WGU D386 PRE-ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT ANSWERS)
/ALREADY GRADED
Platters Ans✓✓✓Which part of a hard disk drive is responsible for
storing actual data?
Faster Data Transfer Ans✓✓✓What is an advantage of solid-state
drives (SSD) when compared to hard disk drives (HDD)?
By offloading to Direct Memory Access (DMA) Controller
Ans✓✓✓How do computers avoid burdening the main central
processing unit (CPU) with programmed I/O (PIO)?
Logical Structure for storing and organizing files on a storage device
Ans✓✓✓Which problem is managed by implementing a file system?
To provide a way for the system to access and use files. Ans✓✓✓What
is the primary function of the file system interface?
Southbridge Ans✓✓✓There are a number of different types of
components of a motherboard. Which motherboard component is used
for support of slower onboard peripherals?
L1 Ans✓✓✓Which cache memory is the smallest but fastest?
, VRAM Ans✓✓✓Which memory type is stored on a drive and is
referred to as a paging file?
Asynchronous DRAM Ans✓✓✓Which memory type is characterized
by its independence from the CPU's external clock?
Synchronous DRAM Ans✓✓✓Which memory type shares a common
clock signal with the computer's system-bus clock?
RAM Ans✓✓✓What is used by the operating system to hold its system
code and other programs?
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Ans✓✓✓What is an example of a server
operating system?
Process Control Management Ans✓✓✓What is a fundamental building
block of an operating system that keeps track of each process in
memory, including whether to run it or wait for some event?
Linux Ans✓✓✓Which operating system uses the Bourne-Again shell
(bash) scripting tool?
Read( ) Ans✓✓✓What is an example of a system call used by the
POSIX API for POSIX-based systems running UNIX, Linux, and
macOS?
VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT ANSWERS)
/ALREADY GRADED
Platters Ans✓✓✓Which part of a hard disk drive is responsible for
storing actual data?
Faster Data Transfer Ans✓✓✓What is an advantage of solid-state
drives (SSD) when compared to hard disk drives (HDD)?
By offloading to Direct Memory Access (DMA) Controller
Ans✓✓✓How do computers avoid burdening the main central
processing unit (CPU) with programmed I/O (PIO)?
Logical Structure for storing and organizing files on a storage device
Ans✓✓✓Which problem is managed by implementing a file system?
To provide a way for the system to access and use files. Ans✓✓✓What
is the primary function of the file system interface?
Southbridge Ans✓✓✓There are a number of different types of
components of a motherboard. Which motherboard component is used
for support of slower onboard peripherals?
L1 Ans✓✓✓Which cache memory is the smallest but fastest?
, VRAM Ans✓✓✓Which memory type is stored on a drive and is
referred to as a paging file?
Asynchronous DRAM Ans✓✓✓Which memory type is characterized
by its independence from the CPU's external clock?
Synchronous DRAM Ans✓✓✓Which memory type shares a common
clock signal with the computer's system-bus clock?
RAM Ans✓✓✓What is used by the operating system to hold its system
code and other programs?
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Ans✓✓✓What is an example of a server
operating system?
Process Control Management Ans✓✓✓What is a fundamental building
block of an operating system that keeps track of each process in
memory, including whether to run it or wait for some event?
Linux Ans✓✓✓Which operating system uses the Bourne-Again shell
(bash) scripting tool?
Read( ) Ans✓✓✓What is an example of a system call used by the
POSIX API for POSIX-based systems running UNIX, Linux, and
macOS?
