Exam 8: Operating Systems and Utility Programs

Explain what the Macintosh operating system is, and list some of the enhanced features of the latest version of the OS.

At its peak, DOS was a widely used operating system, with an estimated 70 million computers running it.

One sign of a virus infection is that available memory is less than what should be available.

The two most popular GUIs available for ____ are GNOME and KDE.

List and briefly describe the five products in the Windows Server 2003 family. Also mention what the Windows Server System is

A(n) ____________________ is a utility that causes a monitor's screen to display a moving image or blank screen if no keyboard or mouse activity occurs for a specified period of time.

____ is software that acts without a user's knowledge and deliberately alters a computer's operations.

Examples of stand-alone operating systems include all of the following except ____.

Figure 8-3 When first developed by Microsoft, ____ used a command-line interface like the one in Figure 8-3, but later versions included both command-line and menu driven user interfaces.

____________________ is a scaled-down Windows operating system designed for use on communications, entertainment, and computing devices with limited functionality.

Windows Vista rarely accesses the registry during the computer's operation.

The ____ is firmware that contains a computer's startup instructions.

With Plug and Play, the operating system determines an appropriate URL for communications between a device and the processor.

The operating system that a computer uses sometimes is called the ____.

Users with broadband Internet connections are less susceptible to attacks from a hacker.

A(n) ____________________ is an operating system that organizes and coordinates how multiple users access and share resources on a network.

Figure 8-2 A process called ____________________, which is illustrated in Figure 8-2, sends print jobs to a buffer instead of sending them immediately to the printer.

A warm boot is the process of using the operating system to restart a computer.

A multiuser operating system always processes jobs on a first-come, first-served basis.

Discuss how a computer monitors performance.