(2 points) For computer-clusters with shared-disks, discuss some of the advantages that have made these configurations as popular as they have become, aside from the obvious data sharing and load balancing advantages. (1 point) Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) typically are larger in geographic scope that LANs but within a range of about 30 miles or less, and commonly include network lines that must cross over someones property. Such network lines sometime require permission involving a concept called: Edge-Router Domain-Name-Service Right-of-Way Access Ethernet-Star-Topology (1 point) The Internet connectivity is primarily made up of connections between National, Regional, and Local ISPs The US Government National and International CSPs International WANs (1 point) Which entity creates the standards for the Internet? ISO IETF ISPs IEEE (1 point) Packets in the Data Link Layer of TCP/IP are called Packets Series datagrams TCP datagrams Frames (1 point) Ethernet is the trade name for what is technically known as: CSMA-CD protocol CSMA-SA protocol LAN connectivity WAN connectivity (1 point) The amount of time it takes for a packet to get from one end of the network to the other is called: TCP/IP Network jitter Network propagation delay Collision-avoidance delay (1 point) The Bandwidth of channel is the range of frequencies that are passed by the channel with a large amount of attenuation (True/False). (1 point) Its common for the CPU to be switched from one program to another and execute a few instructions of each program using a clock-timed interrupt method. This is called: Threading Time-slicing Multiprogramming Non-preemptive switching (1 point) What systems tools are available within Windows in the control-alt-delete menu? (1 point) What do we mean when we call and operating system event-driven? (1 Point) Which function among the OS functions handles plug-and-play devices? Memory Management The File Mgmt System The I/O control function Network Management (1 point) Operating systems that sometimes have applications which handle I/O devises, and which must respond within a short specific timeframe are called Mobile Real time Distributed Single user (2 points) What are two key purposes of the operating systems user interfaces? (1 point) The __________of a file is how it data is actually stored in it. Physical view Real view Logical view Image view (1 point) The bootstrap is a read-write eligible program. (True/False) (2 points) Describe how the bootstrap process (the IPL process) works. (2 points) Invert this binary number and then convert it to the hexadecimal equivalent: 1110110010000000 is equivalent to ___________________________________ ? 2 16 -3 (1 point) What is the number 1326.5 x 10 without the exponential notation? (3 points) What is the largest decimal positive integer that can be stored in 2 bytes using: 16 An unsigned integer___________________. Answer 2 -1 65,536 - 1 = 65,535 15 An integer using a sign bit _______________. Answe.

1. (2 points) For computer-clusters with shared-disks, discuss some of the advantages that have
made these configurations as popular as they have become, aside from the obvious data sharing
and load balancing advantages.
(1 point) Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) typically are larger in geographic scope that LANs
but within a range of about 30 miles or less, and commonly include network lines that must cross
over someones property. Such network lines sometime require permission involving a concept
called:
Edge-Router
Domain-Name-Service
Right-of-Way Access
Ethernet-Star-Topology
(1 point) The Internet connectivity is primarily made up of connections between
National, Regional, and Local ISPs
The US Government
National and International CSPs
International WANs
(1 point) Which entity creates the standards for the Internet?
ISO
IETF
ISPs
IEEE
(1 point) Packets in the Data Link Layer of TCP/IP are called
Packets
Series datagrams
TCP datagrams
Frames
(1 point) Ethernet is the trade name for what is technically known as:
CSMA-CD protocol
CSMA-SA protocol
LAN connectivity
WAN connectivity
(1 point) The amount of time it takes for a packet to get from one end of the network to the other is
called:
TCP/IP
Network jitter
Network propagation delay
Collision-avoidance delay
(1 point) The Bandwidth of channel is the range of frequencies that are passed by the channel with
a large amount of attenuation (True/False).
(1 point) Its common for the CPU to be switched from one program to another and execute a few
instructions of each program using a clock-timed interrupt method. This is called:
Threading

2. Time-slicing
Multiprogramming
Non-preemptive switching
(1 point) What systems tools are available within Windows in the control-alt-delete menu?
(1 point) What do we mean when we call and operating system event-driven?
(1 Point) Which function among the OS functions handles plug-and-play devices?
Memory Management
The File Mgmt System
The I/O control function
Network Management
(1 point) Operating systems that sometimes have applications which handle I/O devises, and
which must respond within a short specific timeframe are called
Mobile
Real time
Distributed
Single user
(2 points) What are two key purposes of the operating systems user interfaces?
(1 point) The __________of a file is how it data is actually stored in it.
Physical view
Real view
Logical view
Image view
(1 point) The bootstrap is a read-write eligible program. (True/False)
(2 points) Describe how the bootstrap process (the IPL process) works.
(2 points) Invert this binary number and then convert it to the hexadecimal equivalent:
1110110010000000
2
is equivalent to ___________________________________
16
?
(1 point) What is the number 1326.5 x 10
-3
without the exponential notation?
(3 points) What is the largest decimal positive integer that can be stored in 2 bytes using:
An unsigned integer___________________. Answer 2
16
-1 65,536 - 1 = 65,535
An integer using a sign bit _______________. Answer 2
15
1 32,768 1 = 32,767
An unsigned BCD number ______________ . Answer 1001100110011001 = 9999