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IT Essentials 6.0 OS Chapter 5
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Within which folder would a user of 64-bit Windows 8 find 32-bit programs?
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What is the purpose of a recovery partition?
to find your secret hidden files
to restore the computer to its factory state
for drug rehab
just no
2
What Windows 8 tool that rolls back to its factory state without losing any user files?
Hammer
Refresh your PC
System Restore
recovery partition
3
Is comprised of multiple APIs that support multimedia tasks in Windows operating systems?
Windows API
DirectX
Java
OpenGL
4
What is the term for the ability of a computer to run multiple applications at the same time?
multimedia
multitasking
multiplexing
multiuser
5
What is critical to consider when determining the version of Windows to install?
your rank
version of Microsoft Office installed
customized applications installed
type of monitor installed
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Within which folder would a user of 64-bit Windows 8 find 32-bit programs?
C:\Program Files
C:\Program Files (x64)
C:\Program Files (x86)
C:\Program Files (x32)
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What must be on the active partition of a hard drive that is using MBR?
The operating system
the recovery image
Call of duty
8
Which version of Windows introduced the Metro user interface?
Windows Vista
Windows 8
Windows 7
Windows XP
9
Which technology does RAID 5 use?
spanning
striping with parity
lazy write
mirroring
10
Name Another function of an operating system
1.21 gigawats!
flow chart editing
controlling the BIOS
managing applications
11
A Windows 8.1 system is unable to boot properly. How can you boot into safe mode?
Ask your supervisor
Use google voice
ESC ESC ESC ESC
F8 F8 F8 F8
12
Which Windows tool is used to determine if a dynamic disk is corrupted?
Device Manager
Microsoft System Preparation
Disk Management
Bootmgr
13
What is used by an operating system to communicate with hardware components?
more hardware
device driver
BIOS
CMOS
14
__ file consists of program code that is used by different programs to perform common functions
Shell
.exe
.DLL
Kshell
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What is provided by an operating system that has multiprocessing capability?
support for two or more users
the capability to run multiple applications at the same time
flux capacitors
support for two or more processors
16
Where are the settings that are chosen during the installation process stored?
in flash memory
in the recovery partition
in BIOS
in the Registry
17
where to look to determine if specific computer software has been tested to work with Windows 7
Microsoft Compatibility Center
Windows Easy Transfer
Microsoft Knowledge Base
Windows 7 manual
18
What is a characteristic of a spanned volume?
Data is seen as one volume, but is stored across two disks
Yea, sure SGT
Data is stored across two or more disks
A copy of one disk is placed on another disk
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Name a function of an operating system?
web browsing
text processing
controlling hardware access
emailing
