Exam 2: Popular Operating Systems

You have created a number of different documents using several applications including Word,Excel,and PowerPoint. These files are located in different folders on your hard drive. You want to be able to access these folders from a single location without actually moving them from their current location. What feature of Windows Vista can you use?

Describe the registry which was introduced in Windows 95.

With respect to computer hardware,what is a major difference between Mac OS and Windows or Linux?

_________________ was a new feature in Windows Server 2003 that allows companies to secure their documents from copying,forwarding,and printing.

Which Windows Vista feature protects the registry and specific folders so that their contents are only available to a specific user?

A logical grouping of computers and computer resources that helps manage these resources and user access to them

A technique in which two or more servers are linked to equally share the server processor load is called _______________.

Which new feature in Windows Server 2008 allows you to run multiple independent operating systems on a single physical server?

You're running several Windows Server 2003 R2 servers. You re considering purchasing an application that requires user authentication and authorization. You want to be able to manage your user accounts through a single database that will work both for centralized logon and for this application. What feature should you consider using?

What feature can you use to prevent users from storing particular types of files on server volumes?

You need to set up a new network with 15 workstations. You must provide access to network services for all 15 stations simultaneously and you have been told to use Active Directory in this network. Which OS should you use?

What component of a Linux/Unix OS functions similar to a MS-DOS command prompt?

A way to secure Internet protocol (IP)traffic by encrypting and authenticating each packet

A combination of folders and files based on content.The files can be in any location on the local computer or the network

Which of the following features was first available in Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP?

The ability to share the computing load and resources by linking two or more discrete computer systems to function as though they are one

The advanced firewall in Windows Vista monitors incoming communications only.

What term can be defined as the sum of all the costs associated with purchasing,maintaining,and supporting a product or service?

File Server Resource Manager offers which of the following features?

Allows a server to run multiple independent operating systems at the same time along with running multiple virtual servers on one physical server