| eucharist 2004-06-20, 12:02 pm |
| When studying, I try to imagine questions that I might get thrown at me, so I often make up my own. Here are a few.
1. Identify the card. (The image should appear somewhere in this post.)
a) POST card
b) 10Base5 NIC
c) wake-on-LAN card
d) copper FC-AL card
2. HVD:
a) 12 volts
b) 5 volts
c) 3.3 volts
d) 3 volts
3. Where would page faults/sec be found under?
a) Processor
b) Memory
c) PhysicalDisk
d) System
4. What would be considered a physical security breach?
a) server room tour
b) malfunctioning paper shredder
c) password taped to monitor
d) backdoor installed by disgruntled employee
5. You’re planning to implement a backup schedule using 5 tapes and the Tower of Hanoi rotation scheme, which will give you a 32-day backup history. When the equipment arrives, you discover that one of the tapes is damaged. What will this reduce your backup history to?
a) 28 days
b) 25 days
c) 24 days
d) 20 days
e) 16 days
f) 15 days
6. Consider the following:
i. processes have counters
ii. objects have threads
iii. objects have processes
iv. threads have objects
Which is correct?
a) i and ii
b) i and iv
c) iii and iv
d) none
7. What does not supply fault tolerance to a system?
a) adapter teaming
b) tape backups
c) backup generator
d) disk striping with parity
8. You are working on a pre-installation plan for a network that requires a hardware firewall and a demilitarized zone. How many NICs will you need for the firewall?
a) one
b) two
c) three
d) four
9. Use only in emergencies. (Choose all that apply.)
a) EMI
b) EMP
c) ERD
d) ERP
e) DRP
10. You work for the Royal Bank of Canada. On the evening of Monday, May 31st, 2004, you perform a software upgrade. The upgrade results in millions of bank transactions being delayed including pay deposits for government employees in several provinces. Customers are prevented from paying pay rents, mortgages, loans and daily household bills. What could you have done to prevent this Royal pain from occurring? Choose all that apply.
a) pilot the upgrade
b) refuse to do the upgrade
c) do the upgrade on the weekend
d) make a full backup before the upgrade
e) check the software manufacturer’s website for known issues
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Answers
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1A. Note the LED.
2B. HVD – 5 volts, LVD – 3.3 volts.
3B. Memory.
4A. Server room tour.
5E. 16 days.
6D. Objects have counters, processes have threads.
7B. Tape backups do not provide prevent a failure from occurring.
8C. Three NICs.
9BCE. ERD – emergency recovery disk, EMP – emergency management port on server, DRP – disaster recovery plan. ERP is enterprise resource planning. You know what EMI is.
10AC. This really happened. We’ll probably never know the exact details of what went wrong. |
