Exam 10: Performance Tuning

The Used Physical Memory performance indicator assesses the ____ of physical memory that is being used.

A(n) ____________________ is a set of performance indicators captured when system performance is acceptable.

Counters in the ____ category monitor individual partitions and logical drives on a disk.

What should you do to ensure that you are measuring the normal state when establishing a baseline?

____ monitors processes to ensure that they do not access unauthorized memory spaces, which is done by various types of malware, such as viruses, to take control of systems.

What is performance tuning?

Windows 7 includes the ____ to provide an objective measure of system performance.

Like Resource Monitor, Performance Monitor allows you to select the counters you wish to view.

What are the two CPU performance indicators monitored by Resource Monitor?

____________________ provides real-time monitoring of the most common system performance indicators.

In addition to monitoring current activity, Performance Monitor can also be used to view logged data.

Most ____ bottlenecks occur when the applications you are running require more memory than is physically available in the computer.

The Windows Experience Index base score is the overall ranking of your system. The ranking is from 1 to ____ (the best possible).

The ____ area of the Performance Monitor is used to monitor disk performance and determine whether the disk subsystem is a bottleneck.

For performance counters, you can configure ____ instead of logging to disk.

____ are used to process log file data and display it in a meaningful way.

A ____ occurs when a limitation in a single computer system component slows down the entire system.

____________________ is an MMC snap-in that is used to monitor system performance indicators.

____ allows Windows 7 to use flash memory embedded directly in hard disks.

New hybrid disks use flash memory as a cache to enhance performance, reduce power consumption, and extend hard disk life.