E115 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Unity ID Components - (answer)3 Components
• First initial of first name
• First initial of middle name
• First 6 letter of last name
Unity ID Exceptions - (answer)• Common last names
• No Middle names
• Short last names
Student ID Numbers - (answer)1 Component
• Comprised solely of numbers
• Usually a 9 or 10 digit number
with 2 or 3 preceding zeros
• Incoming and transfer
students have a 2 at the
beginning
Passwords Requirements - (answer)1. be at least 8 characters
2. be no more than 100 characters
3. not contain ' (apostrophe)
4. not contain your Unity username
5. not contain your Unity username
backwards
Passwords Requirements - (answer)6. contain at least one number
7. contain at least one letter
8. not contain a word, longer than 3
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letters, found in the dictionary
9. not have 5 consecutive digits
10. be more than a simple case
change of your old password
Password Recommendations - (answer)1. have at least one special
character (not a number
or letter)
2. contain at least one
capital letter
3. contain at least one
lowercase letter
Kernel - (answer)Innermost part of an operating system
Manages Device Driver API & System Call API
Creates the File System
Kernel-interfaces - (answer)The hardware abstraction provides an interface to the hardware and
eliminates complexity by hiding the specific hardware details. The abstraction that the kernel provides
for application developers is called the system call API
Kernel- file system - (answer)From an OS viewpoint, a file system is a piece of software that keeps track
of data on a drive. Related data into collections known as files and directories. The VFS is similar to a
driver API, in that it allows different file systems to "plug-in" to the kernel, and it tells the kernel how to
access disks in a certain format
Device Driver - (answer)allows an external piece of hardware to
communicate with the computer (e.g., printer, camera, mp3 player, etc.)
Unity ID Components - (answer)3 Components
• First initial of first name
• First initial of middle name
• First 6 letter of last name
Unity ID Exceptions - (answer)• Common last names
• No Middle names
• Short last names
Student ID Numbers - (answer)1 Component
• Comprised solely of numbers
• Usually a 9 or 10 digit number
with 2 or 3 preceding zeros
• Incoming and transfer
students have a 2 at the
beginning
Passwords Requirements - (answer)1. be at least 8 characters
2. be no more than 100 characters
3. not contain ' (apostrophe)
4. not contain your Unity username
5. not contain your Unity username
backwards
Passwords Requirements - (answer)6. contain at least one number
7. contain at least one letter
8. not contain a word, longer than 3
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letters, found in the dictionary
9. not have 5 consecutive digits
10. be more than a simple case
change of your old password
Password Recommendations - (answer)1. have at least one special
character (not a number
or letter)
2. contain at least one
capital letter
3. contain at least one
lowercase letter
Kernel - (answer)Innermost part of an operating system
Manages Device Driver API & System Call API
Creates the File System
Kernel-interfaces - (answer)The hardware abstraction provides an interface to the hardware and
eliminates complexity by hiding the specific hardware details. The abstraction that the kernel provides
for application developers is called the system call API
Kernel- file system - (answer)From an OS viewpoint, a file system is a piece of software that keeps track
of data on a drive. Related data into collections known as files and directories. The VFS is similar to a
driver API, in that it allows different file systems to "plug-in" to the kernel, and it tells the kernel how to
access disks in a certain format
Device Driver - (answer)allows an external piece of hardware to
communicate with the computer (e.g., printer, camera, mp3 player, etc.)
