Operating System
T/F: One of the drawbacks of cloud computing is higher physical plant costs
False
What is the command-line interface called on a Linux system
shell
You have installed a second disk in your Windows 10 computer. The disk has only been low-level formatted. What is the first thing that must occur before you can begin using the disk to store files
Partition the disk
Where are print jobs stored before being sent to the print device
a. spooler
b. job file
c. print queue
d. printer cache
c. print queue
Which protocol can configure a computer's IP address and subnet mask automatically?
DHCP
T/F: One convenience of installing a guest OS in a VM is being able to boot to the installation program with an ISO file rather than a DVD disk.
True
Which component of the CPU is responsible for executing arithmetic and logic instructions
ALU - arithmetic logic unit
Users on your organization's Windows Server 2016 server are beginning to take up excessive disk space on the NTFS volumes. You have plenty of disk space now, but you're concerned about this situation in the future. What can you do?
a. Enforce stronger security so it is harder for users to write files to their home directories.
b. Establish disk quotas.
c. Encrypt portions of the users' home directories so they can only be used by the administrator account.
d. Use bigger blocks for the partition.
b. Establish disk quotas
Which of the following is true about an SSD?
a. It uses magnetic platters.
b. It has no moving parts.
c. It uses a proprietary interface.
d. It uses EPROM
b. It has no moving parts
What Application layer protocol is used for sending email over the Internet?
a. TCP
b. SMTP
c. SMB
d. DHCP
b. SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)
Name a basic function all computers perform
processing, input, output
Which part of a CPU carries signals to indicate where data should be read from or written to in the system's memory
Address Bus
Which of the following is a process that marks the location of tracks and sectors on a disk?
a. disk tracking
b. a low-level format
c. a high-level format
d. etching
b. a low-level format
You have four servers that need access to shared disk storage because you're configuring them in a cluster. Which storage solution should you consider for this application?
a. NAS
b. SAN
c. SCSI
d. DAS
b. SAN
What type of message is used to determine whether a computer is listening on the network
a. MAC
b. ping
c. IP
d. TCP
b. ping
What part of a computer executes instructions provided by computer programs
CPU
Manufacturers rate their CPU speeds based on which characteristic:
A) external clock speed
B) pipelining speed
C) internal clock speed
D) Core speed multiplied by the number of cores
C) internal clock speed
Which of the following is a reason for installing a new server? (Choose all that apply.)
a. Excessive load on existing servers
b. Fault tolerance
c. Adding a new network protocol
d. To isolate a new application
a. Excessive load on existing servers
b. Fault tolerance
d. To isolate a new application
You have installed a new disk and created a volume on it. What should you do before you can store files on it?
a. Format it.
b. Partition it.
c. Initialize it.
d. Erase it
a. Format it
What does TCP/IP use to look up a computer's IP address when its name is known?
a. DNS
b. ping
c. MAC
d. TCP
a. DNS
Which component of the operating system gets called when a process must be allocated memory and scheduled to run
kernel
You have a branch office with limited physical security for your servers. You want domain users in the office to be able to be authenticated by a local server, but you are concerned that the server might be compromised or stolen due to the lack of physical security. What should you do?
Install an RODC: (A Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC) is a specialized type of domain controller introduced in Windows Server 2008. It stores a read-only replica of the Active Directory (AD) database, making it ideal for environments where security or physical access is a concern, such as branch offices or remote locations
What communicates between the OS and computer devices?
device driver
You need a disk system that provides the best performance for a new application that frequently reads and writes data to the disk. You aren't concerned about disk fault tolerance because the data will be backed up each day; performance is the main concern. What type of volume arrangement should you use?
a. spanned volume
b. RAID 1 volume
c. RAID 0 volume
d. RAID 5 volume
RAID 0 Volume
In which of the following elements of a file system are files organized in groups for easy navigation of the file system?
a. directory
b. extension
c. partition
d. volume
a. directory