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PRE-RELEASE MATERIAL MAY/JUNE 2022
The pre-release tasks are open ended to allow more-able students to expand their program or programs. The purpose of the tasks is to allow students to develop their problem solving and programming skills, to create a suitable solution(s) to the tasks.
Topic 6 - Resource Management (IBDP Computer Science)
6.1.1 Identify the resources that need to be managed within a computer system
6.1.2 Evaluate the resources available in a variety of computer systems
6.1.3 Identify the limitations of a range of resources in a specified computer system
6.1.4 Describe the possible problems resulting from the limitations in the resources in a computer system
6.1.5 Explain the role of the operating system in terms of managing memory, peripherals and hardware interfaces
6.1.7 Outline OS resource management techniques: scheduling, policies, multitasking, virtual memory, paging, interrupt, polling
6.1.8 Discuss the advantages of producing a dedicated operating system for a device
6.1.9 Outline how an operating system hides the complexity of the hardware from users and applications