Operating Systems and File Management

Question 1

How can you display the main folders on a windows computer

Answer 1

Open file manager

Question 2

What does an operating system provide so you can interact with a device

Answer 2

Graphical user interface

Question 3

During the boot process, what does the processor do after the computer circuits receive power

Answer 3

It begins to run the bootstrap program

Question 4

What would you need to install if you have an app that is incompatible with your current operating system

Answer 4

A virtual machine

Question 5

What are the advantages of storing documents on the cloud

Answer 5

• You can easily share the document with others
• you can access the documents from any device connected to the Internet
• you can back up the documents to a secure, offsite location

Question 6

When you want to add information to a document, what role does your operating system play

Answer 6

It saves your unsaved work to temporary storage

Question 7

Which of the following is not an input device

A. Scanner
B. Keyboard
C. Microphone
D. Headphones

Answer 7

D. Headphones

Question 8

What is a file manager not used for

Answer 8

To change the contents of files

Question 9

What is a file manager used for

Answer 9

To re-order, move, navigate between folders/files

Question 10

What should you do the first time you save a file

Answer 10

Name the file

Question 11

What is an advantage of saving a file to the flash drive

Answer 11

You can take it with you and then work on it in another computer

Question 12

If you have a file that has billions of bytes of data, then it would be measured in ___

Answer 12

Gigabytes

Question 13

___ is data and instructions entered into the memory of a device

Answer 13

Input

Question 14

The operating system assigns the file its name, location, and size

True or False

Answer 14

False

Question 15

What does the operating system assign

Answer 15

Some properties to files such as type or format, and updates other properties such as date, size and location

Question 16

What does a graphical user interface control

Answer 16

How you interact with menus, programs and apps, visual images such as icons by touching, pointing, tapping or clicking buttons and other objects to issue commands

Question 17

What other two things does an operating system provide

Answer 17

Graphical user interface and utilities (Enables you to perform maintenance type tasks)

Question 18

To access a cloud storage location you may need to download an app or create an account

True or False

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Name popular cloud storage apps

Answer 19

Dropbox, Microsoft one drive, Google Drive, and iCloud

Question 20

When you want to start a word processing program and open the document, what role does the operating system play

Answer 20

It starts the word processing program and provides tools for you to open the document file

Question 21

When you want to save a document on the hard drive, what role does the operating system play

Answer 21

It finds the hard drive, make sure the hard drive has enough storage space then saves the document and stores the location and file name so that you can access the document later

Question 22

What can you do within the file manager

Answer 22

You can move, copy, and delete folders

Question 23

What is the Windows 10 file manager called

Answer 23

File explorer

Question 24

What does the ‘safe as’ options include

Answer 24

It includes the controls that let you specify where to store the file, and what file name to use

Question 25

If you delete a shortcut from your desktop, have you also deleted the original file?

Answer 25

No because shortcuts do not place the actual file, folder, or app on the desktop. It’s just a way to access the object without going through the file manager

Question 26

Steps in the boot process

Question 27

A(n) ___ contains the instructions your computer or device needs to run programs and apps

Answer 27

Executable file

Question 28

What is paging

Answer 28

Swapping items between memory and storage

Question 29

What is output

Answer 29

Digital information processed into a useful form