Operating Systems

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

• interface between the user and the machine 
• coordinate software applications
• coordinate hardware components 
• monitor system health

Which of the following operating systems can you freely modify if you choose?

• OS X
• iOS
• BlackBerry
• Linux

Peter, a friend of yours, has a piece of software that was written for Mac OS X. Which of the following OSs will that software run on?

• Mac OS X only 
• Mac OS X and Linux
• Mac OS X and Chrome OS
• Mac OS X, Linux, and Chrome OS

Your friend Michel just purchased a Chromebook and wants to know where his files are stored. What do you tell him?

• On the hard drive
• In the system RAM
• In the cloud
• Chromebooks do not store files

You just deleted a shortcut to an important work presentation. What happened to the data in the presentation?

• Nothing
• It's in the Recycle Bin/Trash
• It's deleted
• It's in the recovery partition

With which of the following file systems can you not rename a file when it's open?

• ext3
• ext4
• XFS
• NTFS

You are going to purchase a new iPhone. Which operating system will be instead on it?

• iOS 
• OS X 
• iPhone OS 
• ion know 

From the hard drive's perspective, moving a file is a analogous to which of the following actions?

• Copy and paste
• Cut and paste
• Delete and paste
• Renaming 

Fred, a co-worker, heard about new software called Lollipop. Which operating system is the referring to?

• iOS
• OS X
• Android
• Chrome OS

On which OS would you use the Ctrl+Window Switcher key to create a screen capture? 

• Windows
• Linux
• Mac OS X
• Chrome OS