Chapter 13 - Operating System Administration

Question 1

you are looking at the items in control panel, appearing in category view by default, but it is strongly recommended that you switch to a different view. which view is that?

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Answer 1

classic view / large icons

Question 2

tell me the diference between a workgroup and a domain

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Answer 2

workgroup - computers are loosely associated, each with own security

domain - computers tightly connected, share a common domain name, has a single authority called a domain controller that manages security for all computers

Question 3

what is driver signing for?

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Answer 3

to make sure you are getting drivers that have been checked with Windows 7/Vista/XP

Question 4

two types of environment variables

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Answer 4

user variables

system variables

Question 5

explain to me what happens with you turn system protection/system restore on.

what happens when you turn it off for the system drive?

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Answer 5

OS monitors the changes you make on your drives and periodically creates restore points.

if its off for the system drive, it automatically gets turned off for all the other drives

Question 6

what’s the applet you would use for managing the firewall, automatic updates, and virus protection?

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Answer 6

security center

Question 7

what do you use the ping command for?

what protocol does ping use?

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Answer 7

indicates whether the host can be reached and how long it took for the host o send a return packet.

ICMP

Question 8

what do you use the tracert command for?

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Answer 8

to verify the route to a remote host

Question 9

what do you use the netstat command for?

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Answer 9

to check the inbound and outbound TCP/IP connections on your machine and be used to view packet statistics

Question 10

what do you use IPCONFIG for?

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Answer 10

to determine the network settings on the interface card

Question 11

what is the linux equivalent of ipconfig?

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Answer 11

ifconfig

Question 12

NET command. tell me the 4 NET SHARE parameters and tell me what they do.

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Answer 12

/DELETE - stop sharing a folder
/REMARK - add a comment for browsers
/UNLIMITED - set the user limit to maximum allowed
/USERS - set a specific user limit

Question 13

when you are using the taskkill command, what are two ways you can identify processes?

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Answer 13

by name

by process ID number

Question 14

what do CD, MD, and RD stand for?

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Answer 14

change directory
make directory
remove directory

Question 15

what’s the difference between the FDISK command and the DISKPART command?

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Answer 15

FDISK is not found on windows 7, vista, or xp. you have to go back earlier to find it.
DISKPART took the place of FDISK

Question 16

what does the DISKPART command do?

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Answer 16

allows you to see the partitions on your computer and lets you manage them

Question 17

to find out whether or not the system files are corrupted, what command line utility can you run?

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Answer 17

SFC Command

Question 18

what is the CHKDSK command for?

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Answer 18

to create and display status reports for the hard disk

Question 19

what is the name of the special configuration database where windows configuration information is stored?

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Answer 19

the registry

Question 20

what is the actual name and location of the swap file?

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Answer 20

PAGEFILE.SYS

in the root directory of the drive where you have the OS files

Question 21

you are changing the priority of a process in task manager’s processes. what is the number for low priority, normal priority, and high priority?

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Answer 21

4, 8, 13

Question 22

what shows you system errors, application error logs, and security audit records?

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Answer 22

event viewer

Question 23

in your task scheduler, you have 4 options for configuring tasks. tell me what they are.

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Answer 23

action
condition
setting
trigger

Question 24

what tool allows you to test DirectX functionality?

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Answer 24

DxDiag

Question 25

what’s the difference between hibernate and sleep?

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Answer 25

sleep - keeps session in memory and puts computer in low power state

hibernate - saves session to disk and turns the computer all the way off