Itsa Final Review 1305 Flashcards

Front 1

Changes that you make in virtual machines do not affect your physical computer.

Back 1

TRUE

Front 2

The size of a bus determines how much data can be transmitted at one time.

Back 2

TRUE

Front 3

Like RAM memory, mass storage devices do not retain data when the computer is turned off.

Back 3

FALSE

Front 4

Peripheral devices are internal to the PC.

Back 4

FALSE

Front 5

The internal workings of a computer, and especially the hard drive, are extremely susceptible to static electricity.

Back 5

TRUE

Front 6

A desktop is the main workspace in a graphical user interface.

Back 6

TRUE

Front 7

The DOS user interface is a command-line interface (CLI).

Back 7

TRUE

Front 8

All modern operating systems support multithreading and multitasking.

Back 8

TRUE

Front 9

A program with a very small amount of memory usage must have a memory leak.

Back 9

FALSE

Front 10

The ____, which is located in the desktop computer case, is the main circuit board for a PC.

Back 10

Motherboard

Front 11

All buses consist of two parts: a data bus and a(n) ____ bus.

Back 11

address

Front 12

ROMs, PROMs, EPROMs, and EEPROMs that contain recorded programs are called ____.

Back 12

firmware

Front 13

You can connect up to ____ USB peripherals with five levels of hubs to a single USB host controller.

Back 13

127

Front 14

Fedora 13 owes its parentage to ____.

Back 14

UNIX

Front 15

Which Windows 7 kernel mode component provides basic OS services, such as memory management, process and thread management, and security?

Back 15

executive

Front 16

In ____ multitasking, the OS executes an application for a specific period of time, according to its assigned priority.

Back 16

preemptive

Front 17

The amount of memory that can be addressed by the processor is called ____ memory.

Back 17

physical

Front 18

An antivirus agent uses a(n) ____ driver to intercept files that contain viruses.

Back 18

filter

Front 19

Windows-based operating systems support file-sharing traffic across a network by using the ____ communications protocol.

Back 19

Server Message Block (SMB)

Front 20

You can use the Fedora 13 ____ to review summary information about the system.

Back 20

System Profiler

Front 21

From the Fedora 13 System Monitor ____ tab, you can view CPU usage and current percentage of CPU usage.

Back 21

Resources

Front 22

A(n) ____________________ uses rigid rotating platters to read and write on magnetic media.

Back 22

hard drive

Front 23

Newer operating systems like Windows 7 and Fedora 13 were designed to allow multiple programs to run at the same time, a process called ____________________.

Back 23

multitasking

Front 24

In Fedora 13, you can use the ____________________ command to review processor activity in real time.

Back 24

System Monitor

Front 25

One benefit of using GUIs is that they standardize how you use computer programs.

Back 25

TRUE

Front 26

The taskbar is a key element in using the Windows 7 interface.

Back 26

FALSE

Front 27

If you decrease screen resolution, text and other displayed information will appear smaller.

Back 27

FALSE

Front 28

The Windows 7 contents list shows the folder trail to the current folder.

Back 28

TRUE

Front 29

The task bar in the Fedora 13 File Browser includes many helpful options.

Back 29

FALSE

Front 30

You can control which items appear on the Windows 7 Start menu by right-clicking it and opening the ____ dialog box.

Back 30

Properties

Front 31

Which Fedora 13 top panel menu provides options for configuring the system and desktop environment?

Back 31

System

Front 32

To remove an item from a panel, right-click it on the panel and then click ____ from Panel.

Back 32

Remove

Front 33

Display resolution is defined as the total number of ____ displayed horizontally and vertically.

Back 33

pixels

Front 34

Items that appear on the Fedora 13 desktop are grouped as ____ in the form of desktop launchers (shortcuts).

Back 34

applets

Front 35

Within the Windows 7 contents list, the path to a folder is indicated by the ____ symbol, which is actually a pop-up menu.

Back 35

triangle

Front 36

A(n) ____ is a navigation aid used in an address bar and other parts of the GUI to help keep track of your locations.

Back 36

breadcrumb

Front 37

Which Windows Explorer control allows you to connect a drive letter to a shared resource on another computer?

Back 37

Map network drive

Front 38

In Windows 7, you need ____ privileges to access the Documents folders of other users.

Back 38

administrator

Front 39

By default, the Recycle Bin can only hold ____ percent of the hard drive’s capacity.

Back 39

10

Front 40

You can use the Windows 7 ____ feature when you need to locate a file or folder.

Back 40

Search

Front 41

If you see the entry you want in your Windows 7 search results, ____ the entry to open it.

Back 41

double-click

Front 42

When searching from the Start menu, Windows usually displays about ____ search results depending on the size of your monitor.

Back 42

15

Front 43

The Fedora 13 location bar corresponds to the ____ in Windows 7.

Back 43

address bar

Front 44

Which Fedora 13 Side Pane drop-down list option displays a hierarchical representation of your file system that you can use to navigate through your files?

Back 44

Tree

Front 45

A valid digital signature guarantees that the software is without problems.

Back 45

FALSE

Front 46

Third-party cookies are stored by a Web server from the same Internet domain.

Back 46

FALSE

Front 47

When installing ActiveState Perl in Fedora 13 you use the same installation options as Windows 7. {miss this one and you are in trouble)

Back 47

FALSE

Front 48

In Windows 7, the ____ provides summary information for your computer.

Back 48

System Information tool

Front 49

In the Firefox Web browser, you can move from one Web page to another by clicking the ____.

Back 49

hyperlinks

Front 50

A(n) ____ is a piece of software that automatically follows hyperlinks from one document to the next around the Web.

Back 50

bot

Front 51

When using a Web search engine, use the ____ character to include other keywords that you would expect to find in relevant documents.

Back 51

"+"

Front 52

____ is a feature in Internet Explorer that helps you avoid malware sites when you browse the Web.

Back 52

SmartScreen Filter

Front 53

You can set up security ____ from the Security tab of the Internet Options dialog box.

Back 53

zones

Front 54

When you first install Internet Explorer 8, it corrals all Web sites into the Internet zone and stands guard with a ____ level of security according to Microsoft.

Back 54

Medium-high

Front 55

You define the location of the security zones relative to the ____.

Back 55

firewall

Front 56

____ are software components that interact with each other in a networked environment.

Back 56

ActiveX controls

Front 57

____ cookies are deleted when you close your browser.

Back 57

Session

Front 58

You exchange certificates with servers using a secure transmission protocol, which provides ____ and unaltered information.

Back 58

encrypted

Front 59

Use the ____ tab of the Internet Options dialog box to set up an Internet connection and configure LAN settings.

Back 59

Connections

Front 60

You can use the ____ menu in Firefox to customize toolbars, the status bar, sidebars, text size, and other particulars.

Back 60

View

Front 61

In Firefox, cookies usually expire in ____ days if you keep them.

Back 61

30

Front 62

The ____ options in Firefox refer to navigation and security features.

Back 62

Advanced

Front 63

Most applications are ____ to reduce the size of the setup file.

Back 63

compressed

Front 64

Scripts used in ActiveState Perl have a file extension of ____.

Back 64

pl

Front 65

In Windows 7, a drive letter must be assigned to each hard drive and optical drive installed in a PC.

Back 65

TRUE

Front 66

In Windows 7, a file can be both encrypted and compressed on a hard disk.

Back 66

FALSE

Front 67

In the context of creating storage on a disk, an unallocated area is one that does not contain a primary or extended partition.

Back 67

TRUE

Front 68

Windows 7 and Fedora 13 have the same approaches to mounting a file system.

Back 68

FALSE

Front 69

Unlike Windows 7, Fedora 13 does not automatically check the file systems at boot time.

Back 69

FALSE

Front 70

In Windows 7, a(n) ____ partition contains an OS.

Back 70

active

Front 71

NTFS uses a ____ for managing access to files.

Back 71

master file table (MFT)

Front 72

The ____ option in NTFS provides a fail-safe mechanism by using transactions to ensure that data is written to the hard drive.

Back 72

journalizing

Front 73

For copyright reasons, Fedora 13 does not automatically recognize ____, and sometimes it requires kernel updates for the driver.

Back 73

NTFS

Front 74

____ creates the root of the directory structure and the file system for use.

Back 74

Formatting

Front 75

In Fedora 13, if you need to create a mount point on the current file system, you first create a directory in the file system using the ____ command.

Back 75

mkdir

Front 76

Which tab in the Local Disk Properties dialog box would you select to perform disk cleanup?

Back 76

General

Front 77

In Windows 7, by default, the hidden share ____ is displayed in the Sharing tab of the Local Disk Properties dialog box.

Back 77

C$

Front 78

In Windows 7, if you have ____ privileges, you can create additional shares for the entire contents of the local disk (C).

Back 78

administrative

Front 79

From the ____ tab of the Windows 7 Local Disk Properties dialog box, you can set the NTFS permissions that control access to data on the hard drive.

Back 79

Security

Front 80

You can use both input and output redirection with the same Fedora 13 command.

Back 80

TRUE

Front 81

The Fedora 13 tail command reads an entire file before printing it.

Back 81

FALSE

Front 82

Any Windows 7 command you use at the command prompt can also be used in a batch program.

Back 82

TRUE

Front 83

When a command that is typed on the keyboard passes through the ____, the characters are echoed on the console.

Back 83

STDIN

Front 84

You can ____ text in the Windows 7 command prompt Edit Menu using the Shift key and cursor movement keys.

Back 84

mark

Front 85

To redirect the output to a network printer, specify the printer using the UNC (Universal Naming Convention) format of ____.

Back 85

\\servername\printername

Front 86

The MORE filter displays one screen (____ lines) of information at a time followed by -- More --.

Back 86

24

Front 87

To see a list of available commands at the Windows 7 command prompt, type ____ at the command prompt and press Enter.

Back 87

HELP

Front 88

Use the ____ command in the Windows 7 CLI to display the contents of a text file on the standard output device.

Back 88

TYPE

Front 89

In Fedora 13, you can use the ____ command to search a file and then print all the lines that match your search.

Back 89

grep

Front 90

In Windows 7, the ____ command is specifically designed for batch programs.

Back 90

FOR

Front 91

Within a batch program, the ____ command directs Windows 7 to a line identified by a label.

Back 91

GOTO

Front 92

If you suspect that a batch program is “running away” because of an infinite loop, or you change your mind about allowing the program to complete, press ____ to stop the program.

Back 92

Ctrl+C

Front 93

The ____ command enables you to include comments (remarks) in a batch file.

Back 93

REM

Front 94

____ environment variables are preset in the operating system and are available to all Windows 7 processes.

Back 94

System

Front 95

In Fedora 13, the ____ command modifies the permissions of a file.

Back 95

chmod

Front 96

With both if command constructs, the decision is made by testing a ____.

Back 96

variable

Front 97

In Fedora 13, use the ____ command to enable multiple executions of a set of instructions while a certain condition exists.

Back 97

while

Front 98

In the Windows 7 CLI, if you omit the path in the TREE command, the command displays an error message.

Back 98

TRUE

Front 99

As a Fedora 13 superuser, you can arrange information anywhere in the directory structure.

Back 99

TRUE

Front 100

Directories cannot be removed using the Windows 7 CLI.

Back 100

FALSE

Front 101

The RENAME and REN commands do not allow you to specify a new drive or path for your destination file.

Back 101

TRUE

Front 102

Windows 7 requires quotation marks to enclose filenames that contain spaces.

Back 102

TRUE

Front 103

In Windows 7, you can open the command prompt console by clicking Start, pointing to All Programs, clicking Accessories, and clicking ____.

Back 103

Command Prompt

Front 104

In Windows 7, to view a graphical representation of the directories on a disk, you use the ____ command.

Back 104

TREE

Front 105

To include filenames in the structure shown by the Windows 7 TREE command, you can add the ____ switch.

Back 105

/F

Front 106

The Navigation pane in Windows Explorer, which can display the directory structure of one or more drives, is the ____.

Back 106

The left pane.

Front 107

____ space is any blank area of a window.

Back 107

White

Front 108

A(n) ____ path does not begin with a backward slash, and its starting address is the current directory.

Back 108

absolute

Front 109

In Windows 7, you can use the ____ command to copy one or more files to an alternative location.

Back 109

COPY

Front 110

To remove files and directories in the Fedora 13 directory tree, use the ____ command.

Back 110

rm

Front 111

Before using a disk in Fedora 13, you must ____ and format it.

Back 111

mount

Front 112

In Fedora 13, you can copy files to a formatted disk or a USB drive with the ____ command.

Back 112

cp

Front 113

A Fedora 13 filename requires an extension when you use a command to list, view, or execute the file.

Back 113

FALSE

Front 114

Every file in DOS has four attributes.

Back 114

TRUE

Front 115

The compression and encryption attributes for disk files are mutually exclusive.

Back 115

TRUE

Front 116

The FINDSTR command offers more control over the search process than the FIND command.

Back 116

TRUE

Front 117

The Fedora 13 find command returns a status of less than zero if an error occurs.

Back 117

FALSE

Front 118

A long file extension has more than ____ characters.

Back 118

three

Front 119

Windows 7 uses file extensions to identify file ____.

Back 119

associations

Front 120

Unlike Windows 7, when you save a file in Fedora 13, the application stores file and directory attributes in a(n) ____.

Back 120

inode

Front 121

The Fedora 13 ____ command allows you to view file contents.

Back 121

ls

Front 122

By default, the DIR command does not list files when the ____ attribute is set to on.

Back 122

hidden

Front 123

To hide a directory named Secret, you would type: ____.

Back 123

ATTRIB +H Secret

Front 124

The administrator account is called a recovery agent because it has a global key that can ____ any file.

Back 124

decrypt

Front 125

In Fedora 13, you cannot modify a directory or file that has the ____ attribute.

Back 125

i

Front 126

The DOS FIND command is case sensitive unless used with the ____ switch.

Back 126

/I

Front 127

Use the ____ sign with the DOS FIND command to redirect the output of a program.

Back 127

>

Front 128

The FINDSTR command can find the exact text you are looking for in any ____ file or files.

Back 128

ASCII

Front 129

When using dates and date ranges with Windows Search, you can use ____ dates such as today, tomorrow, or yesterday in a search.

Back 129

relative

Front 130

Every file in DOS has four attributes.

Back 130

TRUE

Front 131

The compression and encryption attributes for disk files are mutually exclusive.

Back 131

TRUE

Front 132

The DOS Edit (32 Bit Windows) and vi programs are installed by default when you install the operating system.

Back 132

TRUE

Front 133

The default mode of the Vim editor is Visual.

Back 133

FALSE

Front 134

To perform a Vim editor search-and-replace operation on an entire document, place a $ sign before the :substitute command.

Back 134

FALSE

Front 135

A long file extension has more than ____ characters.

Back 135

three

Front 136

Unlike Windows 7, when you save a file in Fedora 13, the application stores file and directory attributes in a(n) ____.

Back 136

inode

Front 137

In Fedora 13, you cannot modify a directory or file that has the ____ attribute.

Back 137

i

Front 138

Use the ____ sign with the DOS FIND command to redirect the output of a program.

Back 138

>

Front 139

To create a file in DOS Edit, type ____ at the command prompt to start DOS Edit, and then begin typing in the document window.

Back 139

edit

Front 140

If you are not sure which file you are using in Vim, type ____ to place brackets around the active file.

Back 140

:args

Front 141

To ____ text in DOS Edit, press Alt+E and then press the T key.

Back 141

cut

Front 142

To paste text from the Windows Clipboard, you can use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+ ____.

Back 142

V

Front 143

To cut a line from a document in the Vim editor, use the arrow keys to position the cursor anywhere on the line you want to cut and then type the ____ command.

Back 143

dd

Front 144

To save a Vim file and quit the editor, type ____ and then press Enter.

Back 144

:wq

Front 145

To search for more than one word or command in Vim, use regular ____.

Back 145

expressions

Front 146

To shut down a virtual machine, click System, click Shut Down, and then click the ____ button.

Back 146

Shut Down

Front 147

In the Vim editor, to recall the last typed command, type ____ and then press the Up arrow key.

Back 147

:

Front 148

To quit the Vim editor without saving your changes, type ____.

Back 148

:q!

Front 149

The Windows 7 Task Manager Networking Tab only appears when a Network Card is present.

Back 149

True

Front 150

A low rate of page file activity indicates that more RAM is required.

Back 150

False

Front 151

Disk access is much slower than RAM(random access memory).

Back 151

True

Front 152

In Windows 7, you can use the___feature to access system tools that require administrative privileges and determine the cause of a problem.

Back 152

Run As

Front 153

From the Windows 7 Task Manager__ tab, you can determine if a program is running.

Back 153

Applications

Front 154

To stop a process, select the program and click the__button.

Back 154

End Process

Front 155

You use__to monitor active applications, view graphs, and manipulate the running applications on your Fedora 13 computer.

Back 155

System Monitor

Front 156

The four tabs in the Fedora 13 System Monitor are System, Processes, Resources and__.

Back 156

File Systems.

Front 157

When you use the___option the kill command is considered stronger.

Back 157

-9

Front 158

If the % Processor Time counter’s value continually exceeds ____ percent, you might need to upgrade the processor.

Back 158

>85

Front 159

The number of ____ that a disk can accomplish per second should not exceed the manufacturer’s specifications.

Back 159

writes

Front 160

The ____ counter indicates the amount of memory that is left after operating system allocations.

Back 160

Available Mbytes

Front 161

A sustained processor queue of less than ____ threads per processor is normally acceptable.

Back 161

10

Front 162

The /proc file system is known as a ____-file system, which directly interfaces with the kernel and is stored in memory.

Back 162

pseudo

Front 163

To use the Fedora 13 free command, simply type ____.

Back 163

free

Front 164

A program with an abnormally high CPU value could be hung, or a program with an extremely large amount of memory usage might have a memory ____________________, meaning that a process uses memory without bounds.

Back 164

leak

Front 165

A(n) ____________________ is anything that slows down a virtual machine’s performance.

Back 165

bottleneck

Front 166

SOHO is the standard used by home and business computers and all networking software, and is the foundation of the Internet Protocol Suite.

Back 166

False

Front 167

The Internet Protocol Suite Network layer allows the IP to transfer packets across a link.

Back 167

False

Front 168

In the absence of DHCP, all hosts on a network must be manually configured with static IP addresses.

Back 168

True

Front 169

By default, the Network icon is not on the Start menu of the Windows 7 Network Connection Details window.

Back 169

True

Front 170

Between the NTFS Full Control and Modify permissions, the more restrictive permission is Full Control.

Back 170

False

Front 171

Fedora 13 provides peer-to-peer networking with ____, which is based on the common client/server protocol of Server Message Block (SMB).

Back 171

Samba

Front 172

A VPN (virtual private network) uses a technique known as ____ to transfer data securely on the Internet to a remote access server on your workplace network.

Back 172

Tunneling

Front 173

The Internet Protocol uses unique addresses, simply called ____ addresses, to identify computers or devices in a network.

Back 173

IP

Front 174

The Internet Protocol Suite is divided into ____ “layers” of communication from bottom to top.

Back 174

Four

Front 175

POP3 (Post Office Protocol 3) operates in the ____ layer of the Internet Protocol Suite.

Back 175

Application

Front 176

____ is the division of a network into groups of computers that have a common, designated IP address routing prefix.

Back 176

Subnetting

Front 177

The ____ IP address is a node (a router) on a TCP/IP network that serves as an access point to another network.

Back 177

gateway

Front 178

The ____ IP address of the server provides domain name resolution.

Back 178

DNS

Front 179

One way to view the Fedora 13 IPv4 settings is to use the ____ command in a Terminal window.

Back 179

nm-tool

Front 180

You can join an existing Windows 7 network workgroup, by default called ____, or you can create a new one.

Back 180

WORKGROUP

Front 181

The homegroup is protected with a(n) ____, so you can always choose what you share with the group.

Back 181

password

Front 182

Using UNC notation requires that you know the name or ____ of the server and share.

Back 182

IP address

Front 183

To access a Fedora 13 share, you must ____ the share.

Back 183

mount

Front 184

____ are responsible for setting up shared printers on the network.

Back 184

Network Administrators

Front 185

Only ____ permits user accounts and user groups to be linked to folder and file permissions.

Back 185

NTFS

Front 186

Which Windows 7 shared folder permission allows you to change file permissions and take ownership of the file resources?

Back 186

Full Control

Front 187

Permissions assigned at the ____ level override those assigned at the folder level.

Back 187

file

Front 188

NTFS permissions are ____ when a file or folder is moved or copied to a FAT16 or FAT32 formatted partition.

Back 188

removed

Front 189

Which Fedora 13 file and directory permission provides read and execute authority?

Back 189

r-x

Front 190

When the Fedora 13 execute bit is set for the owner, the SUID bit is set to ____.

Back 190

s

Front 191

A(n) ____ appears as the third character of the Fedora 13 Others permission bits when the sticky bit is set.

Back 191

t