Question 1

________ allows Windows XP to scale to SMP systems.

Accepted Answer

A)  A multiprocessor scheduling algorithm 
B)  64-bit addressing (in 64-bit editions of Windows XP) 
C)  Spin locks 
D)  all of the above 
A)  A multiprocessor scheduling algorithm 
B)  64-bit addressing (in 64-bit editions of Windows XP) 
C)  Spin locks 
D)  all of the above

Question 2

________ is a security principal.

Accepted Answer

A)  Any user, group, service or computer 
B)  An administrator with the highest security privileges 
C)  A Microsoft guideline for maintaining security on a Windows XP system 
D)  An authentication and authorization agent such as Kerberos or NTLM 
A)  Any user, group, service or computer 
B)  An administrator with the highest security privileges 
C)  A Microsoft guideline for maintaining security on a Windows XP system 
D)  An authentication and authorization agent such as Kerberos or NTLM

Question 3

Windows XP prefetches pages ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  when reading a page from a cluster and when the system is idle 
B)  every 10 seconds and whenever the system is idle 
C)  during device initialization and whenever the system is idle 
D)  when reading a page from a cluster and during device initialization 
A)  when reading a page from a cluster and when the system is idle 
B)  every 10 seconds and whenever the system is idle 
C)  during device initialization and whenever the system is idle 
D)  when reading a page from a cluster and during device initialization

Question 4

What is the term for a software interrupt that executes in the context of the currently executing thread?

Accepted Answer

A)  remote procedure call (RP
C)  
B)  local procedure call (LP
C)  
C)  asynchronous procedure call (AP
C)  
D)  deferred procedure call (DP
C)  
A)  remote procedure call (RP
C)  
B)  local procedure call (LP
C)  
C)  asynchronous procedure call (AP
C)  
D)  deferred procedure call (DP
C)

Question 5

How does a pipe server for a named pipe support communication with multiple clients?

Accepted Answer

A)  All clients and the pipe server connect to the same pipe object and each client specifies its mode (read, write or duplex). 
B)  The server creates a separate instance of the pipe for each client so that each client can communicate only with the server (and not other clients). The server must use the same mode for each instance of the pipe. 
C)  All clients and the pipe server connect to the same pipe object. However, all of the clients must have a mode compatible with that of the pipe server. For example, if the pipe server uses read mode, all clients must use write mode. 
D)  The server creates a separate instance of the pipe for each client so that each client can communicate only with the server (and not other clients). The server can specify different modes for each instance of the pipe. 
A)  All clients and the pipe server connect to the same pipe object and each client specifies its mode (read, write or duplex). 
B)  The server creates a separate instance of the pipe for each client so that each client can communicate only with the server (and not other clients). The server must use the same mode for each instance of the pipe. 
C)  All clients and the pipe server connect to the same pipe object. However, all of the clients must have a mode compatible with that of the pipe server. For example, if the pipe server uses read mode, all clients must use write mode. 
D)  The server creates a separate instance of the pipe for each client so that each client can communicate only with the server (and not other clients). The server can specify different modes for each instance of the pipe.

Question 6

A ________ pipe supports only synchronous, unidirectional communication between local processes.

Accepted Answer

A)  named 
B)  stream 
C)  message-oriented 
D)  unnamed 
A)  named 
B)  stream 
C)  message-oriented 
D)  unnamed

Question 7

______ is not a technology built on top of COM technology.

Accepted Answer

A)  object linking and embedding (OL
E)  
B)  ActiveX controls 
C)  COM+ 
D)  .NET 
A)  object linking and embedding (OL
E)  
B)  ActiveX controls 
C)  COM+ 
D)  .NET

Question 8

Venturcom's RTX does not extend Windows XP and Windows XP Embedded to satisfy hard real time guarantees by ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  never masking real-time interrupts 
B)  reimplementing sections of the microkernel involved in interrupt dispatching 
C)  increasing scheduling flexibility by implementing 128 thread priority levels 
D)  waking threads waiting for a protected resource in priority order rather than FIFO order 
A)  never masking real-time interrupts 
B)  reimplementing sections of the microkernel involved in interrupt dispatching 
C)  increasing scheduling flexibility by implementing 128 thread priority levels 
D)  waking threads waiting for a protected resource in priority order rather than FIFO order

Question 9

Which statement does not accurately describe redirectors?

Accepted Answer

A)  Redirectors implement the transport layer and also can implement a portion of the network layer of the TCP/IP protocol stack. 
B)  Redirectors are kernel-mode file system drivers. 
C)  Redirectors are responsible for connecting to a server driver to communicate network I/O requests. 
D)  Redirectors are TDI clients. 
A)  Redirectors implement the transport layer and also can implement a portion of the network layer of the TCP/IP protocol stack. 
B)  Redirectors are kernel-mode file system drivers. 
C)  Redirectors are responsible for connecting to a server driver to communicate network I/O requests. 
D)  Redirectors are TDI clients.

Question 10

The protocol sequence of a binding handle specifies the ________, ________ and ________ protocols for an RPC.

Accepted Answer

A)  endpoint; RPC; transport 
B)  endpoint; transport; network 
C)  RPC; transport; network 
D)  endpoint; RPC; network 
A)  endpoint; RPC; transport 
B)  endpoint; transport; network 
C)  RPC; transport; network 
D)  endpoint; RPC; network

Question 11

________ is not an IPC mechanism available to all threads in Windows XP?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mailslots 
B)  Shared memory 
C)  Signals 
D)  The clipboard 
A)  Mailslots 
B)  Shared memory 
C)  Signals 
D)  The clipboard

Question 12

Datagram messages can be broadcast to several mailslots within a single ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  computer 
B)  network 
C)  domain 
D)  process 
A)  computer 
B)  network 
C)  domain 
D)  process

Question 13

________ is not a feature of Winsock 2.

Accepted Answer

A)  Compatibility with Berkeley sockets 
B)  Protocol transparency 
C)  Integration with the Common Internet File System (CIFS) 
D)  Quality of service (QOS) capabilities, such as reporting information about network condition and the success or failure of socket communication attempts, 
A)  Compatibility with Berkeley sockets 
B)  Protocol transparency 
C)  Integration with the Common Internet File System (CIFS) 
D)  Quality of service (QOS) capabilities, such as reporting information about network condition and the success or failure of socket communication attempts,

Question 14

What differentiates real-time threads from other Windows XP threads?

Accepted Answer

A)  The only difference is that all real-time threads have a higher priority than other threads. 
B)  The only difference is that real-time threads receive a longer quantum than other threads. 
C)  Real-time threads have a higher priority than other threads, and real-time threads' priorities are static, whereas other threads' priorities are dynamic. 
D)  Real-time threads have a higher priority and receive a longer quantum than other threads. 
A)  The only difference is that all real-time threads have a higher priority than other threads. 
B)  The only difference is that real-time threads receive a longer quantum than other threads. 
C)  Real-time threads have a higher priority than other threads, and real-time threads' priorities are static, whereas other threads' priorities are dynamic. 
D)  Real-time threads have a higher priority and receive a longer quantum than other threads.

Question 15

The purpose of the executive is ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  to interact directly with the hardware and abstract the details of hardware from other kernel-mode components 
B)  to provide basic system components, such as thread scheduling, interrupt dispatching and exception handling 
C)  to administer the main operating system subsystems, such as the file system, I/O subsystem and system memory 
D)  to provide a particular computing environment (such as a Windows or POSIX computing environment) for user-mode threads 
A)  to interact directly with the hardware and abstract the details of hardware from other kernel-mode components 
B)  to provide basic system components, such as thread scheduling, interrupt dispatching and exception handling 
C)  to administer the main operating system subsystems, such as the file system, I/O subsystem and system memory 
D)  to provide a particular computing environment (such as a Windows or POSIX computing environment) for user-mode threads

Question 16

An ISR be written to execute quickly because ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  there can be several devices that interrupt at the same DIRQL, so returning quickly allows the system to determine which device is interrupting and service the interrupt faster. 
B)  the kernel interrupt handler holds the driver's spin lock while the ISR is executing, preventing other processors from executing some portions of the driver's code, including the ISR. 
C)  while the ISR is executing, the processor executes at the device's DIRQL, which might mask interrupts from other devices. Returning from the ISR quickly allows the system to maintain high responsiveness to all hardware interrupts. 
D)  all of the above 
A)  there can be several devices that interrupt at the same DIRQL, so returning quickly allows the system to determine which device is interrupting and service the interrupt faster. 
B)  the kernel interrupt handler holds the driver's spin lock while the ISR is executing, preventing other processors from executing some portions of the driver's code, including the ISR. 
C)  while the ISR is executing, the processor executes at the device's DIRQL, which might mask interrupts from other devices. Returning from the ISR quickly allows the system to maintain high responsiveness to all hardware interrupts. 
D)  all of the above

Question 17

A thread executes its user-mode asynchronous procedure call (APC) ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  when the thread enters an alertable wait state 
B)  immediately after the APC is queued, assuming there is a processor running at the passive IRQL 
C)  once the thread obtains a processor 
D)  The thread that queues the APC determines this. 
A)  when the thread enters an alertable wait state 
B)  immediately after the APC is queued, assuming there is a processor running at the passive IRQL 
C)  once the thread obtains a processor 
D)  The thread that queues the APC determines this.

Question 18

________ is a non-resident attribute.

Accepted Answer

A)  A file stored on a non-NTFS volume 
B)  Metadata describing a file stored on a non-NTFS volume 
C)  A file attribute that NTFS could not fit on a file's first MFT record and therefore had to place on the file's second or third MFT record 
D)  A file attribute that NTFS does not store in a file's MFT records 
A)  A file stored on a non-NTFS volume 
B)  Metadata describing a file stored on a non-NTFS volume 
C)  A file attribute that NTFS could not fit on a file's first MFT record and therefore had to place on the file's second or third MFT record 
D)  A file attribute that NTFS does not store in a file's MFT records

________ allows Windows XP to scale to SMP systems.

________ is a security principal.

Windows XP prefetches pages ________.

What is the term for a software interrupt that executes in the context of the currently executing thread?

How does a pipe server for a named pipe support communication with multiple clients?

A ________ pipe supports only synchronous, unidirectional communication between local processes.

______ is not a technology built on top of COM technology.

Venturcom's RTX does not extend Windows XP and Windows XP Embedded to satisfy hard real time guarantees by ________.

Which statement does not accurately describe redirectors?

The protocol sequence of a binding handle specifies the , and protocols for an RPC.

________ is not an IPC mechanism available to all threads in Windows XP?

Datagram messages can be broadcast to several mailslots within a single ________.

________ is not a feature of Winsock 2.

What differentiates real-time threads from other Windows XP threads?

The purpose of the executive is ________.

An ISR be written to execute quickly because ________.

A thread executes its user-mode asynchronous procedure call (APC) ________.

________ is a non-resident attribute.

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________ allows Windows XP to scale to SMP systems.

________ is a security principal.

Windows XP prefetches pages ________.

What is the term for a software interrupt that executes in the context of the currently executing thread?

How does a pipe server for a named pipe support communication with multiple clients?

A ________ pipe supports only synchronous, unidirectional communication between local processes.

______ is not a technology built on top of COM technology.

Venturcom's RTX does not extend Windows XP and Windows XP Embedded to satisfy hard real time guarantees by ________.

Which statement does not accurately describe redirectors?

The protocol sequence of a binding handle specifies the ________, ________ and ________ protocols for an RPC.

________ is not an IPC mechanism available to all threads in Windows XP?

Datagram messages can be broadcast to several mailslots within a single ________.

________ is not a feature of Winsock 2.

What differentiates real-time threads from other Windows XP threads?

The purpose of the executive is ________.

An ISR be written to execute quickly because ________.

A thread executes its user-mode asynchronous procedure call (APC) ________.

________ is a non-resident attribute.

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The protocol sequence of a binding handle specifies the , and protocols for an RPC.