IT Quizzes 1&2Versión en línea For IT Fundamentals Midterm por Lara Yousef 1 Which of the following skills would an IT person employ to find and fix a problem with the operating system? a System Troubleshooting b Soft Skills c System Security d Hardware Troubleshooting e System Level Programming 2 The concept of translating a program from a more readable language like Python or Java into the computer's native machine language is called ... a ...processing b ...assembly c ...input d ...storage e ...compilation 3 The system administrator is responsible for each of the following tasks except... a ...troubleshooting hardware b ...training users c ...securing a website d ...updating the operating system e ...installing software 4 The only difference between a handheld unit such as a tablet device or a smart phone differs from a laptop or desktop computer is that the laptop/desktop has full sized peripheral devices and the handheld unit uses touch screens. a True b False 5 Organizations typically only have one system administrator who will be responsible for all aspects of administering the computer systems. a True b False 6 Web developers and web administrators share most of the same tasks. a True b False 7 Computers today are more easily identifiable than computers in the past. a True b False 8 System administrators will be expected to provide support in the form of documentation and training to the organization’s users. a True b False 9 As computer technology has improved and thus become more complex, the ability to use the computer has been made easier. a True b False 10 An IT person in general would not be expected to handle which of the following tasks? a Make recommendations on computer purchases b Monitor employees’ files and web browsing behavior to ensure compliance with organizational IT policies c Train other employees d All of the above are tasks that an IT person might be asked to perform. e Be on call 24/7 11 Which of the following could be called a peripheral device? a Memory chips b Printer c Memory d Power Supply Unit e CPU 12 Although an IT student may not learn a variety of programming languages, it is likely that the IT student will learn to program. Choose one or more answers a True b False 13 Which of the following types of files would come closest to about 1 MByte in size? a An uncompressed movie b A long song stored in an mp3 file c A textfile with 1 page of text d A small black and white image file e A highly compressed movie 14 If users use passwords containing non-alphabetic characters or a combination of upper and letter case letters, this ... a ... promotes computer security. b ... helps users remember their passwords. c ... helps the system administrator with troubleshooting. d ... helps the system administrator track user access. e ... ensures proper file protection. 15 Which of the following behaviors might be considered as unethical from the position of a system administrator? a Reading employees' emails b Changing data files in the organization's system for one's own gain c Accessing other people's files d All of the above e Setting up backdoor accounts 16 An IT person would probably be expected to study each of the following topics except for ... a ...networking b ...programming c The IT person would be expected to study them all. d ... ethics. e ... operating systems. 17 A security administrator would be responsible for administering which of the following? a A web server b A website c An operating system d A database server e A firewall 18 The system unit houses the CPU and memory chips, all placed on ... a ...a monitor b ...ROM c ...a motherboard d ...an expansion slot e None of the above, the system unit houses the CPU but not memory. 19 Detecting that a computer is running slowly because of a computer virus infection would be an example of which type of IT skill? a Software installation b Troubleshooting c Knowledge of operating systems d System-level programming e System security 20 Which of the following is the largest storage capacity? a 1,000,000 bits b 4 Gigabytes c 100 Megabytes d 10,000 Kilobytes e 3,000,000 bytes 21 As an IT person, one should be someone who enjoys learning on your own. a True b False 22 You can store a number between 0 and 255 in 1 bit. a True b False 23 If a device performs the IPOS cycle, we should consider it to be a computer no matter what the device is. a True b False 24 Volatility is a property of which of the following? a Memory b All of the above c Hard disk storage d Users e Processors 25 A smart phone should not be considered a computer. a True b False 26 The system administrator of a company would not be responsible for installing software on individual employee’s computers. Choose one or more answers a True b False 27 System administrators should know more than one operating system. a True b False 28 Most people who work in IT have 4-year IT degrees. a True b False 29 It is the user who initiates when and what a computer should do. a True b False 30 A computer system consists of the hardware, software and... a ...network b ...peripheral devices c All of the above d ...users e ...programs 31 Which of the following forms of processing does not provide any form of interaction with the user but instead requires I/O be handled before/after program execution? a Multitasking b Multithreading c Multiprogramming d Single tasking e Batch 32 A multithreaded operating system is more efficient than a multitasking operating system when executing threads. a True b False 33 When two threads need to “meet up” in order to share data, this is known as ... a ...an interrupt b ...interval c ...synchronization event d ...rendezvous e ...a deadlock 34 Two threads will always share the same ... a ...data b ...register values c ...program code d ...path through the program code e All of the above 35 Cooperative multitasking and competitive multitasking are the same thing. a True b False 36 The process of swapping is triggered under which circumstance? a A process resumes from waiting for I/O b A page fault c An interrupt d A context switch e A cache miss 37 The use of permissions to control who/what can and who/what cannot access and use system resources is part of which of these operating system roles? a Protection b Memory management c Security d Resource management e Process management 38 While any device can issue an interrupt, it is the operate system that handles interrupts. a True b False 39 In Linux, the administrator account is called ... a ...administrator b ...root c ...# d ...general account e ...main account 40 Which of these hardware devices can force the processor to move from one process to another in multitasking? a Redy queue b Status flags c Stack pointer d Timer e Program counter 41 The operating system is software. a True b False 42 The portion of the operating system that must be resident in memory at all times is ... a ...the GUI b ...virtual machines c ...the device drivers d ...system utilities e ...the kernel 43 A virtual machine is hardware. a True b False 44 Which of the following is true in competitive multitasking? a The CPU switches between processes randomly. b None of the above: the CPU does not switch between processes during multitasking. c The CPU switches between processes when a timer forces a context switch. d The CPU switches between processes at the user’s request. e The CPU switches between processes only when a process needs I/O. 45 Which portion of the operating system can be personalized by the user. a None of the above: the user is unable to personalize any part of the operating system. b The kernel c The shell d System utilities e The device drivers 46 What does an interrupt interrupt? a A memory access b Any type of storage or input/output operation c The operating system d It could interrupt any of the above e The CPU during its fetch-execute cycle 47 If a process generates an address that is part of another process’ area of memory, this is known as ... a ...a context switch b ...a memory violation c None of the above: this is not possible. d ...an interrupt e ...a page fault 48 In order for the operating system to be able to communicate with a specific piece of hardware, one must install the appropriate ... a ...device driver b ...cache c ...shell d ...kernel e ...interpreter 49 To determine where a given page is stored in memory, the operating system uses ... a ...synchronization b ...device drivers c ...cache d ...the page table e ...the file allocation table 50 Concurrent processing means that the operating system executes processes in an overlapped fashion, which of the following is not a form of concurrent processing? a Multitasking b Batch processing c Multiprocessing d Multiprogramming e All of the above are forms of concurrent processing. 51 Which of the following forms of scheduling will cause processes to wait the minimum amount of time? a Round robin b Longest job first c Priority d First come first serve e Shortest job first 52 Where is swap space located? a Flash drive b DRAM c Hard disk d CPU e SRAM 53 The process and the program are the same; the two terms can be used interchangeably. a True b False 54 The GUI is both easier to use and provides the user with greater flexibility in issuing instructions while the command line provides the user with the opportunity to write more detailed commands and so is more powerful. a True b False 55 Which form of processing would run one process at a time, but when that process requires I/O, the CPU would switch temporarily to another process? a Multithreading b Single tasking c Multiprocessing d Multimediality e Multitasking 56 During a context switch, what is being switched? a One process’ data for another b One process’ pages for another c All of the above d One process’ priority for another e One process’ register values for another 57 If two processes are deadlocked, what is your best move to free them from deadlock? a Kill one of the processes b Reboot the computer c Wait until the deadlock resolves itself, which should only take a few seconds d Reboot all of the resources e Kill all running processes 58 Which of the following forms or process management did MS-DOS use? a Double tasking b Multiprogramming c Batch d Multitasking e Single tasking 59 The foreground process is the one that the user can directly interact with. a True b False 60 With virtual memory, only portions of the running program are stored in memory. a True b False 61 When the CPU moves from one process to another in multitasking, this is known as ... a ...synchronization b ...timer interrupt c ...a stack access d ...a context switch e ...interprocess communication 62 If an entry in a page table is listed as not valid, then accessing that page will cause ... a ...a run-time error b ...a logical error c ...a page fault d ...the system to reboot e ...a core file to be generated 63 Bourne is an example of a Linux... a ...device driver b ...utility program c ...kernel d ...shell e ...GUI 64 In a batch processing system, the operating system would have to schedule the next process to execute. a True b False 65 GRUB is an example of... a ...a BIOS b ...an operating system kernel c ...an initialization script d ...a boot loader program e ...an operating system
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