mobile Flashcards
What are three features of GPS on mobile devices?
navigation
specialized search results
device tracking
(Navigation, specialized search results, and device tracking are features of GPS on mobile devices. Remote wipe may be a feature on some mobile devices, but is not related to GPS. Phone number lookup and gas mileage calculations are not GPS features.)
A user downloads a widget onto his Android phone but is puzzled to see that when the widget is touched an app is launched. What is a possible cause?
The widget is associated with the app and this is the normal behavior. (Widgets are programs that when installed associate with the application they were built for. This will cause the application to launch when the widget icon is touched on the touchscreen of the Android device.)
What is the purpose of running mobile device apps in a sandbox?
to prevent malicious programs from infecting the device (Mobile device apps are run in a sandbox that isolates them from other resources. Bypassing the phone carrier from preventing access to unauthorized apps is jailbreaking or rooting the device.)
A user calls the help desk to report that a mobile device exhibits very slow performance. What could cause this problem?
A power-intensive app is running in the background. ( power-intensive app that is running in the background could consume most of the CPU cycles and thus the device would exhibit very slow performance for other apps. If an app is not compatible with the device, the device operating system would freeze. If the operating system has encountered an error, the device will fail to respond.)
What is required as an additional verification mechanism on iOS mobile devices when setting up biometric screen locks, such as Touch ID or Face ID?
a passcode
Describe the Android or Apple element: walled garden model proprietary SDK Xcode sideloading apps widgets application sandbox rooting and jailbreaking
walled garden model — prevents the spread of malware through Apple App Store
proprietary SDK Xcode — used to create iOS third-party apps
sideloading apps — term for directly installing an apk file into Android
widgets — apps displaying dynamic information in Android
application sandbox — area that isolates Android apps from interacting with each other
rooting and jailbreaking — used on iOS to remove Apple user access restrictions
What are two methods of disabling cellular data when located in an area where it is limited or expensive?
using Settings to turn off mobile data
An employee recently purchased a smartwatch. Following the instructions from the watch manufacturer, the employee downloads the wearable app and installs it on an Android phone. The smartwatch shows that it is in discoverable mode, but the app cannot connect to the watch. What is one issue that might cause this problem?
Bluetooth is disabled on the Android phone.
Refer to the exhibit. What is true of this mobile device screen?
Tapping and holding the arrow at the bottom left will display the Home screen.
Text messages, news, photos and other content can be displayed in the different tiles.
Icons and buttons are used to represent the different apps on the phone.
Unpinning an app from this view will uninstall the app from the phone.
Tile sizes depend on the size of the app.
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Text messages, news, photos and other content can be displayed in the different tiles. (The Windows Phone interface uses tiles to represent apps. Tiles are rectangular areas of a screen that identify the app and may also contain active content such as text messages, news feeds, and photos.)
An employee wants to keep a local backup of iPhone data on a Windows laptop. What type of software does the employee need on the laptop to create this backup?
iTunes
