CAPE Computer Science Unit 2 · 2015 · Paper 2 · Question 6(c)
Outline two advantages of a menu interface over a command line interface.
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- 6(a)Carefully explain the role of a device driver in an operating system.[3 marks]
- 6(b)Explain the meaning of the term 'spooling' in the context of computer systems.[3 marks]
- 6(d)Briefly describe two components of a process control block (PCB) in an operating system.[4 marks]
- 6(e)Besides passwords, explain two other ways in which files can be protected from unauthorized access.[4 marks]
- 6(f)Explain how processes are scheduled using round-robin scheduling.[3 marks]
- 6(g)Explain how an interrupt is handled by the processor in a computer.[4 marks]
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