Operating systems (5) Flashcards
Which Windows feature, introduced with Vista, is designed to prevent unintentional or unauthorized changes to the computer by prompting for permission to continue?
PowerShell
Security Center
User Account Control
User Account Control
The User Account Control (UAC) is intended to prevent unintentional/unauthorized changes to the computer by either prompting for permission to continue or requiring the administrator password before continuing. It has the sole purpose of keeping the user from running programs that could potentially pose a threat by requiring escalating privileges for many actions
You are working at a Windows 7 command prompt. Which of the following commands require administrative privileges to run? (Choose two.)
chkdsk
diskpart
tasklist
sfc
diskpart
sfc
Because of the power they possess, the disk partitioning (diskpart) and system file checker (sfc) commands require administrative privileges
A user reports that her Windows 8.1 workstation seems to be having issues with the operating system. You want to repair the installation but allow her to keep her personal files and apps. Which option should you choose in the Windows Recovery Environment?
Restore
Recover
Refresh
Refresh
When a problem pops up with the Windows 8 operating system, you can boot into the Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and repair it by choosing to refresh, reset, or restore it. Refreshing it keeps personal files and settings along with the default apps and those that you installed from the Windows Store. Resetting reinstalls Windows and deletes all but the default apps (meaning that you lose your personal files and settings). Restoring allows you to just undo recent system changes
Users are sending jobs to a printer managed by a Windows 7 computer, but the jobs are not printing. The printer is online and connected. From your A+ test preparation, you know that you are supposed to stop and restart the print spooler. Where can you do this?
Computer Management ➢ Device Manager
Computer Management ➢ Services
Control Panel ➢ Printers and Scanners
Computer Management ➢ Services
The print spooler is a Windows service; therefore, it is managed through the Services applet in Computer Management. You can also open Services by typing services.msc into the Windows Run box
You are at a Windows 8 workstation and have a command prompt open. Which of the following commands is used to refresh Group Policy settings and force their changes to take effect?
gpresult
gprefresh
gpupdate
gpupdate
The gpupdate tool is used to update Group Policy settings. It refreshes, or changes, both local and Active Directory–based policies and replaces some of the functionality that previously existed with secedit
You are training new technicians on network sharing. How do you tell them to identify administrative shares?
They all start with the word admin.
They all end with a dollar sign ($).
They all end with an at symbol (@).
They all end with a dollar sign ($).
Administrative shares are created on servers running Windows on the network for administrative purposes. These shares can differ slightly based on which OS is running, but they end with a dollar sign ($) to make them hidden. There is one for each volume on a hard drive (C$, D$, and so forth) as well as admin$ (the root folder—usually C:\WINDOWS), and print$ (where the print drivers are located). These are created for use by administrators and usually require administrator privileges to access
Which of the following describes the functionality of compatibility mode in Windows 7?
It allows you to run 32-bit applications within a 32-bit operating system.
It allows you to run programs designed for a different operating system than Windows.
It allows you to configure programs to believe they are running on an older version of Windows.
It allows you to configure programs to believe they are running on an older version of Windows.
Program Compatibility is included with various versions of Windows to configure programs to believe that they are running with an older version of Windows. To enable it for Windows 7, for example, choose Start ➢ Control Panel ➢ Programs and then click Run Programs Made For Previous Versions of Windows
You would like to configure a test workstation to be able to boot to Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.1. Which of the following statements is true regarding installation of these operating systems?
You can’t install all three operating systems on one workstation.
You should install the oldest operating system first and work toward the newest.
You should install the newest operating system first and work toward the oldest.
You should install the oldest operating system first and work toward the newest.
If there is sufficient space on a machine and the hardware will support it, you can have more than one operating system and choose which one to run when you boot. A rule of thumb from Microsoft is that you should always install older operating systems first and then work forward (have Windows Vista on before installing Windows 7 and then Windows 8, for example)
You are installing a Windows 8.1 client in a Windows Server 2012 R2 domain. The client computer will need to be able to implement file and share permissions. Which Windows-native file system best meets your needs?
FAT32
NFS
NTFS
NTFS
Introduced along with Windows NT, NTFS is available with all current versions of Windows. NTFS is a much more advanced file system in almost every way than all versions of the FAT file system. It includes such features as individual file security, compression, and RAID support as well as support for extremely large file and partition sizes and disk transaction monitoring. It is the file system of choice for higher-performance computing
You need the ability to remotely boot up computers on the network by sending a signal to their network cards. Which technology do you need to ensure that the network cards support?
Remote Boot
Wake-on-LAN
NetBIOS
Wake-on-LAN
Wake-on-LAN is an Ethernet standard implemented via a network card that allows a “sleeping” machine to awaken when it receives a wakeup signal
You are at a Windows 7 command prompt, and you need to kill the process named winword.exe. What is the right context to kill this process?
taskkill /IM winword.exe
taskkill /PID winword.exe
taskkill /S winword.exe
taskkill /IM winword.exe
The taskkill command is used to terminate processes, just as you can do in Task Manager in Windows. To kill a process by its name, use the /IM switch. If you know the process ID, use the /PID switch. The /S switch is used to specify a remote system, and the /FI switch applies a filter to a set of tasks
You have created a reference image for an unattended installation. Now you need to edit the image for customization of a few workstations. Which tool should you use to easily do this?
Sysprep
ADK
MDT
Sysprep
For an unattended installation, you create a reference image for deployment to the physical machines. Once it’s created, you can edit this image with the System Preparation Tool (Sysprep) and create a Windows Imaging (WIM) file to roll out
You are installing a Windows Vista workstation on a network. The network is small, and each user manages their own security. What type of network setup is most appropriate for this workstation?
Workgroup
HomeGroup
Localgroup
Workgroup
When configuring Windows, the three types of networks from which you can choose are workgroup, HomeGroup, and domain. A workgroup is a loosely associated group of computers, each of which is its own security authority, that share a common workgroup name. Domains have centralized security. Only Windows 7 and newer computers can join a HomeGroup
You are installing Windows 8.1 on a workstation and want to create a striped volume on its three hard disks. What type of partition do you need to create in Disk Management to allow this?
Primary
Logical
Dynamic
Dynamic
Windows supports both basic and dynamic storage. Basic storage can only have primary and extended partitions. Dynamic partitions can be simple, spanned, or striped volumes. Sometimes you will hear of a logical partition as one that spans multiple physical disks, as in this scenario. However, Disk Management does not allow you to create something called a logical partition
You have a desktop computer running Windows Vista Starter 64-bit. To which of the following operating systems can you do an in-place upgrade?
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
None of the above
None of the above
Windows Vista Starter versions are not upgradeable to Windows 7. You can still buy Windows 7 and install it, but you will need to do a clean installation instead (in other words, you won’t be able to keep your existing files unless you back them up and restore them)
