Operating System Administration Flashcards
The ____ applet is used to configure the system time, date, and time zone settings, which can be important for files that require accurate time stamps or to users who don’t have a watch.
Date and Time
From this applet, you can choose what format is used for numbers, the layout of the keyboard you are using, your geographic location, and the language to be used for non-Unicode programs.
INTL.CPL
The ability to support so many languages is provided through the use of the ____.
Unicode Standard.
In Unicode, and the Unicode Character Set (UCS), each character has a 16-bit value. This allows the same character to be interpreted/represented by 65,536 different entities.
The Internet Options applet ____ brings up the Internet properties
(INETCPL.CPL)
This applet is used when you want to configure the browser environment and programs used for working with files found online.
Internet Options applet
(INETCPL.CPL
the ____ command is used to wipe data off disks and prepare them for new use.
Format
What switch specifies a new volume label?
/V:[label]
if you wanted to format your D: drive as NTFS, with a name of HDD2, you would type the following:
FORMAT D: /FS:NTFS /V:HDD2
Use the ____ command to copy directories.
xcopy
What does the xcopy switch /G perform?
Allows copying of encrypted files to a destination that does not support encryption.
What does the xcopy switch /H perform?
Copies hidden and system files as well.
What does the xcopy switch /O perform?
Copies file ownership and ACL information (NTFS permissions).
The ____ utility shows the partitions and lets you manage them on the computer’s hard drives.
DISKPART
The ____ is a command-line-based utility that checks and verifies the versions of system files on your computer.
System File Checker (SFC)
if system files are corrupted, the SFC will replace the corrupted files with correct versions.
What does the SFC switch /SCANFILE perform?
Scans a file that you specify and fixes problems if they are found.
You can use the Windows ____ utility to create and display status reports for the hard disk.
Chkdsk
This utility is used to update Group Policy settings.
GPUPDATE
The ___ command is used to display a list of the files and folders/subdirectories within a directory.
DIR
What does the DIR switch /S perform?
Recursively searches through subdirectories as well as the current directory.
What does the DIR switch /Q perform?
Shows file ownership.
The ____ command can be used to expand one or more compressed files—usually from update files such as security patches or critical updates.
EXPAND
The Registry is broken down into a series of separate areas called ____.
hives
Which registry hive includes information about which filename extensions map to particular applications?
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT:
Which registry hive holds all configuration information specific to a particular user, such as their Desktop settings and history information?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER:
Which registry hive includes nearly all configuration information about the actual computer hardware and software?
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE:
____ was based more on VFAT than on FAT16. It allowed for 32-bit cluster addressing, which in turn provided for a maximum partition size of 2 terabytes (2048GB).
FAT32
Microsoft created ____, and it is a proprietary filesystem of choice for flash drives where NTFS cannot be used (because of overhead) and FAT32 is not acceptable (due to filesystem limitations).
ExFAT
____ was created by Sun Microsystems a number of decades ago, and it is widely used in Unix and then Linux environments.
NFS
With a ___ format, a new file table is created on the hard disk, but files are not fully overwritten or erased from the disk.
quick
You have been told to use the /FIXBOOT switch to write a new boot sector on a Windows 7 machine. Which command does this switch work with?
BOOTREC
In Windows, which of the following is the filesystem of choice for CD media?
CDFS
Virtual memory is configured through which system tool?
System Applet
What partition is specifically the partition from which the operating system boots?
Active Partition
Which command lists all running processes at the command line?
TASKLIST
Which of the following tools allows you to test DirectX functionality?
DxDiag
What switch can be used with ROBOCOPY to mirror a complete directory tree?
/MIR
The ____ tool, displays a fairly thorough list of settings on the machine. You cannot change any values from here, but you can search, export, save, and run a number of utilities (accessed through the Tools menu option).
Msinfo32
What Msinfo32 switch allows you to specify a remote computer on which to run the utility?
/computer
What Msinfo32 switch creates a file and saves it with an .TXT filename extension
/report
What Msinfo32 switch creates a file and saves it with an .NFO filename extension
/nfo
____ is used to configure remote desktop connections.
MSTSC (Remote Desktop Connection)
This power state saves all of the contents of memory to the hard drive, preserves all data and applications exactly where they are, and allows the computer to power off completely.
Hibernate
______ is a standard that provides power management features for laptops, desktops, and servers.
ACPI
What utility is used to view and manage the logs of security events on a computer running Windows XP Professional?
Event Viewer
What command-line utility is used to check the digital signatures of Windows system files?
System File Checker (SFC)
What key combinations invokes the Task Manager in a Windows 2000 computer?
Control+Shift+Escape
To verify that the modem is functioning properly, Sofia will have to use the utility. Device Manager is a Windows utility used to manage devices on a computer.
Device Manager
The following happens when data is stored in virtual memory:
An application loads and requests memory from the system.
The VMM assigns it a page of memory addresses from within the virtual memory space.
The application stores information in one or more of the virtual memory locations.
The VMM maps the virtual address the application uses to a physical location in RAM.
As physical RAM becomes full, the VMM moves inactive data from memory to the pagefile in a process called paging or swapping.
The ___ known as Security Center in Windows Vista—is used to manage the firewall, automatic updates, and virus protection.
Action Center applet (WSCUI.CPL)
The ____ applet allows you to configure a power plan dictating when devices, namely the display device and the computer, will turn off or be put to sleep.
Power Options (POWERCFG.CPL)
The SFC switch /SCANFILE performs ___.
Scans a file that you specify and fixes problems if they are found.
The SFC switch /SCANNOW performs ___
Immediately scans all protected system files.
The SFC switch /VERIFYONLY performs __
Scans protected system files and does not make any repairs or changes.
The ___ command is used to show the Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) report/values for a remote user and computer.
GPRESULT
___ Removes all directories and files in the specified directory, including the specified directory itself.
RD /S [drive:][path]
What does the command RD /Q Quiet mode perform?
You won’t be asked whether you’re sure you want to delete the specified directory when you use /S.
The ___ command-line tool opens the System Configuration Utility dialog box, which can be used to troubleshoot and resolve startup errors, resolve unwanted prompts by third party users, find and resolve problems with running services, and resolve the errors regarding boot paths configured on multi-boot computers
msconfig
