4.3.18 More System Software Quiz

Which category of system software provides a platform for application software to run on?

Operating System

Which kind of system software tells the computer how to communicate with peripherals, such as a printer or scanner?

Device drivers

Drag the system component on the left to the device or program that fits with the system component.

Device drivers: Printer Video card Firmware: Camera Television Games console Utility software: Backup software Antivirus software Disk cleaner

Which component gets things running until the operating system takes over?

BIOS

You recently purchased a new sound card and installed it in a free PCI slot in your computer. You plug in your old speakers, but you don't get any sound. You have checked all cable connections, and they are secure. You have also ensured that the speaker volume is appropriately adjusted and isn't muted. Which of the following BEST describes the next step you should perform?

Check the vendor's website for an updated driver.

As a member of the help desk administration team, you've been assigned to update the driver for the network adapter that is installed on most of the machines in your department. You have a copy of the latest driver on a USB flash drive. Which Windows utility will allow you to manually update this new driver?

Device Manager

Which kind of system software is preinstalled on electronic products like blenders, automobiles, and televisions?

Firmware

Carrol purchased a new printer and attached it to her workstation with a USB cable. The printer is powered on, but the computer does not recognize the printer. Which of the following should Carrol do NEXT to be able to send print jobs to the printer?

Install the latest printer driver

Disk cleaners, antivirus software, backup tools, and file compressors are which kind of system software?

Utility Software

You need to test a version of macOS but only have a Windows computer. What technology could you use?

Virtualization