3.6. Answers

  1. B, D. Both Task Manager and Performance Monitor can be used to monitor disk input and output. Performance Monitor has more detailed results, while Task Manager provides only a few basic counters. See "Using Monitoring Tools".

  2. B. Virtual memory is created by using a page file, which resides on a hard drive. Disk caching uses memory to cache data from the hard drive. Review "Virtual memory".

  3. C. Virtual memory settings are managed through the System Control Panel. Check out "Virtual memory".

  4. B, D. Two things that can be done to speed up disk access are defragmenting your hard drive and changing to disks that have faster bus architectures. Peruse "Hard drive".

  5. D. There is no specific area of RAM that is used for caching printer data. Take a look at "Printers".

  6. D. Increasing the size of the page file will not provide a performance benefit. Peek at "Optimization Best Practices".

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