Operating Systems Vocabulary Worksheet

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 operating system 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 known as ______.

Answer 6

DOS

Question 7

__________ is the most common operating system for PCs.

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