Professional Technician Interview Preparation Guide

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To achieve maximum efficiency and reliability a mode of operation known as symmetric multiprocessing is used. In essence, with SMP any process or threads can be assigned to any processor.

The special thread a dispatcher will execute when no ready thread is found.

Page swapping or page replacements are called page cannibalizing.

A binary semaphore is one, which takes only 0 and 1 as values. They are used to implement mutual exclusion and synchronize concurrent processes.

When the OS at the explicit request of another process creates a process, this action is called process spawning.

While you may not know the company/organization's "motto" word-for-word, it is essential to understand what the company/organization is trying to accomplish, and for what reasons. Using that knowledge, construct a statement that confirms this understanding.

No. Well, unless you're talking about murderers, racists, rapists, thieves or other dastardly characters, you can work with anyone. Otherwise you could be flagged as someone who's picky and difficult if you say, "I can't work with anyone who's a Bronco's fan. Sorry."

C2 level security.

Encapsulation, Object class and instance.

This question can clue you in to personality characteristics or qualities that may not be apparent through the resume or traditional interview questions.

It is a phenomenon in virtual memory schemes when the processor spends most of its time swapping pages, rather than executing instructions. This is due to an inordinate number of page faults.

Discussing what you found most enjoyable about your last job is a good way for your interviewer to understand where your interests lie in a professional context. Bringing up specific examples of things you enjoyed at your previous job and explaining why you enjoyed them most will be the best approach to this question.

If you’ve never had a job, it’s likely that you will not be asked this question. Rest easy.

☛ swapping
☛ interactive user request
☛ timing
☛ parent process request

Unless you have the I.Q. of a houseplant, you'll always answer YES to this one. It's the only answer. How can anyone function inside an organization if they are a loner? You may want to mention what part you like to play in a team though; it's a great chance to explain that you're a natural leader.

Private clients usually have single separate computers to troubleshoot. Larger companies usually have computer networks on their premises. It requires a special sort of expertise to know how to handle interconnected systems. It might take some research and understanding of the specific companies’ infrastructure and information technology needs.

Although you cannot be absolutely sure about how your professors or past supervisors would describe you, you can always guess. Because your answer will be a guess, it’s best to lead the statement with “my best guess is…” or something of that nature. This question is a great opportunity for you to use those individuals as references or offer them up to your interviewer as such.

Making the decision to pursue your academic field or area of professional interest probably wasn’t an instantaneous decision (or a matter resolved by flipping a coin). So think about your personal investment into your major/area of work and your sentiments regarding what you have chosen to study or actively practice that in the professional world, and the rationale for your decision may come more easily to you. Reply with reasons that are both earnest and honest, while showing enthusiasm. Additionally, even though it might be tempting to explain your choice using a lengthy story, try to keep your reasons reasonably brief and concise.

The standard minimal expectation is an associate (or equivalent) degree. Some corporations issue certificates which do not replace the associate degree, but they do add value to the resume. A technician has to be truly exceptional with hardware and software, with proven years of significant experience, to be seriously considered for a position.

It does not have the features like
☛ ability to support multiple processors
☛ virtual storage
☛ source level debugging

It may be tempting to interpret this question literally, but an interviewer is not typically looking for an answer that involves certain aspects of your persona or general history. Instead, this question allows you to give your interviewer a solid and specific reason to hire you instead of any other candidate. Provide your interviewer with a career or academic story that highlights a unique success that may be pertinent to the position's primary objective, and build on that as you continue your response.

An interviewer that asks this question could potentially be curious about where your priorities lie, and if you have the ability to multitask and do it well. Answer honestly, and if you did work while in school, explain how you were able to conduct yourself under stress and manage your time effectively while undertaking these two large time commitments.

Questions like these are often asked to assess how you would respond to potential workplace scenarios and situations. Prepare to talk about 3 scenarios in which you faced conflict or difficulty in either work or school, had difficulty with either a supervisor or peer, and a leadership opportunity or a project you are particularly proud of.

The set of dispatchable processes is in a safe state if there exists at least one temporal order in which all processes can be run to completion without resulting in a deadlock.

This is your chance to shine. You're being asked to explain why you are a great employee, so don't hold back and stay do stay positive. You could be someone who thrives under pressure, a great motivator, an amazing problem solver or someone with extraordinary attention to detail. If your greatest strength, however, is to drink anyone under the table or get a top score on Mario Kart, keep it to yourself. The interviewer is looking for work-related strengths.

Of course, you have a list as long as your arm. But you can't say that, it shows you as being negative and difficult to work with. The best way to answer this one is to think for a while and then say something like "I've always got on just fine with my co-workers actually."