Name: 
 

Chapter 11 Study Guide, Advanced Windows - 2000-Pro, Richard Goldman



True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false.
 
 
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1. 

Figure 11-1 depicts the Task Manager.
 

2. 

In the Task Manager, the Application tab displays all programs currently running on the computer and the status of those programs.
 

3. 

In the Task Manager, the Process tab shows all currently active processes with information about each, including its Process ID number, CPU usage, CPU time, and Memory usage.
 

4. 

System Monitor is capable of a wide range of performance monitoring functions, including real-time monitoring, recording logs for future examination, and generating performance threshold alerts.
 

5. 

You can use the Performance tab in Task Manager to quickly ascertain whether a computer is performing optimally.
 

6. 

System Monitor is used to monitor and record the same system measurements that Performance Monitor collected for Windows NT 4.0 systems.
 

7. 

Counters can be read from the local system or any accessible system over a network.
 

8. 

The LogicalDisk: Disk Bytes/Transfer counter measures the average number of bytes transferred between memory and disk during read and write operations.
 

9. 

In general, a smaller number in the LogicalDisk: Disk Bytes/Transfer indicates more efficient transfers than a larger one.
 

10. 

A page fault occurs whenever a memory page is referenced that is not already loaded in RAM.
 

11. 

Pathological increases in Processor: Interrupts/sec occur when a malfunctioning device begins to generate false interrupts or when excessive network traffic overwhelms a network adapter.
 

12. 

Trace logs differ from counter data logs in that they measure data continually rather than take periodic samples.
 

13. 

Trace Logs allow you to define exactly which counters are recorded.
 

14. 

Counter Logs record nonconfigurable data from a designated provider when an event occurs.
 

15. 

Trace Logs are operating system environment status dumps that are more like a memory dump in the event of a STOP error than a log of performance statistics.
 

16. 

Once you've recorded a log file, it can be used in System Monitor.
 

17. 

The Counter log will not record data when the Performance tool is closed.
 

18. 

Counter logs record data by taking measurements at random intervals.
 

19. 

You can terminate a log manually, or set termination to occur after a specified length of time, at a specified time, or when the file is full.
 

20. 

Once you define a Counter log, you can either wait for the defined start time or issue the Start command from the Action menu to begin recording data.
 

21. 

An Alert object can consist of one or more counter/instance-based alert definitions.
 

22. 

The individual alert definitions within an Alert object share the same sample interval, action triggers, and start/stop settings, but operate as distinct alert events.
 

23. 

An alert definition focuses on one or all counters of one or all objects on the local or networked computer.
 

24. 

Each alert definition is assigned a threshold and told whether to issue an alert when the measured value is under or over that threshold.
 

25. 

An Alert event is triggered only when the measured value of the specific counter at the time of alert sampling has crossed the threshold.
 

26. 

Counter levels between samplings have an effect on alerts.
 

27. 

All event log entries include the event's date and time, source, category, an event number, the name of the account that generated the event, and the name of the computer on which the event occurred.
 

28. 

The Scheduling tab of an Alert event's Properties dialog box is much the same as that of a Counter log.
 

29. 

A process is any activity that causes an event detail to be created in one of the logs of the Event Viewer.
 

30. 

There are two types of System and Application log events and three types of Security log records that are recorded in Event Viewer.
 

31. 

The System log is the primary log file for most system services, drivers, and processes.
 

32. 

The Security log automatically tracks events.
 

33. 

You can optimize general system performance by indicating whether the computer is used primarily for user-interactive applications or as a host for network services.
 

34. 

The Application log contains event messages that can be generated by Windows 2000 native applications or services.
 

35. 

Bottlenecks will always exist in any computer.
 

36. 

Disk bottlenecks are the most likely problem when disk-related counters increase more dramatically than other counters, compared to your baseline, or when queue lengths become unacceptably long.
 

37. 

You can execute the diskperf command from a command prompt only.
 

38. 

Software can contribute to disk bottlenecks, often because of poor design, configuration settings that affect disk performance, or outdated drivers.
 

39. 

For processors, the combination of high utilization and overlong queues is more often an indication of trouble than is an occasionally high utilization rate.
 

40. 

It's important to recognize that performance scales arithmetically as additional CPUs are added.
 

41. 

Network bottlenecks are not typical on most Windows 2000 machines.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

42. 

A(n) ____ is the minimal unit of system execution and corresponds roughly to a task within an application, within the Windows 2000 kernel, or within some other major system component.
a.
thread
b.
process
c.
handle
d.
task
 

43. 

A(n) ____ is an internal identifier for some kind of system resource, object, or other component that must be accessed by name.
a.
thread
b.
process
c.
handle
d.
task
 

44. 

____ are aspects or activities of an object that can provide measurable information.
a.
Characteristics
b.
Counters
c.
Attributes
d.
Instances
 

45. 

A(n) ____ is a selection of a specific object when more than one is present on the monitored system.
a.
object
b.
counters
c.
instance
d.
item
 

46. 

A(n) ____ is a component of the Windows 2000 system environment.
a.
object
b.
counters
c.
instance
d.
item
 

47. 

In System Monitor, if the LogicalDisk: Current Disk Queue Length is greater than ____ for any logical drive, that drive is suffering from congestion.
a.
1
b.
2
c.
3
d.
4
 

48. 

If the LogicalDisk: Disk Bytes/Transfer value hovers at or near ____ KB, this can indicate excessive paging activity on that drive.
a.
2
b.
3
c.
4
d.
5
 

49. 

This measures the current utilization levels of the network medium and provides a background count against which to evaluate the monitored machine's adapter.
a.
Network Interface: Bytes Total/sec
b.
Network Interface: Current Bandwidth
c.
Network Interface: Output Queue Length
d.
Network Interface: Packets/sec
 

50. 

This counter measures the number of times that the Windows 2000 cache manage must ask the system to bring a file's page in from disk or locate it elsewhere in memory.
a.
Memory: Cache Faults/sec
b.
Memory: Page Faults/sec
c.
Memory: Pages/sec
d.
Memory: Faults/sec
 

51. 

This counter returns a count of the average number of page faults per second for the current processor instance.
a.
Memory: Cache Faults/sec
b.
Memory: Page Faults/sec
c.
Memory: Pages/sec
d.
Memory: Faults/sec
 

52. 

This counter tracks the number of pages that are written to or read from disk to satisfy requirements of the VMM, and also includes paging traffic for the system cache that occurs to access file data for applications.
a.
Memory: Cache Faults/sec
b.
Memory: Page Faults/sec
c.
Memory: Pages/sec
d.
Memory: Faults/sec
 

53. 

This counts the total amount of traffic through the computer's network adapter, including all inbound and outbound data.
a.
Network Interface: Bytes Total/sec
b.
Network Interface: Current Bandwidth
c.
Network Interface: Output Queue Length
d.
Network Interface: Packets/sec
 

54. 

This measures the absolute amount of traffic moving through the adapter.
a.
Network Interface: Bytes Total/sec
b.
Network Interface: Current Bandwidth
c.
Network Interface: Output Queue Length
d.
Network Interface: Packets/sec
 

55. 

This measures the number of packets that are queued up for transmission across the network pending access to the medium.
a.
Network Interface: Bytes Total/sec
b.
Network Interface: Current Bandwidth
c.
Network Interface: Output Queue Length
d.
Network Interface: Packets/sec
 

56. 

This measures the number of packets sent and received across a specific network adapter.
a.
Network Interface: Bytes Total/sec
b.
Network Interface: Current Bandwidth
c.
Network Interface: Output Queue Length
d.
Network Interface: Packets/sec