operating systems

Question 1

An operating system is considered multitasking when it __________.

Answer 1

runs multiple software programs at once

Question 2

__________ is software whose usage is free and whose source code is public, whereas __________ is software that costs money and whose source code is private to the developing company.

Answer 2

Open-source; commercial

Question 3

An operating system serves as the bridge between __________, making sure the resources required to function are allocated.

Answer 3

hardware and applications

Question 4

Which of the following programs would be used for creating a spreadsheet?

Answer 4

Microsoft Excel

Question 5

If users wanted to edit some of their basic system settings, they would use __________.

Answer 5

the control panel

Question 6

Which of the following are the two main categories of elements within the Windows operating system?

Answer 6

System configuration and user interface

Question 7

When a computer is off, pressing the power button will initiate __________.

Answer 7

the boot sequence

Question 8

Simultaneously pressing the Windows key and the __________ key is a shortcut that opens Windows Explorer.

Answer 8

E

Question 9

Windows Explorer displays information from ___________ as a hierarchy of drives, folders, and files.

Answer 9

the hard disk

Question 10

If an application is unresponsive, you can use the __________ to check its performance and force quit the application.

Answer 10

task manager

Question 11

If you have an issue that you are unsure of how to fix, you can use __________, which is a combination of files on your computer and information from the Internet.

Answer 11

the help system

Question 12

When a computer is experiencing lag, it is usually a __________ problem.

Answer 12

system performance

Question 13

Database is a type of productivity software that is used for __________.

Answer 13

entering, retrieving, updating, and reporting information

Question 14

___________ software are types of productivity software.

Answer 14

Spreadsheet and presentation

Question 15

If you wanted to create a text document with a word processor, you could use __________.

Answer 15

Google Docs

Question 16

Select the example of a software application used appropriately within a domain.

Answer 16

A marketing manager uses Keynote to share graphics and sales trends with her team.

Question 17

Apple’s software application Keynote would likely be used to __________.

Answer 17

make a presentation

Question 18

A __________ is the setting in which a software application is meant to function.

Answer 18

domain

Question 19

A file is considered to have a foreign file type when it is __________.

Answer 19

opened with software that was not used to create the file

Question 20

A __________ is typically a three or four-character suffix on a file name that gives the operating system the information it needs to identify the file.

Answer 20

file format

Question 21

Which of the following file extensions would be used for a sound file?

Answer 21

.aac

Question 22

A __________ is a way to organize related data in a database using rows and columns.

Answer 22

table

Question 23

All data within a database should be __________.

Answer 23

related

Question 24

The __________ is the field in a table that links to the __________ of another table.

Answer 24

foreign key; primary key

Question 25

Which of the following statements about data types is true?

Answer 25

what kinds of values a field will hold,what kinds of actions can be performed on each field, and how much memory to allocate for each field.

Question 26

In a table of student data, the __________ field would be used as the primary key because it is a unique identifier that will not change.

Answer 26

student ID

Question 27

A __________ is a subset of data in a database that answers a given question.

Answer 27

query

Question 28

Which of the following statements about database management is true?

Answer 28

Accessing stored data is integral for business analysis and decision-making.