2.1 A multifaceted technology that allows 1. Fixed partitions
computing, data storage and retrieval,
and other computer functions to take
place via a large network, typically the
Internet
Q.2.2 The need for algorithm to resolve 2. File
conflicts between processors in a
multiprocessing environment.
Q.2.3 A storage area in a secondary storage 3. Central Processing Unit (CPU)
volume containing information about
files stored in that volume.

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Q.2.4 The portion of the operating system that 4. Cache Memory

users interact with directly-is one of the
most unique and most recognizable
components of an operating system.
Q.2.5 Are the “brains” of the computer 5. Process Synchronization

Q.2.6 A group of related files that are 6. Cloud Computing

interconnected at various levels to give
users flexibility of access to the data
stored.
Q.2.7 A group of related records that contains 7. Database
information to be used by specific
application programs to generate
reports
Q.2.8 The process of moving a page out of 8. User Interface
main memory and into secondary
storage so that another page can be
moved into memory in its place.
Q.2.9 A memory allocation scheme in which 9. Directories
main memory is sectioned with one
partition assigned to each job.
Q.2.10 A small, fast memory used to hold 10. Page swapping
selected data and to provide fast access

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Question 3 (Marks: 15)

Answer all of the questions below.
Q.3.1 Name the five Managers of every major Operating Systems (5)

Q.3.2 Identify the five key concepts about an Operating System that you think a typical (5)
user needs to know and understand

Q.3.3 State the five categories of operating system mentioned in the prescribed textbook (5)

Question 4 (Marks: 30)

Answer all of the questions below.
Q.4.1 Redraw the table and categorize the CPU scheduling algorithms by stating at least (10)
two examples of each.
CPU scheduling algorithm
Preemptive Algorithms
Non-Preemptive Algorithms

Q.4.2 Describe the advantages and disadvantages of Cache memory (10)

Q.4.3 Explain File Manager and describe the four tasks File Managers perform to carry (10)
out its responsibilities

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