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20 Cards in this Set
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What type of operating system allows two or more programs or apps to reside in memory at the same time?
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Answer: multitasking |
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You have just written a new app to intercept documents from the operating system that are to be printed and place them in the queue. What is this app called?
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Answer: print spooler |
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Which of the following is NOT a name of an Android release?
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Answer: Blackberry |
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Which of the following has as its purpose the optimization of the use of random access memory (RAM)?
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Answer: memory management |
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What is the term for the variety of forms in which Linux is available?
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Answer: distributions |
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You want to remove a program from your computer. What do you use?
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Answer: Uninstaller |
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What does the hibernate mode option do?
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Answer: saves any open documents and programs to a hard drive before removing power from the computer or device. |
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You have been developing an embedded operating system for a new product at your company, but a colleague of yours has been referring to it by another name. What is that name?
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Answer: RTOS |
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Networks, servers, mainframes, and supercomputers allow hundreds to thousands of users to connect at the same time, and thus their operating systems are referred to as which of the following?
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Answer: multiuser |
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What is the name of Microsoft’s cloud server?
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Answer: OneDrive |
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How is an operating system that runs on computers provided by a variety of manufacturers classified?
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Answer: device-independent |
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You are using a Linux-based operating system designed by Google to work primarily with web apps. What is it called?
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Answer: Chrome OS |
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You want to shrink the size of a file. What do you use?
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Answer: File Compression |
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You want an open source, Linux-based mobile operating system for a new smartphone your company is developing. Which of the following will you use?
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Answer: Android |
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What is the first step in the startup process of a computer?
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Answer: The power supply or battery sends an electrical current to circuitry in the computer or mobile device. |
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What is virtual memory?
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Answer: a portion of the hard disk designated to function as additional RAM |
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Which of the following regularly provides new features or corrections to a program?
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Answer: automatic update |
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In this kind of memory, the operating system allocates a portion of a storage medium, usually the hard disk or a USB flash drive, to function as additional RAM. What kind of memory is this?
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Answer: virtual |
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What is another term for the operating system a computer uses?
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Answer: platform |
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Where may an operating system reside in a mobile device?
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Answer: firmware |
