Exam 15: Windows Operating Systems

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

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

Kerberos provides authentication, data integrity, and data privacy.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

The first Windows application was not a true operating system.