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Can You Operate Bilingually?

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

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



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?
    Control
    Command
    Apple
    Option


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?
    Toolbar
    Start menu
    Desktop
    Menu bar


3. In Windows, a "shortcut" is an icon with a link to a file, program, etc. What's the Mac equivalent?
    The Mac OS doesn't support shortcuts
    Alias
    Dingbat
    Icon duplicate


4. In MAc OSX, the Dock most closely resembles what Windows feature?
    Network Neighborhood
    Desktop
    Taskbar
    Clipboard


5. On a Mac, it's the Trash. In Windows, it's the...
    Refuse Dump
    Garbage
    Recycle Bin
    Trash Can


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...
    Disk First Aid
    Checkdisk
    Disk Medic
    None of these-the Mac OS doesn't have a disk repair program


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...
    Clean mode
    Extensions off mode
    Safe mode
    Troubleshoot mode


8. In Windows, you use the "Add-Remove Applications" control panel to delete unwanted applications. What's the Mac equivalent?
    There is none
    Location Manager
    Extensions Manager
    Applications Menu


9. In Windows, you see the "Find Files or Folders" feature to find things. What do you use on a Mac?
    Find It!
    Finder
    File Retriever or Finder
    Sherlock or Spotlight


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


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Compiled Jun 19 13