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Windows 10 is considered to be a client operating system

True

Operating systems may be categorized as: single-tasking or multitasking

True

Bill Gates is the co-founder of Apple

False

Which of the following are typically provided by the operating system?

* User Interface
* Storage Management
* Process Management
* Memory Management
* Security

Which of the following are steps of the boot process?

* Power is applied to CPU
* CPU starts
* CPU executes firmware
* The OS is loaded into RAM
* User programs are started

Where is the BIOS stored in modern computers?

Flash memory

A process is a currently executing program

True

How can you see the process IDs (PIDs) in Windows?

Task Manager

Interrupt-driven I/O is not as efficient as polling

False

It is best to not use the administrator account unless absolutely necessary

True

What was Microsoft's original operating system?

MS DOS

MS-DOS has a GUI interface

False

Microsoft developed a GUI interface prior to the one developed by Apple

False

Which Windows OS first introduced Active Directory?

Windows 2000

Which OS provided the first popular usable Microsoft GUI?

Windows 3.1

AT&T developed the original version of UNIX

True

UNIX is a multiuser operating system

True

Which of the following items are available under the Windows Start button?

* Device Manager
* Disk Management
* PowerShell
* Task Manager

The Windows Task Manager shows all processes and their PID

True

What is the command line application in Fedora called?

Terminal

System Monitor in Fedora shows processes and their PID

True

What information is available on Mac OS under the Apple icon/ About this Mac?

* OS version
* Type of processor
* Amount of memory

How do you close a window on the Mac?

Close button top left of window

What is available under the Go option on the Mac?

* Documents
* Downloads
* iCloud Drive
* Processes

You can either Log Out or Shut Down using the Apple icon on the top-left of the Mac OS screen

True

In Lab 1, we installed Windows 10 and Linux Fedora using ISOs

True

Which of the following is best to run on a client operating system?

* Web browser

Which Windows Operating System first supported multitasking?

Windows 95

Which Windows feature, introduced in Windows 95, helped eliminate device resource conflicts and precluded manual device configuration with jumpers?

Plug and Play

Which distribution of Linux is ideal for learning about cybersecurity because of its wide collection of forensic and security tools?

Kali

Windows 1.0 was released to compete with the Apple Macintosh

True

PIDs in Windows 10 OS may be found under the Device Manager

False

Cache is much faster than RAM

True

A processor core is the part of the a CPU that reads and executes machine code

True

To see what version of the Windows 10 operating system is installed, go to Start, System

True

The program counter is a register inside the CPU that contains the address of the next instruction the CPU will execute

True

Which of the following are typical parts of a CPU chip? Select all that apply.

* Registers
* Cache Memory
* Arithmetic Logic Unit
* Control Unit

CPUs may be classified by which of the following? Select all that apply

* Data bus size
* Amount and kind of Cache memory
* Clock speed

There are three general CPU architectures described in our text: CISC, RISC, and TISC

False

Pipelining is more difficult and not as effective on a CPU that uses RISC architecture

False

A CPU opcode is a numeric code that tells the CPU what machine instruction to execute

True

The clock speed of modern CPU chips is in the range of megahertz

False

Level 4 cache is the fastest and most expensive type of cache

False

The most popular CPUs used in PCs today are designed by Intel

True

Most modern CPUs typically have a 32-bit data bus

False

The size of the CPU's address bus determines how much main memory (RAM) the CPU can address

True

All three of the operating systems we installed in Lab #1 require a product key

False

We got our Windows 10 ISO for use in Lab #1 from the Microsoft Azure web site

True

The registry, a database that stores operating system information, was introduced in Windows 95

True

Server Core is a bare-bones implementation of Windows Server

True

Computer file systems perform which of the following general tasks? Select all that apply.

* Provides user interface to open and save files
* Provides hierarchical file structure
* Stores metadata

You can access the files on a Fedora Linux system using the Files option in the GNOME interface.

True

Which of the following are file metadata? Select all that apply.

* File name
* Permissions
* File type
* Date and time created
* Size of file

A single disk can contain only one partition.

False

One technique for storing block allocation data is to use a fixed portion of the disk to store this data. This technique is used in the file allocation table (FAT) file system.

True

NTFS uses the Master File Table to keep track of files and clusters

True

Disk Management in Windows may be used to find out what volumes there are on a particular drive

True

FAT file systems have most of the features of newer file systems.

False

You have installed a second disk in your Windows 10 computer. The disk has only been low-level formatted. What is the first thing that must occur before you can begin using the disk to store files?

Partition the disk

ReFS is available on Linux servers and is used for large file-sharing applications.

False

What is the primary file system for all Windows operating systems starting with Windows NT 3.1?

NTFS

According to our author, what items must be satisfied in order to have an OS installed? Choose all that apply.

* Have a network connection
* Appropriate CPU architecture and speed
* Appropriate amount of RAM
* Appropriate amount of free disk space

Our author recommends having 10 times the minimum free disk space requirement for an OS installation.

False

The Rufus software allows you to use an iso operating system file to create a bootable USB drive.

True

Which of the following are network modes available in VMWare Workstation?

* Bridged
* NAT
* Host-only

When installing Windows 10, you must either have or create a Microsoft account.

False

For organizations heavily using virtualization, Datacenter Edition of Windows Server 2019 is the best choice.

True

Under what circumstances should you consider a clean installation of an OS? Choose all that apply.

* The installation is needed for a computer that has no OS installed
* You want to be able to boot to your old OS and the new OS

Windows Device Manager allows you to see what percentage of CPU and Memory each process is using.

False

Linux Fedora System Monitor gives you information on the CPU

True

To see files on a Windows OS, use the File Explorer

True

The mkdir command allows you to create a new subdirectory on both Windows and Linux operating systems

True

You can add a new user account in either Windows, Linux, or MacOS from the command prompt.

True

A device driver may be thought of as communication service interface between the physical device and the operating system.

True

A device driver is a piece of hardware found on the device itself.

False

In memory-mapped I/O, the CPU uses the same instructions for reading and writing I/O registers as it does for reading and writing RAM

True

A hard drive is an example of a character-stream device

False

One main advantage of device drivers is that new devices can be easily added to a computer without an operating system update

True

Most Windows device drivers come in a tar format

False

You can use Windows Event Manager to install a new drive, update an existing one, or roll back a driver to a previous version

False

Linux device drivers are stored in the /tmp folder

False

In Windows you can use the Add a Device wizard, Plug and Play, or Device Manager to install a new device

True

A hard disk drive is classified as a sequential access device

False

I/O devices that require the CPU to read and write one byte or one word of data at a time from the device registers are called programmed I/O devices

True

You are writing a device driver for an audio device connected to your computer. Your code needs to determine if the device is busy or ready to accept a new command. How can the driver determine this?

Read the status register

The Windows Server Core includes a GUI interface

False

It is best to assign a server a static IP address

True

A clean installation of an operating system preserves any pre-existing user files

False

Which of the following is a process that marks the location of tracks and sectors on a disk?

Low-level format

Files in Windows 10 operating system may be compressed in order to save space

True

In Windows File Explorer, you are able to select options to see both file extensions and hidden files

True

It is possible to do an upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10

True

The NTFS file system provides for both file compression and encryption

True

There is no provision in the Windows NTFS file system for associating the root of a new disk volume with a folder on another NTFS volume, thus eliminateing the need for a drive letter to access the new volume

False

NTFS supports multiple disk drives in one volume

True

The extended file system (ext) is the file system that comes with Linux by default

True

The current and recommended file system for macOS is APFS

True

LAMP is an acronym that stands for: Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP

True

Windows Device Manager lets you install a new device driver, update a device driver, or roll a current device drive back to an earlier version

True

In Linux, each device requires a device special file that is stored in the /temp directory

False