Review Questions

1. 

What are two criteria for evaluating network operating system software?

reliability, scalability, performance, interoperability

2. 

How does multiprocessing improve NOS performance?

two or more cpus can be used to simultaneously process a single instruction.

3. 

How does the domain model in Windows 2000 Server help to reduce server management?

servers in the domain share the same database of users and security-access levels.

4. 

What is one disadvantage of NT Server that results in server downtime?

configuration changes often require the server to be rebooted.

5. 

What significant improvement did Microsoft make to Windows Server 2003?

windows server 2003 builds upon the features of windows2000 server and offers enhanced performance and reliability.

6. 

True or False: Windows 2000 Active Directory services supports the NT domain model.

true

7. 

What type of network model does NetWare 3.x use?

client-server

8. 

What type of network model does NetWare 4.x use?

directory services

9. 

What is the current version of NetWare?

netware 5.1

10. 

What does NLM stand for, and what is the purpose of an NLM?

netware loadable module. an nlm loads and unloads server and network services dynamically.

11. 

What change was made to NetWare 5.1 that improved network performance on an IP-based network?

netware 5.1 adds completely pure ip protocol support.

12. 

Why is Unix typically the first choice for Internet servers?

unix is the most reliable, stable, and fastest nos.

13. 

What is a disadvantage of both Unix and Linux?

both can be difficult to learn because of the vast number of commands.

14. 

Why might Linux be a poor selection for someone new to Linux and Unix?

besides the effort involved in learning commands, there is very limited support for linux.

15. 

What is one major reason why Linux has become so popular?

it has characteristics similar and in some cases, equal to unix. and it is free.

Answers

1. 

Reliability, scalability, performance, interoperability

2. 

Two or more CPUs can be used to simultaneously process a single instruction.

3. 

Servers in the domain share the same database of users and security-access levels.

4. 

Configuration changes often require the server to be rebooted.

5. 

Windows Server 2003 builds upon the features of Windows2000 Server and offers enhanced performance and reliability.

6. 

True

7. 

Client-server

8. 

Directory services

9. 

NetWare 5.1

10. 

NetWare Loadable Module. An NLM loads and unloads server and network services dynamically.

11. 

NetWare 5.1 adds completely pure IP protocol support.

12. 

Unix is the most reliable, stable, and fastest NOS.

13. 

Both can be difficult to learn because of the vast number of commands.

14. 

Besides the effort involved in learning commands, there is very limited support for Linux.

15. 

It has characteristics similar and in some cases, equal to Unix. And it is free.




MCSA. MCSE 2003 JumpStart. Computer and Network Basics
MCSA/MCSE 2003 JumpStart
ISBN: 078214277X
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 203
Authors: Lisa Donald

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