You are a senior technician at Certkiller .com. One of the trainees asks you about the difference
between the shutdown options in Windows XP. He wonders which of the options that stores
information on the hard drive, keeps applications open, and shuts the computer down completely?

A.
APM (Advanced Power Management)

B.
ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface)

C.
Standby mode

D.
Hibernate mode

Explanation:
Advanced Power Management(APM) is an API developed by Intel and Microsoft which enables an
operating system running an IBM-compatible personal computer to work with the BIOS (part of the
computer’s firmware) to achieve power management. The Advanced Configuration and Power
Interface (ACPI) specification is an open industry standard first released in December 1996
developed by HP, Intel, Microsoft, Phoenix and Toshiba that defines common interfaces for
hardware recognition, motherboard and device configuration and power management. ACPI is
intended as the successor to APM. Standby mode does not keep applications open.