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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 - Page 1 preview imageOperating System Fundamentals and Device ManagementYou have installed a new network adaptor in your computer and reboot the OS. You go to check thesettings of the network adaptor but you cannot find the device in Windows. What isthe most likelyproblem?AnswerSelected Answer:d.bad or missing device driverCorrect Answer:d.bad or missing device driverQuestion 21 out of 1 pointsWhich OS is commonly used as both a desktop OS and for multiuser serverapplications?AnswerSelected Answer:b.LinuxCorrect Answer:b.LinuxQuestion 31 out of 1 pointsWhich of the following is a job typically performed by the kernel?AnswerSelected Answer:a.
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Operating System Fundamentals and Device Management - Page 3 preview imagemanaging CPUinteractionsCorrect Answer:a.managing CPU interactionsQuestion 41 out of 1 pointsWhich of the following does NOT require a device driver to be installed in the OS?AnswerSelected Answer:c.installing more RAMCorrect Answer:c.installing more RAMQuestion 51 out of 1 pointsYou are testing out a new multitasking operating system. In your testing, you find that someapplications are not getting sufficient CPU time while others aregetting more than necessary.Which component is likely to be the cause of this problem?AnswerSelected Answer:a.kernelCorrect Answer:a.kernelQuestion 61 out of 1 points
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Operating System Fundamentals and Device Management - Page 4 preview imageYou want to implement a system that hostsscalable Web-based applications accessible througha Web browser. This system should be available only to your company but the resources shouldbe made available through a third-party. What type of system should you use?AnswerSelected Answer:b.hosted private cloudCorrect Answer:b.hosted private cloudQuestion 71 out of 1 pointsCode that exchanges information with specific hardware devices is referred to as which of thefollowing?AnswerSelected Answer:d.device driverCorrect Answer:d.device driverQuestion 81 out of 1 pointsYou are planning to buy a new server that will act as the server portion of a client/serverapplication. A colleague of yours makes some suggestions for theserver’s OS. Which of thefollowing suggestions are you least likely to adopt?AnswerSelected Answer:c.
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Operating System Fundamentals and Device Management - Page 5 preview imageWindows 7Correct Answer:c.Windows 7Question 91 out of 1 pointsWhich of the following is NOT an I/O taskperformed by the OS?AnswerSelected Answer:b.executes program instructionsCorrect Answer:b.executes program instructionsQuestion 101 out of 1 pointsIf your computing environment requires that some processing of yourapplication takes place ona server and some of it takes place on a PC-class computer, what type of system are you using?AnswerSelected Answer:b.client/server systemCorrect Answer:b.client/server systemQuestion 111 out of 1pointsWhich of the following can be described as program code that acts as a specialized hook into
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Operating System Fundamentals and Device Management - Page 6 preview imagethe operating system?AnswerSelected Answer:c.APICorrect Answer:c.APIQuestion 121 out of 1 pointsWhat type ofcomputer is most likely to be used for graphical design and film design andanimation?AnswerSelected Answer:d.high-end workstationCorrect Answer:d.high-end workstationQuestion 131 out of 1 pointsWhich of thefollowing was the first widely used multiuser, multitasking OS?AnswerSelected Answer:c.UnixCorrect Answer:c.Unix
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Operating System Fundamentals and Device Management - Page 7 preview imageQuestion 140 out of 1 pointsWhich of the following is least concerned with a computer’s specifichardware configuration?AnswerSelected Answer:d.operating systemCorrect Answer:c.applicationsQuestion 151 out of 1 pointsWhich of the following accurately describes preemptive multitasking?AnswerSelectedAnswer:d.The OS controls when an application can use the CPUCorrect Answer:d.The OS controls when an application can use the CPUQuestion 161 out of 1 pointsWhich of the following can be described as client/servercomputing coupled with the Internet?AnswerSelected Answer:d.cloud computing
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Operating System Fundamentals and Device Management - Page 8 preview imageCorrect Answer:d.cloud computingQuestion 171 out of 1 pointsA word processor is best described as which type of operating system element?AnswerSelected Answer:c.application softwareCorrect Answer:c.application softwareQuestion 181 out of 1 pointsIf you need to change certain aspects of the way your computer boots, which of the followingcomponentswould you configure?AnswerSelected Answer:b.BIOSCorrect Answer:b.BIOSQuestion 191 out of 1 pointsIf you are a bank manage and have thousands of transactions to process in which no userinteraction is required, whichtype of computer are you most likely to use?
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Operating System Fundamentals and Device Management - Page 9 preview imageAnswerSelected Answer:a.mainframeCorrect Answer:a.mainframeQuestion 201 out of 1 pointsWhich of the following is NOT a task performed by the computer’s BIOS?AnswerSelected Answer:b.manages random access memoryCorrect Answer:b.manages random access memoryFriday, September 9, 2011 2:10:27 PM EDTOK1 out of 1 pointsWhich of the following can bedescribed as client/server computing coupled with the Internet?AnswerSelected Answer:d.cloud computingCorrect Answer:d.cloud computingQuestion 2
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Operating System Fundamentals and Device Management - Page 10 preview image1 out of 1 pointsWhich of the following does NOT require a devicedriver to be installed in the OS?AnswerSelected Answer:c.installing more RAMCorrect Answer:c.installing more RAMQuestion 31 out of 1 pointsWhich of the following accurately describes preemptive multitasking?AnswerSelected Answer:d.The OS controls when an application can use the CPUCorrect Answer:d.The OS controls when an application can use the CPUQuestion 41 out of 1 pointsWhich of the following was the first widely usedmultiuser, multitasking OS?AnswerSelected Answer:a.UnixCorrect Answer:a.
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Operating System Fundamentals and Device Management - Page 11 preview imageUnixQuestion 51 out of 1 pointsYou have installed a new network adaptor in your computer and reboot the OS. You go to checkthe settings of thenetwork adaptor but you cannot find the device in Windows. What is themost likely problem?AnswerSelected Answer:c.bad or missing device driverCorrect Answer:c.bad or missing device driverQuestion 61 out of 1 pointsWhich of the following is NOT an I/O task performed by the OS?AnswerSelected Answer:c.executes program instructionsCorrect Answer:c.executes program instructionsQuestion 71 out of 1 pointsA word processor is bestdescribed as which type of operating system element?Answer
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Operating System Fundamentals and Device Management - Page 12 preview imageSelected Answer:b.application softwareCorrect Answer:b.application softwareQuestion 81 out of 1 pointsWhich of the following is NOT a task performed by thecomputer’s BIOS?AnswerSelected Answer:d.manages random access memoryCorrect Answer:d.manages random access memoryQuestion 91 out of 1 pointsYou want to implement a system that hosts scalable Web-basedapplications accessible througha Web browser. This system should be available only to your company but the resources shouldbe made available through a third-party. What type of system should you use?AnswerSelected Answer:b.hosted private cloudCorrect Answer:b.hosted private cloudQuestion 10
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Operating System Fundamentals and Device Management - Page 13 preview image1 out of 1 pointsWhich of the following can be described as program code that acts as a specialized hook intothe operating system?AnswerSelected Answer:d.APICorrect Answer:d.APIQuestion 111 out of 1 pointsCode that exchanges information with specific hardware devices is referred to as which of thefollowing?AnswerSelected Answer:d.device driverCorrect Answer:d.device driverQuestion 121 out of 1 pointsIf you are a bank manage and have thousands of transactions to process in which no userinteraction is required, which type of computer are you most likely to use?AnswerSelectedAnswer:b.
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Operating System Fundamentals and Device Management - Page 14 preview imagemainframeCorrect Answer:b.mainframeQuestion 131 out of 1 pointsYou are testing out a new multitasking operating system. In your testing, you find that someapplications are not getting sufficient CPU time whileothers are getting more than necessary.Which component is likely to be the cause of this problem?AnswerSelected Answer:d.kernelCorrect Answer:d.kernelQuestion 141 out of 1 pointsWhich of the following is leastconcerned with a computer’s specific hardware configuration?AnswerSelected Answer:c.applicationsCorrect Answer:c.applicationsQuestion 151 out of 1 points
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Operating System Fundamentals and Device Management - Page 15 preview imageYou are planning to buy a new server that will act as theserver portion of a client/serverapplication. A colleague of yours makes some suggestions for the server’s OS. Which of thefollowing suggestions are you least likely to adopt?AnswerSelected Answer:a.Windows 7Correct Answer:a.Windows 7Question 161 out of 1 pointsWhat type of computer is most likely to be used for graphical design and film design andanimation?AnswerSelected Answer:b.high-end workstationCorrect Answer:b.high-endworkstationQuestion 171 out of 1 pointsIf your computing environment requires that some processing of your application takes place ona server and some of it takes place on a PC-class computer, what type of system are you using?AnswerSelected Answer:d.client/server system
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Operating System Fundamentals and Device Management - Page 16 preview imageCorrect Answer:d.client/server systemQuestion 181 out of 1 pointsWhich of the following is a job typically performed by the kernel?AnswerSelected Answer:d.managing CPU interactionsCorrect Answer:d.managing CPU interactionsQuestion 191 out of 1 pointsIf you need to change certain aspects of the way your computer boots, which of the followingcomponents would you configure?AnswerSelected Answer:c.BIOSCorrect Answer:c.BIOSQuestion 201 out of 1 pointsWhich OS is commonly used as both a desktop OS and for multiuser server applications?Answer
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