1
Q
What is the kernel process?
A
Ntoskrnl.exe
2
Q
What is a kernel-loadable module that operates between the hardware and the executive so that applications and device drivers don’t have to be aware of hardware-specific information?
A
HAL.DLL
3
Q
What is the lower layer of ntoskrnl.exe and provides fundamental mechanisms used by the Executive components, as well as low-level hardware architecture support?
A
kernel
4
Q
What are the four main responsibilities of the kernel?
A
- Thread Scheduling
- Interrupt and Exception Handling
- Low-Level Processor Synchronization
- Power Failure Recovery
5
Q
What is the upper layer of ntoskrnl.exe and is the Windows system call handler that verifies and provides kernel services?
A
Executive
6
Q
What are seven components of the Windows Executive?
A
- Object Manager
- Security Reference Monitor
- Process Manager
- Virtual Memory Manager
- I/O Manager
- Asynchronous Local Inter-Process Communication
- Configuration Manager
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