Name: 
 

Quiz 2 - Understanding The Basics of Windows 7



Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

The ____ is a strip that contains buttons to give you quick access to common tools and running programs.
a.
Start menu
c.
desktop
b.
taskbar
d.
Recycle Bin
 

 2. 

The ____ holds deleted items until you remove them permanently.
a.
Recycle Bin
c.
Start menu
b.
notification area
d.
ashtray
 

 3. 

The ____ displays icons corresponding to services running in the background on your computer.
a.
Start menu
c.
notification area
b.
taskbar
d.
Services toolbar
 

 4. 

The term ____ refers to applications that a computer uses to complete tasks.
a.
hardware
c.
folders
b.
software
d.
Aero
 

 5. 

Windows 7 is a(n) ____ that manages and coordinates activities on the computer.
a.
application
c.
module
b.
operating system
d.
database
 

 6. 

If you are told to click an object, position the pointer on that object and ____.
a.
double-click the left mouse button
c.
press C on the keyboard
b.
click the right mouse button
d.
click the left mouse button
 

 7. 

In Windows, right-clicking an object ____.
a.
opens or starts the item associated with it
b.
opens the Computer window to the folder that contains the object
c.
adds it to the Start menu
d.
none of the above
 

 8. 

The Start menu is organized into two ____, or separate areas of a menu or window.
a.
panels
c.
dialog boxes
b.
panes
d.
tiers
 
 
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 9. 

In the figure above, you would use the area denoted by box ____ for quickly finding anything stored on your computer, including programs, documents, pictures, videos, music, Web pages, and e-mail messages.
a.
B
c.
C
b.
G
d.
E
 

 10. 

Running two programs at one time is an example of ____.
a.
subdividing
c.
dual-boxing
b.
multithreading
d.
multitasking
 

 11. 

To close a program using the taskbar, ____ the program button on the taskbar and then ____ Close window on the shortcut menu.
a.
double-click, click
c.
right-click, click
b.
right-click, right-click
d.
click, click
 

 12. 

If you want to move a window, you drag it by the ____.
a.
title bar
c.
zoom controls
b.
workspace
d.
Ribbon
 

Essay
 

 13. 

Bonus:
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2.      What is the highest mountain on earth?
 



 
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