Deck 6: An Introduction to System Software and Virtual Machines

Question 1

All modern operating systems provide GUIs.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

One of the services provided by pseudo-ops is program construction.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Second-generation operating systems are called multiprogrammed operating systems.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

For a program to run on a naked machine, it must be represented in binary.

Question 5

The program that activates other system programs, applications packages, or user programs to carry out user requests is the assembler.

Question 6

Machine language is also known as the low-level programming language.

Question 7

Interaction with a text-oriented operating system requires the use of a command language.

Question 8

An interface prevents accidental damage to hardware, programs, and data.

Question 9

Machine language allows only numeric memory addresses.

Question 10

It is the operating system's responsibility to safeguard the password file that stores all valid user name/password combinations.

Question 11

On Windows machines the object program is referred to as a .EXE file.

Question 12

Symbolic labels increase the maintainability of a program.

Question 13

One of the problems with machine language is that it uses binary.

Question 14

The job of a loader is to translate a symbolic assembly language program into machine language.

Question 15

The variable used to determine the address of the given instruction or piece of data is called the program counter.

Question 16

Assemblers, compilers, and interpreters are all examples of language services.

Question 17

Assembly language does not allow the use of symbolic operation codes.

Question 18

Each symbolic assembly language instruction is translated into one or more machine language instructions.

Question 19

A real-time operating system is a variation of the network operating system.

Question 20

A single high-level language instruction is typically translated into many machine language instructions.

Question 21

In assembly language, a(n) ____ is a name, followed by a colon, placed at the beginning of an instruction that becomes a permanent identification for that instruction.

A) op code mnemonic
B) comment
C) address field
D) label

Question 22

In a multiprogramming environment, the only event other than termination that causes a program to be suspended is the execution of a slow I/O operation.

Question 23

C++ and Java are examples of ____ languages.

A) low-level programming
B) high-level programming
C) machine
D) assembly

Question 24

A(n) ____ operation involves the comparison of values and the subsequent use of the outcome to decide what to do next.

A) iterative
B) conditional
C) sequential
D) transformer

Question 25

A computer placed inside another piece of equipment is known as an embedded system.

Question 26

A prompt character is displayed on screen to indicate that an operating system is waiting for input.

Question 27

In a ____ computing environment, users do not need to know the location of a given resource within the network.

A) network
B) distributed
C) real-time
D) batch

Question 28

In ____ language, if we insert or delete an instruction, all memory addresses following that instruction will change.

A) assembly
B) machine
C) low-level programming
D) high-level programming

Question 29

The ____ hides from the user the messy details of underlying hardware.

A) interface
B) operating system
C) system software
D) machine code

Question 30

After all the fields of an assembly language instruction have been translated into binary, the newly built machine language instruction and the address of where it is to be loaded are written out to a file called the ____ file.

A) table
B) source
C) data
D) object

Question 31

What is the most important piece of system software on the computer?

A) assembler
B) loader
C) operating system
D) scheduler

Question 32

High-speed coaxial cable is called Ethernet cable.

Question 33

A Von Neumann computer without any helpful user-oriented features is called a(n) ____ machine.

A) distributed
B) virtual
C) assembler
D) naked

Question 34

A machine language program is called a(n) ____ program.

A) source
B) object
C) data
D) virtual

Question 35

Assemblers usually make ____ pass(es) over the source code.

A) one
B) two
C) three
D) four

Question 36

The set of services and resources created by the system software and seen by the user is called a(n) ____ machine.

A) naked
B) virtual
C) assembler
D) Von Neumann

Question 37

System software acts as a(n) ____ between the users and the hardware.

A) translator
B) intermediary
C) tester
D) security agent

Question 38

A program written in assembly language is called a(n) ____ program.

A) virtual
B) object
C) data
D) source

Question 39

Assembly languages allow the programmer to refer to op codes using a symbolic name, called the ____, rather than by a number.

A) op code mnemonic
B) virtual code
C) symbolic address
D) label

Question 40

In a time-sharing system, a program can keep the processor until it initiates an I/O operation and has run for a the maximum length of time.

Question 41

Translators for ____ are called compilers.

A) assembly language
B) machine language
C) low-level languages
D) high-level languages

Question 42

A(n) ____ invokes a service of the assembler.

A) compiler
B) pseudo-op
C) loader
D) operation

Question 43

____ is the method of issuing commands with items displayed on a screen that are selected with a mouse.

A) Windows interface
B) Point-and-click
C) Panel interface
D) Command line

Question 44

The ____ includes the conversion of the LOAD, ADD, and SUBTRACT operations, among others.

A) op code table
B) assembler
C) loader
D) library

Question 45

Because the op code table is sorted alphabetically, the ____ search algorithm is used to find an op code.

A) sequential
B) binary
C) op code
D) table

Question 46

The ____ problem-solving cycle involves inputting code to an assembler, translating it to machine language, loading it into a Von Neumann computer, and executing to produce answers to the problem.

A) Von Neumann
B) modern
C) algorithmic
D) conditional

Question 47

____ operation codes are restricted to be used in the operating system or other system software.

A) Privileged
B) User
C) Specialized
D) System

Question 48

The ____-generation operating system will be a parallel processing operating system that can manage thousands of processors.

A) second
B) third
C) fourth
D) fifth

Question 49

____, such as text editors, are sometimes organized into collections called program libraries.

A) Programming tools
B) Office tools
C) Packages
D) Utilities

Question 50

____ user interfaces include photography, touch, sound, fax, video, and TV.

A) Multimedia
B) Sensory
C) Graphical
D) Audio