Module 9: Study Resource

What is a small image that represents shortcuts to an application or other content?

• The Dock

• An icon

• Kernel

What is a swap?

• When an operating system spends much of its time paging.

• An application that runs the same way on multiple operating systems.

• The area of the hard drive used for virtual memory.

When a specific device communicates with an operating system, it is called...

• A Driver

• Firmware

• Platform

• Kernel

Which of the following is not a function of an operating system?

• Memory management

• Providing a user interface

• Networking

• Developing application software

What is the primary purpose of a device driver?

• To increase the speed of the operating system

• To provide security to the system

• To allow the operating system to communicate with hardware devices

• To manage the file system

What does the term 'booting' refer to in the context of operating systems?

• Removing malware from the system

• Connecting external devices to the computer

• The process of starting or restarting a computer

• Updating the operating system to the latest version

What is the main function of the file system in an operating system?

• To manage the CPU's operations

• To provide security by encrypting files

• To manage and organize data on storage devices

• To control the network connections

What happens when a document is sent to a printer but the document does not print right away?

• The spooling process

• Plug and Play

What is the technique of swapping items between memory and storage?

• Paging

• Swapping

• Plug and Play

• Backward compatibility

What is recovery media?

• When the computer is placed in a low power state

• When a boot disk is required to restart a computer or device