O P E R A T I N G - S Y S T E M -P4 INFO TECH!

What is GNOME?

D.a linux user interface

A(n) _____DRIVER_______________ is a program that the operating system uses to communicate with various hardware devices.

DRIVER

Current Macintosh computers use Intel processors similar to UNIX computers.

FALSE

Currently Mac OS X runs on more personal computers worldwide than other operating systems.

FALSE

Mobile operating systems are larger and generally more capable than desktop operating systems.

FALSE

The way an operating system stores files on a disk is called a(n) attribute system.

FALSE

When using the Internet, you cannot share files across different operating systems.

FALSE

The Macintosh operating system is called ___________MACOS_________.

MACOS

A(n) _________OPERATING SYSTEM___________ is the system software that enables the computer hardware to communicate and operate with the application software.

OPERATING SYSTEM

The _____SYSTEM ADMISTRATOR_______________ is a user who has an administrator account.

SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR

A system administrator can grant administrative rights to other users.

TRUE

A(n) driver is an interface between the user and the computer.

TRUE

An emulation card can be added to a Macintosh that allows it to run Windows programs.

TRUE

Documents saved as .txt do not retain complicated formatting.

TRUE

Handheld operating systems and embedded operating systems are also known as mobile operating systems

TRUE

In a file system hierarchy, a main folder can contain subfolders that contain files.

TRUE

Programmers and developers can use or modify Linux as they wish.

TRUE

Some versions of UNIX have a command-line interface, where you enter text commands instead of manipulating objects with a mouse.

TRUE

Without administrative rights, the typical user cannot perform many system modifications.

TRUE

Without an operating system, a computer would not function.

TRUE

Both the IBM AIX system and Linux are based on the ___UNIX_________________ operating system.

UNIX

Sergio is an accountant who works on a computer with a Windows operating system. But many of his clients are artists and designers who use Macintosh computers. Which of the following is a hardware solution that Sergio could add to the motherboard of his computer to run a program that is designed for a different operating system?

a. Emulation card

Which of the following operating system has the most limited memory?

a. Palm OS

Without administrative rights, you cannot ____.

a. install software

The ____ identifies sections of a disk that are not being used.

a.FILE SYSTEM

If Catarina wanted to use a variant of the UNIX operating system instead, she would choose ____.

b. Linux

When saving a word-processing document, which format should Sergio use so that it will be readable by most word-processing programs on different systems?

b. Plain Text (.txt)

The operating system on most small devices and smart phones resides on a ____.

b. ROM chip

To display the menu shown in Figure 8-2 above, you would click the ____ button.

b. Start

If a copy of a Windows program does not run on a computer with a Macintosh operating system, this is an example of ____.

b. incompatibility

To have administrative rights, you must know ____.

b. the administrative password

A(n) ____ is a collection of information that determines which files you can access and which settings you use.

b. user account

Keeping track of files and directories is a job performed by ____.

b.AN OPERATING SYSTEM

Which of the following statements is true about the Linux operating system?

b.It is an open source program that is free.

Which operating system is shown in Figure 8-1 above?

b.MAC OS X

____ was developed by a group of programmers at AT&T.

b.UNIX

If your operating system unexpectedly shuts down, what might help solve the problem?

c. Rebooting the system

To save a file in text format or Rich Text Format, you use the ____ command in your word-processing program.

c. Save As

Catarina uses the UNIX operating system on her computer because it is a multitasking portable operating system that can run on just about any hardware platform. Catarina's profession is most likely to be which of the following?

c. Scientist

____ might be different on your computer when you are not connected to the Internet.

c. The links available in Windows Help and Support

Which of the following is not a task performed by the operating system?

c.RESTRICT ACCESS ALLOWED TO SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS

____ is a scaled-down version of the Windows operating system.

d. Windows Embedded CE

A Rich Text Format file can be transferred ____.

d. any of the above

Which of the following is a peripheral device?

d.PRINTER