Fact Check Answers, Computing NOW Chapter 3
3A:
LO3.1 Operating System Types and Functions
1a: medical diagnostics equipment, life-support systems, machinery, scientific instruments, industrial systems
1b: old operating systems, such as MS-DOS or Palm OS.
1c: most consumer-oriented computers; PCs; Macs; tablets and smart phones.
1d: network computers; mainframe computers
2: a. They allow the computer’s user to do multiple things at the same time.
LO3.2 Moving Data Around the Computer
1: a. Moves data from one hardware subsystem to another
2: c. Cache
3: b. arithmetic logic unit
LO3.3 Common Operating Systems
1: b. Windows
2: b. Only computers made by Apple
LO3.4 Data, Files and Utility Programs
1: b. bringing a computer from power-up to fully operational
2: a. The name of the file system used with current versions of Windows
3: b. remove unnecessary files, compress data,and defragment drive
4: The more efficiently data is stored on a hard drive, the faster the computer can retrieve what it needs. Faster data retrieval and storage means overall better performance for the computer.
3B:
LO3.5 Acquiring and Installing Software
1: a. Software that requires or requests payment
2: b. Software whose source code is available to users
3: c. The process of placing software on a personal computer
LO3.6 Productivity Software
1: b. Controlling the appearance of text
2: c. Personal information manager
LO3.7 Graphics Software
1: c. A grid, whose cells are filled with one or more colors
2: b. Vector-based graphics programs
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