Deck 8: Network Operating System Fundamentals

Question 1

You are testing out a new DHCP server and want to make sure that it does not interfere with your current network. What option would you use to configure your network adapter using VMware workstation?

A) NAT
B) bridged
C) host-only
D) internal

Answer 1

C

Question 2

What is the native file-sharing protocol in Linux?

A) SMB
B) NFS
C) NSF
D) SMP

Answer 2

B

Question 3

What is a partial copy of a VM that is used to restore it to a previous state?

A) snapshot
B) clone
C) hypervisor
D) host computer

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which edition of Windows Server 2008 includes support for up to 64 processors and provides unlimited virtual instances?

A) Web Server 2008
B) Standard Edition
C) Enterprise Edition
D) Datacenter Edition

Question 5

Which of the following virtualization products provides hosted virtualization?

A) Citrix XenServer
B) VMware vSphere
C) Microsoft Hyper-V
D) VMware Workstation

Question 6

Which common e-mail protocol allows the user to access messages, yet still have them stored on the server?

A) SMTP
B) IMAP
C) POP3
D) SNMP

Question 7

In Windows, you use Task Manager to view the processes running on your computer. What do you use to view the running processes on some Linux systems?

A) resource monitor
B) terminal manager
C) performance manager
D) system monitor

Question 8

Which of the following is not a function typically provided by the centralized management of a server-based network?

A) account management
B) user authentication
C) security policy management
D) protocol analysis

Question 9

What is the process called that grants or denies a user's access to network resources?

A) authentication
B) acceptance
C) authorization
D) admission

Question 10

Which part of the OS provides users and applications with an interface to manipulate files?

A) kernel
B) services
C) processes
D) file system

Question 11

Windows Server 2008 R2 can be installed only on a 64-bit system.

Question 12

When a disk is formatted, it is impossible to recover the data that was on the disk..

Question 13

What storage solution involves a third-party company that provides off-site hosting of data?

A) network-attached storage
B) cloud-based storage
C) network accessed appliance
D) storage area network

Question 14

What are the chunks called into which the available storage space on a disk drive is broken?

A) bytes
B) sectors
C) bits
D) segments

Question 15

Virtualization is designed for testing and development purposes only.

Question 16

What directory service protocol used in Linux systems is also supported by Windows?

A) NFS
B) NIS
C) LDAP
D) LEAP

Question 17

In Windows, you can start the Task Manager by simply right-clicking the taskbar and choosing Start Task Manager.

Question 18

One critical difference between a client OS and a server OS is the addition of directory services on some server OSs.

Question 19

What method does the CPU use to divide its computing cycles between more than one process?

A) context switching
B) process switching
C) time slicing
D) thread slicing

Question 20

Older OSs first used what type of multitasking, which allowed a process to monopolize the CPU's time until the process had completed its own task?

A) contextual
B) cooperative
C) preemptive
D) precocious

Question 21

Which of the following types of file systems support file and folder permissions? (Choose all that apply.)

A) EXT2
B) FAT16
C) FAT32
D) NTFS
E) DOS

Question 22

What is a domain controller?

Question 23

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Question 24

What are the two most common ways of accessing a network resource? (Choose two.)

A) entering an ARP path
B) mapping a drive
C) entering a SMB path
D) entering a UNC path

Question 25

In ___________ multitasking, either the user or the OS can terminate a process that is monopolizing the CPU's time.

Question 26

Which of the following is a fault tolerant feature provided by a server OS? (Choose all that apply.)

A) RAID
B) active directory
C) DHCP
D) server cluster
E) hot-swappable devices

Question 27

How do you map a shared folder using the command prompt?

Question 28

What is a hot-swappable device?

Question 29

When a user enters his username and password to log on to a machine, he is invoking the process of ____________.

Question 30

What is a hypervisor?

Question 31

What are the names of four broadcast packets involved in a DHCP lease?

Question 32

A device that has no directly attached user interfaces and comes with specialized software designed to perform a specific task is called a network ____________.

Question 33

A ____________ file is simply a text file that contains a list of commands that you would normally enter in a command prompt.

Question 34

A DHCP server can supply the client with more than just its IP address and subnet mask. What other necessary configurations can it supply? (Choose all that apply.)

A) default gateway
B) destination network
C) file sever name
D) DNS server

Question 35

If you store mainly large files on a disk, should you use a smaller cluster size or larger cluster size? Why?

Question 36

What is XP mode?

Question 37

What is the System Idle process, and what does its value mean?

Question 38

What is the purpose of the DNS client?

Question 39

What is a reservation?

Question 40

A ____________ is a program that runs in the background and provides support for other processes.