University of Windsor

COMPUTER S 60-330The most common secondary storage device is ____. A) random access memory B) dynamic random access memory C) tape drives D) magnetic disk 2. Embedded computers typically run on a ____ operating system. A) real-time B) Windows XP C) network D) clustered 3. Which of the following is a property of peer-to-peer systems? A) Clients and servers are not distinguished from one another. B) Separate machines act as either the client of the server but not both. C) They do not offer any advantages over traditional client-server systems. D) They suffer from the server acting as the bottleneck in performance. 4. Two important design issues for cache memory are ____. A) speed and volatility B) size and replacement policy C) power consumption and reusability D) size and access privileges 5. A bootstrap program is stored _________ . A) in volatile memory B) on one or more disks C) in read only memory units D) in sequential circuits 6. The purpose of a device driver is to understand the device controller and ________ . A) present a uniform interface for the device to the rest of the operating system B) permit programs to access devices C) allow operating systems to allocate resources D) support data flow to the device