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Question 1

The person using a computer or device

Answer 1

User

Question 2

Executable code designed to carry out specific tasks on the computer also referred to as programs or software

Answer 2

Application

Question 3

What are the two parts of system software?

Answer 3

OS interface, OS kernel

Question 4

What is an OS interface?

Answer 4

Allows a user to interface with applications

Question 5

What is an OS kernel?

Answer 5

The heart of an OS

Question 6

What is hardware?

Answer 6

the mechinal/electrical components

Question 7

What is a file system?

Answer 7

Defines the way data is named, stored, organized, and accessed.

Question 8

What is a directory?

Answer 8

a container used to organize files and data for useby an os

Question 9

What is a file?

Answer 9

A singular named resource used to store data and information

Question 10

A ______ is an executing instance of an application

Answer 10

process

Question 11

A _____ is a component of a process scheduled to run by the cpu

Answer 11

thread

Question 12

A _____ is any hardware component or peripheral attached to a computer

Answer 12

device

Question 13

A _____ is a computer program that operates or controls a device attached to a computer

Answer 13

device driver

Question 14

A _____ is used by the OS as an _______ between the high-level programming language of the system and the low-level bits interpreted by the printer’s hardware.

Answer 14

device, interpreter

Question 15

What are the categories of a single user?

Answer 15

Single-tasking, Multitasking (only one user performs multiple tasks at a time

Question 16

What is a multi user?

Answer 16

one or more users perform one or more tasks

Question 17

What is a client?

Answer 17

Operates on a network allowing a user to connect to another computer (server) to retrieve information

Question 18

What’s is Distributed?

Answer 18

one or more tasks are spread among two or more computers

Question 19

What is a cluster?

Answer 19

Two or more servers are grouped together, appearing as one system, providing a failover system with load balancing.

Question 20

What is failover?

Answer 20

provides redundancy(if one server fails, then another server can take on the burden)

Question 21

What is load balancing?

Answer 21

sharing the burden among multiple servers

Question 22

What type of OS uses RISC?

Answer 22

Mobile Phones

Question 23

What processer architecture does a personal computer use?

Answer 23

x86

Question 24

What are the features of mobile devices?

Answer 24

embedded system, few transistors, low cost, low heat, battery powered.

Question 25

What kind of device uses the processor architecture known as ARM?

Answer 25

mobile devices

Question 26

What are the features of a personal computer?

Answer 26

More transistors, high costs, consumes more power, better interface

Question 27

What is the most used device that access the internet?

Answer 27

Phones/tablets

Question 28

_______ Keeps OSs up to date and ensures vulnerabilities are patches as soon as possible

Answer 28

Information Assurance (IA)

Question 29

_________ Assurance that information is not disclosed to unauthorized individuals (need to know)

Answer 29

confidentiality

Question 30

_______ Assurance that no unauthorized modification or destruction of information occurred in transit

Answer 30

Integrity

Question 31

______ Assurance of reliable access to data and services for authorized users

Answer 31

Availability

Question 32

______ Assurance that that data delivery is proven to be from a reliable source

Answer 32

non-repudiation

Question 33

______ Assurance of properly verifying a user's credentials

Answer 33

Authentication

Question 34

What is a privileged account in Linux/windows called?

Answer 34

Root/Adminstrator

Question 35

________ permissions implemented by an access control list (ACL) An ACL details account permissions to a specific resource as determined by permissions set by the owner of that resource. A side effect is a user could give authorized users admin privileges

Answer 35

DAC Directionary Access Control DAC = ACL

Question 36

__________ policies are set by an administrator using a policy tool

Answer 36

MAC Mandatory Access Control MAC = Toola/Labels

Question 37

________ Access decisions are based on each account's role or functional position

Answer 37

Role-based Acess control RBAC RBAC = Role