EXAM COMPASS PR 1
Physical Address Extension (PAE), No-eXecute bit (NX bit), and Streaming SIMD Extensions 2 (SSE2) are mandatory CPU requirements for Microsoft Windows 7/8/8.1/10, therefore Windows 7/8/8.1/10 cannot be installed on computer systems that lack support for these features.
False
What is the theoretical limit of addressable RAM for a 64-bit CPU?
More than 64 GB
A type of feature used by CPUs for isolating areas of memory to prevent the execution of code from non-executable memory locations is known as:
No-eXecute bit (NX bit)
A 32-bit system typically provides support for up to:
4 GB of RM
Which of the following is a complimentary instruction set that extends the capabilities of a CPU?
SSE2
What are the minimum system requirements for 32-bit (x86) version of Microsoft Windows 7? (Select 4 answers)
1 GB of system RAM. DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver. 16 GB of free hard disk space. 1 GHz CPU.
What are the minimum system requirements for 32-bit (x86) version of Microsoft Windows 8/8.1? (Select 4 answers)
1 GHz CPU with support for PAE, NX, and SSE2. 1 GB of system RAM. Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver. 16 GB of free hard disk space.
Which of the following answers describe the minimum system requirements for 32-bit (x86) version of Microsoft Windows 10? (Select 4 answers)
1 GHz CPU with support for PAE, NX, and SSE2. 1 GB of system RAM. Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver .16 GB of free hard disk space
What are the minimum system requirements for 64-bit (x64) version of Microsoft Windows 10? (Select 4 answers)
1 GHz CPU with support for PAE, NX, and SSE2. 2 GB of system RAM. Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver. 20 GB of free hard disk space.
Which of the following answers describe the minimum system requirements for 64-bit (x64) version of Microsoft Windows 7? (Select 4 answers)
1 GHz CPU. 2 GB of system RAM. DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver. 20 GB of free hard disk space.
Which of the following are the minimum system requirements for 64-bit (x64) version of Microsoft Windows 8/8.1? (Select 4 answers)
2 GB of system RAM.Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver.20 GB of free hard disk space.1 GHz CPU with support for PAE, NX, and SSE2.
Which of the following is an open-source mobile OS designed for smartphones and tablets?
Android
What is the name of a lightweight operating system designed by Google for small-factor PCs, laptops, tablets and mobile devices?
Chrome OS
Which of the following terms refers to a software that no longer receives continuing support?
EOL
All modern applications are designed as cross-platform software which allows them to be run on different operating systems (e.g. Windows, Linux, or macOS) without any modifications in the application source code.
False
On a 64-bit MS Windows OS, both 32-bit and 64-bit applications are stored in the Program Files folder.
False
Which of the following OSs uses a Web browser as its main user interface?
Google Chrome
An Apple-proprietary OS designed for tablets, smartphones and mobile devices is called:
IOS
Which of the following are not examples of proprietary software?
Linux & Android OS
What is the application of No-eXecute bit (NX bit)?
Malware protection
Which of the following statements describe the characteristic features of open-source applications and OSs? (Select 2 answers)
Permission to modify and redistribute the application & free access to the application code.
A computer with a 64-bit CPU can run most 32-bit OSs and applications without compatibility issues
True
An operating system cross-platform compatibility feature allows certain types of data files created on one type of OS to be seamlessly read and modified on a different OS type.
True
Physical Address Extension (PAE) is a memory management feature that allows 32-bit CPUs to use more than 4 GB of physical memory.
True
Examples of workstation operating systems include: (Select 3 answers)
Windows Apple Linux
