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Operating System Fundamentals and Device Management

Study of operating system fundamentals and device management techniques.

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    Operating System Fundamentals and Device Management  You have installed a new network adaptor in your computer and reboot the OS. You go to check the settings of the network adaptor but you cannot find the device in Windows. What is the most likely problem? Answer Selected Answer: d. bad or missing device driver Correct Answer: d. bad or missing device driver  Question 2 1 out of 1 points Which OS is commonly used as both a desktop OS and for multiuser server applications? Answer Selected Answer: b. Linux Correct Answer: b. Linux  Question 3 1 out of 1 points Which of the following is a job typically performed by the kernel? Answer Selected Answer: a.

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    managing CPU interactions Correct Answer: a. managing CPU interactions  Question 4 1 out of 1 points Which of the following does NOT require a device driver to be installed in the OS? Answer Selected Answer: c. installing more RAM Correct Answer: c. installing more RAM  Question 5 1 out of 1 points You are testing out a new multitasking operating system. In your testing, you find that some applications are not getting sufficient CPU time while others are getting more than necessary. Which component is likely to be the cause of this problem? Answer Selected Answer: a. kernel Correct Answer: a. kernel  Question 6 1 out of 1 points

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    You want to implement a system that hosts scalable Web - based applications accessible through a Web browser. This system should be available only to your company but the resources should be made available through a third - party. What type of system should you use? Answer Selected Answer: b. hosted private cloud Correct Answer: b. hosted private cloud  Question 7 1 out of 1 points Code that exchanges information with specific hardware devices is referred to as which of the following? Answer Selected Answer: d. device driver Correct Answer: d. device driver  Question 8 1 out of 1 points You are planning to buy a new server that will act as the server portion of a client/server application. A colleague of yours makes some suggestions for the server’s OS. Which of the following suggestions are you least likely to adopt? Answer Selected Answer: c.

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    Windows 7 Correct Answer: c. Windows 7  Question 9 1 out of 1 points Which of the following is NOT an I/O task performed by the OS? Answer Selected Answer: b. executes program instructions Correct Answer: b. executes program instructions  Question 10 1 out of 1 points If your computing environment requires that some processing of your application takes place on a server and some of it takes place on a PC - class computer, what type of system are you using? Answer Selected Answer: b. client/server system Correct Answer: b. client/server system  Question 11 1 out of 1 points Which of the following can be described as program code that acts as a specialized hook into

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    the operating system? Answer Selected Answer: c. API Correct Answer: c. API  Question 12 1 out of 1 points What type of computer is most likely to be used for graphical design and film design and animation? Answer Selected Answer: d. high - end workstation Correct Answer: d. high - end workstation  Question 13 1 out of 1 points Which of the following was the first widely used multiuser, multitasking OS? Answer Selected Answer: c. Unix Correct Answer: c. Unix

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     Question 14 0 out of 1 points Which of the following is least concerned with a computer’s specific hardware configuration? Answer Selected Answer: d. operating system Correct Answer: c. applications  Question 15 1 out of 1 points Which of the following accurately describes preemptive multitasking? Answer Selected Answer: d. The OS controls when an application can use the CPU Correct Answer: d. The OS controls when an application can use the CPU  Question 16 1 out of 1 points Which of the following can be described as client/server computing coupled with the Internet? Answer Selected Answer: d. cloud computing

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    Correct Answer: d. cloud computing  Question 17 1 out of 1 points A word processor is best described as which type of operating system element? Answer Selected Answer: c. application software Correct Answer: c. application software  Question 18 1 out of 1 points If you need to change certain aspects of the way your computer boots, which of the following components would you configure? Answer Selected Answer: b. BIOS Correct Answer: b. BIOS  Question 19 1 out of 1 points If you are a bank manage and have thousands of transactions to process in which no user interaction is required, which type of computer are you most likely to use?

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    Answer Selected Answer: a. mainframe Correct Answer: a. mainframe  Question 20 1 out of 1 points Which of the following is NOT a task performed by the computer’s BIOS? Answer Selected Answer: b. manages random access memory Correct Answer: b. manages random access memory Friday, September 9, 2011 2:10:27 PM EDT OK  1 out of 1 points Which of the following can be described as client/server computing coupled with the Internet? Answer Selected Answer: d. cloud computing Correct Answer: d. cloud computing  Question 2

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    1 out of 1 points Which of the following does NOT require a device driver to be installed in the OS? Answer Selected Answer: c. installing more RAM Correct Answer: c. installing more RAM  Question 3 1 out of 1 points Which of the following accurately describes preemptive multitasking? Answer Selected Answer: d. The OS controls when an application can use the CPU Correct Answer: d. The OS controls when an application can use the CPU  Question 4 1 out of 1 points Which of the following was the first widely used multiuser, multitasking OS? Answer Selected Answer: a. Unix Correct Answer: a.

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    Unix  Question 5 1 out of 1 points You have installed a new network adaptor in your computer and reboot the OS. You go to check the settings of the network adaptor but you cannot find the device in Windows. What is the most likely problem? Answer Selected Answer: c. bad or missing device driver Correct Answer: c. bad or missing device driver  Question 6 1 out of 1 points Which of the following is NOT an I/O task performed by the OS? Answer Selected Answer: c. executes program instructions Correct Answer: c. executes program instructions  Question 7 1 out of 1 points A word processor is best described as which type of operating system element? Answer

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    Selected Answer: b. application software Correct Answer: b. application software  Question 8 1 out of 1 points Which of the following is NOT a task performed by the computer’s BIOS? Answer Selected Answer: d. manages random access memory Correct Answer: d. manages random access memory  Question 9 1 out of 1 points You want to implement a system that hosts scalable Web - based applications accessible through a Web browser. This system should be available only to your company but the resources should be made available through a third - party. What type of system should you use? Answer Selected Answer: b. hosted private cloud Correct Answer: b. hosted private cloud  Question 10

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    1 out of 1 points Which of the following can be described as program code that acts as a specialized hook into the operating system? Answer Selected Answer: d. API Correct Answer: d. API  Question 11 1 out of 1 points Code that exchanges information with specific hardware devices is referred to as which of the following? Answer Selected Answer: d. device driver Correct Answer: d. device driver  Question 12 1 out of 1 points If you are a bank manage and have thousands of transactions to process in which no user interaction is required, which type of computer are you most likely to use? Answer Selected Answer: b.

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    mainframe Correct Answer: b. mainframe  Question 13 1 out of 1 points You are testing out a new multitasking operating system. In your testing, you find that some applications are not getting sufficient CPU time while others are getting more than necessary. Which component is likely to be the cause of this problem? Answer Selected Answer: d. kernel Correct Answer: d. kernel  Question 14 1 out of 1 points Which of the following is least concerned with a computer’s specific hardware configuration? Answer Selected Answer: c. applications Correct Answer: c. applications  Question 15 1 out of 1 points

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    You are planning to buy a new server that will act as the server portion of a client/server application. A colleague of yours makes some suggestions for the server’s OS. Which of the following suggestions are you least likely to adopt? Answer Selected Answer: a. Windows 7 Correct Answer: a. Windows 7  Question 16 1 out of 1 points What type of computer is most likely to be used for graphical design and film design and animation? Answer Selected Answer: b. high - end workstation Correct Answer: b. high - end workstation  Question 17 1 out of 1 points If your computing environment requires that some processing of your application takes place on a server and some of it takes place on a PC - class computer, what type of system are you using? Answer Selected Answer: d. client/server system

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    Correct Answer: d. client/server system  Question 18 1 out of 1 points Which of the following is a job typically performed by the kernel? Answer Selected Answer: d. managing CPU interactions Correct Answer: d. managing CPU interactions  Question 19 1 out of 1 points If you need to change certain aspects of the way your computer boots, which of the following components would you configure? Answer Selected Answer: c. BIOS Correct Answer: c. BIOS  Question 20 1 out of 1 points Which OS is commonly used as both a desktop OS and for multiuser server applications? Answer

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