Computer and Operating Systems Fundamentals

Question 1

What entails how we communicate and manage data?

Answer 1

Information systems.

Question 2

What part of client systems includes the physical aspect of computers, telecommunications,
and other devices, to include the interconnect devices?

Answer 2

Hardware.

Question 3

What devices are mostly small, lightweight, and designed for mobile use?

Answer 3

Handhelds.

Question 4

Any hardware added to a computer that expands its capabilities is referred to as a/an

Answer 4

peripheral.

Question 5

Which of the following is not one of the three types of interfaces?

Answer 5

Graphical.

Question 6

The transfer of eight bits of data simultaneously through eight separate lines in a single cable
is a function of a

Answer 6

parallel port.

Question 7

What program translates commands between a device and the programs that use the device?

Answer 7

Driver.

Question 8

The term used to refer to the process of launching the OS is the

Answer 8

boot.

Question 9

What program sets up the divisions of memory that hold the operating system, user
information and applications?

Answer 9

The bootstrap loader.

Question 10

What describes how a computer finds a specific byte it is looking for in memory?

Answer 10

Memory addressing.

Question 11

How many bits long are the addresses that computer instructions work with?

Answer 11

16.

Question 12

Which type of memory stores configuration information, and is used by the BIOS during
system boot up?

Answer 12

Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor memory.

Question 13

What type of memory is nonvolatile, considered permanent, and is also called firmware in
reference to the data and instructions stored?

Answer 13

ROM.

Question 14

This type of memory is blank and instructions can be placed on permanently.

Answer 14

PROM.

Question 15

Which type of memory is used to duplicate frequently used information stored elsewhere or
computed earlier, because the original data is time consuming to retrieve or to compute?

Answer 15

Cache.

Question 16

Which term describes that data is whole or complete?

Answer 16

Data integrity.

Question 17

Which is a very simple example of an error detecting code?

Answer 17

Parity bit.

Question 18

What data integrity method is used in high-end personal computers and file servers?

Answer 18

Error correction code memory.

Question 19

Reading and storing a document on a hard disk or some other storage medium for
processing at a more convenient time is called

Answer 19

spooling.

Question 20

A spooled print job be several times larger than the printed document size because of the
conversion to the

Answer 20

printer’s language.

Question 21

A static internet protocol address on a network printer during hardware configuration is
used for

Answer 21

print job locating.

Question 22

Printer hardware configuration via the web is done through

Answer 22

hypertext transfer protocol.

Question 23

What type of printer software configuration option requires a new port to be created?

Answer 23

TCP/IP printing.

Question 24

Which of these is not a prominent characteristic of an operating system?

Answer 24

The way it processes.

Question 25

Which of the below is not a type of computer user interface?

Answer 25

Application driven interface.

Question 26

Which hardware requirement is defined as the model and the clock speed of the CPU?

Answer 26

Processing power.

Question 27

What should be done before anything else, once the operating system installation is
complete?

Answer 27

Install antivirus.

Question 28

The specifications that should be met, if not exceeded, to ensure a computer is compatible
as well as powerful enough to run an operating system without constant problems is for the
computer to have the minimum

Answer 28

hardware.

Question 29

What are minor software updates or improvements called?

Answer 29

Patches.

Question 30

What is the simplest and most efficient way to duplicate a computer’s software, with no loss
of files or configurations within the programs?

Answer 30

Imaging software.

Question 31

How many byte sectors is a hard disk divided into?

Answer 31

512.

Question 32

The first sector at the beginning of a hard drive is called the master

Answer 32

boot record.

Question 33

A formatted disk partition that is used for a particular file system is called

Answer 33

a volume.

Question 34

Which file system is the best choice for data storage if the server is a dedicated Windows
server?

Answer 34

NTFS.

Question 35

What physical structure component is a collection of Internet Protocol subnet ranges?

Answer 35

Site.

Question 36

By default, the first domain controller in active directory service is a

Answer 36

global catalog.