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TESTOUT IT FUNDAMENTALS PRO - EXAM PREPTo get to the BIOS... - Answers- press the Delete or F2 key immediately as the
computer turns on
To get to Disk Management - Answers- right click on the windows button within the
monitor, and click on "Disk Management"
Spanned Volume - Answers- Volume that combines unallocated space from multiple
physical disks into one volume; efficient utilization of space on multiple disks; requires 2
disks and can use up to 32 disks; dynamic
Utility Software - Answers- Analyzes, configures, optimizes or maintains a computer
system; includes disk cleaners, antivirus software, compression software (file
compressors), backup tools
Which category of system software provides a platform for application software to run
on?
- device drivers
- operating system
- utility software
- firmware - Answers- operating system
Device drivers - Answers- Utility software used by the operating system to
communicate with peripheral devices like printers.
Which kind of system software is preinstalled on electronic products like blenders,
automobiles, and televisions?
- Device drivers
- Utility Software
- Firmware
- Operating System - Answers- Firmware
Device manager - Answers- allows you to view installed devices and their status,
update drivers, and disable or uninstall devices.
Which component gets things running until the operating system takes over?
- Firmware
- CPU
- BIOS
- Memory - Answers- BIOS
BIOS - Answers- The basic input/output system (BIOS) is software that is contained on
a memory chip on the computer's motherboard and is the first software that is run
whenever a computer is started. It gets things running until the operating system takes
, over. The BIOS is created in such a way that it is non-volatile, which means that its
settings are saved and can be recovered even after the device has been powered off.
NTFS - Answers- New Technology File System, journalling file system initially
developed by Microsoft; allows you to choose the users or groups that can access files
and folders and what they can do with the content; provides a way for system changes
to be written to a log before the changes are made; allows the file system to revert to
previous versions of permissions if needed
Firmware - Answers- Read-only software preinstalled on a device that tells the device
how to work; like a low-level operating system; can be found in tvs, remote controls,
game consoles, printers, cameras, music players, automobiles
The Boot Process - Answers- Activate the BIOS. Check the CMOS. Initialize hardware.
POST. Find an OS. Load OS into RAM.
CMOS - Answers- contains the BIOS settings (instructions) for exactly how each
hardware device on the computer should be initialized
POST - Answers- Power-on self-test; BIOS checks each hardware device and verifies
it's working properly; BIOS reports results with a beep code; single beep is good but any
other beeps are bad
Virtualization - Answers- The process of running a virtual instance of a computer
system on its own partition
Windows Registry - Answers- A database in Windows that stores user preferences, file
locations, program configuration settings, startup information, hardware settings, and
more. Stored as keys and values.
Registry Editor - Answers- A utility of the Windows operating system which lets you
view and change all the keys in the Windows Registry, giving users greater control over
their computers. Using this incorrectly could cause the computer to malfunction.
C:\Windows - Answers- Contains the Windows operating system files.
C:\Program Files and C:\Program Files (x86) - Answers- Contain the files for the
applications installed on the system.
C:\Users - Answers- Contains the info associated with a Windows user account. This
folder is referred to as the user's profile folder.
Principle of least privilege - Answers- A security discipline that states that a user should
be given only the permissions needed to do the job and no more.
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