Computer Maintenance I Unit 12 Study Guide

What is the beginning, or highest, director in a file system's directory structure called ?

Root Directory

What Window 8 edition is pre-installed and is only available on ARM-based devices such as tablet PCs ?

Windows RT

____________________ contains anew visual style called Windows Aero.

Windows Vista

The minimum hard disk space requirement for Windows 8 IA-32 edition is _________________________

16 GB

What is the purpose of the USB Legacy option that is found in the BIOS advanced menu ?

Allows the BIOS to interact with a USB keyboard and mouse

What does the BIOS abbreviation stand for

Basic Input/ Output System

An interface that requires a user to interact with the system by typing commands as a prompt.

Command Prompt Interface

the operating system portion that organizes and manages files.

File management system

All Mac systems developed after the PowerPC G5 use the ________________ processor

Intel

___________________ adds a phishing filter, more parental controls, and other security features such as disabling ActiveX controls by default.

Internet Explorer 7

What basic tasks are performed by the operating system ?

Keeps track of files on the floppy and hard drives

To access the App Selector Bar, perform which of the following steps ?

Left click the mouse in the top left corner and mouse down the left side of the screen to access running apps.

What following step can be used to access the App Selector Bar of Windows 8 ?

Left click the mouse in the top left corner and mouse down the left side of the screen to access running apps.

What freely distributed operating system was developed by Linus Torvalds ?

Linux

_______________ is distributed by Debian, Red Hat, Caldera, Slackware, and

Linux

What was the first true graphical interface operating system ?

MAC

What operating system uses the Aqua interface, which uses animation to make it more user friendly ?

MAC OS X

______________ are considered premiere desktop publishing and graphics design computers.

Macs

What CPU manufacturer made CPUs for Apple for Apple computer in all PowerPC G5 and prior computers ?

Motorola

Is Mac OS X able to run on a PC system?

No, however a hacked and unsupported version of OS X called OSX86 is able to run on PCs.

What software is used to allow both Mac OS X and Microsoft operating systems to run on the same computer system ?

Parallel Desktop

What purpose does the After Power Failure option that is found in the BIOS power menu have ?

Tells the system to stay off or turn back on once power is restored after a power loss occurs.

What is the purpose of the user password setting in the BIOS ?

The system cannot boot unless the proper password is entered.

Is this statement True or False: UEFI provides an intuitive user interface and enables a simpler dual-booting process.

True

What Windows 7 edition does not require a WDDM driver, Pixel Shader 2.0 in hardware, and 32 bits per pixel ?

Windows 7 Home Basic

What utilizes the UEFI for the system repair store and image recovery ?

Windows 8

One disadvantage of __________________ is that few off-the-shelf applications have been written for it

UNIX

There are several different shells ( also known as interfaces) that are used by ________________________ including Korn, C and Bash.

UNIX

_______________ has a reputation for being an enormously powerful, multi-tasking system that supports several robust file systems. Variants are produced by SCO, Solaris, and HP-UX

UNIX

UEFI is an acronym for which of the following ?

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface

___________________ is the oldest of the operating systems. It is a robust, stable operating system that runs on non-proprietary computer servers and workstation systems. It has several variants and several different sets of standards.

Unix

In addition to overcoming the limitations of the traditional BIOS, UEFI allows for manufacturers and vendors to do all of the following except ?

Use only new code for modularity

The Command Prompt and Graphical User Interface are classified as what operating system component ?

User Interface

What interface is a major operating system component ?

User Interface

Mac OS X is divided into two main files :

User Interface and Kernel

What is the purpose of the Chassis Intrusion option that is found in the BIOS security menu ?

When a system's case is opened, this even is logged in the event log and the event is posted on the screen during the next POST.

What Windows Vista program protects the system from malware and spyware ?

Windows Defender

What Windows Vista program has been improved to filter both incoming and outgoing data traffic ?

Windows Firewall

__________________________, which are miniature applications that can be created to perform searches and lots of other functions, appear on the Mac OS X desktop with a ripple effect.

Widgets

What graphical user interface has become the UNIX platform's GUI standard ?

X- Windows

What is the purpose of the S.M.A.R.T. technology option found in the BIOS advanced menu ?

enables monitoring of hard drives so that potential failures to the hard drive can be reported before they happen

What is the purpose of the XD technology option found in the BIOS security menu ?

protects data pages against attacks by malicious worms which attempt to execute large amounts of code that can overwhelm the processor.

What is the purpose of the BIOS Supervisor password ?

locks users out of the system BIOS setup screen

What is the purpose of the AW Single Processor Mode option in the BIOS main menu ?

must be disabled in order to use a dual core processor or multiple processors

What is NOT a function in Windows 8

support for online communication