Exam 16: Android Operating Systems

If memory space becomes scarce in an Android device,a ____ acts to free up memory by removing the processes that have remained dormant the longest.

Memory management in the Android operating system is handled by the ____.

Apps for the Android operating system are programmed in Objective-C.

The ____ gesture on a touch screen rearranges data from one place to another within the view,or moves data into a folder or another container.

The only two states from which an app can be terminated are Stopped and Destroyed.

Each app must have one ____ file that holds essential information that the operating system must have before it can run an application.

Facial recognition is currently recognized as one of the strongest access control tools offered by Android.

Management of the power supply is a key consideration for any operating system running on a mobile device.For instance,turning off GPS can save power.

Battery usage information for an Android device is available from the ____ tab.

In the action overflow section of an Android action bar,users can find tasks that are not often needed.

An alternative to password protection is Android's pattern recognition tool.

The Android operating system was first developed by ____.

The part of an Android action bar that shows the most important actions that users will want to access when using an app is the set of ____.

A(n)____ is defined in Android as a "sequence of activities a user follows to accomplish a goal."

Android users may need supplementary apps to perform the hands-on file manipulation one might expect from a robust operating system.

All devices running the Android operating system use a touch screen for a user interface.

A(n)____ in Android is the mechanism that one app uses to signal another app that its cooperation is requested to accomplish something.

Android is designed to run ____.

Mobile devices are typically built with a limited amount of main memory and a relatively slow CPU.Therefore Android apps are explicitly designed to require no resources when they are dormant.

According to Android's suggested user interface standards,repeatedly pressing the app icon on an app's action bar will eventually move the device to its home screen.