Deck 11: Network Operating System Fundamentals

Question 1

Which of the following is a function typically provided by the centralized management of a server-based network? (Choose all that apply.)

A) account management
B) user authentication and authorization
C) security policy management
D) application development

Answer 1

A, B, C

Question 2

What storage solution involves a third-party company that provides off-site hosting of data?

A) network-attached storage
B) cloud-based storage
C) network accessed appliance
D) storage area network

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following virtualization products uses a type 2 hypervisor?

A) Citrix XenServer
B) VMware vSphere
C) Microsoft Hyper-V
D) VMware Workstation

Answer 3

D

Question 4

What directory service protocol is used by Active Directory and also supported by Linux?

A) NFS
B) NIS
C) LDAP
D) ICMP

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a typical function of a file system?

A) disk drive space organization
B) schedules processes and manages memory
C) hierarchical storage method
D) provides secure access to files

Question 6

Which protocol does Windows use by default for file sharing?

A) SMTP
B) SMB
C) FTP
D) SNMP

Question 7

How does a CPU perform multitasking?

A) using time division multiplexing
B) using asynchronous bus management
C) using time slicing and context switching
D) using process-driven frequency hopping

Question 8

What is a partial copy of a VM that is used to restore it to a previous state?

A) snapshot
B) clone
C) hypervisor
D) host computer

Question 9

When a disk is formatted, it is impossible to recover the data that was on the disk.

Question 10

You have been asked to create a file that will contain a series of Windows command-prompt commands that automate the creation of a VPN client that connects to your company VPN server. What type of file should you create?

A) computer program
B) executable file
C) batch file
D) macro file

Question 11

For enterprise servers, or servers accessed around the clock, SATA disks are preferred over SAS disks.

Question 12

Which of the following is a service NOT usually found on a client operating system?

A) DNS
B) file sharing
C) DHCP
D) directory service

Question 13

What is the native file-sharing protocol in Linux?

A) SMB
B) NFS
C) NSF
D) SMP

Question 14

Which feature of bare-metal virtualization products allows virtual resources to be allocated on demand to meet application requirements?

A) server consolidation
B) snapshots
C) live migration
D) dynamic provisioning

Question 15

What type of multitasking did older OSs use, which allowed a process to monopolize the CPU's time until the process had completed its own task?

A) contextual
B) cooperative
C) preemptive
D) multiplexed

Question 16

In order to multitask, a computer must have two or more processors.

Question 17

You are testing out a new DHCP server and want to make sure that it does not interfere with your current network. What option would you use to configure your network adapter using VMware Workstation?

A) external
B) bridged
C) host-only
D) switched

Question 18

The kernel is a software layer that sits just above the computer hardware.

Question 19

A type 1 hypervisor runs directly on the host computer's hardware.

Question 20

What unit is used to divide the storage space on a disk drive?

A) bytes
B) sectors
C) bits
D) segments

Question 21

Which edition of Windows Server should you consider if you want to run many virtual instances of Windows Server with Hyper-V on the server?

A) Standard
B) Enterprise
C) Essentials
D) Datacenter

Question 22

RAID and server clustering are just two of the ____________ tolerant features found in many server operating systems.

Question 23

Match each item with a statement below.
a.authorization
b.authentication
c.multiprocessing
d.thread
e.process
f.service
g.NAS
h.SAN
i.snapshot
j.virtual disk
the process of granting or denying access to resources by a user

Question 24

Match each item with a statement below.
a.authorization
b.authentication
c.multiprocessing
d.thread
e.process
f.service
g.NAS
h.SAN
i.snapshot
j.virtual disk
identifying a user trying to access the network

Question 25

Which component of a file-sharing client intercepts requests for resources and determines if the resource is local or remote?

A) default gateway
B) resolver
C) UNC path
D) redirector

Question 26

When a user enters his username and password to log on to a machine, he is invoking the process of ____________.

Question 27

Match each item with a statement below.
a.authorization
b.authentication
c.multiprocessing
d.thread
e.process
f.service
g.NAS
h.SAN
i.snapshot
j.virtual disk
a program that is loaded into memory

Question 28

Match each item with a statement below.
a.authorization
b.authentication
c.multiprocessing
d.thread
e.process
f.service
g.NAS
h.SAN
i.snapshot
j.virtual disk
two or more threads being executed simultaneously

Question 29

Match each item with a statement below.
a.authorization
b.authentication
c.multiprocessing
d.thread
e.process
f.service
g.NAS
h.SAN
i.snapshot
j.virtual disk
runs in the background

Question 30

Match each item with a statement below.
a.authorization
b.authentication
c.multiprocessing
d.thread
e.process
f.service
g.NAS
h.SAN
i.snapshot
j.virtual disk
partial copy of a virtual machine

Question 31

Which of the following file systems supports file and folder permissions? (Choose all that apply.)

A) EXT3
B) FAT16
C) FAT32
D) [NTFS
E) DOS

Question 32

With ___________ multitasking, either the user or the OS can terminate a process that is monopolizing the CPU's time.

Question 33

A logon ___________ is a set of commands stored in a file that are executed when a users logs on to a Windows domain.

Question 34

In Windows, what are the two most common ways of accessing a shared folder? (Choose two.)

A) entering an ARP path
B) mapping a drive
C) entering a SMB path
D) entering a UNC path

Question 35

Match each item with a statement below.
a.authorization
b.authentication
c.multiprocessing
d.thread
e.process
f.service
g.NAS
h.SAN
i.snapshot
j.virtual disk
smallest unit of software that can be scheduled

Question 36

On Windows, a ____________ is a program that runs in the background and provides support for other processes.

Question 37

Match each item with a statement below.
a.authorization
b.authentication
c.multiprocessing
d.thread
e.process
f.service
g.NAS
h.SAN
i.snapshot
j.virtual disk
files stored on the host computer that represent a virtual machine's long-term storage

Question 38

Which technology is a fault tolerant feature provided by a server OS? (Choose all that apply.)

A) RAID
B) resolver cache
C) SMTP client
D) server clustering
E) hot-swappable devices

Question 39

Match each item with a statement below.
a.authorization
b.authentication
c.multiprocessing
d.thread
e.process
f.service
g.NAS
h.SAN
i.snapshot
j.virtual disk
a dedicated server device designed solely for providing shared storage for network users

Question 40

Match each item with a statement below.
a.authorization
b.authentication
c.multiprocessing
d.thread
e.process
f.service
g.NAS
h.SAN
i.snapshot
j.virtual disk
a high-speed network storage solution for replacing locally attached drives on servers

Question 41

What is a hypervisor?

Question 42

What is a domain controller?

Question 43

Compare and contrast hosted virtualization versus bare-metal virtualization.

Question 44

How do you map a shared folder using the command prompt? Provide an example of mapping a drive letter H: to a share named myshare on a server named myserver.

Question 45

If you store mainly large files on a disk, should you use a smaller cluster size or larger cluster size? Why?

Question 46

What is live migration with respect to OS virtualization?

Question 47

What is a storage area network and why might you use one?

Question 48

What is a server cluster and what is the difference between a failover cluster and a load-balancing cluster?

Question 49

What is the System Idle process, and what does its value mean?

Question 50

What are two types of isolation that virtualization can provide? Describe them.