operating systems Flashcards
An operating system is considered multitasking when it __________.
runs multiple software programs at once
__________ is software whose usage is free and whose source code is public, whereas __________ is software that costs money and whose source code is private to the developing company.
Open-source; commercial
An operating system serves as the bridge between __________, making sure the resources required to function are allocated.
hardware and applications
Which of the following programs would be used for creating a spreadsheet?
Microsoft Excel
If users wanted to edit some of their basic system settings, they would use __________.
the control panel
Which of the following are the two main categories of elements within the Windows operating system?
System configuration and user interface
When a computer is off, pressing the power button will initiate __________.
the boot sequence
Simultaneously pressing the Windows key and the __________ key is a shortcut that opens Windows Explorer.
E
Windows Explorer displays information from ___________ as a hierarchy of drives, folders, and files.
the hard disk
If an application is unresponsive, you can use the __________ to check its performance and force quit the application.
task manager
If you have an issue that you are unsure of how to fix, you can use __________, which is a combination of files on your computer and information from the Internet.
the help system
When a computer is experiencing lag, it is usually a __________ problem.
system performance
Database is a type of productivity software that is used for __________.
entering, retrieving, updating, and reporting information
___________ software are types of productivity software.
Spreadsheet and presentation
If you wanted to create a text document with a word processor, you could use __________.
Google Docs
Select the example of a software application used appropriately within a domain.
A marketing manager uses Keynote to share graphics and sales trends with her team.
Apple’s software application Keynote would likely be used to __________.
make a presentation
A __________ is the setting in which a software application is meant to function.
domain
A file is considered to have a foreign file type when it is __________.
opened with software that was not used to create the file
A __________ is typically a three or four-character suffix on a file name that gives the operating system the information it needs to identify the file.
file format
Which of the following file extensions would be used for a sound file?
.aac
A __________ is a way to organize related data in a database using rows and columns.
table
All data within a database should be __________.
related
The __________ is the field in a table that links to the __________ of another table.
foreign key; primary key
