Module 1 Unit 4 Managing an OS Lesson 4

What is a Command Line Interface (CLI)?

A Command Line Interface allows the user to interact with the OS using typed commands or scripts rather than a GUI.

Which method does a technician use to configure and improve a system's memory usage?

Use of virtual memory or a pagefile, where disk space is used to supplement system RAM.

The Task Scheduler allows you to run a process automatically in Windows. What is a widely-used Linux equivalent?

Cron

Which of these statements is true regarding a standard user and their password?

Standard users can change their own password but cannot change anyone else's password.

What protection feature in Windows is designed to prevent a script or software from making unauthorized changes to the OS configuration?

User Account Control (UAC)

Why might you use the Services snap-in to manage background processes rather than Task Manager?

Task Manager allows you to start and stop services but the Services snap-in also allows you to configure service properties.

What two things are configured on a disk to make storage space on the disk available to the Windows OS?

The disk must contain at least one partition, typically allocated a drive letter, and the partition must be formatted with a suitable file system.

What term is used to describe terminating a process that is not responding to user input?

This is often called "killing" the process.