Computer Operating Systems

1.   Written quiz on chapters 1 & 2

2.   Review Chapter 3 concepts

a) At the beginning of each partition, the File Allocation Table provides pointers to the cluster numbers where
     files and folders are located. Additionally, each partition has a __________ table, which provides a quick list
    of all the files and directories, including size, date, and time information.

b) Directories underneath the root directory are called _____________, ______________, or ___________.

c) When you list the location of a file on the hard disk, this is called the ______ to the file.

d) The last ___ letters of a filename in MS-DOS or Windows, after the period, is referred to as the
     file extension. Generally, the file extension contains information about the filetype.

     Files with the ___, ___, and ____ file extensions are considered to be program files.

     Files with the ____ file extension are Microsoft Word documents.

     Files with the ____ file extension are Microsoft Excel spreadsheets.

     Jean Andrews also considers files with the .SYS extension to be program files. These files are a special
     subset generally referred to as device drivers. They contain instruction sets that can be invoked by loading
     them from a configuration file, such as CONFIG.SYS or SYSTEM.INI. But these files cannot be run by a
     user from the command line .as ordinary program files can..

 e)  Under Windows 9.x and later Windows OSes, filenames can be as long as ____ characters and contain
      spaces.

 f)  When Windows 98 is loaded, the operating system begins the boot process in real mode, by loading the
      three MS-DOS system files, IO.SYS, MSDOS.SYS, and COMMAND.COM.

     Additionally, the OS looks for two optional configuration files:

     The first, called _______________ is loaded before COMMAND.COM, if present, and usually contains  
     statements that load device drivers or configure memory management.

     The second, called _____________ is loaded after COMMAND.COM, but before Windows, and contains
     statements that set operating system environment variables or launch small utility programs.

 g)  One operating system variable, called the _______ statement, specifies which directories the operating
      system should search to execute DOS or Windows applications.

DOS Commands to learn this week:

DIR, CD, COPY, DEL, MKDIR (MD), RMDIR (RD), CLS, PATH, TYPE, DATE, TIME, VER

DOS utility programs to learn this week:

FDISK
FORMAT, FORMAT /S
SYS
MEM
EDIT
DISKCOPY

3. Discuss Chapter 3 vocabulary terms (A-I) and check answers to questions 1-6

4. Work on DOS Exercises in the lab

Homework:

Continue reading A+ Chapter 3, pages 81-105 to learn about Understanding the Boot Process and the Command line..

Write out Chapter 3 vocabulary definitions L-W on page 118. Write out flashcards for questions 1-6 on p.119.
Write out answers to questions 7 - 15 on pages 120-121.