Microsoft Windows is an example of a single-user/multitasking operating system.

Lesson 7-1

In a graphical user interface, pictures called desktops represent various resources on the computer.

Lesson 7-1

Microsoft Windows was the first operating system to have a graphical user interface.

Lesson 7-2

Folders can hold files but cannot be divided into subfolders.

Lesson 7-2

The on-screen tools you use to interact with a computer are called the _____.

Lesson 7-1

Most desktop and laptop computers today use this type of operating system.

Lesson 7-1

When two programs try to occupy the same space in RAM, one or both may do this.

Lesson 7-1

Which type of operating system is used to control large equipment and to regulate factory operations?

Lesson 7-1

The operating system lets you change some features of the _____, such as the look of the background or the placement of the icons.

Lesson 7-1

This operating system is designed to run on computers made by Apple.

Lesson 7-2

This program contains data needed by a program to operate an input or output device.

Lesson 7-2

Files can be grouped together into these.

Lesson 7-2

This type of software copies data from a hard drive to another storage device, such as a CD-R drive.

Lesson 7-2

An operating system controls all the functions of a computer.

Lesson 7-1

As a computer boots, it performs a series of tests called the BIOS checks.

Lesson 8-1

The login process can be used to control who has access to a computer and can be important to a business or a school.

Lesson 8-1

To switch among open applications on your computer, just click the one you want to use.

Lesson 8-1

File fragmentation increases the efficiency of a disk because the smaller file pieces are easier to find and load into memory.

Lesson 8-2

This controls the computer and manages its work.

Lesson 8-1

This term means "to turn a computer on".

Lesson 8-1

What does the term POST stand for?

Lesson 8-1

This is a rectangular frame that lets you view programs or documents.

Lesson 8-1

This is a list of shortcut commands that appears when an area of the screen is right-clicked.

Lesson 8-1

The ability to use files on differing operating systems is called _____.

Lesson 8-2

If a file is broken into pieces and the pieces are saved in different areas of a disk, then the file is said to be _____.

Lesson 8-2

This type of program can check a disk and fix any problems it finds.

Lesson 8-2

A file extension tells you which program created a file and what format the file uses.

Lesson 8-2

Match the term to its definition or description: BOOT

Lesson 8-1

Match the term to its definition or description: FRAGMENTATION

Lesson 8-2