PC Operating Systems - EXAMINATION

  1. Which of the following Operating Systems will allow only a single program to operate at a given time?

    1. DOS
    2. Windows NT Server
    3. Windows95
    4. Windows NT Workstation

  2. Which of the following Operating Systems claims to have NSA security certification to the C2 level?

    1. DOS
    2. Windows NT Server Version 4.0
    3. Novell NetWare Version 3.11
    4. Windows 95

  3. The operating system which does not require "DOS" in the background and called "New Technology" is called

    1. Windows 95.
    2. Linux.
    3. Windows NT.
    4. Novell Netware 4.11.

  4. Which of the following processes occur in all Intel based machines at boot time, regardless of the operating system in use?

    1. Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) are loaded.
    2. Multi-processing control is started.
    3. Multi-tasking control is started.
    4. Power-On-Self-Tests (POST) are run.

  5. A 'multi-tasking' operating system allows users to

    1. load Windows programs.
    2. run multiple jobs or applications concurrently.
    3. configure for network applications.
    4. none of the above.

  6. The operating system with the least security features built in is

    1. Windows NT Server
    2. Windows 95
    3. UNIX OS
    4. Windows NT Workstation

  7. When an operating system claims to be "preemptive multi-tasking", what is it capable of doing?

    1. It can stop the current job temporarily, and start a job with a higher priority.
    2. It can stop all jobs from processing.
    3. It can keep one job from canceling other jobs.
    4. It allows a user to determine the sequence of the jobs being processed.

  8. The primary advantage of multi-tasking operating systems over "batch" operating systems is

    1. multi-tasking systems always has jobs to run.
    2. users can control the sequence of execution of jobs.
    3. each user can submit multiple jobs.
    4. better utilization of resources among jobs.

  9. Which of the following Operating Systems allows you to "audit" accesses to directories, files, etc. on the system where it is installed?

    1. MS-DOS ver 6.22
    2. DR-DOS ver 7.0
    3. Windows 95
    4. Windows NT Server

  10. Windows NT Server and NT Workstation can only use their security features if the system

    1. restricts the use to "read-only".
    2. administrator shares the files.
    3. has the file system converted to NTFS.
    4. has a FAT file system.

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