csc chapter 4 – Flashcards
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____ was developed by a Finnish student. It continues to gain popularity as an operating system for personal computers. It is distributed under the terms of a GPL.
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LINUX
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A ____ displays the options associated with a command.
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dialog box
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A ____ is an additional set of commands that the computer displays after you make a selection from the main menu.
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submenu
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A command to print a document is relayed through various levels of ____.
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software
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A computer file's location is defined by a ____.
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file specification
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A group of sectors is called a ____.
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clusters
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A(n) ____ disk is a bootable CD, DVD, or other media that contains a complete copy of your computer's hard disk as it existed when the computer was new.
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recovery
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An easy way to back up your important data is simply by copying selected files to a ____.
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USB flash drive
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An extension of .wav designates a ____ type of file.
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sound
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An operating system's ____ capability supports a division of labor among all the processing units.
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multiprocessing
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File management capabilities available from application software include ____ files.
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all of the above
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Files stored in noncontiguous clusters are ____.
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fragmented
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If your backups are ____, keep them in a safe place.
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local
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In the accompanying figure, C: is an example of a(n) ____.
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drive
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In the accompanying figure, Marley One Love is an example of:
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file name?
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In the accompanying figure, mp3 is an example of a ____.
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file extension
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In the accompanying figure, Music is an example of a ____.
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primary folder
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The difference between the Save and the Save As commands is that ____.
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one is used when a new file without a name is open, and one is used with an existing file
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The file system used by Mac OS is ____.
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NTFS?
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The file system used by Windows 8 is ____.
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FAT23 or NTFS
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The main directory maintained by your computer's operating system is the ____ directory.
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root
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The operating system that was developed in 1969 by AT&T's Bell Labs and gained a good reputation for its dependability is ____.
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UNIX
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The operating system, application software, and ____ are organized similar to the chain of command in an army.
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device drivers
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To delete data from a disk in such a way that no one can ever read it, you should ____.
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use special file shredder software
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Using Microsoft Windows products, like the one in the accompanying figure, to select files and folders which are listed consecutively, ____.
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click on the first and last file while holding down the Shift key
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Using Microsoft Windows products, like the one in the accompanying figure, to select files and folders which are NOT listed consecutively, ____.
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click on the first and last file while holding down the Ctrl key
