Unit 7

Question 1

What are software solutions that improve speed, security, and operability of applications?

Answer 1

Application Services

Question 2

(True/False) Services are utility programs that run silently in the background to monitor and
take care of subsystems to ensure OS operability

Answer 2

True

Question 3

What Windows service was developed by Microsoft for Windows networks and is included in most Microsoft Windows Server systems?

Answer 3

Active Directory Service

Question 4

What Windows service speeds up operating system and application startup by caching to RAM frequently used files, libraries, and application components?

Answer 4

Prefetch and Superfetch Service

Question 5

What Windows service facilitates throttled, prioritized, and asynchronous file transfer between machines via idle bandwidth and plays a key role in the delivery of software updates from servers to clients?

Answer 5

Background Intelligent Transfer Service

Question 6

Define DNS Client Service

Answer 6

resolves domain names to IP addresses and locally caches this data

Question 7

What Windows service allows users to easily locate shared resources on neighboring computers?

Answer 7

Computer Browser Service

Question 8

What does Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) Service enable?

Answer 8

The use of one device connected to the Internet as an access point for other devices

Question 9

What does the Routing and Remote Access Service make possible?

Answer 9

To create applications that manage the remote access and routing capabilities of the Windows operating system

Question 10

What two ways can administrators view and manage services in Windows?

Answer 10

Windows Task Manager

Services Snap-in

command line tool (sc.exe)

Windows PowerShell