Sophia Learning Unit 2
Challenge 1:
1. An operating system is considered multitasking when it __________.
d.)runs multiple software programs at once
2. An operating system serves as the bridge between __________ and __________, making
sure the resources required to function are allocated. b.)hardware, applications
3. __________ is software whose usage is free and whose source code is public, whereas
__________ is software that costs money and whose source code is private to the developing
company.
b.)Open source, commercial
4. Which of the following programs would be used for creating a spreadsheet?
c.)Microsoft Excel
5. If users wanted to edit some of their basic system settings, they would use __________.
d.)the control panel
6. Which of the following are the two main categories of elements within the Windows operating
system?
b.)System configuration and user interface
7. When a computer is off, pressing the power button will initiate __________.
b.)the boot sequence
8. Windows Explorer displays information from ___________ as a hierarchy of drives, folders,
and files.
b.)the hard disk
9. Simultaneously pressing the Windows key and the __________ key is a shortcut that opens
Windows Explorer.
c.)E
10. If you have an issue that you are unsure of how to fix, you can use __________, which is a
combination of files on your computer and information from the Internet.
d.)the help system
11. If an application is unresponsive, you can use the __________ to check its performance and
force quit the application.
b.)task manager
12. When a computer is experiencing lag, it is usually a __________ problem.
b.)system
Challenge 2:
1. ___________ and __________ software are types of productivity software.
d.)Spreadsheet, presentation
2. Database is a type of productivity software that is used for __________.
d.)entering, retrieving, updating, and reporting information
3. If you wanted to create a text document with a word processor, you could use __________.
d.)Google Docs
4. Select the example of a software application used appropriately within a domain.
b.)A marketing manager uses Keynote to share graphics and sales trends with her team.
5. A __________ is the setting in which a software application is meant to function.
b.)domain
6. Apple's software application Keynote would likely be used to __________.
b.)make a presentation
7. A file is considered to have a foreign file type when it __________.
c.)is opened with software that was not used to create the file
8. A __________ is typically a three or four-character suffix on a file name that gives the
operating system the information it needs to identify the file.
c.)file format
9. Which of the following file extensions would be used for a sound file?
c.).aac