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NOS 110 MIDTERM SURVEY OF OPERATINGSYSTEMS 5E EXAM
Ch 1, 3-7
VisiCalc - ANSWER This application program is considered the killer app
for the Apple II computer.
True - ANSWER A microcomputer is a computer built around a
microprocessor.
Embedded - ANSWER On a mobile device, the operating system
resides in firmware, and is therefore, a/an _______________ OS.
Lotus 1-2-3 - ANSWER What program was the killer app that helped
make the IBM PC successful in the 1980's?
Lisa - ANSWER What was the first Apple computer that came with a GUI
OS?
Virtual keyboard - ANSWER Use this onscreen device whenever you
need to enter alphanumeric data into your mobile device.
Accelerometer - ANSWER What hardware feature of most mobile
devices does a mobile OS use to detect when to rotate the screen to
allow you to read or view the image properly?
False - ANSWER Smartphones generally have larger screens than
tablets.
Optical drive, Motherboard, RAM, Hard Drive, CPU - ANSWER List at
least five desktop computer hardware components.
OS X - ANSWER While earlier versions of this OS ran only on
computers with the Motorola PowerPC chip, the current versions run on
computers with Intel processors. Which OS is this?
,Folder - ANSWER What term is used in an OS GUI to describe a
specialized file that contains information about the locations of other
files?
Synchronization - ANSWER What common mobile OS feature is
important for people who want to access the same data across all their
devices?
OS/2 - ANSWER This OS was jointly developed by Microsoft and IBM.
True - ANSWER Storage on a mobile device is usually an SSD.
False - ANSWER OS X runs on the same kernel used in its predecessor,
Mac OS 9.
False - ANSWER Windows NT was a version of Windows that included
a graphical interface on top of a DOS kernel.
The technical advances and the way people use computers contributed
to the evolution of operating systems - ANSWER What contributed to the
evolution of operating systems?
True - ANSWER The same security threats that attack other computers
target mobile devices.
iOS - ANSWER Of the mobile OSs discussed in this chapter, which one
is legally installed only on the devices from a single manufacturer?
MITS Altair, Apple II - ANSWER Name at least two microcomputers
created in the 1970s.
BSD - ANSWER What version of UNIX came out of a California
university, and carries the name of that campus?
Keyboard, Mouse - ANSWER Give at least two examples of computer
input.
Motherboard - ANSWER This is the central circuit board of a computer.
, User interface - ANSWER The user communicates with the OS through
this software layer.
Task management - ANSWER What OS function controls the focus
(where the operating system's attention is at any given moment) and
allows the user to move the focus from one application to another as the
user brings it to the foreground?
Virtual memory - ANSWER What feature of modern desktop OSs allows
you to open a new application even though there is no more room in
RAM?
is a collection of programs that controls all of the interactions among the
various system components, freeing application programmers from
needing to include such functions in their programs. - ANSWER "An
operating system is ...".
capable of cellular data and voice. - ANSWER "A tablet may or may not
have cellular capabilities, but a smartphone is ...".
MITS Altair - ANSWER This early microcomputer predated the Apple II
computer.
Video display and Audio output - ANSWER Give at least two examples
of computer output
a large amount of compelling apps - ANSWER "Mobile devices do not
have a single "killer app" that compels people to purchase them, rather
an individual may be compelled to buy a certain mobile device based on
...".
Microprocessor - ANSWER This type of small integrated circuit is central
to a desktop computer, performing the processing for the computer.
Linux - ANSWER Which of the following operating systems is open
source?
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