Operating Systems VOCAB

Question 1

The large program that controls how the CPU communicates with other hardware components is the _______

Answer 1

Operating System

Question 2

A computer that is easy to operate is called ______

Answer 2

User Friendly

Question 3

The _____ wakes up the computer and reminds it what to do

Answer 3

BIOS

Question 4

The _______ part of the operating systems is stored on ROM

Answer 4

Essential

Question 5

Important, but non-essential, parts of the operating system are stored on the computers ______

Answer 5

Hard Drive

Question 6

Disk-based Operating System is also knowned as _____

Answer 6

DOS

Question 7

_______ is the most common operating system for PC’s

Answer 7

Windows

Question 8

Operating systems are constantly being _____ as technology advances

Answer 8

Upgraded

Question 9

One example of a Macintosh operating system is _______

Answer 9

System 8

Question 10

A Graphical User Interface uses ________ to help the user navigate within the computer system

Answer 10

Graphics