OCR - A level Computer Science Quiz - Topic 1.2.1

OCR A Level Computer Science H446 – Topic 1.2.1 Systems Software Quiz

An engaging, interactive PowerPoint quiz designed to support the teaching and revision of OCR A Level Computer Science H446 Topic 1.2.1: Systems Software.

This resource is ideal for lesson starters, plenaries, revision sessions, end-of-topic assessment or team-based classroom competitions.

The quiz contains 20 multiple-choice questions covering:

• The purpose and functions of an operating system
• Memory management
• Paging and segmentation
• Virtual memory
• Interrupts and Interrupt Service Routines
• Processor scheduling
• Round robin scheduling
• First Come First Served
• Shortest Remaining Time
• Distributed operating systems
• Embedded operating systems
• Multi-user operating systems
• Real-time operating systems
• BIOS and the boot process
• Device drivers
• Virtual machines

Each question includes a timed countdown with music, followed by a detailed answer and explanation to support class discussion and exam preparation.

The PowerPoint also includes:

• Editable team names
• Six-team scoreboard
• Macro-enabled automatic scoring
• Buttons to award points after each question
• Automatically updated team totals
• Score breaks between rounds
• Final leaderboard
• Exam-style tie-breaker question
• Teacher notes and explanations

This resource is particularly useful for encouraging participation, checking understanding and helping students recall key terminology from the OCR specification.

Please open the presentation using the desktop version of Microsoft PowerPoint and select Enable Content to allow the scoring macros to work.