Hardware and UI Basics

Question 1

Most users and techs access folders and files in Windows 7 with a tool called “Windows Explorer.” What is the same tool called in Windows 8 and newer versions of Microsoft OSs?

Answer 1

File Explorer

Question 2

What does “DEs” stand for?

Answer 2

Desktop Environments

Question 3

What is Apple’s version of Microsoft’s “task view” known as?

Answer 3

“Spaces”… different backgrounds and components, but keep the same Dock.

On later versions of macOS, press CTRL+LEFT ARROW/RIGHT ARROW to scroll through Spaces

Question 4

What is Apple’s utility “Mission Control?”

Answer 4

Enables you to switch between open apps, windows, and more.

Accessed by pressing the MISSION CTRL key on an Apple keyboard. You can also access by pressing CTRL + UP ARROW

Question 5

What can you do with Windows 10 feature known as “Task View?”

Answer 5

Create and manage multiple desktops for grouping your open apps.

Question 6

Regarding Windows 10, what did Microsoft incorporate into the lower-left corner of the taskbar?

Answer 6

Essential tools, such as the Search Bar and Task View

Question 7

Microsoft created an OS that blends the traditional Windows 7 style Desktop experience with some of the more progressive features of the Windows 8.x Modern / Metro UI, this is know as…?

Answer 7

Windows 10

Question 8

What is the bar that runs along the bottom of the Desktop on Apple’s macOS called?

Answer 8

“The Dock”

Used for accessing frequently used apps

Question 9

What additional feature did Microsoft include with Windows 8.1, placed at the bottom-right beside the system tray?

Answer 9

Quick access to the onscreen touch keyboard

Question 10

With a series of updates in Windows 8.1, Microsoft brought back features, such as…

Answer 10

The Start Button, easy access to a Close Button for apps, and the ability to boot directly to the Desktop. This makes this particular UI very similar to Windows 7.

Question 11

Windows 8 took advantage of modern widescreen monitors with the “side-by-side apps” feature. How do you utilize this feature?

Answer 11

When opening an app, press WWINDOWS + LEFT ARROW to pin the app onto the left side of the screen. To pin another app onto the right side of the screen, vice-versa…

Question 12

Windiws 8 features a more classic Desktop but without a visible Start button. How do you access the Start screen on Windows 8?

Answer 12

By pressing the Windows logo key on a standard keyboard.

Question 13

What significant changes did Windows make to their UI with the introduction of Windows 8?

Answer 13

They borrowed from tablet OS’s, such as Windows phone, to create a graphical set of tiles for full-screen programs, called apps.

Question 14

What is the Windows 8 UI code named?

Answer 14

Metro UI

Question 15

Right clicking an icon on the Windows UI gives you access to what?

Answer 15

The context menu from which you can select various options.

Question 16

What is the background to the Windows UI called?

Answer 16

Desktop

Question 17

The notification area on Windows OS shows you what?

Answer 17

Programs running in the background…

Many techs also call this the system tray.

Question 18

Regarding to Microsoft’s Windows, what should you click to get access to apps, tools, files, and folders?

Answer 18

The Start Button

Question 19

What does the taskbar on Microsoft Windows show you?

Answer 19

Programs that are currently running.

Question 20

What describes how one computer connects to one or more other computers?

Answer 20

Network Connection

Question 21

What is a Motherboard?

Answer 21

The component in which everything directly or indirectly connects.

Question 22

What other 2 stages of the computing process do you typically see in modern computing devices?

Answer 22

Data storage and Network connection

Question 23

What is output?

Answer 23

Once the computer has processed your request, it shows you the result by changing what you see on the display or playing a sound through the speakers.

Question 24

What is a CPU?

Answer 24

Central Processing Unit

Usually a thin wafer of silicone and tiny resistors handling a majority of the processing tasks, and is, in a way, the “brain” of the computer.

Question 25

What is input?

Answer 25

When you start an action by clicking the mouse, typing on the keyboard, or touching a touchscreen.

Question 26

What is processing?

Answer 26

When the OS tells the hardware to do what you’ve requested based on your input.

Question 27

What are the 3 stages that a computer works through on a basic level? Known as the computing process…

Answer 27

Input - Processing - Output

Question 28

What 3 major components does a modern computer consist of?

Answer 28

Hardware, OSs, and Applications

Question 29

What is a computer?

Answer 29

An electronic device that can perform calculations.

Question 30

What is “computing?”

Answer 30

Computing involves the acceptance of input, performing some processing on that input, and returning the resulting output.

Imagine a 4 function calculator.

Question 31

What does “CLI” stand for?

Answer 31

Command-line interface