Exam 2: Modern Client and Server Operating Systems

Which of the following is true about the Linux operating system?

Your company is opening a branch office with twenty employees that require computers. The Windows 10 computers are joined to the company domain and authentication must occur within the branch office. You have been asked to configure a server to meet these requirements, but domain changes cannot occur on the server in the branch office. What should you deploy?

Which CPU operating mode allows a process to execute restricted CPU instructions and access all memory locations?

Windows 95 and Windows 98 suffered from occasional crashes and freezes due to misbehaving 16-bit applications. What feature, eventually added to Windows OSs, helped to solve this problem?

Which of the following is a feature first introduced in Windows 95?

What feature of UNIX provides the GUI and is network-enabled?

Which version of Windows set the standard of all Windows OSs to come with respect to the user interface, Plug and Play, and the registry?

What is the primary goal of the Kerberos protocol?

Which of the following is true about the Linux OS?

A colleague has downloaded a network interface driver and is trying to install it on her Windows computer to update the existing driver. Windows does not allow her to install the device driver. What is the most likely reason she cannot install the device driver?

You have been asked to ensure that data traveling between the accounting department client computers and the accounting server is authenticated and encrypted. What can you deploy to accomplish this?

You are the administrator for a company that has users that must access the network remotely on a regular basis. You want users to be able to access the company's network resources securely wherever they have an Internet connection. What should you deploy on your server?

Which Windows Server installation option was introduced in Windows Server 2008 that has a limited GUI and smaller footprint?

Your colleague who is a programmer has written an application that must be able to monitor several sensors while performing calculations on the data read from the sensors. Both parts of the application must run simultaneously. What CPU and OS feature is required to properly run his application?

In which Windows client OS was the Start button replaced by the Start screen?

macOS allows multiple users to access the OS in their own workspaces.

A software developer describes his computer which comes preinstalled with Python and a C compiler, along with several other programming tools. What OS is most likely running on his computer?

Which of the following statements is true about Windows 3.1?

What feature in Windows 10 allows you to expand your sign-in options by using your facial features or fingerprint if your hardware supports it?

Which tool, first introduced in Windows Server 2008 but remains in Windows Server 2019, provides one location to set up, deploy, and manage servers and server roles?