Digital Skills Unit 1 Quiz

1. 1. Keeping your operating system and applications up to date helps you to

• Increase the memory size of your hard drive

• Store information about software update

• Extend the life of your device’s battery

• Fix bugs and address security updates

You can enter the same keyword for a search but get different results from each search engine you use. This is because

• some search engines are a lot slower than others

• some search engines put results in alphabetical order

• every search engine uses a different formula

• search engines often make mistakes

Which is the most important reason to back up files?

• It clears your physical memory and speed up your device

• You can sort files and put them where you can find them

• It is a good way to share files with other people

• You can recover your files if you have a hardware failure

Windows, iOS and Linux are examples of

• Computer

• An operating systems

• Applications

• Desktop icons

Your friend is tying to save a 18GB file onto her computer. Where is the problem?

• On Local Disk –(C:) 15.9 GB free of 199 GB

• On DVD RW Drive (E:)

• On Nick - (F:) 469 GB free of 931 GB

• On TEMp_PART01 (D:) 385 free of 385

What is an operating system?

• A powerful program that controls and manages the hardware, application and other software on a computer.

• The physical objects on the computer system.

• A program which enables only hardware to function.

• It is a powerful application which enables user to interact with another user.

Each computer requires an operating system for ........

• all devices

• table

• chair

• carpet

The current operating system is

• Windows 10

• Windows Vista

• Windows 7 Prof

• Windows 7 Home Edition

iOS is an operating system used for mobile devices and manufactured by

• Google

• Amazon

• Apple Inc..

• Android

Software is divided into two main part and they are

• Application Software and System Software

• Application Software and Office Software

• Application Software and Manufacture Software

• Manufacturer Software and System Software