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| True or false: Restarting your computer without turning off the power is referred to as a warm boot. | show 🗑
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| show | True
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| True or false: The original Windows 1.0 was a full operating system introduced in 1985, replacing the old command-line MSDOS operating system. | show 🗑
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| True or false: Once thought a less virus-prone system, the Mac OS has been receiving more attention from the programmers of malicious software. | show 🗑
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| True or false: A network operating system must support both the network servers and the client computers. | show 🗑
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| show | False
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| True or false: The scheduling and prioritizing of tasks for your computer’s processor is coordinated by the software programs that are running at the time. | show 🗑
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| True or false: The bits that make up a file on your computer must be stored together on the hard drive as a contiguous group. | show 🗑
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| True or false: A mobile OS is not nearly as robust as a personal computer OS. | show 🗑
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| show | True
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| show | firmware
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| show | the operating system and utility software.
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| show | operating system
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| show | utilities
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| Which of the following is mentioned in Chapter 4 as an example of utility software? | show 🗑
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| show | booting
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| Starting your computer when the power is turned off is called a...? | show 🗑
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| show | BIOS
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| Booting a computer involves a series of steps carried out by instructions located on your computer’s...? | show 🗑
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| show | firewall and password protection
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| Operating system packages typically include a small application for...? | show 🗑
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| Who introduced the first graphical user interface to the public? | show 🗑
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| The last Microsoft operating system to based on the original MSDOS product was Windows | show 🗑
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| show | 80
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| show | hardware architecture and software
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| show | platform dependency
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| Boot Camp allows Windows to run on...? | show 🗑
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| Macintosh computers have been historically strong in each of the following markets except...? | show 🗑
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| show | server
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| UNIX was developed by | show 🗑
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| show | It was developed in 1985.
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| The penguin image shown here is the logo of the _____ operating system. | show 🗑
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| Which of the following is mentioned in Chapter 4 as a possible example of what operating systems might look like in the future? | show 🗑
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| show | not go away
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| In the Spotlight on the Future podcast, Dwight Silverman says that the next versions of the major operating systems will draw heavily on the developments they have made in _____ operating systems. | show 🗑
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| A _____ is what you see when you look at your computer screen. | show 🗑
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| What provides the instructions the operating system needs in order to communicate with the devices connected to the computer? | show 🗑
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| show | a unique driver for each input and output device
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| show | keyboard; mouse
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| A computer’s performance refers to...? | show 🗑
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| show | processor, amount of memory, and available cache.
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| show | virtual
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| show | on the microprocessor
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| show | bus
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| When you print a document from your word processing program, which step does your operating system perform first? | show 🗑
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| What does the operating system use to keep track of the physical locations of files on your computer? | show 🗑
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| When the files on your computer are stored in a hierarchical file folder structure, the path to a particular file starts with the name of the...? | show 🗑
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| show | searchable support information and troubleshooting tools.
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| To rid your hard drive of unwanted files, in Windows you would use the Disk Cleanup feature. What is the comparable feature for a Mac? | show 🗑
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| Automated driver updates on a Mac are accomplished by the ____ feature. | show 🗑
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| show | Time Machine
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| Why is it important to follow the proper method for shutting down your computer? | show 🗑
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| The new Windows 8 touch style interface is called | show 🗑
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| This mobile OS is an open source, cross-platform operating system supported by Google. | show 🗑
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| show | Symbian OS
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| What does 3G stand for? | show 🗑
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| show | Higher data transfer rates
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