Inside A Pc (Month 3)

Question 1

What’s inside a pc

Answer 1

Graphics Card (GPU)
Motherboard
RAM
Power Supply
CPU
HDD

Question 2

Health and Safety with computers

Answer 2

Electrical Shocks
Repetitive Strain Injury
Fatigue
Upper Limb Problems
Backache

Question 3

2 types of software

Answer 3

Proprietary - The developer has hidden the source code so nobody can see it
(Microsoft Windows, Apple)

Non-Proprietary - Software where the developer has made the source code available for anyone to inspect
(Ubuntu, Fedora)

Question 4

What is an Operating System

Answer 4

System software on a computing device that manages hardware resources, utilities and user applications being ran on the system.

Question 5

What is the 3 components of an OS

Answer 5

The Kernel - basic level control of hardware and assigns, writes and processes data between hardware components

The User Interface - how the user interact with the system and what they see.

Command Line Interface or CLI - users type commands to use the os, sometime called a CUI (Character User Interface)

Question 6

What is an API
(Application Programming Interfaces)

Answer 6

Allows developers to write modular code for the system. Not all OS can talk to all applications.

Question 7

4 different Operating System Platforms

Answer 7

Workstations
Servers
Mobile
Embedded

Question 8

Operating System Categories

Answer 8

Standalone - installed on the desktop, can operate independently

Network - OS is installed onto a server requiring network to access

Question 9

2 categories of networks

Answer 9

Peer to peer network- does not have a server managing it. Can share resources but each client OS is responsible for itself.

Client-Server Network - has a server with a NOS, managing all users and network resources.

Question 10

Types of OS

Answer 10

Server-Based OS
Windows Server
Linux Server
Application Software
Utilities and Services
Virtualisation Software

Question 11

Types of Mobile OS

Answer 11

Apple IOS
Android OS

Question 12

OS Native Applications

Answer 12

Microsoft Windows - Internet Explorer,
Microsoft Edge, Notepad, MS Paint, Command Prompt, Powershell

Apple OSX - Safari, TextEdit, Time Machine, Script Editor, Terminal

Apple IOS - Safari, App Store, Maps

Linux Distros - Nano, Terminal, Android, Google Chrome, Maps, Play Store