IT 342 FINAL QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
1. When compared to a centralized system, a distributed system:
A) is more autonomous across a wide range of technology
B) is more autonomous using similar technologies
C) has more single points of failure
D) is exclusivelynon-autonomous - Answers - A) is more autonomous across a wide
range of technology
2. Characteristics of an embedded system include all of the following EXCEPT
A) Real-time operation
B) I/O Flexibility
C) Use of Polling for control
D) Simple Control Loop - Answers - Use of Polling for control
An is the use of electronics and software within a product to perform a dedicated
function.
A) Real-time System
B) Distributed System
C) Embedded System
D) Stand-Alone System - Answers - C) Embedded System
1. A is several computers that do not share a common memory or clock.
A) Real-time System
B) Distributed System
C) Embedded System
D) Stand-Alone System - Answers - D) Stand-Alone System
1. is more efficient than interrupt-driven or programmed I/O for a multiple-word I/O
transfer.
A) Spatial locality
B) Direct memory access
C) Stackaccess
D) Temporal locality - Answers - Direct memory access
1. Two trends in I/O are:
A) Standardization and New Devices
B) Standardization and More Complex Hardware
, C) New Devices and Increased Connectivity
D) Increased Connectivity and More Complex Hardware - Answers - A) Standardization
and New Devices
B) Standardization and More Complex Hardware
Each of the following are considerations you would use in selecting a secondary storage
management system EXCEPT:
A) Swap Space Management
B) Disk Scheduling
C)Disk Buffering
D) Size of Software - Answers - D) Size of Software
1. A disk scheduling method that stops at needed tracks in a single direction is
A) FCFS
B) C-SCAN
C) SCAN
D) LOOK - Answers - C-SCAN
1. of a disk involves the movement of the disk head and the time it takes for it to settle
to a stop.
A) Rotational Latency
B) Transfer Time
C) Rotational Delay
D) Seek Time - Answers - D) Seek Time
1. If a system runs out of , it may be forced to abort processes or may crash completely.
A) Swap Space
B) RAID
C)DiskSpace
D)Software - Answers - A) Swap Space
1. Lab Question. Choose either Windows or Linux or Other (if applicable). Please Circle
the type.
Windows: What is the difference between a cumulative update and a build?
Linux: What is the difference between a process running in the foreground a process
running in the background
Other: Draw one method of connection for a DMA - Answers - Linux: Foreground
Processes are started and run by a user. Background Processes run independent of a
user.
1. When compared to a centralized system, a distributed system:
A) is more autonomous across a wide range of technology
B) is more autonomous using similar technologies
C) has more single points of failure
D) is exclusivelynon-autonomous - Answers - A) is more autonomous across a wide
range of technology
2. Characteristics of an embedded system include all of the following EXCEPT
A) Real-time operation
B) I/O Flexibility
C) Use of Polling for control
D) Simple Control Loop - Answers - Use of Polling for control
An is the use of electronics and software within a product to perform a dedicated
function.
A) Real-time System
B) Distributed System
C) Embedded System
D) Stand-Alone System - Answers - C) Embedded System
1. A is several computers that do not share a common memory or clock.
A) Real-time System
B) Distributed System
C) Embedded System
D) Stand-Alone System - Answers - D) Stand-Alone System
1. is more efficient than interrupt-driven or programmed I/O for a multiple-word I/O
transfer.
A) Spatial locality
B) Direct memory access
C) Stackaccess
D) Temporal locality - Answers - Direct memory access
1. Two trends in I/O are:
A) Standardization and New Devices
B) Standardization and More Complex Hardware
, C) New Devices and Increased Connectivity
D) Increased Connectivity and More Complex Hardware - Answers - A) Standardization
and New Devices
B) Standardization and More Complex Hardware
Each of the following are considerations you would use in selecting a secondary storage
management system EXCEPT:
A) Swap Space Management
B) Disk Scheduling
C)Disk Buffering
D) Size of Software - Answers - D) Size of Software
1. A disk scheduling method that stops at needed tracks in a single direction is
A) FCFS
B) C-SCAN
C) SCAN
D) LOOK - Answers - C-SCAN
1. of a disk involves the movement of the disk head and the time it takes for it to settle
to a stop.
A) Rotational Latency
B) Transfer Time
C) Rotational Delay
D) Seek Time - Answers - D) Seek Time
1. If a system runs out of , it may be forced to abort processes or may crash completely.
A) Swap Space
B) RAID
C)DiskSpace
D)Software - Answers - A) Swap Space
1. Lab Question. Choose either Windows or Linux or Other (if applicable). Please Circle
the type.
Windows: What is the difference between a cumulative update and a build?
Linux: What is the difference between a process running in the foreground a process
running in the background
Other: Draw one method of connection for a DMA - Answers - Linux: Foreground
Processes are started and run by a user. Background Processes run independent of a
user.
