Test Bank for Survey of Operating Systems, 7th Edition Holcombe (All Chapters included)
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Complete Test Bank for Survey of Operating Systems, 7th Edition by Jane Holcombe, Charles Holcombe ; ISBN13: 9781264136810. (Full Chapters included Ch 1 to 12).....Chapter 1: Introduction to Operating Systems.
Chapter 2: Computer and User Security Basics.
Chapter 3: Desktop Virtualization.
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Survey of Operating Systems
7th Edition by Jane Holcombe
Complete Chapters Test Bank
are included (Ch 1 to 12)
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,Survey of Operating Systems 7e - Chapter 1 Introduction to
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True/False Questions
[Question]
Smartphones generally have larger screens than tablets.
Answer: False
Feedback: Increasingly, fewer distinctions exist between smartphones and tablet, but the majority of new
smartphones do not have screens that approach the size of those on tablets.
Page: 4
Difficulty: Easy
[Question]
A computer that provides services to other computers over a network is a client.
Answer: False
Feedback: A computer that provides services is a server; it “serves” its clients running on other computers.
Page: 3
Difficulty: Medium
[Question]
A microcomputer is a computer built around a microprocessor.
Answer: True
Feedback: Essentially all commonly used computers today are microcomputers.
Page: 2
Difficulty: Easy
[Question]
The Apple Mac computer, running the Mac OS System 1 was the first commercially available computer with a
graphical user interface.
Answer: False
Feedback: An Apple computer model named Lisa predated the Mac by two years and was the first commercially
available computer with a GUI.
Page: 14
Difficulty: Medium
[Question]
The most controversial changes to the desktop in Windows 8 were to the GUI.
Answer: True
Feedback: The Windows 8 GUI was modeled on the Metro GUI introduced in Windows Phone 7.5.
Page: 24
Difficulty: Medium
[Question]
The same security threats that attack other computers target mobile devices.
Answer: True
Feedback: Like modern desktop OSs, mobile OSs are targeted by security threats and have many built-in security
features.
Page: 32
, Difficulty: Medium
[Question]
Windows NT was a version of Windows that included a graphical interface on top of a DOS kernel.
Answer: False
Feedback: Windows NT was an entirely new operating system with a new kernel.
Page: 20
Difficulty: Medium
[Question]
The native user interface of Linux is a command-line interface.
Answer: True
Feedback: Although native user interface for Linux is a CLI, Many distributions of Linux include a GUI shell.
Page: 28
Difficulty: Easy
[Question]
Storage on a mobile device is usually an SSD.
Answer: True
Feedback: Mobile devices are designed for portability, requiring lightweight components, such as SSD storage.
Page: 29
Difficulty: Medium
[Question]
Today’s macOS versions run on the same kernel used in the 1990s in Mac OS 9.
Answer: False
Feedback: Beginning with Mac OS X, and continuing to macOS, the OS is entirely different from Mac OS 9, and it is
built on a UNIX kernel.
Page: 28
Difficulty: Medium
Multiple Choice Questions
[Question]
This type of small integrated circuit is central to a desktop computer, performing the processing for the computer.
A. RAM
B. ROM BIOS
C. motherboard
D. microprocessor
Answer: D
Feedback: A microprocessor is also known as the central processing unit (CPU).
Page: 2
Difficulty: Medium
[Question]
This is the central circuit board of a computer.
A. memory
B. motherboard
C. ROM BIOS
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