Chapter 5 MC

In DOS, you can enter ____ <command> to get more details concerning a particular command.

HELP

____ are simply broad divisions of the total capacity of the disk into specific OS areas.

Partitions

In Windows, deleted files and folders reside in the ____ Bin folder until it is emptied.

Recycle

Which of the following operating systems was designed to accommodate multiple users and multiple tasks?

UNIX

Wildcard specifications are case sensitive in ____.

UNIX

____ are characters that are used to match any character at the end of a file name to a particular file extension.

Wildcards

Which of the following operating systems supports multitasking?

Windows XP

Console operating systems prompt users to interact through a(n) ____ line.

command

Moving files is similar to ____ files.

copying

A situation known as ____ occurs when all active processes are tied up in a circular wait for resources.

deadlock

Interface programs that allow a computer to interact with peripheral devices are called ____.

drivers

Which of the following commands enables UNIX to partition a disk drive?

fdisk

The process of ____ arranges the disk surface into addressable areas and sets up the basic directory tree structure on the disk.

formatting

The operating system reallocates the CPU through a program known as a(n) ____ handler.

interrupt

The ____ is the core of the OS.

kernel

In Unix or Linux, entering ____<command> gives you the manual on the command that you specify.

man

Which of the following is a primary function of an operating system?

managing resources

Which of the following terms refers to computing with more than one CPU?

multiprocessing

The operating system running on a computer is often called its ____ and is typically tied to a particular CPU.

platform

A program that is currently executing is called a ____.

process

The main directory level is also called the ____ level

root

Time-____ is a method that allows multiple processes to share the CPU.

slicing