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    XP Pro MCSE test...what do you think?

    This is the question, I picked what I thought was correct but I reviewed it and it was wrong. What is the correct answer according to you guys?


    You are the desktop administrator for your company. All users in the network have Windows XP Professional computers. Users in the research department have dual-processor computers.

    Users in the research department report that when they run 16-bit Windows programs, their computer performance becomes very slow. You use system monitor to monitor the users' computers. You discover that when the users are running their 16-bit applications, one processor shows a sustained utilization of more than 90 percent while the other processor only shows utilization of less than 10 percent.

    You need to improve application performance for the users in the research department. What should you do?
    Configure each application to run in a separate memory space.
    Configure each application to run in A l priority class.
    For each application, set the compatibility mode to Windows 95.
    Configure processor affinity for each application to allow it to run on both processors.
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    Re: XP Pro MCSE test...what do you think?

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    Re: XP Pro MCSE test...what do you think?

    Tell them it's 2010, and they shouldn't need to run any 16bit programs anymore !

    (but failing that... a) sepearate memory space should give it more memory)
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    Re: XP Pro MCSE test...what do you think?

    Quote Originally Posted by finlay666 View Post
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    Yeah, thats the answer.

    The others I got wrong I looked through and would have got right if I spent longer thinking about it but the 16bit app thing in that question was why I got it wrong.

    It was only an online test out of 20 questions, most of them were straight forward but a few were tricky for me anyway.

    http://www.4tests.com/exams/examdetail.asp?eid=111

    That's where I took the test.

    Pretty unlikely that you'd have dual processor systems for 16bit apps anyway tbh
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    Re: XP Pro MCSE test...what do you think?

    Quote Originally Posted by Ben Rogers View Post
    Yeah, thats the answer.
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    Pretty unlikely that you'd have dual processor systems for 16bit apps anyway tbh
    I have a quad processor and run mainly 32 bit and occasionally 16 bit apps. Your argument is pretty invalid since multi core processors have more uses than running large bit apps. The bit only refers to the memory addressing anyway, so the answer is actually very simple based on that fact.
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    Re: XP Pro MCSE test...what do you think?

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    I have a quad processor and run mainly 32 bit and occasionally 16 bit apps. Your argument is pretty invalid since multi core processors have more uses than running large bit apps. The bit only refers to the memory addressing anyway, so the answer is actually very simple based on that fact.
    If you don't mind me asking, which 16bit apps do you run?
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    Re: XP Pro MCSE test...what do you think?

    The answer they probably want is a), but the wording is misleading. If one processor is at 90% and the other is at 10%, win32 applications shouldn't be severely affected.

    If, on the other hand, win32 applications are affected, it's more important to set the priority of the 16 bit programs to idle. So the answer is a) and possibly also b). I'm not sure what 'A I' means - if it means anything higher than normal, it's definitely not the correct choice.

    c) is a load of nonsense, so is d) because 16 bit Windows does not support multithreading, processor affinity is all installed cores by default and iirc, Windows doesn't bounce a single threaded program between processors once started.

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    Re: XP Pro MCSE test...what do you think?

    Quote Originally Posted by Syllopsium View Post
    The answer they probably want is a), but the wording is misleading. If one processor is at 90% and the other is at 10%, win32 applications shouldn't be severely affected.

    If, on the other hand, win32 applications are affected, it's more important to set the priority of the 16 bit programs to idle. So the answer is a) and possibly also b). I'm not sure what 'A I' means - if it means anything higher than normal, it's definitely not the correct choice.

    c) is a load of nonsense, so is d) because 16 bit Windows does not support multithreading, processor affinity is all installed cores by default and iirc, Windows doesn't bounce a single threaded program between processors once started.
    Yep..

    The 'A I' was 'A l' - it looks like an I though but I copied it to google and its an L? unless its that symbol to the right of the left shift key on most keyboards when you press shift and it it looks like an I without the two 4 bits going out top and bottom.

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    2: This will have an adverse affect on other processes.

    3: Setting the compatibility mode to Windows 95 could make some legacy program run in Windows XP. It will not make the legacy programs to run faster though.

    4: 16-bit programs are single threaded. This means they can only run on one processor, not two.
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    Re: XP Pro MCSE test...what do you think?

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    If you don't mind me asking, which 16bit apps do you run?
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    Re: XP Pro MCSE test...what do you think?

    as a side note - expect the XP Pro MCP to be retired reasonably soon - you may well be wasting your time taking it as it wont count towards any certs.
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    Yarp, support for XP is being phased out as Win 7 is taking over. Don't look to the past
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    its a pain - I've got to take my windows 7 exam soon to finish off my MCTIP-EA .I hate taking client exams....
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