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	# Can I use a hypervisor to run standard game console titles on a PC (e.g. run a PS3 or Xbox360 title)?		# Can I use a hypervisor to run standard game console titles on a PC (e.g. run a PS3 or Xbox360 title)?
	# A process can be defined as an address space plus one or more execution contexts. Given this definition, what is a thread?		# A process can be defined as an address space plus one or more execution contexts. Given this definition, what is a thread?
			# Does static or dynamic linking produce smaller executable files? Which consumes less memory (assuming only one program is running)?

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	# How can I hide a file in standard directory listings?		# How can I hide a file in standard directory listings?
	# Can I use a hypervisor to run standard game console titles on a PC (e.g. run a PS3 or Xbox360 title)?		# Can I use a hypervisor to run standard game console titles on a PC (e.g. run a PS3 or Xbox360 title)?
			# A process can be defined as an address space plus one or more execution contexts. Given this definition, what is a thread?

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	# I can copy a file using I/O redirection as follows: <tt>cat /bin/ls > bar</tt>. If I now type ./bar, it won't run. However, if I run another command before typing ./bar, I will get a file listing. What command should I run?		# I can copy a file using I/O redirection as follows: <tt>cat /bin/ls > bar</tt>. If I now type ./bar, it won't run. However, if I run another command before typing ./bar, I will get a file listing. What command should I run?
	# How can I hide a file in standard directory listings?		# How can I hide a file in standard directory listings?
			# Can I use a hypervisor to run standard game console titles on a PC (e.g. run a PS3 or Xbox360 title)?

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	# In UNIX, there are three permissions associated with the user, the user's group, and everyone else. What are those three permissions?		# In UNIX, there are three permissions associated with the user, the user's group, and everyone else. What are those three permissions?
	# I can copy a file using I/O redirection as follows: <tt>cat /bin/ls > bar</tt>. If I now type ./bar, it won't run. However, if I run another command before typing ./bar, I will get a file listing. What command should I run?		# I can copy a file using I/O redirection as follows: <tt>cat /bin/ls > bar</tt>. If I now type ./bar, it won't run. However, if I run another command before typing ./bar, I will get a file listing. What command should I run?
			# How can I hide a file in standard directory listings?

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	# In UNIX, there are three permissions associated with the user, the user's group, and everyone else. What are those three permissions?		# In UNIX, there are three permissions associated with the user, the user's group, and everyone else. What are those three permissions?
	# I can copy a file using I/O redirection as follows: <tt>cat /bin/ls > bar</tt>. If I now type ./bar, it won't run. However, if I ~~first~~ run another command, ./bar will ~~give me~~ a file listing. What command should I run?		# I can copy a file using I/O redirection as follows: <tt>cat /bin/ls > bar</tt>. If I now type ./bar, it won't run. However, if I run another command before typing ./bar, I will get a file listing. What command should I run?

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	# In UNIX, there are three permissions associated with the user, the user's group, and everyone else. What are those three permissions?		# In UNIX, there are three permissions associated with the user, the user's group, and everyone else. What are those three permissions?
	# I can copy a file using I/O redirection as follows: <tt>cat /bin/ls > bar</tt>. If I now type ./bar, will ~~I get~~ a file listing? ~~Why or why not~~?		# I can copy a file using I/O redirection as follows: <tt>cat /bin/ls > bar</tt>. If I now type ./bar, it won't run. However, if I first run another command, ./bar will give me a file listing. What command should I run?

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	## Disks and ethernet		## Disks and ethernet
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			# In UNIX, there are three permissions associated with the user, the user's group, and everyone else. What are those three permissions?
			# I can copy a file using I/O redirection as follows: <tt>cat /bin/ls > bar</tt>. If I now type ./bar, will I get a file listing? Why or why not?

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	# If a CPU does not support hardware virtualization, can you still run a hypervisor?		# If a CPU does not support hardware virtualization, can you still run a hypervisor?
	# Under hardware virtualization, when an interrupt happens, which runs first - a hypervisor or a kernel?		# Under hardware virtualization, when an interrupt happens, which runs first - a hypervisor or a kernel?
			# A hypervisor provides what sort of interface to programs that run on it?
			## Files and sockets
			## Disks and ethernet
			## ???

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	==Sample Questions==		==Sample Questions==

	#		# If you see a zombie process during normal system operation, how can you get rid of it?
			# Hypervisors multiplex computer hardware between what kind of programs?
			# What CPU mode does the kernel run in?
			# If a CPU does not support hardware virtualization, can you still run a hypervisor?
			# Under hardware virtualization, when an interrupt happens, which runs first - a hypervisor or a kernel?

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			==Key Concepts==

	For this test, you should understand the following terms and how they interrelate at a high level:		For this test, you should understand the following terms and how they interrelate at a high level:
	* processes: fork, zombie processes		* processes: fork, zombie processes
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	* virtualization versus emulation		* virtualization versus emulation

			==Sample Questions==

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	~~Below are a set of sample questions.~~