Chapter 13 Review: Windows Under the Hood

Question 1

What tool enables manual editing of the Registry from a COMMAND PROMPT?

Answer 1

reg

Question 2

____ is a command line version of the Task Manager

Answer 2

tasklist

Question 3

What would you type to open the Performance Monitor from Start | Search

Answer 3

perfrmon.msc

Question 4

Performance monitor uses ______ and _____ to create logs about resource usage

Answer 4

• Counters

- Objects

Question 5

You can right click on an item in the _____ of the Task Manager to see associated services

Answer 5

Processes

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT found in Task Manager?

a. Processes
b. Services
c. Users
d. Applications
e. Obejcts

Answer 6

e. Objects

Question 7

What keyboard shortcut allows you to open the Task Manager directly?

Answer 7

CTRL-SHIFT-ESC

Question 8

What is the command line command used to kill a task?

Answer 8

taskkill

Question 9

What would you type to open the Registry Editor for Start | Search

Answer 9

regedit

Question 10

This tab in Task Manager allows you to disconnect Users if you have admin rights

Answer 10

Users

Question 11

What would you type to open the Microsoft Management Console from Start | Search

Answer 11

MMC

Question 12

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT

Answer 12

Combines class objects from other root keys to provide backward compatibility for older applications

Question 13

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

Answer 13

Stores all the data for a system’s non user specific configurations

Question 14

HKEY_CURRENT_USER

Answer 14

Stores current user settings

Question 15

HKEY_USERS

Answer 15

Stores personalized information for each user

Question 16

HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG

Answer 16

Describes only the differences between the current hardware configuration and the standard configuration

Question 17

Right clicking on a process in Windows 7 Process’s tab enables you to do what?

Answer 17

• Set Priority

- Set Affinity

Question 18

What two options enable restoration of a Registry Key?

Answer 18

• Merge Option

- File | Import command

Question 19

Inside the Registry Editor, there are five hives, also known as:

Answer 19

Root keys

Question 20

What would you type to open the Services applet from Start | Search

Answer 20

services.msc

Question 21

What would you type to open the Task Manager from Start | Search

Answer 21

taskmgr

Question 22

This tab in the Task Manager displays overall CPU and memory usage:

Answer 22

Performance

Question 23

The _____ tracks everything about your computer, from file types to user preferences

Answer 23

Registry