Question 1

Queued spin lock are more advantageous than a normal spin lock because ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  queued spin locks enforce a FIFO ordering of requests, which increases fairness. 
B)  queued spin locks execute more efficiently than normal spin locks. 
C)  queued spin locks execute more efficiently than normal spin locks and they enforce a FIFO ordering of requests, which increases fairness. 
D)  queued spin locks execute more efficiently than normal spin locks, enforce a FIFO ordering of requests (which increases fairness) and can be used in either shared mode (for many readers) or exclusive mode (for one writer). 
A)  queued spin locks enforce a FIFO ordering of requests, which increases fairness. 
B)  queued spin locks execute more efficiently than normal spin locks. 
C)  queued spin locks execute more efficiently than normal spin locks and they enforce a FIFO ordering of requests, which increases fairness. 
D)  queued spin locks execute more efficiently than normal spin locks, enforce a FIFO ordering of requests (which increases fairness) and can be used in either shared mode (for many readers) or exclusive mode (for one writer).

Question 2

The purpose of an NDIS miniport driver is to ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  translate packets between different communication media, filter packets and balance loads among several NICs 
B)  manage a NIC, transmit outgoing data through a NIC and service a NIC's interrupts 
C)  place data into packets and pass these packets to lower-level drivers 
D)  send network requests to TDI drivers and implement the application layer of the TCP/IP protocol stack 
A)  translate packets between different communication media, filter packets and balance loads among several NICs 
B)  manage a NIC, transmit outgoing data through a NIC and service a NIC's interrupts 
C)  place data into packets and pass these packets to lower-level drivers 
D)  send network requests to TDI drivers and implement the application layer of the TCP/IP protocol stack

Question 3

Windows XP is a ________ -based system.

Accepted Answer

A)  Windows NT 
B)  DOS 
C)  Windows 98 
D)  Windows CE 
A)  Windows NT 
B)  DOS 
C)  Windows 98 
D)  Windows CE

Question 4

When translating a virtual address, Windows XP adds the value in the ________ to the first portion of the virtual address-this value serves as the index into the ________. It adds the value at this index to the second portion of the virtual address-this value serves as the index into the ________. Windows XP uses the value at this index to determine which virtual page is being referenced. Once the page is loaded, Windows XP uses the final portion of the virtual address to determine the offset within the page frame to locate the requested data.

Accepted Answer

A)  page directory register; page directory table; page table 
B)  page directory register; page table; page directory table 
C)  page directory table; page table; page directory register 
D)  page table; page directory table; page directory register 
A)  page directory register; page directory table; page table 
B)  page directory register; page table; page directory table 
C)  page directory table; page table; page directory register 
D)  page table; page directory table; page directory register

Question 5

File system drivers are implemented for ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  network file systems 
B)  hard disk file systems 
C)  file systems on peripheral devices (e.g., floppy disks and DVDs) 
D)  all of the above 
A)  network file systems 
B)  hard disk file systems 
C)  file systems on peripheral devices (e.g., floppy disks and DVDs) 
D)  all of the above

Question 6

________ explicitly allows the Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) to accept all incoming packets to a particular port.

Accepted Answer

A)  IP masquerading 
B)  port mapping 
C)  port filtering 
D)  flow tabling 
A)  IP masquerading 
B)  port mapping 
C)  port filtering 
D)  flow tabling

Question 7

________ is not a feature of Windows XP's security system.

Accepted Answer

A)  Encrypting File System (EFS) 
B)  Determining whether applications possess a trusted certificate or comes from a trusted Internet Zone 
C)  Capabilities 
D)  Installing security patches with Automatic Update 
A)  Encrypting File System (EFS) 
B)  Determining whether applications possess a trusted certificate or comes from a trusted Internet Zone 
C)  Capabilities 
D)  Installing security patches with Automatic Update

Question 8

Which of the following is not a characteristic of an APC?

Accepted Answer

A)  An APC executes in the context of a particular thread. 
B)  An APC can be queued by a kernel-mode component or a user-mode thread with sufficient access rights. 
C)  Kernel APCs are organized in a FIFO queue; however, special kernel APCs are placed at the front of the queue. 
D)  A thread executing an APC cannot be preempted. 
A)  An APC executes in the context of a particular thread. 
B)  An APC can be queued by a kernel-mode component or a user-mode thread with sufficient access rights. 
C)  Kernel APCs are organized in a FIFO queue; however, special kernel APCs are placed at the front of the queue. 
D)  A thread executing an APC cannot be preempted.

Question 9

At what IRQL does thread scheduling occur?

Accepted Answer

A)  passive 
B)  APC 
C)  DPC/dispatch 
D)  high 
A)  passive 
B)  APC 
C)  DPC/dispatch 
D)  high

Question 10

Which of the following statements about how Windows XP services a write I/O request is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  The requesting thread passes an IRP to the I/O manager. 
B)  The I/O manager queries the target device's availability before it passes the IRP down the driver stack. 
C)  The I/O manager initializes each driver's location in the I/O stack of the IRP before sending the IRP to the top driver in the driver stack. 
D)  All drivers, except the lowest-level driver, can register an I/O completion routine for the IRP, which is called once the device finishes servicing the I/O request. 
A)  The requesting thread passes an IRP to the I/O manager. 
B)  The I/O manager queries the target device's availability before it passes the IRP down the driver stack. 
C)  The I/O manager initializes each driver's location in the I/O stack of the IRP before sending the IRP to the top driver in the driver stack. 
D)  All drivers, except the lowest-level driver, can register an I/O completion routine for the IRP, which is called once the device finishes servicing the I/O request.

Question 11

________ is employed by the Windows XP memory manager.

Accepted Answer

A)  Lazy allocation 
B)  Anticipatory paging 
C)  Copy-on-write 
D)  all of the above 
A)  Lazy allocation 
B)  Anticipatory paging 
C)  Copy-on-write 
D)  all of the above

Question 12

Which of the following statements most accurately describes the benefits realized from Windows XP's policy of file caching simply by mapping files into the system's virtual address space?

Accepted Answer

A)  The only advantage is that the physical memory used by the file cache can grow or shrink dynamically, depending on memory needs. 
B)  The only advantage is that this policy permits Windows XP to maintain separate caches for each mounted file system. 
C)  The only advantages are that the physical memory used by the file cache can grow or shrink dynamically depending on memory needs, and this policy permits Windows XP to synchronize data access between memory-mapped file access (which goes through the VMM) and traditional file access using read and write (which goes through the file system) 
D)  This permits physical memory used by the file cache to grow or shrink dynamically, depending on memory needs; this allows Windows XP to maintain separate caches for each mounted file system; and this permits Windows XP to synchronize data access between memory-mapped file access (which goes through the VMM) and traditional file access using read and write (which goes through the file system). 
A)  The only advantage is that the physical memory used by the file cache can grow or shrink dynamically, depending on memory needs. 
B)  The only advantage is that this policy permits Windows XP to maintain separate caches for each mounted file system. 
C)  The only advantages are that the physical memory used by the file cache can grow or shrink dynamically depending on memory needs, and this policy permits Windows XP to synchronize data access between memory-mapped file access (which goes through the VMM) and traditional file access using read and write (which goes through the file system) 
D)  This permits physical memory used by the file cache to grow or shrink dynamically, depending on memory needs; this allows Windows XP to maintain separate caches for each mounted file system; and this permits Windows XP to synchronize data access between memory-mapped file access (which goes through the VMM) and traditional file access using read and write (which goes through the file system).

Question 13

________ translate(s) the logical representation of the file system (exposed to applications) to the physical representation of the file system on disk.

Accepted Answer

A)  File system drivers 
B)  NTFS 
C)  The master file table (MFT) 
D)  Compression units 
A)  File system drivers 
B)  NTFS 
C)  The master file table (MFT) 
D)  Compression units

Question 14

Fulfilling an I/O request without generating an IRP or accessing a device is referred to as ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  fast I/O 
B)  direct I/O 
C)  buffered I/O 
D)  neither I/O 
A)  fast I/O 
B)  direct I/O 
C)  buffered I/O 
D)  neither I/O

Question 15

What is the registry's logical structure?

Accepted Answer

A)  tree 
B)  hash map 
C)  array 
D)  indexed structure similar to inodes 
A)  tree 
B)  hash map 
C)  array 
D)  indexed structure similar to inodes

Question 16

Which of the following is not an edition of Windows XP?

Accepted Answer

A)  Home Edition 
B)  Server Edition 
C)  64-Bit Edition 
D)  Professional Edition 
A)  Home Edition 
B)  Server Edition 
C)  64-Bit Edition 
D)  Professional Edition

Question 17

When a document ________ an object, it maintains a pointer to the object and receives all changes made to the object by the object's server; when a document ________ an object, it copies the entire object into the document and does not receive changes made to the object by the object's server.

Accepted Answer

A)  associates; controls 
B)  links; embeds 
C)  associates; embeds 
D)  links; controls 
A)  associates; controls 
B)  links; embeds 
C)  associates; embeds 
D)  links; controls

Question 18

Plug and Play (PnP) is the ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  mechanism that enables a system to dynamically add or remove hardware components and redistribute resources appropriately 
B)  mechanism that enables a system to dynamically change the power state of a single device or entire system in response to conserve electricity 
C)  standard for writing device drivers that promotes source-code compatibility among Windows platforms 
D)  mechanism that enables a system to provide hardware and system information to user processes and allow user processes greater control in device configuration 
A)  mechanism that enables a system to dynamically add or remove hardware components and redistribute resources appropriately 
B)  mechanism that enables a system to dynamically change the power state of a single device or entire system in response to conserve electricity 
C)  standard for writing device drivers that promotes source-code compatibility among Windows platforms 
D)  mechanism that enables a system to provide hardware and system information to user processes and allow user processes greater control in device configuration

Question 19

Windows XP's localized least-recently-used page-replacement algorithm is "localized" by ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  time 
B)  process 
C)  thread 
D)  page frame location 
A)  time 
B)  process 
C)  thread 
D)  page frame location

Question 20

.NET does not include ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Web services 
B)  DCOM 
C)  a programming model 
D)  servers, such as Windows Server 2003 
A)  Web services 
B)  DCOM 
C)  a programming model 
D)  servers, such as Windows Server 2003

Queued spin lock are more advantageous than a normal spin lock because ________.

The purpose of an NDIS miniport driver is to ________.

Windows XP is a ________ -based system.

File system drivers are implemented for ________.

________ explicitly allows the Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) to accept all incoming packets to a particular port.

________ is not a feature of Windows XP's security system.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of an APC?

At what IRQL does thread scheduling occur?

Which of the following statements about how Windows XP services a write I/O request is true?

________ is employed by the Windows XP memory manager.

Which of the following statements most accurately describes the benefits realized from Windows XP's policy of file caching simply by mapping files into the system's virtual address space?

________ translate(s) the logical representation of the file system (exposed to applications) to the physical representation of the file system on disk.

Fulfilling an I/O request without generating an IRP or accessing a device is referred to as ________.

What is the registry's logical structure?

Which of the following is not an edition of Windows XP?

When a document an object, it maintains a pointer to the object and receives all changes made to the object by the object's server; when a document an object, it copies the entire object into the document and does not receive changes made to the object by the object's server.

Plug and Play (PnP) is the ________.

Windows XP's localized least-recently-used page-replacement algorithm is "localized" by ________.

.NET does not include ________.

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Exam 21: In-Depth Analysis of Windows XP

Queued spin lock are more advantageous than a normal spin lock because ________.

The purpose of an NDIS miniport driver is to ________.

Windows XP is a ________ -based system.

File system drivers are implemented for ________.

________ explicitly allows the Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) to accept all incoming packets to a particular port.

________ is not a feature of Windows XP's security system.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of an APC?

At what IRQL does thread scheduling occur?

Which of the following statements about how Windows XP services a write I/O request is true?

________ is employed by the Windows XP memory manager.

Which of the following statements most accurately describes the benefits realized from Windows XP's policy of file caching simply by mapping files into the system's virtual address space?

________ translate(s) the logical representation of the file system (exposed to applications) to the physical representation of the file system on disk.

Fulfilling an I/O request without generating an IRP or accessing a device is referred to as ________.

What is the registry's logical structure?

Which of the following is not an edition of Windows XP?

When a document ________ an object, it maintains a pointer to the object and receives all changes made to the object by the object's server; when a document ________ an object, it copies the entire object into the document and does not receive changes made to the object by the object's server.

Plug and Play (PnP) is the ________.

Windows XP's localized least-recently-used page-replacement algorithm is "localized" by ________.

.NET does not include ________.

Exploring Operating Systems and Distributed Computing: a Comprehensive Overview

Understanding Computer Systems and Programming Concepts

Understanding Processes and Threads in Operating Systems

Exploring Semaphores and Multithreading in Operating Systems

Exploring Thread Synchronization and Mutual Exclusion in Java

Concurrency and Deadlock in Database Systems: Exploring Monitor Implementation and Thread Synchronization in Java

Operating System Scheduling and Deadlock Prevention: a Comprehensive Guide

Understanding Processor Scheduling and Memory Management in Operating Systems

Memory Management in Operating Systems: Segmentation, Paging, and Strategies for Efficiency

Memory Management and Address Translation in Operating Systems

Memory Management and Page Replacement Strategies in Operating Systems

Disk Storage and Raid Technology

Understanding File Systems and Database Systems: a Comprehensive Overview

Exploring Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking in Computer Systems

Understanding Multiprocessor Organizations and System Performance

Understanding the Layers of the TCP/IP Protocol Stack

Understanding Distributed Systems and Operating Systems

Exploring Distributed File Systems and Grid Computing With NFS, AFS, Coda, and JXTA

Security Threats and Solutions in Cryptography and Access Control

Exploring the Linux Operating Systems Features and Functionality

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When a document an object, it maintains a pointer to the object and receives all changes made to the object by the object's server; when a document an object, it copies the entire object into the document and does not receive changes made to the object by the object's server.