Name: ____________________
Class: ____________
Worksheet 4a: Operating System Fundamentals
Answer the following true or false questions:
1. __F____ Two or more users running programs and sharing peripheral devices, such
as a printer, at the same time is known as multitasking.
2. __T____ Multitasking is a computer’s capability to run multiple applications at the
same time.
3. __T___ When a computer has two or more CPUs (Central Processing Unit) that
programs share, it is known as multiprocessing.
4. __F___ Multithreading is not the capability for a program to be broken into smaller
parts that can be loaded as needed by the operating system.
5. __T____ Multithreading allows individual programs to be multitasked.
6. __T____ UNIX has been around since the 1960s.
7. __F____ Computers that are not capable of handling concurrent users and multiple
jobs are often called “network servers” or simply “servers”.
8. __T____ The file management system is what the OS uses to organize and manage
files.
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Name: ____________________
Class: ____________
Worksheet 4b: DOS
True or False:
1. ____ DOS is an acronym for Data Operating Service.
2. ____ All generations of Windows to date support DOS commands.
3. ____ DOS is user friendly.
4. ____ DOS can only run a single program at a time.
5. ____ DOS can run very large programs.
6. ____ DOS is an essential tool used extensively for troubleshooting.
7. ____ DOS files on a disk are stored in what are known as “folders”.
8. ____ DOS records the location of every directory and file on a disk in a table
called the “FAT”.
9. ____ DOS files are referred to by filenames comprising up to 8 characters and
an extension.
10. ____ DOS filenames and their extensions are separated by a dash (-).
11. ____ DOS has a main directory on the disk known as the “tree directory”.
12. ____ The root of the C drive is represented by “C:\”.
13. ____ The directory name and filename are separated by a slash (/).
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