In this question you will be given a statement followed by four possible answers. Select which of the four answers you think is correct.

a What is meant by the term buffer? A part of the RAM which is used to store the operating system in use Bunused areas on a hard disk drive Can area in memory that temporarily holds data Dan example of firmware b What is the function of a printer driver? A B area of memory that holds data waiting to be printed out software that communicates with the operating system and translates data into a format which can be printed out Can area in memory that temporarily holds data Dan example of firmware used to interface with the printer c Which of these options describes a task carried out by the operating system? A preventing unauthorised access to a computer system Bhandling the HTTPS requests from a website Callocating memory to competing applications running on a computer system Dbooting up the computer motherboard when the computer is powered up d Which of these is the correct name for the operating system function that allows many programs to run simultaneously? A utility program B application package C embedded system Dmultitasking