ODW Chapter 4 Review

GUI is an acronym for

• graphically uniform icons.

• Google universal interface.

• graphics uniform interface.

• graphical user interface.

This utility searches for unnecessary files (such as temporary Internet files) and deletes them.

• Disk Defragmenter

• System Information

• Disk Cleanup

• Device Manager

This operating system is an open source program.

• Chrome OS

• Mac OS X

• Linux

• Windows 8

The operating system on a mobile device is stored in this type of memory.

• cache memory

• random-access memory (RAM)

• read-only memory (ROM)

• virtual memory

The operating system and utilities are known as

• server software.

• multi-user software.

• application software.

• system software.

Which of the following is not an operating system designed for mobile devices?

• Windows Phone

• Android

• Mac OS X

• iOS

The UNIX operating system was developed by _____ in the 1970s and was written in the _____ programming language.

• Hewlett-Packard; COBOL

• Motorola; Visual Basic

• Remington Rand; Java

• AT&T Bell Laboratories; C

Where is your computer's firmware stored?

• in RAM

• on the serial bus

• on the hard drive

• on a ROM BIOS chip

The process of _____ your computer, called booting, is handled by instructions that reside on the BIOS.

• shutting down

• starting

• backing up

• scanning

Operating system packages such as Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux typically combine the OS with

• firmware

• utilities

• shareware

• productivity software.