Exam 5: System Software: Operating Systems and Utility Programs

Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions Case 5-1 Janet is studying operating systems as part of her Understanding Computers 101 class. After learning about the different types of operating systems, she realizes that she uses a number of them in her daily life. All the computers in Janet's school computer lab have the latest version of Windows installed, which is ____.

Small programs called ____ are used to communicate with peripheral devices, such as monitors, printers, portable storage devices, and keyboards.

Windows 98 was built from the ground up using a different kernel than the other versions of Windows.

A computer's ____ is a collection of programs that manage and coordinate the activities taking place within the computer.

What is the purpose of uninstall utilities?

If a document has been manually or automatically assigned ____________________ tags (information about the file, such as author, artist, or keywords), some search programs can search by those tags as well.

Explain multitasking with reference to an operating system.

An important task that the operating system performs is ____, which keeps track of the files stored on a computer so that they can be retrieved when needed.

In Windows 8, the ____________________ bar is displayed by pointing to the upper or lower right corner of the screen or by swiping in from the right edge of the screen.

Stand-alone utility programs are often available in a suite of related programs.

Larger computers-such as high-end servers, mainframes, and supercomputers-sometimes use operating systems designed solely for that type of system.

Most operating systems include security features, such as an option to download and install ____ automatically from the operating system's manufacturer on a regular basis.

____ is the most widely used mobile operating system in the United States.

____ was originally developed in the late 1960s at AT&T Bell Laboratories as an operating system for midrange servers.

All programs and data located in RAM are divided into fixed-length pages or variable-length files . _________________________

____ programs can protect against someone accessing your computer via the Internet or a wireless connection.

One memory management technique frequently used by operating systems is ____________________, which uses a portion of the computer's hard drive as additional RAM.

You may need to update or reinstall some device drivers if you ____________________ your operating system to a newer version.

The proprietary operating system for Mac computers made by Apple Corporation was ____.

Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions Case 5-1 Janet is studying operating systems as part of her Understanding Computers 101 class. After learning about the different types of operating systems, she realizes that she uses a number of them in her daily life. Janet recently purchased a new Apple computer. The operating system of that computer is ____.