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This Quiz is used to prepare high school students for a test on operating systems
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A small program that instructs hardware called?
An application
A driver
A system
An executable
2
A list of hardware supported by a Microsoft OS.
VND
HCL
DOS
PNY
3
This is the first step in the boot sequence.
WIN.INI
FAT is read
POST
Registry loads
4
Operating system provide the interface for interaction between what three things?
applications
users
phones
hardware
5
What would be the result of having a corrupt Master Boot Record?
The printer will function incorrectly.
The keyboard will be unresponsive to the user.
The operating system will fail to start.
A new application will fail to install.
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How much RAM can be addressed by a 64-bit operating system?
4 GB maximum
32 GB maximum
128 GB or more
16 GB maximum
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What is the smallest unit of space used for storing data?
Unit
Fragment
Cluster
File
8
The most common key used to access the BIOS is:
Delete
F8
F2
F5
9
This registry file contains information about the hardware and software in the computer system?
HKEY_USERS
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
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Logs a history of events regarding applications, security, and the system.
Device Manager
Task Manager
Event Viewer
Dr. Watsdon
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How does the OS detect and install drivers for PnP hardware?
Through the HAL
It Downloads them
Automatically
Externally
12
When a hard drive is empty and brand new, installing an OS is known as:
Primary Partition
A new install
An upgrade
A clean install
13
This registry file contains information about which file extensions map to a which programs?
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
HKEY_USERS
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
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Key to use during the boot process to open Windows Advanced Startup options menu.
F2
F8
Delete
F5
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This is the ability of an operating system to run multiple applications at the same time?
multitasking
multiprocessing
multithreading
multiuser
16
If you can't back-up, ask customer to sign this.
Liability Release form
Workorder
A data protection plan
Contract
17
This loads only the basic files and drivers during OS boot.
CHKDISK
Defrag
Dual Boot
Safemode
18
Use this to scan for new software patches, and service packs.
Task Scheduler
Defrag
Windows Update
Disk Cleanup
19
What is the maximum number of primary partitions allowed per hard drive?
16
4
2
1
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What partition is used by the OS to boot the computer?
Derivative
Clean
Extended
Active
