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Chatper 5 Flashcards

1
Q

Which two methods should a technician use to update a device driver? (Choose two.)

A

Download the driver from the website of the mfr

Use the media that came with the device

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What is the term for the ability of a computer to run multiple applications at the same time?

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Multitasking

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3
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What is used by an operating system to communicate with hardware components?

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Device Driver

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Which application interface is comprised of multiple APIs that support multimedia tasks in Windows operating systems?

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DirectX

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5
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A user downloads and uses the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor to generate a report on a PC that is being considered for an operating system upgrade. What information would the report contain?

A

Recommended changes to hardware

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What are two features of the active partition of a hard drive that is using MBR? (Choose two.)

A

The OS uses the active partition to boot the system

The active partition must be a primary partition

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What is the purpose of a recovery partition?

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To restore the computer to its factory state

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A Windows 8 computer locks up with a stop error during startup and then automatically reboots. The automatic restart setting is making it difficult to see any error messages. What can be done so that the error messages can be viewed?

A

Access the Advanced Startup options menu before the OS loads to disable the auto restart function

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9
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A user installs a new video driver on a computer that was working properly. After the new driver is installed and the computer is restarted, the computer fails to boot. How can the user quickly return the computer to a working state?

A

Press F8 while the computer is booting and choose ‘Last Known Good Configuration’ option

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10
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Where are the settings that are chosen during the installation process stored?

A

In the Registry

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A technician is considering implementing RAID 5 before installing Windows. Which technology does RAID 5 use?

A

Striping with Parity

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12
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What is a characteristic of a spanned volume?

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Data is seen as one volume, but stored across two or more disks

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A user has upgraded a PC to Windows 7 but still needs to use an application that is created for the earlier version of Windows. Which mode of operation within Windows 7 can be used to run the application?

A

Compatibility Mode

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14
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Within which folder would a user of 64-bit Windows 8 find 32-bit programs?

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C:\Program Files (x86)

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15
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a system that provides a method of organizing an operating system and user data files within a device. Different file systems have different characteristics to be aware of.

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file system

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16
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formatting will configure a disk with a file system and erase any data on the disk

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formatting

17
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an independent section of an extended partition used to separate and organize data

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logical drive

18
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the capability for choosing between two or more operating systems to boot from when a computer is turned on. A separate partition is required for each operating system.

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multiboot

19
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the ability of an operating system to support two ore more CPUs at the same time

A

multiprocessing

20
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the ability to run two or more programs at the same time

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multitasking

21
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the ability of an operating system to run different parts of a program at the same time

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multithreading

22
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the ability for two or more simultaneous users to work on the same device

A

multiuser

23
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an operating system designed to support multiple users with multiuser applications and network resources

A

network operating system

24
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the very first partition where an operating system can be installed. There can be up to four primary partitions

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primary partition

25
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the area of a Windows computer that contains a large amount of configuration information and settings about installed programs and system hardware

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Windows Registry

26
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a partition that contains a boot loader to load an operating system from a disk

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active partition

27
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the ability to transfer user data and system settings from an old operating system to a new one

A

data migration

28
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an operating system that is designed for a limited number of users for SOHO environments

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desktop operating system

29
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the process of assigning a letter to a physical or logical drive on a device

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drive mapping

30
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an extended partition can contain an unlimited amount of logical drives. There can only be one extended partition per disk

A

extended partition

31
Q

Which application interface is comprised of multiple APIs that support multimedia tasks in Windows operating systems?

A

Direct X

32
Q

What is critical to consider when determining the version of Windows to install on a desktop computer?

A

Customized Applications Installed

33
Q

What are two features of the active partition of a hard drive that is using MBR? (Choose two.)

A
  • The operating system uses the active partition to boot the systems
  • The active partition must be a primary partition
34
Q

What Windows 8 tool allows the computer to be rolled back to its factory state without losing any user files?

A

Refresh your PC

35
Q

A Windows 8 computer locks up with a stop error during startup and then automatically reboots. The automatic restart setting is making it difficult to see any error messages. What can be done so that the error messages can be viewed?

A

Access the Advanced Startup options menu before the OS loads to disable the auto restart function

36
Q

Where are the settings that are chosen during the installation process stored?

A

In the Registry

37
Q

A technician is considering implementing RAID 5 before installing Windows. Which technology does RAID 5 use?

A

Striping with Parity

38
Q

A user has upgraded a PC to Windows 7 but still needs to use an application that is created for the earlier version of Windows. Which mode of operation within Windows 7 can be used to run the application?

A

Compatibility Mode

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