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Name _________________________ Review Questions

SCC CIS 29 Chapter 13 - Understanding and Supporting NT Workstation

Instructor Paul Bryant Due April 15, 2000 - Turned in ______________, 2000

# Question Answer Reference
1 What are the two versions of Windows NT 4.0? ___________________________________________ ______________
2 Which OS is more backward-compatible, Windows 98 or Windows NT? . .
3 Why can't a 16-bit device driver work under Windows NT? . .
4 What layer of Windows NT is responsible for interacting with hardware? . .
5 What is one reason that interaction with hardware is limited to only one layer of the OS? . .
6 Before you install Windows NT, how can you determine if all the hardware on your PC is supported by the OS? . .
7 What is one reason not to upgrade from Windows 98 to Windows NT? . .
8 What is one reason to upgrade from Windows 98 to Windows NT? . .
9 What two file systems are supported by Windows NT? . .
10 If you have Windows 98 installed on a PC using FAT32 and you are creating a dual boot with Windows NT, what must you do first? . .
11 If you are upgrading a PC from Windows 98 with FAT32 to Windows NT, how will having FAT32 on the hard drive change the results of the upgrade, as opposed to an installation that begins with FAT16? . .
12 Which is more likely to hang, or lock up, Windows NT or Windows 98? . .
13 How many bits are used to store a cluster number in the Windows NT NTFS file system? . .
14 What is the file system that is common to DOS, Windows 9x, and Windows NT? . .
15 What file system cannot be read by DOS or Windows 9x, but can be used by Windows NT? . .
16 Which file system can be read by some versions of Windows 9x, but not DOS or Windows NT? . .
17 Windows NT is installed using a system partition and a boot partition. Which of these partitions must be the active partition of the hard drive? . .
18 Which part of the Windows NT architecture makes it possible for Windows NT to port to more than one platform? . .
19 What are the two core components, or modes, of the Windows NT architecture? . .
20 Which of these two modes contains the NTVDM? . .
21 Why do 32-bit applications not need to reside in an NTVDM? . .
22 What is one function of a backup domain controller in a Windows NT domain? . .
23 In a Windows NT workgroup, where is access to an individual workstation on the network controlled? . .
24 In a Windows NT domain, where is access to an individual workstation on the network controlled? . .
25 If you are working from home and want to log on to a Windows NT network at your workplace, how do you get access to the network? . .
26 What is the first Windows NT program that is loaded and run when Windows NT is booted? . .
27 How many floppy disks are needed in order to boot Windows NT from disk? . .
28 What is the command to back up the Windows NT Registry to disk? . .
29 Of the five subtrees of the Windows NT Registry, which one is most important in retaining information about hardware? . .
30 Which subtrees contain information in the software hive? . .
31 In what folder is information stored by each user who logs on to the Windows NT workstation? . .
32 What Windows NT utility do you use to look for information about a failed event? . .
33 What Windows NT utility do you use to help solve problems with system resource conflicts? . .
34 Question: A software developer comes to you with a problem. She has been asked to convert software that she has written for Windows 9x to Windows NT. The software consists of two 16-bit programs that work equally well under Windows 3.x and Windows 9x. She was able to convert one of the programs to a 32-bit version, but had to leave the other program in 16-bit code. Both programs run at the same time and share data in memory. However, when she runs the two programs under Windows NT, the 32-bit program cannot read data written to memory by the 16-bit program. Why not? What should she do so that the two programs can work under Windows NT? .
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