INFT Practice Test 4

You can quickly access a program or storage location with which of the following?

A shortcut

Which of the following is a function of common operating systems available today?

All of these functions are available on operating systems today

Which of the following statements regarding personal operating systems is NOT true?

All operating systems for desktop and laptop computers also work on mobile devices such as tablets and smart phones.

Which of the following is software that enables you to perform a specific function?

An application

What does CLI stand for?

Command-Line Interface

Which of the following is NOT a function performed by the operating system to ensure that the communications/networking component of the computer performs smoothly ?

Enable the computer to shutdown immediately when a network threat is detected

The major security functions performed by an operating system include all the functions listed below EXCEPT _____.

Enable users to change the password of colleagues

What is workgroup computing?

Individuals working together on a task and connecting their computers in a network.

What is the purpose of a terminal emulator software?

It creates a terminal interface to a mainframe system that runs within the regular operating system of a desktop computer.

Which of the following below is NOT an example of an operating system ?

Microsoft Office 2016

Which software is used to process instructions and coordinate between devices?

Operating system

Consider the following line of text used in a command line interface: 'ls -l' What is the '-l' portion of this line of text called?

Option

Consider the following line of text used in a command line interface: 'cd /projects' What is the '/projects' portion of this line of text called?

Parameter

You work for a company that utilizes multiple types of computer operating systems and devices. The IT department needs to manage multiple platforms effectively for all users. What would you need to do in order to make this happen?

Purchase an enterprise level OS to run varying platforms.

Tisha is a UNIX programmer. Which of the following functions would require a different set of programming skills than what Tisha has to offer?

Running word processing and spreadsheet software applications.

Which of the following is not a commonly used operating system for a desktop or laptop computer?

Snapdragon

Which of the following is NOT part of the hardware services and software services management function of the operating system ?

The ability of the computer to raise an alert when a word is wrongly spelt by a user when using a word processor

Where do we find access to the software we use on the computer?

The desktop

What is a graphical user interface?

A computer display with mouse-clickable icons.

The concept of a GUI comes from _____.

Xerox in Palo Alto around 1981

A computer interface where a user interacts with a computer system by typing in lines of text is called _____.

command line interface

A GUI uses all of the following except _____.

complex instructions

When you delete files and shortcuts on your computer, they end up in the _____.

recycle bin

Which of the following best describes the role of a system administrator?

They are responsible for the operation and configuration of multi-use computers.

Which of these is NOT representative of a GUI?

UNIX