Operating systems (4)

Question 1

Your Windows 7 workstation has one physical hard drive with one partition that takes up the entire drive. You want to create a second partition on the drive. What is the easiest way to accomplish this?

Delete the partition and create two partitions.

Create a secondary partition within the existing partition.

Shrink the partition and create a second one in the empty space.

Answer 1

Shrink the partition and create a second one in the empty space.

With Windows Disk Management, you can shrink a partition. Then with the empty space, you can create a new partition. Remember that you can have a maximum of four partitions if on an MBR drive. Drives partitioned as dynamic disks do not have the four partition rule

Question 2

You have a Windows 7 workstation, and you are planning system configuration changes. Which utility allows you to make a backup of your system configuration before making these changes?

System Restore

Windows Backup

BitLocker

Answer 2

System Restore

Restore points are created in the System Restore utility. A restore point is a copy of your system configuration at a given point in time. Restore points are useful for when Windows fails to boot but the computer appears to be fine otherwise, or when Windows doesn’t seem to be acting right and you think it was because of a recent configuration change

Question 3

You are at a Windows 8.1 command prompt. Which command can you type to see a list of system commands available to you?

dir

list

help

Answer 3

help

The help command does what it says: It gives you help. If you just type help and press Enter, your computer gives you a list of system commands that you can type. To get more information, type the name of a command that you want to learn about after typing help. For example, type help rd and press Enter, and you will get information about the rd command

Question 4

A Windows 7 workstation will not boot properly. Upon boot, you receive the error message, “Boot sector not found.” You boot to the Windows installation CD and enter the Windows Recovery Environment. Which command should you use to fix this error?

bootrec. exe /rebuildbcd
bootrec. exe /fixmbr
bootrec. exe /fixboot

Answer 4

bootrec.exe /fixboot

The bootrec.exe utility can be run in Windows 8/8.1, Windows 7, or Windows Vista to interact with the Master Boot Record (MBR), boot sector, or Boot Configuration Data (BCD) store. The options for bootrec are /fixboot (to write a new boot sector), /fixmbr (to write a new MBR), /rebuildbcd (to rebuild the BCD store), and /scanos (to scan all disks for installations the Boot Manager menu is not listing)

Question 5

You need to format a hard drive so you can install Windows 7 on it. Which file system will you not be able to choose?

NFS

FAT32

ext4

Answer 5

ext4

The ext3 and ext4 file systems are supported by Linux but not natively by Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8/8.1

Question 6

Which feature of Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8/8.1 allows you to use a removable drive as temporary cache space to speed up the system?

OneDrive

ReadyBoost

Shadow Copy

Answer 6

ReadyBoost

ReadyBoost allows you to use free space on a removable drive (usually USB) as virtual memory and speed up a system. For the option even to be possible, at least 256 MB of space must be available on the removable media. ReadyBoost is configured from the ReadyBoost tab of the Properties dialog box for the removable media device

Question 7

You have purchased a dozen Windows 8.1 workstations from a computer vendor. The vendor has set aside space on the hard drive to hold an extra copy of key operating system files. What is this space called?

Restore partition

Recovery partition

Reinstallation partition

Answer 7

Recovery partition

A recovery partition is an area of the hard drive set aside to hold files that can be used to recover the operating system in the event of a failure. You can copy the information from this partition to another location (usually a USB drive) to use in the event that the partition fails

Question 8

You want to configure a Windows 8.1 workstation to boot from an external hard drive. Which of the following must be true for that to happen? (Choose two.)

The drive must be USB.

The computer’s BIOS must support it.

BitLocker needs to be enabled.

The external drive must be listed in the BIOS boot order.

Answer 8

The computer’s BIOS must support it.

The external drive must be listed in the BIOS boot order.

Rather than booting from an internal drive, it is possible to install and boot Windows from an external drive if your BIOS supports it (and looks for the external drive in the boot order). As silly as it sounds, bear in mind when taking the exam that an external drive will not boot if it is not found at startup

Question 9

Which version of Windows was the first to feature side-by-side apps, where two applications can be snapped to the side of a widescreen display, each taking up half of the screen?

Windows Vista

Windows 7

Windows 8

Answer 9

Windows 8

Windows 8 was the first to feature side-by-side apps. Snapped applications will take up half of the screen by default. On larger screens, up to four apps can be snapped. Windows 7 does allow vertical or horizontal stacking of application displays by right-clicking on the Taskbar and choosing to show the windows stacked. Not exactly the same, but similar

Question 10

The data storage partition on your Windows 7 workstation is nearly out of room. It’s configured as a basic volume. What needs to be true for you to extend this partition? (Choose two.)

You need to convert it to a dynamic volume.

It must be formatted with NTFS.

It must be extended into contiguous free space.

It must be a primary partition.

Answer 10

It must be formatted with NTFS.

It must be extended into contiguous free space.

In Windows Vista and newer, you can extend existing partitions to give them more space, provided of course that the hard disk has unpartitioned space available. To extend a basic volume, it either needs to be raw or formatted with NTFS, and you can only extend it into contiguous disk space. Both primary and extended partitions can be extended. Only dynamic disks can be extended into noncontiguous space

Question 11

You have a Windows 7 workstation configured in a workgroup. Before you reboot your computer to apply a change, you want to be sure that no one else is remotely connected to your workstation. Which administrative tool can you use to do this?

Users and Groups

Performance Monitor

Task Manager

Answer 11

Task Manager

Task Manager’s Users tab provides you with information about the users connected to the local machine. You’ll see the username, ID, status, client name, and session type. You can right-click the name of any connected user to perform a variety of functions, including sending the user a message, disconnecting the user, logging off the user, and initiating a remote-control session to the user’s machine

Question 12

You are installing a new network for a small office. They are concerned about security and therefore want it managed by one computer. When installing the Windows computers, what type of network setup will you choose?

HomeGroup

Distributed

Domain

Answer 12

Domain

A domain is a group of computers that are tightly connected or associated and share a common domain name. It has a single authority (called a domain controller) that manages security for all of the computers. All users will log in to the Windows domain using their centrally created user account

Question 13

You are at a Windows 7 command prompt. A process has frozen and is making the computer slow to respond. What is the syntax used to find the process and how much CPU time it has used?

tasklist /s

tasklist /v

tasklist /c

Answer 13

tasklist /v

The tasklist utility is used at the command line to see a list of all the running processes (and their process ID number), similar to what you see in the GUI by using Task Manager. By default, it shows the processes on the current machine, but the /s switch can be used to see the processes on a remote machine. /svc will show the services hosted in each process, and you can use /u if you need to run the command as another user. The /v switch is for verbose mode, which will show details such as CPU time and memory usage. /c is not a valid tasklist switch

Question 14

You are migrating user files and applications for a few user accounts from Windows Vista to Windows 7. Which tool does Microsoft recommend you use to make this transfer?

User State Migration Tool (USMT)

Windows Easy Transfer (WET)

Windows Migration Tool (WMT)

Answer 14

Windows Easy Transfer (WET)

If you are migrating only a few accounts, Microsoft recommends Windows Easy Transfer (WET) instead of USMT. You don’t need to use either one if you chose the Upgrade option and are doing an inplace upgrade because user files and applications are preserved

Question 15

You are at a Windows 8.1 command prompt, in the D:\users\jdoe\files directory. What command can you use to get to the D:\ directory?

cd\

cd..

cd/

Answer 15

cd\

The cd, md, and rd commands are used to change (or display), make, and remove directories, respectively. They’re shorthand versions of the chdir, mkdir, and rmdir commands. To get back to the root directory, use cd\; the cd.. command will take you up one directory

Question 16

You have a Windows 7 workstation that you suspect has faulty memory. Which Microsoft tool should you use to check it?

Device Manager

Windows Memory Diagnostics

Task Scheduler

Answer 16

Windows Memory Diagnostics

The Windows Memory Diagnostics tool can be used to check a system for memory problems. For the tool to work, the system must be restarted. The two options that it offers are to restart the computer now and check for problems or to wait and check for problems on the next restart

Question 17

You have several important files on your computer that you can’t afford to lose. Which Windows utility should you run to ensure that you have a replica of these files?

System Restore

Disk Management

Backup

Answer 17

Backup

An important aspect of disk management is backing up the data on your drives. Toward that end, Windows has a built-in backup feature called Backup. The Backup utility in each of the different versions of Windows has different capabilities, with newer versions having greater capabilities. In general, you can either run a wizard to create a backup job or manually specify the files to back up. You can also run backup jobs or schedule them to run at specific times at a specific interval

Question 18

You are at a Windows 8.1 command prompt. A remote Windows 7 workstation named Wanda is misbehaving and needs to be shut down and rebooted. What is the proper syntax to shut down this remote system?

shutdown /r /m \wanda

shutdown /s /m \wanda

shutdown /r /c \wanda

Answer 18

shutdown /r /m \wanda

The shutdown command can be used to shut down and restart computers, either the system you are on or a remote one. The /s switch is used to shut down a computer, and /r is used for a full shutdown and reboot. The /m switch followed by the computer name is used to specify the remote computer. The /c switch is for comments

Question 19

You are preparing to install Windows 8.1 on a computer with a solid-state drive (SSD). What does Microsoft recommend you run to optimize performance on this drive?

WinSAT.exe formal

WinSAT.exe prepop

WinSAT.exe moobe

Answer 19

WinSAT.exe formal

Just as Windows 8 can run from USB, internal, and external drives, it can also run on solid-state drives (SSDs), as long as they meet the standard minimum requirements for size (a minimum of 16 GB, in this case). Microsoft recommends that WinSAT.exe formal be used to optimize Windows for the SSD. The command reduces the number of write operations that Windows makes

Question 20

You are looking at a Windows 7 workstation’s hard drives using the Disk Management utility. You want to find the partition that the computer boots from. What must the partition be marked?

Basic

Primary

Active

Answer 20

Active

The partition from which the operating system boots must be designated as active. Only one partition on a disk may be marked active

Question 21

You are at a Windows 10 command prompt. You believe that some of the Windows system files are corrupt. Which command should you use to scan and repair problematic system files?

sfc /scannow

sfc /verifyfile

sfc /verifyonly

Answer 21

sfc /verifyonly

The command switch “/scannow” will scan for corrupted, changed or missing Windows system files. Where System File Checker finds wrong files, it replaces with the correct versions. The “/verifyfile” and “/verifyonly” switches will not replace or repair file. The switch “/scanfile” will scan and, if necessary, replace, a specific referenced file

Question 22

You have just configured an alternative IP address on a Windows 8.1 workstation. What is the purpose of configuring this alternative address?

To allow the workstation to participate on multiple networks

To allow the workstation to have an IPv4 and IPv6 address at the same time

To provide an alternate address if the first choice is not available

Answer 22

To provide an alternate address if the first choice is not available

Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows 8/8.1 all allow the use of an alternate IP address. This is an address that is configured for the system to use in the event the first choice is not available. For an alternate configuration to be set, the first choice has to be dynamic—the tab becomes visible only when the General configuration is set to Obtain An IP Address Automatically, and the alternate is used only if the primary address cannot be found/used, such as when the DHCP server is down

Question 23

You are at a Windows command prompt. You remember the name of the command-line tool that you want to run, but you don’t remember the switch you need to use with it. What switch can you use to show the context and switches used for that command? (Choose two.)

/help

/?

/*

/#

Answer 23

/help

/?

Conventionally, the forward slash followed by a question mark provides the full list of possible switches with a brief explanation of how to use them. For most commands, the forward slash followed by help will return the same menu