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