1.5 Systems Software

Question 1

What does memory management do?

Answer 1

Moves data from secondary storage to RAM.

Question 2

What are two things that peripheral management does?

Answer 2

• Receives data from input devices.
• Transmits data to output devices.

Question 3

What does file management do?

Answer 3

Allows the user to create, name and delete folders.

Question 4

What does defragmentation software do?

Answer 4

Analyses the data on a disk to find files that have been split and stored in separate locations.

Question 5

What does user interface do? (2 points)

Answer 5

• Receives input from the user
• Outputs data to the user