Test Review Flashcards
Responsible for controlling a computer
Operating System Software
Four main functions of all os
- Provide a user interface
- manage files
- manage hardware
- manage applications
Windows OEM can only be installed on?
New PC for resale
Usually on the right side of the taskbar and displays open services
Notification area (system tray or stystray)
A program that runs in the background
Services
What was the Windows 8 interface formerly called?
Metro User Interface or Metro UI
What is the initial screen that is displayed?
Desktop
What is a mini app that provides information such as time, date, news headlines, or weather. Found on windows 7 desktop
Gadgets
Where is the windows desktop folder located?
In the File System
A windows 7 what is a collection of folders?
Library
What root directory is the top of hierarchical structure of subdirectories?
C:\
A hard drive is divided into what?
Partitions
Each volume on a hard drive has its own?
Root directory
A hard drive also has what?
A hierarchical structure of subdirectories
Why can a single hard drive have multiple root directories?
Because it can have multiple partitions
Can hold files or other directories, the directories are called subdirectories, child directories, or folders.
Root directory
Any directory can have what two things?
Files and other subdirectories in it.
What are the partitions assigned drive letters called?
Volumes
How do you navigate the navigation pane?
Click or double click folders
Folders in windows = what?
Directories in command prompt.
Compressed folders have what kind of extension?
.ZIP extension
Obtains applets used to manage system
Control Panel
Accessing control panel in windows
Right click start button in windows 7 and then click control panel
What is the default view for control panel?
Category view
Administrative tools in control panel
Print management
Computer management
Event viewer
Gives you a quick look at what hardware and software are installed
System Window
How to access system information window in Windows 8
Enter msinfo32.exe in run box and press enter
Tools to quickly solve problems, and lists errors and issues that need attention
Action Center
Appears in notification area of toolbar
Action Center Flag
Place to view network information and trouble shoot network problems
Network and Sharing Center
What are two types of privileges?
Administrative and Standard
Type of account that authenticates off Microsoft server
Microsoft Account
What is authenticated by a computer on a network?
Network ID
What is authenticated on the local computer?
Local account
What indicates how file contents are organized and formatted?
The File extensions
What OS system can support a max of 4 GB of memory?
32 Bit OS
How many bites of memory can 64 bit OS support?
16 hexabytes of memory
Can 64 bit apps support 32 bit Os?
Yes
Has a 2 TB partition size
Master Boot Record (MBR) partition
Limited to 18 EB partition size
GUID Partition Table (GPT)
Manages essential devices such as keyboard.
The Motherboard UEFI/BIOS
Used to change motherboard settings.
Setup/UEFI BIOS
What is required if. Imputed has a drive larger than 2 TB
UEFI
What does UEFI have that is an Anti malware that prevents malware from high jacking system?
Secure boot
Small programs stored on hard drive that tell the computer how to communicate with hardware.
Device drivers
Hidden recovery partition on brand-name computers to reinstall OS
Factory recovery partition
Software simulating a physical computer
Virtual Machine
Where are old files saved if the hard drive is not reformatted?
Windows.old file
Launched from the desktop and keeps user settings and installed apps and
In place upgrade
When windows is installed in a second partition this is called.
Multi boot
What is required if you want to install a 64-bit version of windows over a 32-bit system?
Clean install
A disc image file that has setup files
ISO file
Install windows 8.1 only required for clean installs
Click custom
Pre-installed antivirus and anti malware on windows 8
Windows Defender
Copies individual or small companies user data and settings
Windows Easy Transfer
Deployment strategy that clones the hard drive recommended for 100-200 computers
High touch standard image
An answer file stores responses to installation prompts.
Light touch high volume
Deployment strategy that uses push automation. It is automated with no user intervention required.
Zero touch high volume deployment.
No user intervention is required. A server pushed installation to a computer.
Push automation
Installation that does not require technician to respond to prompts by the setup program.
Unattended installation
Provide encryptions and hardlink management
UsmtUtils
How can virtual machines be used?
Train users to run legacy software
Support multiple operating systems.
Software used to create and manage virtual machines
Hypervisor
When a user logs onto windows a user profile is created
User Profile Namespace
File stored in the C:\users\username folder
Ntuser.dat
To define values for variables used by the program files have .ini or .inf extensions
Initialization files
Utility used to delete temporary files
Windows Disk Cleanup
Rearrange fragments or parts of files to store as few segments as possible
Defragment
Is defragmentation recommended for SSD’s?
No
A file allocation unit
Cluster
Unused space at the end of the last cluster in a hard drive is called
Slack
Fake RAM on hard drive is called what?
Virtual memory
Hidden file stored in c root directory
Pagefile.sys
How can you save space involving virtual memory?
Move the virtual memory paging file to another partition on same or different drive.
Extra copy of data or software file
Backup
When is it necessary to use back up?
If original file becomes damaged or destroyed
Utility that automatically backs up system files and stores them at regular intervals
Windows System Protection
A Condition at the time a snapshot is taken and includes windows system file.
Restore point
What is the size of each sector on a magnetic drive?
512 bytes
Installs a file system and erases all data on volume
High level formatting
Called an extended partition which can hold one or more volumes called logical drives
Fourth MBR partition
Can support up to 128 partitions and doesn’t use extended partitions
GPT partition (Globally Unique Identifier Partition Table)
Removed extended partitions and concerts the drive in GPT partitions
Diskpart command
Overall structure an Os uses names files to site info on a drive
File system
Single hard drive that can be partitioned and formatted as a stand alone drive.
Basic Disk
A volume accessible by a folder on another volume.
Mounted Drive
Word together to collectively present a single dynamic volume
Several dynamic disks
Combines multiple physical disks into a single virtual disk
Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID)
Keyboard short cut to terminate a command before its finished
CTRL + C or CTRL + Pause
Small program that contains a list of commands
Batch File (.bat)
How do you manually execute a batch file?
Type .batch along with the file name in command prompt
Creates a sub directory under a directory
Md [drive:] path
Fixes file system errors, recovers data from bad sectors, won’t fix anything unless drive is unlocked.
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