Exam 5: System Software: Operating Systems and Utility Programs

In 1994, Microsoft announced that all versions of Windows after 3.11 would be full-fledged operating systems instead of just application environments. _________________________

When you issue the command for your computer to store a document on your hard drive, the application software must make sure that the specified hard drive exists.

Computers running the Windows operating system can still execute ____________________ commands via the Command Prompt window.

In DOS, the command ____ displays the files and folders in the current location.

Windows Vista replaced Windows XP.

File extensions should not be changed by the user because the operating system uses them to identify the program that should be used to open the file.

File compression programs reduce the size of files so they take up less storage space on a storage medium or can be transmitted faster over the Internet.

Chrome OS is the first ____.

The file management program incorporated into recent versions of Windows is ____.

Disk management programs diagnose and repair problems related to your hard drive. _________________________

The means by which an operating system or any other program interacts with the user is called the ____.

OS X includes the Safari Web browser and a(n) ____________________, which you can use to launch programs and open frequently used files and folders.

Filenames typically include a ____ at the end of the filename.

Although Linux originally used a command line interface, most recent versions of Linux programs use a graphical user interface.

A(n) ____________________ is a software program that performs a specific task, usually related to managing or maintaining a computer system.

____________________ is an operating system developed by Linus Torvalds in 1991 when he was a student at the University of Helsinki in Finland.

Most operating systems include security features, such as an integrated ____, to protect against unauthorized access via the Internet.

Filename rules are the same in all operating systems.

Certain system configuration information is stored in the Windows ____________________ files.

Describe the functionality of an operating system.