Test 133: OS/2 Warp (V3)

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Objectives

SECTION 1 - OS/2 WARP BASIC CONCEPTS
  • Identify the Work Place Shell object, the four object types, and how they are used in OS/2 Warp.
  • Identify the type, characteristics, and benefits of the multitasking provided by OS/2 Warp.
  • Identify the DOS and Windows support as implemented by OS/2 Warp.
  • Identify FAT and HPFS file system characteristics.
SECTION 2 - BASIC INSTALLATION
  • Identify the characteristics of the different OS/2 Warp offerings, and identify the environments in which they can be installed.
  • Identify how OS/2 Warp and OS/2 Warp with WIN-OS/2 interact with Windows, and given a customer requirement or scenario, determine the OS/2 Warp offering to be installed.
  • Describe the media used to install OS/2 Warp, and describe installation techniques and their characteristics.
  • Identify Easy and Advanced Install considerations, and describe how to install OS/2 Warp on an unused hard disk.
SECTION 3 - HARD DISK MANAGEMENT
  • Given a customer requirement, select a file system and develop a plan for a hard disk layout.
  • Identify FDISK capabilities, and describe how to use FDISK to prepare for an OS/2 Warp installation.
  • List considerations when installing OS/2 Warp on a constrained drive.
SECTION 4 - MULTIPLE OPERATING SYSTEMS ENVIRONMENT
  • List considerations when multiple operating systems are installed on an OS/2 Warp system.
  • Identify Boot Manager and Dual Boot characteristics in an OS/2 Warp environment.
  • Identify hard disk partitioning and formatting characteristics in OS/2 Warp and DOS / Windows environments.
SECTION 5 - PRINTER INSTALLATION, CONFIGURATION, AND SUPPORT
  • Given a requirement for a new printer or printer driver on an existing OS/2 Warp system, describe how to create or update a printer object in the Workplace Shell.
  • Identify printer support installation and configuration characteristics for OS/2 Warp, including DOS and Windows support.
  • Identify printer sharing and pooling characteristics, describe how to configure printers so they can be shared or pooled, and manage the OS/2 spooler to meet a given requirement.
  • Describe how to print using OS/2 Warp direct manipulation and menus, and from an application menu, using the output choices displayed by the application.
  • Describe how to hold and release the print queue, and describe how to hold, release, or reorganize printer jobs and change print job properties.
  • Describe OS/2 Warp print objects, and describe how data flows through the print subsystem.
  • Given a description of a common printer problem, identify possible solutions and steps to resolve the problem.
SECTION 6 - FONTS AND MULTIMEDIA SUPPORT
  • Identify the impact fonts have on system resources and performance, and describe how to install font support to meet given requirements.
  • Describe how video devices are installed and configured on OS/2 Warp.
  • Identify video support installation and configuration characteristics for OS/2 Warp's DOS and Windows support.
  • Describe how to use OS/2 Warp tools and utilities to fix common video problems.
  • Identify audio support installation and configuration characteristics for OS/2 Warp, including DOS and Windows support.
SECTION 7 - CONTROL FILES
  • Identify and locate key OS/2 Warp directories, describe OS/2 Warp INI files, and describe the function of AUTOEXEC.BAT.
  • Identify SET command functions and describe how to use the SET command to configure a system as required.
  • Identify and modify the system resources specified in the CONFIG.SYS file.
  • Identify swap file characteristics in an OS/2 environment and modify CONFIG.SYS to configure the swap file for a given requirement.
  • Identify the CONFIG.SYS parameters that will affect the amount of memory available to an OS/2 Warp environment.
SECTION 8 - APPLICATION SUPPORT
  • Describe how DOS and Windows applications are supported in an OS/2 Warp environment.
  • Describe how OS/2 Warp migrates applications to the Desktop and how to create a migration database to support a given application portfolio.
  • Describe how the VDM environment is created and customized to meet DOS or Windows application requirements.
  • Describe how to manipulate running applications, and share data between running applications.
  • Describe program reference objects, and how to configure associations between program objects and data files.
SECTION 9 - SUPPORT
  • Describe how to obtain additional information about an OS/2 Warp error condition.
  • Identify how to use OS/2 commands to determine levels and versions of installed software.
  • Describe the functions and use of the Resource Manager.
  • List the steps in the boot process, and identify potential problems which can occur at each step of the boot process.
  • Describe emergency boot procedures, and how to create and use boot diskettes for error recovery on an OS/2 Warp system.
  • Describe the recovery choices available during an OS/2 Warp system boot and describe how to use the OS/2 Warp Recovery Choices screen to fix problems.
  • Describe how to save, recover, and recreate files used to build the Desktop on an OS/2 Warp system.
SECTION 10 - PERFORMANCE TUNING
  • Describe the characteristics of cache as implemented in the FAT and HPFS file systems, and given an OS/2 Warp performance problem, describe how to configure cache to optimize performance.
  • Identify the appropriate steps to optimize performance by tuning DOS and WIN-OS/2 settings for performance or memory utilization.
  • Describe the performance parameters found in CONFIG.SYS, and given an OS/2 Warp performance problem, describe how to tune CONFIG.SYS to optimize performance.
  • Describe the features of the OS/2 Warp Desktop that may be modified to improve performance and reduce memory consumption.

Education and Publications

Courses and publications are offered to help you prepare for the certification tests. The courses are recommended, but not required, before taking a certification test.

Course Title
OS/2 Technical Training Fastpath
Course Number: P1103 (USA); PS600 (Canada); PS610 (Canada)
Course Duration: 5 Days
Course Abstract: This course provides a fastpath for the six days of training offered in course P1170 (2 days) - OS/2 Warp: Using and Customizing and course P1171 (4 days) - OS/2 Warp: Implementation and Support.
Publication
OS/2 Certification Handbook
Publication Order Number: SR28-5650;
Abstract: This tutorial includes topics such as installing, using and supporting OS/2, OS/2 performance, OS/2 commands and REXX for OS/2.
Publication
Cert'n Handbook
OS/2 Certification Handbook, Indianapolis: New Riders Publishing, 1995. Hallberg, Bruce and Ivers, Kathy et al.
ISBN number: 1-56205-407-4.
Publication
Unleashed
OS/2 Warp Unleashed, Indianapolis: Sams Publishing, 1995. Moskowitz, David and Kerr, David et al.
ISBN number: 0-672-30545-3.

Study Bibliography

This bibliography provides specific page number references to study material for each objective of Test 133. This information is presented in tables, one table per section of test objectives. A sample of this table is shown below.


SECTION 1 - OS/2 WARP BASIC CONCEPTS
______________________________________________________________________________
OS/2 Warp Server			   Cert'n      Unleashed   Other
Test Objective				   Handbook
______________________________________________________________________________

Identify the Work Place Shell object,	   180-183	104-105,
the four object types, and how they			161-241
are used in OS/2 Warp.

Identify the type, characteristics,	   11,		51-56
and benefits of the multitasking	   320-322,
provided by OS/2 Warp.			   562-563

Identify the DOS and Windows support	   46,		6-9
as implemented by OS/2 Warp.		   584-585

Identify FAT and HPFS file system	   69-72,	18-21
characteristics.			   482-483,
					   580-583,
					   620-622
SECTION 2 - BASIC INSTALLATION
______________________________________________________________________________
OS/2 Warp Server			   Cert'n      Unleashed   Other
Test Objective				   Handbook
______________________________________________________________________________

Identify the characteristics of the	   24-54	2
different OS/2 Warp offerings, and
identify the environments in which
they can be installed.

Identify how OS/2 Warp and OS/2 Warp	   24-54	29-31
with WIN-OS/2 interact with Windows,
and given a customer requirement or
scenario, determine the OS/2 Warp
offering to be installed.

Describe the media used to install	   31-33	9-11
OS/2 Warp, and describe installation
techniques and their characteristics.

Identify Easy and Advanced Install	   33-37		   1-4 (1),
considerations, and describe how to	   57-69		   9-18 (2)
install OS/2 Warp on an unused hard
disk.

<b>Notes:</b>
(1)  Easy Start: OS/2 Warp Connect (Part of OS/2 Warp Connect Package
     19H1602).
(2)  Up and Running: OS/2 Warp Connect (Part of OS/2 Warp Connect Package
     27H9183).
SECTION 3 - HARD DISK MANAGEMENT
______________________________________________________________________________
OS/2 Warp Server			   Cert'n      Unleashed   Other
Test Objective				   Handbook
______________________________________________________________________________

Given a customer requirement, select	   58-73,
a file system and develop a plan for	   482-483,
a hard disk layout.			   581-583,
					   620-622

Identify FDISK capabilities, and	   65-69,
describe how to use FDISK to prepare	   867-870
for an OS/2 Warp installation.

List considerations when installing	   27-29,
OS/2 Warp on a constrained drive.	   33-37

SECTION 4 - MULTIPLE OPERATING SYSTEMS ENVIRONMENT

______________________________________________________________________________
OS/2 Warp Server			   Cert'n      Unleashed   Other
Test Objective				   Handbook
______________________________________________________________________________

List considerations when multiple	   24-48,
operating systems are installed on	   58-73
an OS/2 Warp system.

Identify Boot Manager and Dual Boot	   69-73	6-18
characteristics in an OS/2 Warp
environment.

Identify hard disk partitioning and	   24-48,	3-5
formatting characteristics in OS/2	   58-73
Warp and DOS / Windows environments.

SECTION 5 - PRINTER INSTALLATION, CONFIGURATION, AND SUPPORT

______________________________________________________________________________
OS/2 Warp Server			   Cert'n      Unleashed   Other
Test Objective				   Handbook
______________________________________________________________________________

Given a requirement for a new printer	   60-61,	604-664
or printer driver on an existing OS/2	   362-366
Warp system, describe how to create or
update a printer object in the
Workplace Shell.

Identify printer support installation	   106-115	604-664    143-144 (1)
and configuration characteristics for
OS/2 Warp, including DOS and Windows
support.

Identify printer sharing and pooling	   106-111	604-664
characteristics, describe how to
configure printers so they can be
shared or pooled, and manage the OS/2
spooler to meet a given requirement.

Describe how to print using OS/2 Warp	   356-367	604-664
direct manipulation and menus, and from
an application menu, using the output
choices displayed by the application.

Describe how to hold and release the	   356-367	604-664
print queue, and describe how to hold,
release, or reorganize printer jobs
and change print job properties.

Describe OS/2 Warp print objects, and	   104-107	604-664    139-140 (1)
describe how data flows through the
print subsystem.

Given a description of a common printer    453-456
problem, identify possible solutions
and steps to resolve the problem.


<b>Notes:</b>
(1) Up and Running: OS/2 Warp Connect (Part of OS/2 Warp Connect Package
    27H9183)

SECTION 6 - FONTS AND MULTIMEDIA SUPPORT

______________________________________________________________________________
OS/2 Warp Server			   Cert'n      Unleashed   Other
Test Objective				   Handbook
______________________________________________________________________________

Identify the impact fonts have on	   121-126	699-781
system resources and performance, and
describe how to install font support
to meet given requirements.

Describe how video devices are		   440-444	699-781    231-240 (1)
installed and configured on OS/2 Warp.

Identify video support installation and    147		699-781
configuration characteristics for OS/2
Warp's DOS and Windows support.

Describe how to use OS/2 Warp tools and    445-446
utilities to fix common video problems.

Identify audio support installation and    30-31,	699-781    (2), (3)
configuration characteristics for OS/2	   46
Warp, including DOS and Windows
support.

<b>Notes:</b>
(1) Up and Running: OS/2 Warp Connect (Part of OS/2 Warp Connect Package
    27H9183)
(2) See the Multimedia Online Information Guide, Section: "Adding Windows
    Audio Support"
(3) See the OS/2 Warp Online Tutorial, Section: "Multimedia and Games"

SECTION 7 - CONTROL FILES

______________________________________________________________________________
OS/2 Warp Server			   Cert'n      Unleashed   Other
Test Objective				   Handbook
______________________________________________________________________________

Identify and locate key OS/2 Warp	   131-141		   358 (1)
directories, describe OS/2 Warp INI
files, and describe the function of
AUTOEXEC.BAT.

Identify SET command functions and	   955-956	65	   (2)
describe how to use the SET command
to configure a system as required.

Identify and modify the system		   135-136,	74	   (2)
resources specified in the CONFIG.SYS	   347-348,
file.					   491, 936

Identify swap file characteristics	   350-351		   (2)
in an OS/2 environment and modify
CONFIG.SYS to configure the swap
file for a given requirement.

Identify the CONFIG.SYS parameters	   466-514,	86
that will affect the amount of memory	   657-660
available to an OS/2 Warp environment.

<b>Notes:</b>
(1) User's Guide: OS/2 Warp (Part of OS/2 Warp Connect Package 25H7205)
(2) OS/2 Warp Online Help

SECTION 8 - APPLICATION SUPPORT

______________________________________________________________________________
OS/2 Warp Server			   Cert'n      Unleashed   Other
Test Objective				   Handbook
______________________________________________________________________________

Describe how DOS and Windows		   39, 144-146, 	   (1)
applications are supported in		   497-499,
an OS/2 Warp environment.		   584-586

Describe how OS/2 Warp migrates 	   160, 	87-90	   59 (2)
applications to the Desktop and how to	   162-165,
create a migration database to support	   629-630
a given application portfolio.

Describe how the VDM environment is	   144-145,	402-417
created and customized to meet DOS	   149-156,
or Windows application requirements.	   584-586

Describe how to manipulate running	   319-333
applications, and share data between
running applications.

Describe program reference objects,	   338-341	169,	   59, 133,
and how to configure associations			210-215,   135 (2)
between program objects and data files. 		380-382

<b>Notes:</b>
(1) OS/2 Warp Online Help
(2) User's Guide: OS/2 Warp (Part of OS/2 Warp Connect Package 25H7205)

SECTION 9 - SUPPORT

______________________________________________________________________________
OS/2 Warp Server			   Cert'n      Unleashed   Other
Test Objective				   Handbook
______________________________________________________________________________

Describe how to obtain additional	   236-239		   1-396 (1),
information about an OS/2 Warp error				   (2)
condition.

Identify how to use OS/2 commands to	   422-423,		   12 (3),
determine levels and versions of	   970, 989		   (4)
installed software.

Describe the functions and use of the	   430-431	58-59,
Resource Manager.					303, 720,
							965-966

List the steps in the boot process, and    431-433
identify potential problems which can
occur at each step of the boot process.

Describe emergency boot procedures,	   527, 530
and how to create and use boot
diskettes for error recovery on an
OS/2 Warp system.

Describe the recovery choices				41,
available during an OS/2 Warp system			101-102,
boot and describe how to use the OS/2			267
Warp Recovery Choices screen to fix
problems.

Describe how to save, recover, and	   517-535	255-256    214,
recreate files used to build the				   218-222 (1)
Desktop on an OS/2 Warp system.

<b>Notes:</b>
(1) User's Guide: OS/2 Warp (Part of OS/2 Warp Connect Package 25H7205)
(2) Printing in OS/2 - Online Guide, Section: "Solving Printing Problems"
(3) Bonus Pak: OS/2 Warp (Part of OS/2 Warp Connect Package 83G8730)
(4) OS/2 Warp Online Command Reference: "VER command"

SECTION 10 - PERFORMANCE TUNING

______________________________________________________________________________
OS/2 Warp Server			   Cert'n      Unleashed   Other
Test Objective				   Handbook
______________________________________________________________________________

Describe the characteristics of cache	   472-474,	34, 56
as implemented in the FAT and HPFS	   477-479,
file systems, and given an OS/2 Warp	   634-635
performance problem, describe how to
configure cache to optimize
performance.

Identify the appropriate steps to	   636-647
optimize performance by tuning DOS
and WIN-OS/2 settings for performance
or memory utilization.

Describe the performance parameters	   466-469
found in CONFIG.SYS, and given an
OS/2 Warp performance problem,
describe how to tune CONFIG.SYS to
optimize performance.

Describe the features of the OS/2	   388-394
Warp Desktop that may be modified
to improve performance and reduce
memory consumption.

Sample Test

SECTION 1 - OS/2 WARP BASIC CONCEPTS
1. Which object type represents a video segment on an OS/2 Warp multimedia system?
a. Data File
b. Folder
c. Device
d. Program
2. Which statement describes cooperative multitasking?
a. A task is not suspended unless it gives up processor control.
b. Only OS/2 applications are multitasked, not DOS or Windows applications.
c. Overall system performance is improved since tasks are allowed to complete without interruption.
d. The task management scheme recognizes that some tasks may be more imperative than others.
3. You have two Windows applications. How can they be configured to run concurrently under OS/2 Warp?
a. seamlessly on the desktop in the same session
b. seamlessly on the desktop in separate sessions
c. in Windows full-screen in the same session
d. in two separate Windows full-screen sessions
4. Given a file server with several thousand 500 byte files on a 2 GB partition, which statement is true about FAT and HPFS file systems disk space requirements?
a. The HPFS file system uses less disk space.
b. The FAT file system uses less disk space.
c. The FAT file system uses slightly less disk space
d. The FAT file system and the HPFS file system use about the same amount of disk space.
SECTION 2 - BASIC INSTALLATION
5. When should you format the install drive if installing OS/2 Warp without WIN-OS/2 on a partition with an operating system?
a. when the partition has DOS 5.0
b. when the partition has Windows NT on NTFS
c. when the partition has Windows 3.1
d. when the partition has Windows for Workgroups 3.11
6. Which operating system partition must be formatted before installing OS/2 Warp without WIN-OS/2?
a. OS/2 2.11
b. OS/2 2.1 for Windows
c. IBM PC-DOS 6.3 with Microsoft Windows 3.1
d. IBM PC-DOS 6.3 with Microsoft Windows 3.11
7. How can a backup set of diskettes be created from OS/2 Warp diskettes?
a. Use XDFCOPY to copy the diskettes.
b. Use DISKCOPY to copy the diskettes.
c. Use XDFCOPY to copy the first two diskettes, and DISKCOPY all the others.
d. Use DISKCOPY to copy the first two diskettes, and XDFCOPY all others.
8. Which actions can be performed while using the OS/2 Warp Advanced Install option?
a. Install the BonusPak Applications.
b. Selectively install components of OS/2.
c. Customize selected OS/2 CONFIG.SYS statements
d. Customize selected OS/2-DOS CONFIG.SYS statements
e. Configure Windows desktop and control settings.
SECTION 3 - HARD DISK MANAGEMENT
9. A user is installing OS/2 Warp on a system configured with 6 MB of memory and a 200 MB hard drive. The user wishes to maintain a single partition and Dual Boot between DOS and OS/2 Warp. Which file system layout should the user use?
a. FAT
b. HPFS
c. CDFS and FAT
d. FAT and HPFS
10. How can you partition a hard disk using the OS/2 Warp FDISK utility?
a. into multiple primary and/or one extended partition
b. into one primary partition and one extended partition
c. into one primary partition and multiple extended partitions
d. into multiple primary partitions and multiple extended partitions
11. What is the default swap file size when installing OS/2 Warp on a system with 8 MB of RAM?
a. 4 MB
b. 6 MB
c. 8 MB
d. 10 MB
SECTION 4 - MULTIPLE OPERATING SYSTEMS ENVIRONMENT
12. When a hard disk is defined as shown below, which drive letter is used by a DOS application running on native DOS version 5.0 to access a data file on the E: partition?
C: FAT
D: HPFS
E: FAT
a. C:
b. D:
c. E:
d. The file cannot be accessed.
13. What is required to install both OS/2 Warp and UNIX on the same machine and choose which one to boot when the system is started?
a. dual boot
b. Boot Manager
c. a separate hard disk for each operating system
d. cannot be done with current versions of OS/2 Warp
14. How many partitions should be defined on a new OS/2 Warp system for optimal maintenance and convenience?
a. one primary partition
b. at least one primary and one extended partition
c. at least two primary partitions and two extended partitions
d. at least one primary partition and two extended partitions
SECTION 5 - PRINTER INSTALLATION, CONFIGURATION, AND SUPPORT
15. How can a new printer object be created on an OS/2 Warp system?
a. Drag a printer template to the Desktop.
b. Use the Create printer option in the Setup folder.
c. Copy the printer driver from diskette to the Desktop.
d. Choose Create another from any printer object pop-up menu.
16. On an OS/2 Warp system, how can you configure a Windows printer driver to print in a higher resolution for a Windows application?
a. Use the Printers option in the WIN-OS/2 Print Manager to setup the desired resolution.
b. Use the Printers icon in the WIN-OS/2 Control Panel to set up the desired resolution.
c. Adjust the printer driver settings in the WIN-OS/2 Setup object associated with the output port.
d. Adjust the printer driver settings in the OS/2 printer object associated with the output port.
17. Which describes printer pooling in an OS/2 Warp environment?
a. the attachment of one printer to several systems
b. the attachment of several printers to the same port
c. the attachment of several printers to the same queue
d. the attachment of one printer to multiple print queues
18. What would you look at to determine which printer to select if you do not recognize a printer name listed by an application on an OS/2 Warp system?
a. Look at the printer icon title of each printer on the Desktop.
b. Look at the default printer driver in the printer settings notebook.
c. Look at the Print Manager name of each printer in its settings notebook.
d. Look at the physical name of each printer in its settings notebook.
e. Look at the queue driver name in each printer settings notebook
19. What does the change status entry on an OS/2 Warp printer object allow the user to do?
a. hold a print queue
b. put a printer off-line
c. select the default printer
d. change the priority of a print job
20. Which component of the OS/2 Warp print subsystem enables print output from several applications to be processed without intermixing the output?
a. the spooler
b. the port driver
c. the queue driver
d. the printer driver
21. What should you do to print a job that will not print due to a forms mismatch error?
a. Change the queue driver to support printer-specific format.
b. Change the job's job properties to use printer-specific format.
c. Change the printer driver's printer properties to match the print job's properties.
d. Select the correct forms size in the printer object's pop up menu.
SECTION 6 - FONTS AND MULTIMEDIA SUPPORT
22. How do resource requirements for outline fonts compare to bitmapped fonts?
a. Outline fonts take more memory to display a character.
b. Outline fonts take less disk space since they are scaleable.
c. Outline fonts take more processor cycles to display a character.
d. Outline fonts take less memory to display a character.
23. You are looking at the CONFIG.SYS of a machine that is not booting because of video problems. Which CONFIG.SYS statements load OS/2 VGA video support?
a. SET VIO_VGA=...
b. DEVICE=VIO_VGA...
c. SET VIDEO_DEVICES=....
d. DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VVGA.SYS
24. Why is OS/2 Warp SVGA installation and configuration always a two step process?
a. Because OS/2 Warp does not provide mode utilities.
b. Because SVGA display fonts are not available during the OS/2 installation.
c. Because XGA and SVGA video device drivers are not installed during OS/2 installation.
d. Because DOS support is required to install most SVGA drivers and is not available during OS/2 installation.
25. A user reports a flickering video display after installing OS/2 Warp. Which step would likely resolve this problem?
a. Turn the monitor on and off.
b. Reinstall the video device driver.
c. Configure the monitor for interlaced mode.
d. Configure the monitor for non-interlaced mode.
26. Which option must be selected from the OS/2 Warp Sound settings notebook to activate system sounds?
a. Sound on
b. Enable system sounds
c. Enable sound on
d. Audio support on
SECTION 7 - CONTROL FILES
27. Which OS/2 Warp file contains user information about objects such as program references and program associations?
a. OS2.INI
b. OS2SYS.INI
c. EA DATA. SF
d. WP ROOT. SF
28. Which objects does the SET PATH command provide a search path for?
a. for programs
b. for font definitions
c. for dynamic link libraries
d. for command files
e. for data files used by applications
29. Which statements found in the OS/2 Warp CONFIG.SYS file provide support for the mouse?
a. DEVICE=D:\OS2\MOUSE.SYS
b. DEVICE=D:\OS2\POINTER.SYS
c. DEVICE=D:\OS2\POINTDD.SYS
d. DEVICE=D:\OS2\VPOINTDD.SYS
e. DEVICE=D:\OS2\MDOS\VMOUSE.SYS
30. How can you install the swap file on D
\ if you plan to install OS/2 Warp on Drive C?
a. Use Easy Install, and specify D:\ when prompted for the swap file location.
b. Complete the installation and then edit the CONFIG.SYS file to modify the swap file location to D:\.
c. Use the Advanced Install and use the More option on the Setup and Installation screen to specify D:\ for the swap file location.
d. Use the Advanced Install and use the Software Configuration option on the action bar of the OS/2 Setup and Installation screen to modify the swap file location to D:\.
31. Which procedure can be used to improve the overall performance of a memory constrained OS/2 Warp system?
a. Increase the value of the THREADS statement in CONFIG.SYS.
b. Reduce the size of any disk caches defined in CONFIG.SYS.
c. Increase the value of the XMS Memory Limit variable in the DOS settings notebook.
d. Run CHKDSK /F to fix any cross-linked files.

SECTION 8 - APPLICATION SUPPORT

32. Which enables the DOS application support available under OS/2 Warp?
a. the virtual mode of the 80286 processor
b. the virtual 8086 mode of the 80386 processor
c. the real mode capability of the 80286 processor
d. the real mode capability of the 80386 processor
33. What happens during OS/2 Warp Advanced Installation when you select the option to Add existing programs to your Desktop?
a. Objects for all programs on the hard disk are created on the Desktop.
b. DOS, Windows and OS/2 program objects are grouped into separate folders on the Desktop.
c. Programs found on the hard disk are compared to a program database that comes with OS/2.
d. The system prompts you for each application found on the hard disk and lets you decide if you would like a program object created for it on the OS/2 Desktop.
34. What is the total XMS memory which can be allocated by four concurrently running Windows applications in separate OS/2 VDMs?
a. 8 MB
b. 16 MB
c. 32 MB
d. 64 MB
35. Which keystroke sequence is used to switch between applications in a sequential order on an OS/2 Warp system?
a. Ctrl+Esc
b. Ctrl+Alt
c. Alt+Esc
d. Alt+F1
36. Which page of the settings notebook for the data file object can be used to set up an association to applications?
a. Menu
b. Links
c. Applications
d. Type
SECTION 9 - SUPPORT
37. Where would you find reference information to help identify the problem when you are experiencing long load times for Windows applications on a memory constrained OS/2 Warp system?
a. in the README file
b. in the Application Considerations on-line book
c. in the Performance Considerations on-line book
d. in the OS/2 Tuning topic in the User's Guide to OS/2 Warp
38. Which tool shipped with the OS/2 Warp BonusPak can be used to determine the release level of the installed OS/2 base system?
a. QCONFIG tool
b. PSTAT command
c. Resource Manager
d. System Information Tool
39. Which CONFIG.SYS statement would reserve a specific resource during system boot without any interaction with the OS/2 Warp Resource Manager?
a. RESERVE.SYS /IRQ:4
b. RUN=RESERVE.SYS /DMA:0
c. BASEDEV=RESERVE.SYS /IO:340,4
d. DEVICE=RESERVE.SYS /MEM:CA00,1000
40. Which program processes the CONFIG.SYS file during an OS/2 Warp boot?
a. STARTUP.CMD program
b. OS/2 kernel (OS2KRNL)
c. system loader (OS2LDR)
d. boot record code (OS2BOOT)
41. Which files may be deleted from an OS/2 Warp boot diskette to add additional tools used for error recovery?
a. BUNDLE
b. CMD.EXE
c. SYSINST1.EXE
d. SYSINST2.EXE
42. How do you automatically display the Recovery Choices screen during every system boot?
a. Add "recover" to the CONFIG.SYS AUTOSTART statement.
b. Add the RUN=C:\OS2\INSTALL\RECOVER.EXE statement to CONFIG.SYS.
c. Check the option to Save the Desktop at each system shutdown on the Archive page of the Desktop settings notebook.
d. Check the option to Display recovery choices at each system startup on the Archive page of the Desktop settings notebook.
43. Which files must be deleted when recreating the OS/2*.INI files when the OS/2 Warp Desktop is corrupted and a destructive MAKEINI is necessary?
a. OS2.INI and OS2SYS.INI
b. PROTOCOL.INI
c. SYSTEM.INI
d. EA DATA. SF
e. Desktop directory structure
f. WINDOWS.INI
SECTION 10 - PERFORMANCE TUNING
44. An OS/2 Warp user has a system with 4 MB RAM and a 120 MB hard disk. All disk drives use the FAT file system. CONFIG.SYS includes the following statements
IFS=C:\OS2\HPFS.IFS
BUFFERS=20
DISKCACHE=512,LW
SWAPPATH=D:\ 2048 8096
RMSIZE=640
THREADS=64

The system seems slow. How can you more effectively use system resources?

a. Turn off lazy write.
b. Reduce RMSIZE to 350.
c. Delete the IFS statement.
d. Reduce the FAT disk cache to 64.
e. Increase the number of threads to 256.
45. Which OS/2 Warp CONFIG.SYS statement is required if a user wants a DOS application to allocate UMBs (upper memory blocks)?
a. DEVICE=VUMB.SYS
b. DEVICE=VEMM.SYS
c. DEVICE=VXMS.SYS
d. DEVICE=ALLOCUMB
46. You are given a system with 32 MB of memory, which uses about 20 MB of memory for a typical workload. Drives C and D are each 300 MB and are formatted HPFS. Your job is to optimize performance to support a new search and retrieval application that processes files ranging in size from 52 KB to 64 KB. Which statement in the CONFIG.SYS achieves the most performance gain?
a. IFS=C:\OS2\HPFS.IFS /CACHE:1024 /CRECL:4 /AUTOCHECK:CD
b. IFS=C:\OS2\HPFS.IFS /CACHE:1024 /CRECL:64 /AUTOCHECK:CD
c. IFS=C:\OS2\HPFS.IFS /CACHE:2048 /CRECL:4 /AUTOCHECK:CD
d. IFS=C:\OS2\HPFS.IFS /CACHE:2048 /CRECL:64 /AUTOCHECK:CD
47. Which session type consumes the most amount of OS/2 Warp system resources?
a. OS/2 Window
b. OS/2 Full-screen
c. Windows windowed
d. DOS full-screen

ANSWER KEY

1. a
2. a
3. a,b,c
4. a
5. b
6. a
7. a,d
8. b,c,d
9. a
10. a,b
11. b
12. b
13. b
14. b
15. a,d
16. b
17. c
18. a,b,d
19. a
20. a
21. c
22. b,c,d
23. a,c,d
24. d
25. d
26. b
27. a
28. a,d
29. a,c,e
30. b,d
31. b
32. b
33. b,c
34. d
35. c
36. d
37. c
38. d
39. c
40. b
41. a,d
42. d
43. a,e
44. c,d
45. c
46. d