Exam 10: Exploring the Basics of Windows 8

When using the Search menu, the ____ category is selected by default.

You use ____ to identify and work with open desktop applications.

-The various square/rectangular shapes displayed on the screen in the accompanying figure are called tiles. _________________________

The ____ is software that manages and coordinates activites on the computer and helps the computer perform essential tasks.

You display the Switch List by moving your pointer to the bottom-right corner of the screen. _________________________

You are trying to learn about some of the different main screens that you will come across when working with Windows 8. -This screen displays windows and a taskbar.

You open the Search menu from the ____ bar.

If you click the ____ button on an application, the application will reverse your last action.

To use Windows 8 you must have a ____ account.

The ____ window is the window in which you are currently working.

MATCHING -Runs in a window and has a Close button

-In the accompanying figure, the box marked A points to ____.

Briefly describe what a ribbon is, as well as two or three of the more common ribbon tabs.

To move a window, you drag it by ____.

You open the Search menu from the ____________________ bar.

____ have buttons on the taskbar.

You are the proud owner of a new notebook computer running Windows 8. You are trying to understand the differences between the two main types of applications that your Windows 8 machine can run. -Since you just used the following, you know you are working in a desktop application.

Windows 8 runs two types of applications, ____ and ____.

When you point to the corner of a window, the pointer changes to a(n) ____________________ pointer.

When using the Search menu, the ____________________ category is selected by default.