Exam 4: Operating Systems and File Management

To delete data from a disk in such a way that no one can ever read it,you should ____.

____ OS is a popular handheld operating system used on Ericsson and Nokia smart phones.

-Utilities,like the one shown in the accompanying figure,often use some sort of storage metaphor to help you visualize and mentally organize the files on your disks.The metaphors are called ____ storage models.

Tracks and sectors are numbered to provide addresses for each data storage bin._________________________

The process that ensures that files in two or more locations contain the same data is file ____________________.

-In the accompanying figure,Music is an example of a ____.

The term used to refer to the organization and layout of data that is stored in a file is the file ____________________.

A computer file's location is defined by a ____.

Activities competing for the attention of your computer's microprocessor are called ____________________.

When formatting a disk,the disk is divided into tracks._________________________

Often file management is represented by a tree metaphor.

Files are managed differently by the Macintosh operating system than they are by the Windows operating system.Describe how file management takes place in the Mac.

Charlie is worried about something happening to his data. He uses it all the time in his business, and if something were to happen to it, he might lose his business. He has come to you for some answers on how to secure his data files and protect this resource. -Charlie wants to know what the term is for making a copy of all his files.Charlie has a Windows machine.You tell him the correct term is ____.

Using Microsoft Windows products,like the one in the accompanying figure,to select files and folders which are not listed consecutively,____.

Cindy is trying to understand operating systems. You tell her you just took an OS course and you will be glad to answer any of her questions. -Cindy wants to know how a computer can run more than one program at a time.You explain to her that the operating system allocates specific areas of memory for each program.This memory is called ____.

Charlie is worried about something happening to his data. He uses it all the time in his business, and if something were to happen to it, he might lose his business. He has come to you for some answers on how to secure his data files and protect this resource. -Which of the following is NOT a true statement you can make to Charlie?

The file system used by Mac OS is ____.

The file system used by Windows Vista is ____.

All of the following are examples of resources EXCEPT ____.

MATCHING Identify the letter of the choice that best matches the phrase or definition. -Common location for a button