This set of Embedded Systems Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Characteristics of Windows NT”.
1. Which filesystem is used in the Windows 95?
a) FAT
b) HPFS
c) VFAT
d) NTFS
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Explanation: The VFAT is used in the Windows 95 and it also supports long file names.
2. What does HPFS stand for?
a) high performance file system
b) high periodic file system
c) high peripheral file system
d) horse power file system
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Explanation: The high performance file system is an alternative file system which possess 254 characters. It is used by the OS/2 and also writes caching to disk technique that stores data temporarily and write it to the disk.
3. Which filing system is used by the Windows NT?
a) FAT
b) VFAT
c) HPFS
d) NTFS
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Explanation: The NT filing system or NTFS is used by the Windows NT, that is its own filing system which conforms to various security operations and allows system administrators to restrict access to files.
4. Which filesystem is used by the OS/2?
a) FAT
b) VFAT
c) HPFS
d) NTFS
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Explanation: The high performance file system is an alternative file system which possess 254 characters. It is used by the OS/2 and also writes caching to disk technique that stores data temporarily and write it to the disk.
5. What do HAL stand for?
a) hardware abstraction layer
b) hardware address layer
c) hardware access layer
d) hardware address lead
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Explanation: The HAL is the hardware abstraction layer. This provides the portability across the multiprocessor and different platforms.
6. Which of the following can provide portability across different processor-based platforms?
a) File system
b) HAL
c) NTFS
d) FAT
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Explanation: The HAL or hardware abstraction layer is designed to provide portability across the different platform and different multiprocessor or single processor.
7. Which of the following defines the virtual hardware that the kernel uses?
a) HAL
b) NTFS
c) FAT
d) VFAT
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Explanation: The HAL or hardware abstraction layer defines virtual hardware which the kernel uses when it needs to access the processor or hardware resources.
8. Which of the following provides a link between the user processes and threads and the hardware?
a) I/O driver
b) File system
c) Memory
d) LPC
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Explanation: The I/O driver is also a part of the kernel. These can provide a link between the threads and the processes and the hardware. The Windows NT driver is not compatible with the MS-DOS and Windows 3.1 drivers.
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