An operating system manages the devices attached to a computer.
Identify the operating system function that manages the print queue.
Mark scheme
- C Peripheral management (1)
- The only correct answer is C. The correct answer is peripheral management.
- A is not correct because a device driver is a program that controls one type of peripheral device
- B is not correct because file management names, saves, moves and deletes files
- D is not correct because process management allocates time on the CPU to programs
Example answers and how they were marked
Full marks1/1
C Peripheral management
Why: Correct option: peripheral management holds data in the print queue until the printer is ready (1).
No marks0/1
A Device driver
Why: Near miss: a device driver is the program that controls one peripheral, not the operating system function that manages the queue (0).
No marks0/1
D Process management
Why: Misconception: process management shares out the CPU, not the data sent to a printer (0).