Exam 6: An Introduction to System Software and Virtual Machines

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

How does a GUI communicate with a user?

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

Explain what a real-time operating system does. Then give a detailed example.

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(n) ____ invokes a service of the assembler.

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

Icons displayed on the screen are selected with a mouse and a button using a technique called ____.

Machine language is a high-level programming language.

A(n) ____________________ character is displayed on screen to indicate that an operating system is waiting for input.

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.

All modern operating systems provide GUIs.

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

C++ and Java are examples of ____ languages.

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

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

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

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

It is the responsibility of the ____________________ to safeguard the password file that stores all valid user name/password combinations.

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