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Chapter 6 Review

Chapter 6 Review. System Software: Operating Systems and Utilities. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45. Pick A Number. The type of programs enable a user to perform his or job.

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Chapter 6 Review

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  1. Chapter 6 Review System Software: Operating Systems and Utilities

  2. 12345678910 11121314151617181920 21222324252627282930 31323334353637383940 4142434445 Pick A Number

  3. The type of programs enable a user to perform his or job. Application Software

  4. Main collection of programs that manage and control a computer’s activities. Operating System

  5. An environment in which users issue commands by selection icons, buttons, and other images. GUI

  6. An environment in which users issue commands by typing them on the keyboard. Command-line-interface

  7. Parts of the operating system loaded into memory during boot up. Kernel

  8. Program that links a peripheral device to the operating system. Utility Programs

  9. Type of device that can be attached while the computer is running. USB

  10. The process of organizing and keeping track of files. File Management

  11. Used to organize the files on a disk or hard drive hierarchically. Folder

  12. The route to a file on disk. Path

  13. Running two or more programs at the same time by one CPU. Multitasking

  14. Simultaneous processing with two or more processors in one computer. Multiprocessing

  15. Processing in which each task is processed in turn in a fixed-time slot. Time-sharing

  16. An area of disk used to temporarily store segments of the application on disk when there is not enough memory to hold all programs needed. Swap file

  17. Putting output or input in a special area in memory or on a disk where a device can access them when it is ready. Spooling

  18. Disk operating system. DOS

  19. An operating system designed for networks. Windows NT

  20. An operating system designed for personal computers. Windows ME

  21. An open-source operating system. Linux

  22. Reorganize files into contiguous segments. Defragment

  23. The Microsoft word file extension. doc

  24. A file extension for graphics. bmp

  25. A file extension for programs. exe

  26. A file extension for video files. mpg

  27. A file extension for a type of document. pdf

  28. A file extension for compressed files. zip

  29. A file extension for audio files. wav

  30. Techniques that increase system efficiency. Interleaved processing

  31. Multitasking with a multiuser operating system. Multiprogramming

  32. A type of operating system with the ability to process multiple sequences of instructions within a program at one time. Multithreading

  33. A sequence of instructions within a program. Thread

  34. Utilizes special-purpose processors to assist the CPU with specialized chores. Coprocessing

  35. Involves using two or more CPUs in a computer system to work more efficiently. Parallel processing

  36. Allows the use of more RAM than is physically installed in the PC. Virtual Memory

  37. Continues until a program in virtual memory finishes executing. Paging

  38. TRUE OR FALSE: One of the key pieces of applications software is the operating system. False

  39. TRUE OR FALSE: A computer cannot function without application software. False

  40. Which of the following is technically not an operating system? a. Windows XP b. NetWare c. Windows ME  d. MS-DOS e. Windows 3.1 e. Windows 3.1

  41. Many operating systems use ____ to temporarily store data that are to be output. a. buffers b. virtual pages c. special areas of ROM d. registers e. partitions a. buffers

  42. An uninstall utility can be used to: a. remove a program from a computer. b. reformat a diskette. c. rearrange files to place them in contiguous clusters. d. (It can be used for all of the above.) e. (It does none of the above.) a. remove a program from a computer

  43. An operating system that allows a user to give commands by clicking on icons, buttons, or other objects is described as having a: a. command line interface. b. mouse driven controller. c. graphical user interface. d. click oriented environment. e. (None of the above.) c. graphical user interface.

  44. The type of processing in which a computer system uses several CPUs to perform work simultaneously is called: a. multithreading. b. multitasking. c. multiuser. d. multiprocessing. e. multiprogramming. d. multiprocessing.

  45. Repairing damaged files would be performed by a(n) ____ program. a. defragmentation b. directory decompression c. diagnostic d. reinstallation e. encryption c. diagnostic

  46. Which of the following tasks would be performed by application software? a. creating a spreadsheet b. defragmenting a disk c. finding and diagnosing disk errors d. managing your program files e. translating commands into a form understood by the computer a. creating a spreadsheet

  47. The ability of an operating system to allow one user to run two or more programs at the same time on one computer is called: a. spooling. b. program swapping. c. time-sharing.  d. multitasking. e. virtual memory. d. multitasking.

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