Exam 8: Discovering Computers: Operating Systems and Utility Programs

____________________ is the process of starting or restarting a computer.

On mobile devices, the operating system may reside on a RAM chip.

One drawback of multiprocessing is that it tends to reduce a computer's processing speed.

The accompanying figure lists a few of the utilities available in Windows 7; one of the utilities available in Windows 7, a file ____, is a utility that performs functions related to file management.

The accompanying figure lists a few of the utilities available in Windows 7; one of the utilities available in Windows 7, a screen ____, is a utility that causes a display device's screen to show a moving image or blank screen if no keyboard or mouse activity occurs for a specified time.

In a multitasking environment, many programs run in the foreground, while one program remains in the background.

With a ____, users interact with menus and visual images such as buttons and other graphical objects to issue commands.

Explain what memory management and virtual memory are, and why they are important, making sure to explain paging and thrashing.

If you attach a new device to a computer, its driver must be installed before you can use the device.

A(n)____________________ is a segment of memory or storage in which items are placed while waiting to be transferred from an input device or to an output device.

Apple's latest operating system version, Mac ____, is a multitasking operating system available only for computers manufactured by Apple.

Uncompressing a file is the same as zipping a file.

____________________ memory is a concept in which the operating system allocates a portion of a storage medium to function as additional RAM.

Because virtual memory is faster than RAM, users may notice the computer speeding up while it uses virtual memory.

The accompanying figure lists a few of the utilities available in Windows 7; one of the utilities available in Windows 7, a(n)____ utility, identifies computer problems but does not repair them.

An anti-spam program restricts access to certain material on the Web.

When you install new software, often an on-screen prompt instructs you to restart the computer, in which case a cold boot is appropriate.