Microsoft Windows Operating System

Question 1

Microsoft initially used the name Windows for an operating environment extension to the primitive MS-DOS operating system (OS), which was successful OS used on early personal computers [T/F]

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Windows separates the core OS software from the application-oriented software. It includes the Windows Executive, the Windows Kernel, device drivers, and the hardware abstraction layer. [T/F]

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Windows has a highly modular architecture, wherein each system function is managed by only one component of the OS. By principle, any module can be removed, upgraded, or replaced without rewriting the entire system or its standard application program interfaces (APIs) [T/F]

Answer 3

True

Question 4

This contains the core OS modules/services for specific functions and provides an API for user-mode software

Answer 4

Windows Executive

Question 5

This provides a framework through which I/O devices are accessible to applications

Answer 5

I/O manager

Question 6

This improves the performance of file-based I/O by allowing recently referenced file data to reside in the main memory for quick access

Answer 6

Cache manager

Question 7

This creates, manages, and deletes Windows Executive objects that are used to represent resources such as processes, threads, and synchronization objects, while enforcing uniform rules for retaining, naming, and setting the security of the objects

Answer 7

Object manager

Question 8

This determines which drivers are required to support a particular device and loads those drivers

Answer 8

Plug-and-play manager

Question 9

This coordinates the power consumption among various devices. It can be configured to reduce power by shutting down idle devices or the entire system, or setting the processor to sleep

Answer 9

Power manager

Question 10

This enforces the access validation and audit-generation rules for all protected objects including files, processes, and address spaces, and I/O devices

Answer 10

Security reference monitor

Question 11

This manages virtual addresses, physical memory and paging files on a disk

Answer 11

Virtual memory manager

Question 12

This creates, manages, and deletes processes and thread objects

Answer 12

Process/thread manager

Question 13

This is responsible for implementing and managing the system registry, which serves as the repository for both system-wide and per-user settings of various parameters

Answer 13

Configuration manager

Question 14

This implements an efficient cross-process call mechanism for communication between local processes implementing services and subsystems

Answer 14

Advanced local procedure call (ALPC) facility