Exam 10: Exploring the Basics of Windows 8

When you open a desktop application, it displays in ____.

If you are using a touch screen, the movements you make with your fingers on the screen are known as ____________________.

The part of the operating system you use when you work with a computer is called the SkyDrive.

Pressing and holding the ____ keys together will display the Charms bar.

The Windows 8 default Start screen displays tiles for Internet Explorer, Weather, and Photos, among others.

An object with a black background on the Windows 8 screen indicates ____.

-In the accompanying figure, if you clicked the button marked by box D, ____.

A(n) netbook is a display that lets you touch areas of the screen to interact with software. _________________________

-In the accompanying figure, you can see examples of ____.

The Windows 8 application called ____________________ lets you view and navigate PDF documents.

You can ________ an application window's taskbar button to display a shortcut menu that includes a command to close the window.

-In the accompanying figure, the box marked B points to the scroll bar.

The ability of Windows 8 to run multiple applications at the same time is called multitasking. _________________________

When you click some charms, a ____ opens -- a list or group of commands.

The Start screen contains multiple colored rectangles called ____, which represent applications and other resources your computer can access

MATCHING -One of the categories found on the Search menu

When an application is open but not being used to complete tasks, it is said to be running in ____.

Windows 8 applications are often called ____________________ for short.

The Close button of a desktop application ____.

System software is the software that runs a computer.