Lesson 5 - Chapter 1: Using Task Manager

Question 1

What are programs?

Answer 1

Executable files

Question 2

When programs are loaded into RAM, what are they called then?

Answer 2

a process

Question 3

What are the chunks of data called that a process sends to the CPU for processing? What happens after? (2)

Answer 3

1. Threads
2. Makes use of the data the CPU returns

Question 4

Processes that open in a window (or full screen) and end when you close the window are called?

Answer 4

Applications

Question 5

Processes that don’t require a window and run invisibly in the background fulfilling support roles are called what? (___ or____ ____)

Answer 5

Services or background processes

Question 6

Where is the app history tab located?

Answer 6

Task Manager

Question 7

What task manager tab can be used to monitor employee activities, check for malware using up CPU resources, and determine problem apps?

Answer 7

App History

Question 8

From which task manager tab can you stop and restart a service if for example a printer isn’t working you can stop and restart the Spooler service?

Answer 8

Services tab

Question 9

What are the 7 tabs you’ll see in Task Manager?

Answer 9

1. Processes
2. Performance
3. App History
4. Startup
5. Users
6. Details
7. Services

Question 10

What Task Manager tab do you go to to shut down an unresponsive app?

Answer 10

Processes tab

Question 11

Though you can end as task from the Details tab, why should you avoid doing this?

Answer 11

Because the Details tab lists multiple processes that an app can run so you can end up shutting down only part of an application and locking up the system

Question 12

What are 2 reasons Windows could be having sluggish performance? What usually corrects the issue? (3)

Answer 12

1. An app is malfunctioning and hogging system resources
2. Too many apps are running at once too much for RAM

a restart usually corrects the problem

Question 13

If a restart doesn’t fix a bogged down PC, what are 3 other things you can do?

Answer 13

1. Check the Processes tab in the Task Manager end resource hogger
2. Check the Performance tab and perform actions to see which action is causing a slowdown
3. Disable the app at startup

Question 14

Why should you look at Startup apps when you have system slowdown issues?

Answer 14

Because each non-essential app at startup adds a few seconds and RAM overhead which adds up cumulatively

Question 15

What are 4 ways to prevent an app from loading at startup?

Answer 15

1. Disable in Task Manager
2. Disable it through the app’s own settings (cleaner, long-term solution removes option from Registry)
3. Uninstall the app - if still starts, uninstall through Control Panel
4. Prevent startup by rewriting the Registry file

Question 16

What utility provides expanded versions of the task manager’s Performance and Details tab?

Answer 16

Resource Monitor

Question 17

How do you view the number of threads each process is using?

Answer 17

Resource Monitor

Question 18

What does the resource monitor show? (2)

Answer 18

1. A detailed list of running processes
2. Monitors key system resources

Question 19

For the Task Manager, you can select between more details and fewer details in both Win 10 and 11. T or F?

Answer 19

False, only Win 10 allows us to change the detail view

Question 20

In the Processes tab, processes that are not associated with any particular app are listed in the ____ section

Answer 20

Windows processes section

Question 21

In the Users tab, you can see users who….?

Answer 21

are currently signed into the PC

Question 22

What’s the executable file of Task Manager?

Answer 22

taskmgr.exe

Question 23

What’s the executable file of the resource monitor and performance monitor?

Answer 23

resource monitor = resmon.exe
performance monitor = perfmon.exe