Exam 9: Operating Systems

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT You want to run another operating system on your computer in addition to the one already installed. Which of the following will let you do that?

Critical Thinking Questions Case 9-1 You are in the market for a new computer, and you would really like to buy a Mac. However, you have a couple of applications that you must be able to use and they are available only for Windows. One of the steps you have to take in order to install Windows on your Mac is to create a section of storage or memory reserved for a specific program or application. What is the term for this section?

In this kind of memory, the operating system allocates a portion of a storage medium, usually the hard disk or a USB flash drive, to function as additional RAM. What kind of memory is this?

Quickly pressing the power button on a laptop may place the computer in sleep mode.

Even if users are working on multiple programs simultaneously, it is impossible to run out of RAM.

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT The company for which you work has just released an updated device driver version. Which of the following is least likely to be the reason for the release?

Who can establish standard user accounts that allow alterations to security settings?

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT When you run an app in Windows, it appears in an on-screen work area app. What is this called?

If a user or task has been assigned a higher priority than others by the network administrator the operating system performs higher-priority tasks first.

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT To prevent unauthorized users from reading data as it travels over a network, what process should the administrator specify?

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following statements is not true about user interfaces?

Microsoft has continually updated its Windows operating system, incorporating new features and functions with each subsequent version.

Command-line interfaces like the one in the accompanying figure give a user less control to manage detailed settings.

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT You want to remove a program from your computer. What do you use?

Which of the following is the process of starting or restarting a computer or mobile device?

In Windows, the status bar consists of tabs, groups, and commands that provide access to tasks.

With virtual memory, which is illustrated in the accompanying figure, when an operating system spends much of its time paging, instead of executing application software, it is said to be thrashing.

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following is NOT a name of an Android release?

What term is sometimes used to describe a computer that runs a Windows operating system?

Critical Thinking Questions Case 9-2 You have just been hired as the computer administrator for a brand-new startup company and your first task is to select the desktop operating system that you will suggest to the head of the IT team as the one you recommend for the office. The company would like to make sure that the operating system used on its desktops is open source because it believes strongly in the philosophy of this kind of OS. Which of the following is an option for you in light of this recommendation?