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PartA(30points)
1. Run atl
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Word/Excel/PowerPoint,programmingsoftware,video/music player,etc.).

2. Openandmaximizethewindowof TaskManager.
3.Findthetabshowingthelistofprocesses(applicationandbackgroundtasks)anditscorrespondingdetailsthatcurren
tlyrunonyourcomputer.
4. Setthecolumnstoshowthefollowing:
 P rocess I
D
 P rocess executi
onstatus
 T otalpr
o cessorti
m eusedb ytheprocess
 M a
x i
m um am oun t
ofp hys
ica l
m em ory
used byt
he process
 N um b er
o f
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 T otalnum berofbyt
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 N um b er
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w ri
teI
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ationsge nerat
edbytheprocesssi
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 T otalnum berofbyt
es wri
ttenbyth epr
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/O operati
on s
5.TakeascreenshotofthemaximizedTaskManagerwindowthatshowstheeight(8)columnslistedabove.(10points)
6. Analyzethedetailsoftherunningprocessesinyourcomputer,andanswerthefollowing(5itemsx3points):
a. W hi
ch processhasthegreatestnum berof
readI/Ooperat
ionss incei
tstarted?
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b. W hic hprocess hasth

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mplements I/O buffering?Whyorwhynot?(5points)
Note: Performadditional research,ifneeded, inordertosupportyouranswerabove.

PartB(35points)
 Searc hfo rrelev ant
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a turesan dstudi
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th eW indow s
I /
O M anager.T he n,
answ e ror
providethefollowing:
a. D es cri
b eth e overal
l s truc tur e ofthe W i
n dow sI/O m a nager.
> The Windows I/O system consists of several executive components that together manage
hardware devices and provide interfaces to hardware devices for applications and the system.
In this chapter, we’ll first list the design goals of the I/O system, which have influenced its
implementation. We’ll then cover the components that make up the I/O system, including the
I/O manager, Plug and Play (PnP) manager, and power manager. Then we’ll examine the
structure and components of the I/O system and the various types of device drivers. We’ll look
at the key data structures that describe devices, device drivers, and I/O requests, after which
we’ll describe the steps necessary to complete I/O requests as they move through the system.
Finally, we’ll present the way device detection, driver installation, and power management work.

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ndow s I
/O .
> In synchronous file I/O, a thread starts an I/O operation and immediately enters a wait state
until the I/O request has completed. A thread performing asynchronous file I/O sends an I/O
request to the kernel by calling an appropriate function. If the request is accepted by the kernel,
the calling thread continues processing another job until the kernel signals to the thread that
the I/O operation is complete. It then interrupts its current job and processes the data from the
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I/O operation as necessary.

d
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D oe
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dow s I
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li
z ey ouran sw er.
> No, Windows 10 does not have a built-in RAID. However, Windows 10 and 8 do have a feature
known as Storage Spaces that allows you to combine multiple HDDs or SSDs into a single
RAID array.

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> Plug and Play manager and power manager. The kernel-mode PnP manager maintains the
Device Tree that keeps track of the devices in the system. The device tree contains
information about the devices present on the system. When the computer starts, the PnP
manager builds this tree by using information from drivers and other components, and
updates the tree as devices are added or removed.

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Om ode l
and why?
> In my own opinion, the most significant part of the Windows I/O model is the device drivers
because it makes the connection possible between the devices and operating system. Device
drivers is a hardware that is attached to the computer and it allows OS and other computer
application to access all of the functionalities.
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Pr
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citeally ou r
references .
(5p oints )

> Synchronous and Asynchronous I/O - Win32 apps. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-

us/windows/win32/fileio/synchronous-and-asynchronous-i-o. Win32 apps | Microsoft Learn. January 14, 2023

> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/install/pnp-manager

> https://www.microsoftpressstore.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2201309

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GradingRubricforEssay:
Criteria PerformanceIndicator Points
Content Correctideas andconceptswereincluded. 3
Organization Thepresentationofideawasgenerallyorganized. 2
TOTAL 5

GradingRubricforIllustration:
Criteria PerformanceIndicator Points
Content Theillustrationwasaccurateorplausible. 3
Organization Theillustrationwaspresentedinanorganizedmanner 2
TOTAL 5
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