Technical support fundamentals coursera quiz answers week 3

What is an Operating System?

1. What are the two main parts that make up an operating system?

  • Users and Software
  • Kernel and Userspace
  • Windows and Mac
  • Kernel and Packages

 

2. What are the main components of file management? Check all that apply.

  • File system
  • File data
  • Metadata
  • NTFS

 

3. What is the last step in booting a computer?

  • Execute the bootloader.
  • Load up drivers.
  • Perform a POST.
  • User space is launched.

 

4. Which of these is a GUI? Check all that apply.

  • BASH
  • MS-DOS
  • iOS
  • Chrome OS

5. Which of these are considered I/O devices? Check all that apply.

  • Speakers
  • CPU
  • Webcams
  • Monitors

 

6. True or false: If you have a 32-bit CPU architecture, it's recommended to use a 64-bit operating system.

  • True
  • False

 

7. If you want to boot into a USB drive, how do you change your boot settings?

  • Login to the machine.
  • Replace the CPU.
  • Go into the BIOS settings and change the boot settings
  • Wipe the computer.

 

8. What is the file manager in macOS called?

  • Finder
  • File Explorer
  • Konqueror
  • Midnight Commander

 

9. What command can you use to create a file using bash?

  • cat
  • ls
  • touch
  • mkfile

10. A ____ is an emulation of a physical machine.

  • BIOS
  • virtual machine
  • driver
  • kernel

 

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