Deck 15: Windows Operating Systems

Question 1

At the operating system level, file mapping is typically used for file caching, loading, and running executable programs.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

A replacement policy determines which virtual page must be removed from memory to make room for a new page.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Much of Windows is written in assembly language, a programming language that's standardized and readily available.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

One of the biggest concerns about Windows operating systems in general is the need for aggressive patch management to combat the many viruses and worms that target these systems.

Question 5

To give fast response times when dealing with CPU-bound applications, all that is required is fast hardware.

Question 6

The I/O Manager allows device drivers and file systems, which it perceives as device drivers, to be loaded dynamically based on the needs of the user.

Question 7

The Open Mode attribute for a file indicates whether other callers can open the file for read, write, or delete operations while this caller is using it.

Question 8

In 1999, Microsoft changed the operating system's name from Windows NT to Windows 2000.

Question 9

The SMB protocol is a high-level specification for formatting messages to be sent across the network and correlates to the application layer (layer 7), and the presentation layer (layer 6) of the OSI model.

Question 10

LDAP is the hierarchical replicated naming service on which the Internet is built.

Question 11

To ensure the integrity of the Windows operating system code the designers separated operating system functions into a privileged executive process and a set of nonprivileged processes called "protected subsystems."

Question 12

Windows XP was the last Windows operating system built on the Windows 95 code.

Question 13

In the Windows operating systems, almost all low-level I/O operations are asynchronous.

Question 14

The primary file handling concept in current versions of Windows is the virtual file.

Question 15

Windows provides execution environments for applications that are different from its primary programming interface.

Question 16

Windows is a non-preemptive-multitasking, multithreaded operating system.

Question 17

A driver object can only have one device connected to it.

Question 18

The lower half of the virtual address space is accessible only to kernel-mode processes.

Question 19

The first Windows application was not a true operating system.

Question 20

Multithreading is advantageous when doing database searches because data is retrieved faster when the system has several threads of execution that are searching an array simultaneously, especially if each thread has its own CPU.

Question 21

A thread is the entity within a process that the ____ schedules for execution.

A) thread manager
B) thread scheduler
C) process scheduler
D) kernel

Question 22

The code that must access processor-dependent data structures and registers is contained in small ____ that can be replaced by similar code for different processors.

A) segments
B) routines
C) modules
D) functions

Question 23

Kerberos provides authentication, data integrity, and data privacy.

Question 24

The ____ file system called can recover from all types of errors including those that occur in critical disk sectors.

A) FAT
B) NTFS
C) CDFS
D) NFST

Question 25

The portion of memory that is used for sections of the kernel that require maximum performance is ____.

A) The lower part of the resident operating system code
B) The middle part of the resident operating system code
C) The upper part of the resident operating system code
D) The highest portion of memory

Question 26

In processor management, the ____ is what actually executes the code.

A) thread
B) heap
C) global variable
D) environment string

Question 27

When physical memory becomes full, the ____ Memory Manager pages some of the memory contents to disk, freeing physical memory for other processes.

A) Application
B) Virtual
C) Backup
D) Physical

Question 28

In a Windows device driver, the ____ is used by the I/O Manager to communicate with the driver when it generates an IRP after an I/O request.

A) initialization routine
B) dispatch routine
C) start I/O routine
D) unload routine

Question 29

The first widely adopted Windows product, ____, featured a standardized look and feel, similar to the one made popular by Apple's Macintosh computer.

A) Windows 1.0
B) Windows 3.0
C) Windows 3.1
D) Windows for Workgroups

Question 30

The ____ policy determines when the pager copies a page from disk to memory.

A) placement
B) replacement
C) fetch
D) paging

Question 31

The primary programming interface for Windows is ____.

A) Win32 API
B) MS-DOS
C) POSIX
D) CDFS

Question 32

Windows does not provide much support for users who do not speak and read English.

Question 33

Whenever an error occurs, either the operating system or the processor issues an exception call, which automatically invokes the ____ that is appropriate to handle the condition, ensuring that no harm is done to either user programs or the system.

A) error processor
B) exception module
C) exception hierarchy
D) exception handling code

Question 34

Effective distributed security requires an authentication mechanism that allows a server to prove its identity to a client.

Question 35

To accommodate the various needs of its user community, and to optimize resources, the Windows team identified the following design goals:____.

A) extensibility, portability, reliability, compatibility, and performance
B) security, portability, reliability, and performance
C) security, expandability, compatibility, and cost-effectiveness
D) portability, interoperability, and performance

Question 36

A(n) ____ is a data structure that controls how the I/O operation is processed at each step.

A) ITB
B) IMS
C) IRP
D) IRQ

Question 37

For users who are faster with the keyboard than with a pointing device, Windows provides many keyboard shortcuts.

Question 38

In Windows terminology, the privileged processor mode is called ____ mode and the nonprivileged processor mode is called user mode.

A) server
B) kernel
C) internal
D) computer

Question 39

A standard utility program called Internet Explorer contains directory and file display tools and a file finding tool.

Question 40

The ____ version of Windows introduced X.500-style directory services, Kerberos security, and improved Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM).

A) Windows NT Server version 4.0
B) Windows 2000 Server
C) Windows Server 2003
D) Windows Server 2005

Question 41

____ files exploit virtual memory capabilities by allowing an application to open a file of arbitrary size and treat it as a single contiguous array of memory locations without buffering data or performing disk I/O.

A) Memory-mapped
B) Virtual memory
C) Virtual system
D) Cached

Question 42

The Windows Task Manager is opened by pressing and holding the ____ keys.

A) Ctrl, W, and T
B) Ctrl, Alt, and Esc
C) Ctrl, Alt, and Delete
D) Alt and Tab

Question 43

The ____ creates a driver object when a driver is loaded into the system and then calls the driver's initialization routine.

A) Driver Manager
B) Driver Routine
C) I/O Manager
D) I/O Routine

Question 44

An API called ____ interface is used to pass I/O requests structured in the SMB format to a remote computer.

A) MS-SMB
B) SMBAPI
C) NetAPI
D) NetBIOS

Question 45

When processing a typical I/O request, ____ happens first.

A) Transport drivers process the request and place it on the network.
B) An I/O request packet is sent to the redirector.
C) User-mode software issues a remote I/O request.
D) The I/O Manager creates an I/O request packet.

Question 46

Active Directory groups machines into administrative units called ____.

A) domains
B) sites
C) networks
D) nodes

Question 47

____ provide a high-level interface for passing data between two processes regardless of their locations.

A) Sink caches
B) Named pipes
C) Memory-mapped I/O
D) Mailslots

Question 48

The ____ attribute indicates whether to delete the file after closing it.

A) share mode
B) open mode
C) disposal mode
D) file disposition

Question 49

To start an application from the Windows desktop, users ____ on an application icon or select it from the Start menu.

A) press SHIFT and click
B) double-click
C) press CTRL and click
D) click once

Question 50

In Windows, programs perform I/O on virtual files, manipulating them by using file ____.

A) maps
B) handles
C) pointers
D) references