Introduction to Operating Systems
Covers basic operating system concepts including file management, graphical user interface, hardware interaction, and core OS functions like multitasking and directory organization.
Questions
The operating systems controls and organizes the hardware, which one falls under that task?
- Manages files and folders
- Manages ystem security
- Loads and runs other software applications
- Recognizes and install peripheral devices
The file structure is:
- files, drives, folders
- folders, files, drives
- folders, drives, files
- drives, folders, files
Drives are devices that
- control the hardware
- manage all software
- store information
- organize information
Whenever you create a document and save it, it becomes a _________________.
- document
- file
- folder
- program
Computers save information in:
- files
- folders
- programs
- files and folders
_______________________ means working on two files, documents or programs at the same time.
- Multi-taking
- Dual-tasking
Mouseover text in Windows works the same way as ________________ in MACs.
- callouts
- balloons
- displays
- data
Which are hardware devices?
- Word and Excel
- Google Chrome and Mozilla
- Files and Folders
- Monitor and keyboard
What is an icon?
- Graphial User Interface
- same as the task bar
- file structure
- small picture that represents a program, folder or file
Which one is an application software.
- graphical user interface
- random access memory spreadsheet
- word processing
- Drive A
_______________ enables users to easily interact with their computers.
- multitasking
- menu
- GUI
- command
GUI stands for Graphical User Interaction.
- True
- False
An object that contains multiple documents or files
- window
- menu
- folder
- desktop
An organizational system used to organize files
- menu
- desktop
- window
- directory
The background screen on a computer; the main work area, is called
- menu
- window
- desktop
- directory