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IT Essentials Chapter 5b
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Within which folder would a user of 64-bit Windows 8 find 32-bit programs?
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Name a function of an operating system?
text processing
emailing
web browsing
controlling hardware access
2
What is a characteristic of a spanned volume?
A copy of one disk is placed on another disk
Data is stored across two or more disks
Yea, sure SGT
Data is seen as one volume, but is stored across two disks
3
__ file consists of program code that is used by different programs to perform common functions
Kshell
Shell
.DLL
.exe
4
What Windows 8 tool that rolls back to its factory state without losing any user files?
System Restore
recovery partition
Refresh your PC
Hammer
5
What must be on the active partition of a hard drive that is using MBR?
Call of duty
the recovery image
The operating system
6
Where are the settings that are chosen during the installation process stored?
in the Registry
in the recovery partition
in BIOS
in flash memory
7
A Windows 8.1 system is unable to boot properly. How can you boot into safe mode?
Use google voice
F8 F8 F8 F8
Ask your supervisor
ESC ESC ESC ESC
8
Which technology does RAID 5 use?
spanning
lazy write
mirroring
striping with parity
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Within which folder would a user of 64-bit Windows 8 find 32-bit programs?
C:\Program Files (x64)
C:\Program Files (x86)
C:\Program Files (x32)
C:\Program Files
10
What is critical to consider when determining the version of Windows to install?
type of monitor installed
your rank
version of Microsoft Office installed
customized applications installed
11
What is used by an operating system to communicate with hardware components?
device driver
more hardware
CMOS
BIOS
12
What is the purpose of a recovery partition?
to find your secret hidden files
for drug rehab
to restore the computer to its factory state
just no
13
What is provided by an operating system that has multiprocessing capability?
flux capacitors
support for two or more processors
support for two or more users
the capability to run multiple applications at the same time
14
Which Windows tool is used to determine if a dynamic disk is corrupted?
Microsoft System Preparation
Device Manager
Bootmgr
Disk Management
15
Is comprised of multiple APIs that support multimedia tasks in Windows operating systems?
DirectX
Java
Windows API
OpenGL
16
where to look to determine if specific computer software has been tested to work with Windows 7
Windows Easy Transfer
Microsoft Compatibility Center
Windows 7 manual
Microsoft Knowledge Base
17
Name Another function of an operating system
managing applications
1.21 gigawats!
controlling the BIOS
flow chart editing
18
What is the term for the ability of a computer to run multiple applications at the same time?
multitasking
multiplexing
multiuser
multimedia
19
Which version of Windows introduced the Metro user interface?
Windows 8
Windows 7
Windows XP
Windows Vista
