CENGAGE MODULE 4 2026/2027 | STUDY GUIDE, PRACTICE QUESTIONS,
ANSWERS & EXAM REVIEW
_____ are standard settings that control how the screen is set up and how a document looks when you
first start typing. - ANS ✔✔Default settings
_____ is data and instructions entered into the memory of a device. - ANS ✔✔Input
A file manager is used for all of the following except ____. - ANS ✔✔to name files and folders
A(n) _____ contains the instructions your computer or device needs to run programs and apps. - ANS
✔✔executable file
A(n) _____ is a small picture that represents a program, file, or hardware device. - ANS ✔✔. icon
An operating system is also called a(n) _____. - ANS ✔✔platform
Charley likes to have everything organized and she is bothered by the long list of documents on her flash
drive. She wants to create folders by semester, then by course. How can you help her? - ANS ✔✔Show
her how to use File Manager
Compressing a file is also called _____ the file. - ANS ✔✔zipping
Dharma opens one window, does a little work, closes the window, and then opens a new one. Instead of
opening and closing windows, what can Dharma do to work more efficiently? - ANS ✔✔Click the
Minimize button to reduce the window to an icon on the taskbar, and then click the taskbar icon to
redisplay the window.
Digital information processed into a useful form is called _____. - ANS ✔✔output
Dominic is left-handed and frustrated with his pointing device because the default settings are for right-
handed people. You can help Dominic solve his problem by telling him which of the following? - ANS
✔✔adjust the settings for the mouse through the control panel
During the boot process, what does the processor do after the computer circuits receive power? - ANS
✔✔It begins to run the bootstrap program
Folder names should _____. - ANS ✔✔identify the content and purpose of the folder
How can you display the main folders on a Windows computer? - ANS ✔✔Open file manager
How do you know if a device is an input device or an output device? - ANS ✔✔An input device enters
data and instructions into the memory of the device. An output device is how the processed information
is displayed.
ANSWERS & EXAM REVIEW
_____ are standard settings that control how the screen is set up and how a document looks when you
first start typing. - ANS ✔✔Default settings
_____ is data and instructions entered into the memory of a device. - ANS ✔✔Input
A file manager is used for all of the following except ____. - ANS ✔✔to name files and folders
A(n) _____ contains the instructions your computer or device needs to run programs and apps. - ANS
✔✔executable file
A(n) _____ is a small picture that represents a program, file, or hardware device. - ANS ✔✔. icon
An operating system is also called a(n) _____. - ANS ✔✔platform
Charley likes to have everything organized and she is bothered by the long list of documents on her flash
drive. She wants to create folders by semester, then by course. How can you help her? - ANS ✔✔Show
her how to use File Manager
Compressing a file is also called _____ the file. - ANS ✔✔zipping
Dharma opens one window, does a little work, closes the window, and then opens a new one. Instead of
opening and closing windows, what can Dharma do to work more efficiently? - ANS ✔✔Click the
Minimize button to reduce the window to an icon on the taskbar, and then click the taskbar icon to
redisplay the window.
Digital information processed into a useful form is called _____. - ANS ✔✔output
Dominic is left-handed and frustrated with his pointing device because the default settings are for right-
handed people. You can help Dominic solve his problem by telling him which of the following? - ANS
✔✔adjust the settings for the mouse through the control panel
During the boot process, what does the processor do after the computer circuits receive power? - ANS
✔✔It begins to run the bootstrap program
Folder names should _____. - ANS ✔✔identify the content and purpose of the folder
How can you display the main folders on a Windows computer? - ANS ✔✔Open file manager
How do you know if a device is an input device or an output device? - ANS ✔✔An input device enters
data and instructions into the memory of the device. An output device is how the processed information
is displayed.
