Class IX: Chapter 4

Chapter 4: Operating Systems

Assignment Solutions
Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs) Very Short Answer Questions
1. Which one of the following provides access to all Fill in the Blanks
the active applications by maintaining a row of open
application title boxes? 6. resides below the title bar and
contains a number of menus such as File, Edit, and
a. Title bar
View.
b. Home directory Ans. Menu bar
c. Bottom bar
7. The Search for Files utility helps in searching files
d. None of the above
and folders. This utility can be started by choosing
Ans. c from the menu.
2. Which one of the following is a collection of icons Ans. Search for Files option from the Places menu
representing various operations that can be carried 8. When you delete any file from your system, it is
out within an application? moved to the folder.
a. Buttons Ans. Trash
b. Menu
9. refers to the folder where all the
c. Toolbar personal files of the user are kept.
d. None of these Ans. Home
Ans. c
10. bar displays the name or title of
3. The topmost bar in any application window is known the currently open window.
as: Ans. Title
a. Status bar
State Whether True or False
b. Tool bar
c. Title bar 11. In the BOSS Linux operating system, the desktop is
subdivided into five workspaces.
d. Menu bar Ans. False
Ans. b
12. RAM stands for Random Access Memory.
4. Which of the following is a picture that can be Ans. True
displayed on your desktop?
13. The Title bar is located at the bottom of the
a. Shortcut
application window.
b. Wallpaper Ans. False
c. Top menu panel
14. When you press the Ctrl key, you notice that the
d. None of these
underlined letter of the menu option is activated.
Ans. b Ans. False
5. Which one of the following can contain files as well 15. The combination of the Alt and F4 keys (Alt+F4) is
as subfolders? used for closing an application.
a. File Ans. True
b. Folder
16. One can easily restore deleted files and folders from
c. Application the Trash folder.
d. None of these Ans. True
Ans. b

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17. The right section of the top bar of the GNOME Ans. The Applications menu consists of the following default items:
Accessories, Games, Graphics, Internet, Office, Programming,
desktop contains the Applications menu.
Sound & Video, System Tools, and Universal Access.
Ans. False
29. Mention any five features of the GNU Linux operating
18. You can use the Shut Down option available in the
system.
user name menu to shut down your computer.
Ans. The following are some features of the GNU Linux operating
Ans. True system:
19. The volume control icon resides at the right side of €€ Open-source operating system

the top bar. €€ Virus-free

Ans. True €€ Stable, long-running operating system

€€ Multiple workspaces
20. The language keyboard switch area resides at the €€ No constant rebooting
right side of the top bar.
Ans. True 30. Write the steps to shut down a computer.
Ans. The steps to shut down a computer are as follows:
Short Answer Questions 1. Select the user name menu.
2. Select the Shut Down option.
21. What is the term for the first directory in a multilevel
directory structure? Long Answer Questions
Ans. Root directory
31. Discuss the directory structure of the Linux
22. What happens when we double-click a folder? operating system.
Ans. When we double-click a folder, its files and sub-folders appear. Ans. In the BOSS Linux OS, all the files related to the BOSS Linux are
23. What is the use of a scroll bar? grouped together and kept in a single directory. A file is a named
collection of data stored on the storage device. To group similar
Ans. A scroll bar appears when the entire application is not visible due types of files together, we create directories and place those files
to the small size of the application window. You can use keyboard in that directory. A directory may contain both the files and other
movement keys or mouse to move scroll bars up/down or left/right subdirectories. This type of organized file structure is known as a
to display hidden parts of the application. multi-level or hierarchical directory structure.
24. What do you understand by the term ‘booting’? 32. Write down the steps to search a file named sample.
Ans. Booting is the process of loading OS files into the PC’s memory.
doc.
It is the very first thing that happens when you press the power
button of your PC. Ans. The steps to search a file named sample.doc are as follows:
1. Click the Places menu and Click Search for Files. The Search
25. Which shortcut key from the keyboard is used to for Files window opens.
rename a file? 2. In the Name Contains box, type sample.doc.
Ans. F2 3. Click the Look in Folder down arrow and select a drive, or
click the others option to specify where to search.
26. How is a new folder created?
4. Click the Find button.
Ans. You can create a new folder on a storage drive by performing the
following steps: 33. Write down the steps to rename a file abc.doc as
1. Double-click the Home icon located on the desktop. A xyz.doc.
window appears. Ans. The steps to rename a file abc.doc as xyz.doc are as follows:
2. Click File Create Folder. Alternatively, you can right-click an 1. Select the abc.doc file that you want to rename.
empty area on the Computer window and select Create Folder
2. Select the File menu from the menu bar and click the
from the Context menu. A new folder appears in the window.
Properties option. The Properties dialog window appears.
3. Type the name of the new folder, and then press the ENTER
3. Type a new name xyz.doc in the Name box of the Properties
key. The new folder appears with the name provided by you.
dialog box.
27. Define wildcards and its types. 4. Click the Close button at the bottom right side of the window.
Ans. A wildcard is a special character that is used to match multiple files
and directories simultaneously in a search. Two types of wildcards
34. What happens to the files and folders that you
are used in Linux: delete from the disk drive of your computer?
€€ ? (Question Mark): Represents a single character that can Ans. Deleted files are stored in the Trash folder. These files are not
occupy a position in a filename or file name extension. removed from your computer until you empty the Trash folder. It
means that you can restore the files if they have not been deleted
€€ (Asterisk): Represents one or more characters. from the Trash folder. However, it is suggested to empty the Trash
folder periodically to free up the disk space.
28. List the options of the Applications menu of BOSS
Linux.

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35. List any four functions of an operating system. Application-Oriented Questions

Ans. The functions of an OS are as follows:
1. Match the following:
€€ Processor management: The management of a processor
(or CPU) by an operating system is known as processor
management. Processor management is also referred to as a. Hardware i. Solves the computing
CPU scheduling. problems of users
€€ Device management: Memory management is the process b. Operating ii. Person who uses
of allocating memory to different programs and freeing up
memory space when it is no longer needed by the programs. system application software
€€ Memory/storage management: It can be defined as the on the computer
process of activating and controlling peripheral devices (such system
as mouse, printer, or keyboard) attached to a computer.
c. Application iii. Components that we
€€ Information/file management: The operating system
manages and protects the information and resources available program can see and touch
on the computer system. It ensures that the owner of the d. Humanware iv. Controls and
information is able to control that information, and that two
coordinates the use of
concurrent resources should not interfere with each other.
hardware resources
36. Discuss any four components of the GNOME Ans.
desktop.
a. Hardware iii. Components that we can see
Ans. The four components of the GNOME desktop are as follows: and touch
1. Desktop: Refers to an area of the screen in a GUI on which
different files, folders, and icons (for example, application b. Operating system iv. Controls and coordinates the
launchers) are placed for quick and easy access. use of hardware resources
2. Bars: Refer to the two long bars that appear on the top and c. Application i. Solves the computing
bottom of the desktop. These bars display icons, such as program problems of users
application launchers and indicators (for example, date and
d. Humanware ii. Person who uses application
time, weather, and the name of the currently logged-in user).
software on the computer
By default, the top panel displays the main Menu bar.
system
3. Workspace: Allows you to group similar tasks. In the BOSS
Linux operating system, the desktop is subdivided into four 2. In the following table, some features of an operating
workspaces. You can easily switch from one workspace to system are given. Explain these features under the
another whenever you want.
Description column.
4. Window: Refers to a box or frame that appears whenever
you open a program, file, or folder. There are generally three
types of the window—the application window, the document
Features of OS Description
window, and the dialog box. Processor
37. Write short notes on the following: management
a. Computer b. Trash Device
c. Workspace d. Help management
Ans. a.
Computer: A computer is an electronic device which is used File management
to perform a variety of operations on the basis of a set of
instructions called program. It takes input from the user in Memory
the form of data or instruction. On receiving the instructions management
from the user, the computer processes the data and generates Ans.
some output and displays it to the user.

b. Trash: The Trash folder stores all your deleted files. When Features of OS Description
you delete any file on your PC, it does not get permanently
deleted; instead, it is taken to the Trash folder. Therefore, if Processor management The management of a processor
by mistake you have deleted an important file, you can find it (or CPU) by an operating system is
in the Trash folder and restore it. known as processor management.
c. Workspace: The workspace allows you to group similar tasks.
Device management It can be defined as the process of
In the BOSS Linux OS, the desktop is subdivided into four activating and controlling peripheral
workspaces. You can easily switch from one workspace to devices (such as mouse, printer, or
another whenever you want. keyboard) attached to a computer.
d. Help: It refers to the online help manual about the BOSS Linux
File management The operating system manages
operating system. and protects the information and
resources available on the computer
system.

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Ans.
Features of OS Description
Memory management Memory management is the process GNOME components Description
of allocating memory to different Desktop Refers to an area of the screen in a
programs and freeing up memory GUI on which different files, folders,
space when it is no longer needed and icons (for example, application
by the program. launchers) are placed for quick and
easy access
3. In the following table, some components of the
GNOME Desktop under the GNOME components Bars Refer to the two long bars that
appear on the top and bottom of
column are mentioned. the desktop
Explain these components under the Description Workspaces Allow you to group similar tasks
column. Windows Refers to a box or frame that
appears whenever you open a
GNOME Description program, file, or older
components
Desktop
Bars
Workspaces
Windows

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