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Can You Operate Bilingually? Trivia Quiz

The Windows and Macintosh operating systems have a lot in common. Can you "translate" between Windows and Mac equivalents?

A multiple-choice quiz by crisw. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
crisw

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
123,850

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
3244

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Question 1 of 10

1. Windows mice have two buttons, Mac mice have only one. On the Mac , what key, when held down while clicking a one-button mouse, performs the same function as clicking the right mouse button on a Windows mouse? Hint

Apple

Option

Command

Control

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Question 2 of 10

2. Macintosh computers have an Apple Menu. In pre-OSX systems, this menu contains links to programs, network services, etc. What's the closest Windows equivalent? Hint

Menu bar

Toolbar

Start menu

Desktop

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Question 3 of 10

3. In Windows, a "shortcut" is an icon with a link to a file, program, etc. What's the Mac equivalent? Hint

Icon duplicate

The Mac OS doesn't support shortcuts

Alias

Dingbat

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Question 4 of 10

4. In MAc OSX, the Dock most closely resembles what Windows feature? Hint

Desktop

Network Neighborhood

Clipboard

Taskbar

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Question 5 of 10

5. On a Mac, it's the Trash. In Windows, it's the... Hint

Refuse Dump

Garbage

Recycle Bin

Trash Can

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Question 6 of 10

6. If your Windows hard disk is a little under the weather, you'd run ScanDisk. If the sick computer is a OS9 Mac, you'd run... Hint

None of these-the Mac OS doesn't have a disk repair program

Disk Medic

Disk First Aid

Checkdisk

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Question 7 of 10

7. When troubleshooting, you often need to start up your computer without any additions that you've made to the OS. On a OS 9 Mac, you do this by starting up with extensions off, on an OS X mac, you boot into single-user mode. In Windows, you do this by booting up in... Hint

Clean mode

Extensions off mode

Safe mode

Troubleshoot mode

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Question 8 of 10

8. In Windows, you use the "Add-Remove Applications" control panel to delete unwanted applications. What's the Mac equivalent? Hint

Extensions Manager

There is none

Location Manager

Applications Menu

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Question 9 of 10

9. In Windows, you see the "Find Files or Folders" feature to find things. What do you use on a Mac? Hint

Sherlock or Spotlight

File Retriever or Finder

Find It!

Finder

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Question 10 of 10

10. On a Mac, the basic text editing program is called TextEdit. What's the Windows equivalent? Hint

Word

Stickies

Excel

Notepad

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Control

Control-click on a Mac brings up contextual menus, for example.

2. Macintosh computers have an Apple Menu. In pre-OSX systems, this menu contains links to programs, network services, etc. What's the closest Windows equivalent?

Answer: Start menu

The Apple menu is primarily composed of aliases that the user adds. The Windows Start menu is much less customized.

3. In Windows, a "shortcut" is an icon with a link to a file, program, etc. What's the Mac equivalent?

Answer: Alias

On the Mac, you create an alias by selecting an item and pressing command-M. In OS 9 and before, you can drag the alias into the Apple Menu Items folder to add it to the Apple menu.

4. In MAc OSX, the Dock most closely resembles what Windows feature?

Answer: Taskbar

The OSX Dock combines features of the Windows Taskbar and Start Menu. You can drag application icons to it and use the icons to start applications. It also has icons for any running application, much as the Windows Taskbar does.

5. On a Mac, it's the Trash. In Windows, it's the...

Answer: Recycle Bin

In both cases, you drag files there that you don't want anymore.

6. If your Windows hard disk is a little under the weather, you'd run ScanDisk. If the sick computer is a OS9 Mac, you'd run...

Answer: Disk First Aid

Both run automatically if you restart your machine after a crash.

Answer: Safe mode

In both Mac OS 9 and Windows, you do this by holding down the Shift key as the computer starts up.

8. In Windows, you use the "Add-Remove Applications" control panel to delete unwanted applications. What's the Mac equivalent?

Answer: There is none

Unlike in Windows, deleting Mac applications is simple and painless- just drag 'em to the Trash.

9. In Windows, you see the "Find Files or Folders" feature to find things. What do you use on a Mac?

Answer: Sherlock or Spotlight

Sherlock is a multipurpose application for the Mac. It can find files on your computer, on the network, or over the Internet. Spotlight, introduced in 10.4, finds files on your hard drive.

10. On a Mac, the basic text editing program is called TextEdit. What's the Windows equivalent?

Answer: Notepad

Both are programs suitable for editing small, simple text files.

Source: Author crisw

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