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Concepts
Study Guide--Chapters 5-8
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1.
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What is an
operating system?
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2.
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What are the
different categories of operating systems?
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3.
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What is the
difference between servers and mainframes?
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4.
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What are the
functions of an operating system?
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5.
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What are
device drivers and why are they important?
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6.
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What are the
different steps in the booting process?
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7.
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What is safe
mode?
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8.
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What is the
importance of a file path?
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9.
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Explain file
compression.
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10.
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How can you
get to the task manager and why is it important?
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11.
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What is the
difference between application and system software?
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12.
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What is GUI?
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13.
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What is
virtual memory?
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14.
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What is Plug
and Play?
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15.
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What happens
when the computer boots?
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16.
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What is BIOS?
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17.
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How is a
disk organized?
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18.
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Explain
the term CPU.
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19.
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What are the
factors that affect CPU performance?
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20.
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What is RAM
and why is it important?
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21.
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What is an
alternative to a flash drive for portable storage?
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22.
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What
are the different types of monitors, give a specific fact about each.
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23.
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Explain the
function of a USB port.
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24.
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What can you
do to ensure your system performs reliably?
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25.
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What is
Moore’s law?
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26.
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What is in
the motherboard?
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27.
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What is the
ALU?
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28.
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What is
clock speed? How is it measured?
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29.
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What is
cache memory?
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30.
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How does a
hard drive work?
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31.
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What are the
different types of optical storage?
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32.
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What is a
video card? Sound card?
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33.
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What is a
network?
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34.
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Define
network architecture and list the different types of networks.
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35.
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What is a
LAN? MAN? WAN?
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36.
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What is a
peer to peer network?
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37.
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List the
characteristics for both a wired and wireless Ethernet network.
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38.
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What is a
firewall?
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39.
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What are
viruses and what do they do?
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40.
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Explain the
different types of viruses.
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41.
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What can you
do to protect your computer from viruses?
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42.
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What is a
client?
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43.
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What is a
server?
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44.
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What is a
Trojan horse?
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45.
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What is
biometrics?
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46.
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What are the
limitations to mobile devices?
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47.
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What are the
different types of mobile computing devices?
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48.
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What
capabilities does a cell phone have that make it like a computer?
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49.
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What is a
PDA and a Smartphone and what are the different operation systems
available?
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50.
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How can you
transfer files from your PDA/Smartphone to your computer?
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51.
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What is
Bluetooth?
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