1. Operating Systems Flashcards
What is a .ps1 file
A Powershell script file used by Windows
What is a .vbs file?
A Visual Basic script file
What is .sh file?
A Linux shell executable file
What is a .py file?
A Python executable file
What is a .js file?
A JavaScript text file
What does Mission Control do on a Mac Computer
It provides a quick way to see everything that’s currently open on your Mac
Which window appears when you press Ctrl+Alt+T on a Linux computer
a terminal
What is meant by the term shell when discussing Linux
A command-line interface
What should you use to restore files on a Mac computer?
Time Machine
What does the snapshot feature on Linux computers provide?
It procides the ability to create a volume image of a device at a particular instant without causing a service interruption.
What tool will verify the health of a disk on a Mac computer
Disk Utility
Of the three main operating systems covered on the A+ exam, which is/are considered open source
Linux
Of the three main operating systems covered on the A+ exam, which is/are considered closed source
Windows OS and Mac OS
What is the purpose of keychain on a Mac device
It is a password management system
What does the Linux dd command do
It is used to convert and copy files
What does the Linux vi command do
it is used to edit text files
What does the Linux su command do
It is used by a user to execute commands with the privleges of another user account
What does the Linux ps command do
It displays the running system processes
In Linux, which two commands are used to configure network interfaces
ifconfig and iwconfig
What does the Linux chown command do
It changes the ownership of a file
What does the Linux chmod command do
It changes the permissions of files or directories
What does the Linux rm command do
It removes (deletes) files or directories
What does the Linux cp command do
It copies files and directories
What does the Linux mv command do
It moves a file to a specific directory
What does the Linux cd command do
It changes the current directory
What does the Linux grep command do
It searches a file for a particular pattern of characters and displays all lines that contain that pattern
What does the Linux ls command do
It is used to view a list of directories on the computer
Which tool installs Windows on your Mac by repartitioning the hard drive
Boot Camp
Which Mac OS app should use to backup and restore your data?
Time Machine
What is the purpose of the apt-get command
It allows you to update or install packages
Which file system includes features that are required for hosting Active Directory
NTFS
What is the only way to switch back to FAT32 file system after you convert the file system from FAT32 to NTFS?
reformat the drive or partition
Which file system or systems support file compression and disk quotas?
NTFS
Which file system supports Encrypting File System (EFS) to increase security
NTFS
What is ExFAT?
It supports much larger file sizes and has other improvements over FAT32
Which operating system uses the ext3 and ext4 filesystems
Linux
What is HFS?
It is the family of file systems used by Mac OS and iOS
What does the acronym HFS denote
Hierarchical file system
What is a swap partition
A special partition created to store the paging file that is used as virtual memory
On which type of partition should you install the Windows boot files
primary
What does the acronym GPT denote
GUID Partition Table
Command Prompt
A text-based interface that provides an alternative route for advanced users to perform many operating system tasks
Cortona
A digital assistant and search tool in Windows 10 which responds to both keyboard and voice requests
Linux
An operating system in the UNIX family that is used to run personal computers, servers, tablets, and smartphones
Operating System
The central piece of system software on a computer, especially powerful and complex computers
Swap
A partition used to store virtal memory which the operating system wrties to disk in order to free physical RAM
UDF
Universal Disk Format
Universal Disk Format (UDF)
An open vendor-neutral file system which can be used for a variety of purposes
BranchCache
- Optimizes network performance on wide area networks by letting computers cache and share downloaded files with other local computers.
- Not available in Pro editions
PXE
Preboot eXecution Environment
Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE)
used by Windows and Linux systems to boot form a disk image stored on the network
NetBoot
used by MacOS systems to boot from the network
