Chapter 5 - Part A

1. What does an Operating System do?

• anyone can download and modify it

• enables the hardware and application software to work together

• provides the licensee the legal right to use the software

• allow you to reuse existing OS licenses

1. Explain functions of an Operating System?

• enables coordination of hardware components

• provides an environment for software to function

• monitors system health and functionality

• provides an interface between user and machine

Public cloud providers allow you to reuse existing OS licenses to save money when running virtual machines in the cloud

• end-user license agreement (EULA)

• operating system (OS)

• bring your own license (BYOL)

• Licensing Operating system developers (LOSD)

two commercial OS that are privately owned by companies that charge money for them

• McDonald's

• Microsoft Windows

• Starbucks

• Apple MacOS

Operating systems primary characteristics

• games, social media, music apps

• open source, commercial, interface

• interface, hardware, and languages

• licensing, software compatibility, and complexity

Which of these is an open source operating system?

• macOS

• Windows

• Linux

• iOS

If you have a PC with a 32-bit CPU, which operating systems will run on it?

• 64-bit only

• 32-bit only

• Both 32-bit and 64-bi

• Neither 32-bit nor 64-bi

What is the defining feature of a commercial OS?

• Open source

• Free

• Not free

• Public domain

The Dock on a Mac is equivalent to what feature of a Windows 8.1 desktop?

• Start button

• Launcher

• Notification area

• Taskbar

What feature in Windows 10 is equivalent to Finder in macOS?

• Start screen

• File Explorer

• Control Panel

• Start menu