Chapter 2: The Visible Computer

Question 1

The OS enables users to determine the available installed programs to and run, use, shut down.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

The UI that offers images or icons to select (opposed to making you type commands) is called

Accepted Answer

GUI

Question 3

July 15 file = July15.xlsx .. The pairing of application with file extension is called

Accepted Answer

File extension, File association

Question 4

The OS communicates, or provides a method for other programs to communicate.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

Control panel enables you to access __ a critically important tool for tech and troubleshooting

Accepted Answer

Device Manager

Question 6

Expansion slots

Accepted Answer

enable easy installation of hardware

Question 7

(Windows8/8.1) Windows 8 interface, code named ______, works great for touch- enabled devices.

Accepted Answer

Metro UI

Question 8

This is an example of a

Accepted Answer

Tech toolkit

Question 9

____ enables you to set up hard drives, manage devices, test system performance, and much more.

Accepted Answer

Administrative Tools

Question 10

Inventors in the twentieth century created huge calculating machines that they called the ____.

Accepted Answer

Computer

Question 11

Windows 7 has three tech launch points: The control panel, system tools, and the CLI.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

Central processing unit (CPU)

Accepted Answer

hiding under heat sink and fan assembly

Question 13

The macOS interface supports ______ - essentially multiple Desktops - that can same dock.

Accepted Answer

Spaces

Question 14

Pressing the Mission Control button on an Apple keyboard, brings up a utility called ________.

Accepted Answer

Mission Control

Question 15

What is this process?

Accepted Answer

Computing Process

Question 16

Windows has important folders that help you organize programs and documents. They sit in the __

Accepted Answer

Root directory

Question 17

Charles Babbage didn't set out to change the world. He just wanted to do math without ________

Accepted Answer

Human Error

Question 18

The control panel handles most of the maintenance,upgrade,and configuration aspects of Windows

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

(Linux) The many different versions of Linux offer a variety of user interfaces called ________

Accepted Answer

Desktop Environments (DEs)

Question 20

Memory

Accepted Answer

essential part of processing

Question 21

How does Per Scholas accomplish their mission?

Accepted Answer

Creating opportunity, Achieving diversity, Closing the skills divide

Question 22

At the heart of every computer is a _______________ .

Accepted Answer

Central Processing Unit (CPU)

Question 23

(Windows 7) Right clicking opens a

Accepted Answer

Context menu

Question 24

The OS disables users to add, move, and delete the installed programs and data.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 25

The _____ controls the hardware and enables you to tell the computer what to do.

Accepted Answer

Operating System(OS)

Question 26

This image is an example of

Accepted Answer

Command Line Interface(CLI)

Question 27

The OS creates a User Interface(UI) to make sense to the people using the monitor.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 28

A modern computer consists of three major components: Hardware, Operating System, Applications.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 29

What are the two other stages most modern computing devices almost always have?

Accepted Answer

Data storage & Network connection

Question 30

At the most basic level, computers work through three stages, which is called the _________ .

Accepted Answer

Computing Process, Computing Process, Computing Process, Computing Process

Question 31

Power Supply

Accepted Answer

provides power to the system

Question 32

The OS provides a method to secure a system from all sorts of threats, such as data loss.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 33

The ____ is the physical stuff you can touch or hold in your hand.

Accepted Answer

Hardware

Question 34

What are the three stages of the computing process?

Accepted Answer

Input, Processing, Output

Question 35

Windows 8/8.1 have three tech tool starting points. What are they?

Accepted Answer

Control Panel, Command Line Interface, Administrative Tools

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