Name Period Chapter 5: Operating Systems Part 1 1. What controls almost all functions on a computer? 2. What operating systems will be discussed in this chapter? 3. What is meant by multi-user? 4. Explain Multi-tasking? 5. What is multi-processing? 6. What is multi-threading? 7. What two things does an operating system provide to the user? 8. What are the roles of an operating system? 9. What is a device driver? 10. What is the function of PnP? 11. What is contained in the registry? 12. What is a file? 13. What is the difference between a directory and a subdirectory? 14. What are directories and sub-directories called in the Window OS? 15. What does the OS enable a user to do? 16. What are the two types of user interfaces? 17. What is an application? 18. What is API (Application Programming Interface)? 19. What are four examples of API s? Chapter 5: Operating Systems Page 1 of 6
20. What are the two common architectures use in Windows OS? 21. What are registers? 22. What bit architecture can x86 support? 23. What is the benefit of 64 bit architecture? 24. What are the memory capabilities of the 32 bit and 64 bit CPU architectures? 25. What are the two distinct types of Operating Systems? 26. What are the characteristics of a desktop OS? 27. In the current software market what are the three most common operating systems? 28. Which of the three common Operating Systems is open source? 29. Who developed Linux? 30. What is meant by open source? 31. What are the characteristics of a network operating system? 32. What are the most common network operating systems? 33. What is the central database that is used to manage network resources in Windows? 34. What must you do before making an operating system recommendation? 35. If cost-effective, what computer components might be considered for upgrade? 36. What are the minimum hardware requirements for Vista ultimate? 37. What are the minimum hardware requirements for Windows XP Professional? 38. What is a hardware compatibility list (HCL)? 39. Where might you find a HCL? Chapter 5: Operating Systems Page 2 of 6
40. What must be done before an operating system can be upgraded? 41. What is the purpose of Windows Upgrade Advisor? 42. Can a 32-bit OS be upgraded to a 64-bit system? 43. What three Windows tools can be used to migrate data? 44. What must be done before beginning the OS system upgrade? 45. What is the installation and initial booting of the operating system called? 46. What is the most common installation method for an operating system? 47. What happens when you partition a hard drive? 48. Where is the primary partition? 49. How many partitions can you have on a hard drive 50. What is the active partition? 51. How many extended partitions can you have on a hard drive? 52. What is a logical drive? 53. Why do you format a drive? 54. What is a sector? 55. What is a cluster? 56. What is a track? 57. What is a cylinder? 58. What is drive mapping? 59. What is the first phase of the installation process? 60. What does the file system provide? 61. What are the two file systems used by Windows? 62. What three installation options does the Windows 7 install wizard give you? Chapter 5: Operating Systems Page 3 of 6
63. What are the three options you get when choosing Install now in Windows 7? 64. What is a clean installation? 65. What does a repair installation do? 66. If no Windows installations are found, which option is disabled? 67. What is the default administrator account named? 68. How does the user account differ from the computer administrator? 69. Why should you register your copy of Windows? 70. How do you access Windows Update in Windows 7? 71. What Microsoft tool simplifies installing an OS on multiple computers? 72. What does disk cloning actually do? 73. What are five different installation methods for Windows 7? 74. When performing an image-based install what is needed after a single computer is configured to an operational state and Sysprep is run? 75. How does Remote Installation Services (RIS) differ from an image-based installation? 76. When would you use a recovery disk? 77. What does the Automated System Recovery (ASR) wizard do? 78. What key do you press to restore the ASR? Chapter 5: Operating Systems Page 4 of 6
79. What is a factory recovery partition? 80. How do you find out how to access the factory recovery partition and restore the original configuration of the computer? 81. What is a cold boot? 82. What occurs when a computer is turned on? 83. What is boot device priority? 84. What occurs during boot when the OS is found? 85. What are the four startup options commonly used in Windows? 86. When a user makes changes to the Control Panel settings, file associations, system policies, or installed software, where are the changes stored? 87. Which registry contains information relating to all active devices on a system? 88. What does a DLL file consists of? 89. What is a reason that more than one operating system might be required on a computer? 90. In a dual boot of Windows, which OS should be installed on the primary or the partition marked as active? 91. In a dual boot, where is the BOOTMGR file created? 92. In Windows XP what file fills the role of the BOOTMGR file? 93. What Windows tool is used to create partitions in Windows 7 and Vista? 94. What additional tasks can the Disk Management Utility perform? 95. How many drives are required to set up RAID on a computer? Chapter 5: Operating Systems Page 5 of 6
96. What is a purpose of extending a hard drive partition? 97. What is the only limit to changing the drive letter on a partition? 98. How are files organized in Windows? 99. What sets of files are stored in the Windows Directories? 100. What alpha letter is typically assigned to the root level partition? 101. How many drives can a Windows computer have? 102. What drive letter is traditionally assigned to an optical drive? 103. What is a mounted drive in Windows? 104. Where are files created by users in Windows 7 and Vista stored? 105. Where are the files that are used to run the computer in a Windows installation stored? 106. Windows naming convention allows how many letters to be used in a file name? 107. By default are file extensions in Windows viewable or hidden? 108. What path is followed to display hidden file extensions in Windows 7? 109. How does a user view or change the properties of a file? 110. What four tabs are shown in Properties view for an application or file? 111. What five tabs are shown in Properties view for an individual folder? 112. What is Shadow Copy in Windows? 113. What is the default theme of Windows 7 and Vista called? 114. What two Windows OS s do not include Aero? Chapter 5: Operating Systems Page 6 of 6