Chapter 2: The Visible Computer

Question 1

Who is the father of the computer?

Answer 1

Charles Babbage

Question 2

What 3 Components make up a modern computer?

Answer 2

Hardware, Operating System, Applications

Question 3

What does the operating system enable you to do?

Answer 3

Enables the end user to control the hardware to tell it what to do.

Question 4

What is the difference between a UI and a GUI?

Answer 4

A UI enables the user to control the hardware by typing in commands and a GUI allows the user to control the hardware by adding graphics the user can interact with.

Question 5

What are applications?

Answer 5

Applications allow the user to do specialized tasks.

Question 6

What is the computing process?

Answer 6

Input –> Processing –> Output

Question 7

Input devices?

Answer 7

Keyboard, mouse

Question 8

Processing devices?

Answer 8

CPU and GPU along with auxiliary supporting devices such as ram

Question 9

Output devices?

Answer 9

Display, speakers

Question 10

Data storage?

Answer 10

Takes volatile data stored in ram and puts the data onto a more permanent medium such as a HDD

Question 11

Network Connection?

Answer 11

Mode in which computers connect to other computers

Question 12

What are the common OS functions?

Answer 12

• Provides a method for applications to communicate with hardware (bit version of hardware determines the OS that can be supported)
• Creates a UI which is a visual representation of the computer for the end user to use
• Run, use, and shutdown programs
• Add, move, and install programs
• Provides a means to secure the system from threats

Question 13

What are compatibility concerns

Answer 13

Whether an application can run on that OS or an OS can run on a piece of hardware etc…

Question 14

What is the transparency feature in windows 7 called?

Answer 14

Aero

Question 15

What does a right click open? (Windows 7)

Answer 15

Context Menu

Question 16

What is the Windows 8 interface called?

Answer 16

Metro UI

Question 17

What did windows 8.1 bring back?

Answer 17

A start button

Question 18

In Windows 8.1 what pops up when you put the cursor in the top or bottom right of the screen?

Answer 18

The charms bar

Question 19

What angle was Windows 10 built for

Answer 19

To remove unwanted features of windows 8 and to integrate left out features from windows 7. Mostly all of windows 7 features with a metro UI look.

Question 20

What is the taskbar called on a mac

Answer 20

The “dock”

Question 21

What does the mission control button do

Answer 21

displays an overview of open applications windows and more

Question 22

What feature in mac enables multiple desktops

Answer 22

Spaces

Question 23

What are the UI’s in different Linux distros called

Answer 23

Desktop Environments (DE’s)

Question 24

What’s the normal file structure

Answer 24

Drive (disk) –> folder –> subfolder –> subfolder

Question 25

What is the pairing of application with file extension called?

Answer 25

File Association

Question 26

What is the default folder in windows that programs will install into?

Answer 26

C:\Program Files\User

Question 27

64-bit Widows creates what 2 folders

Answer 27

C:\Program Files C:\Program Files (x86)

Question 28

What is file explorer on mac called

Answer 28

Finder

Question 29

What folder does Linux user as the User folder

Answer 29

Home folder

Question 30

What are the tech launch points for windows 7

Answer 30

Command line, Control Panel, and System Tools

Question 31

How do access system tools

Answer 31

Start --> All programs --> Accessories --> System Tools

Question 32

What is character map

Answer 32

copy different Unicodes for specific symbols

Question 33

What does the dir command in windows do

Answer 33

displays files and folders in the directory you are located in

Question 34

What are the tech launch points for windows 8/8.1

Answer 34

Control Panel, Administrative tools, CLI

Question 35

What are the tech launch points for windows 10

Answer 35

Control Panel, Settings, CLI, Powershell

Question 36

What are the tech launch points for Mac

Answer 36

System preferences, Utilities folder

Question 37

How do you access system preferences?

Answer 37

Apple logo top left then system preferences

Question 38

How do you access the utilities folder?

Answer 38

Top bar --> Go --> Utilities

Question 39

How do you access terminal in Linux

Answer 39

ctrl alt T

Question 40

Gnome 3 All settings how to get to it

Answer 40

arrow top right then settings button

Question 41

What menu in a KDE distro of linux is like the start menu in windows

Answer 41

Kickoff Menu