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Ch.4 Operating Systems
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1What is the world’s largest network?
- AFTP
- BARPANET
- CInternet
- DWorld Wide Web
2What is the table of contents to a hard drive?
- ADisk TOC
- BDatabase Register
- CFAT
- DHD TOC
3What kind of operating system does an iPhone use?
- AiMac
- BNOS
- CMac OS
- DEmbedded
4What is a common name for a hierarchy of directories?
- ATree
- BFolder
- CTree and Roots
- DRoot
5What program unclutters a hard drive?
- ADisk Efficiency Program (DEP)
- BDisk Organization Process
- CDefragmentation
- DFile Allocation Table Adjustment
6TCP/IP breaks file into what?
- APackets
- BSwap Files
- CVirtual Text Files (Cookie Derivative)
- DTemporary Text Files
7What does MS-DOS stand for?
- AMicrosoft Disk Operating System
- BMicrosoft Denial of Store (Online)
- CMicrosoft Diskette On Store
- DMicrosoft Denial of Service (Virus attack)
8Who developed the earliest Mac OS?
- AJobs and Wozniak
- BGates
- CGates (from Jobs)
- DGates and Allen
9What is it called when a computer performs a task?
- AProcess
- BActive task
- Cprogram
- Ddormant task
10Which memory coordinates, tracks, allocates other memory?
- ARAM
- BPrimary
- CVirtual
- DSecondary
11Is an OS system software or application software?
- ASystem
- BApplication
- CNeither
- DBoth
12Which memory quickens the implementation of computer programs?
- ARegisters
- BSecondary
- CCache
- DRAM
13Can an embedded operating system be modified?
- AYes
- BYes, but only the firmware
- CNo, except for the RAM
- DNo
14Who can modify Linux?
- AProgrammers
- BAnyone
- COnly the original coders
- DNo one
15Which operating system is open-source?
- AWindows
- BUNIX
- CLinux
- DMac OS
16Which operating system is free of cost?
- AMac OS
- BUNIX
- CWindows
- DLinux
17Which is not a major OS in business?
- ABorland System Platform
- BMac OS
- CLinux
- DWindows
18Who started Linux?
- ATim Berners-Lee
- BSteve Wozniak
- CLinus Torvalds
- DSteve Jobs
19What are the set of rules to move data from one computer to another?
- AUDS
- BRAM
- CTCP/IP
- DRAM Array
20What is the dominant OS in the operating system market?
- ALinux
- BWindows
- CUNIX
- DMac OS
21What function stores and organize a user’s work in computer files?
- AVirtual Allocation Memory
- BSwap files
- CFile Manager
- DRAM Allocation
22Who sold IBM MS-DOS?
- AJobs and Wozniak
- BBerners-Lee
- CSteve Case (AOL)
- DGates and Allen
23What is it called when a computer runs more than one process at a time?
- AMeta Processing
- BMultitasking
- CMulti Programming
- DMetatasking
24Which memory helps decrease the time it takes to access memory?
- ARegisters
- BCPU Cache
- CVirtual Memory
- DRAM
25What is another name for an OS?
- ASystem
- BData package delivery system
- CPlatform
- DProgram
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- ISYS 210 (Ch.4-6) Quiz on Ch.4 Operating Systems, created by Christopher Salazar on 04/06/2017.
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