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1
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Responsible for controlling a computer

A

Operating System Software

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2
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Four main functions of all os

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  • Provide a user interface
  • manage files
  • manage hardware
  • manage applications
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3
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Windows OEM can only be installed on?

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New PC for resale

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4
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Usually on the right side of the taskbar and displays open services

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Notification area (system tray or stystray)

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5
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A program that runs in the background

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Services

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6
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What was the Windows 8 interface formerly called?

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Metro User Interface or Metro UI

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7
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What is the initial screen that is displayed?

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Desktop

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8
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What is a mini app that provides information such as time, date, news headlines, or weather. Found on windows 7 desktop

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Gadgets

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9
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Where is the windows desktop folder located?

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In the File System

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10
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A windows 7 what is a collection of folders?

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Library

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11
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What root directory is the top of hierarchical structure of subdirectories?

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C:\

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12
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A hard drive is divided into what?

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Partitions

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13
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Each volume on a hard drive has its own?

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Root directory

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14
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A hard drive also has what?

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A hierarchical structure of subdirectories

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15
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Why can a single hard drive have multiple root directories?

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Because it can have multiple partitions

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16
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Can hold files or other directories, the directories are called subdirectories, child directories, or folders.

A

Root directory

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17
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Any directory can have what two things?

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Files and other subdirectories in it.

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18
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What are the partitions assigned drive letters called?

A

Volumes

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19
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How do you navigate the navigation pane?

A

Click or double click folders

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20
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Folders in windows = what?

A

Directories in command prompt.

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21
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Compressed folders have what kind of extension?

A

.ZIP extension

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22
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Obtains applets used to manage system

A

Control Panel

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23
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Accessing control panel in windows

A

Right click start button in windows 7 and then click control panel

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24
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What is the default view for control panel?

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Category view

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25
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Administrative tools in control panel

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Print management
Computer management
Event viewer

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26
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Gives you a quick look at what hardware and software are installed

A

System Window

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27
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How to access system information window in Windows 8

A

Enter msinfo32.exe in run box and press enter

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28
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Tools to quickly solve problems, and lists errors and issues that need attention

A

Action Center

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29
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Appears in notification area of toolbar

A

Action Center Flag

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30
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Place to view network information and trouble shoot network problems

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Network and Sharing Center

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31
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What are two types of privileges?

A

Administrative and Standard

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32
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Type of account that authenticates off Microsoft server

A

Microsoft Account

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33
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What is authenticated by a computer on a network?

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Network ID

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34
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What is authenticated on the local computer?

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Local account

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35
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What indicates how file contents are organized and formatted?

A

The File extensions

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36
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What OS system can support a max of 4 GB of memory?

A

32 Bit OS

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37
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How many bites of memory can 64 bit OS support?

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16 hexabytes of memory

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38
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Can 64 bit apps support 32 bit Os?

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Yes

39
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Has a 2 TB partition size

A

Master Boot Record (MBR) partition

40
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Limited to 18 EB partition size

A

GUID Partition Table (GPT)

41
Q

Manages essential devices such as keyboard.

A

The Motherboard UEFI/BIOS

42
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Used to change motherboard settings.

A

Setup/UEFI BIOS

43
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What is required if. Imputed has a drive larger than 2 TB

A

UEFI

44
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What does UEFI have that is an Anti malware that prevents malware from high jacking system?

A

Secure boot

45
Q

Small programs stored on hard drive that tell the computer how to communicate with hardware.

A

Device drivers

46
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Hidden recovery partition on brand-name computers to reinstall OS

A

Factory recovery partition

47
Q

Software simulating a physical computer

A

Virtual Machine

48
Q

Where are old files saved if the hard drive is not reformatted?

A

Windows.old file

49
Q

Launched from the desktop and keeps user settings and installed apps and

A

In place upgrade

50
Q

When windows is installed in a second partition this is called.

A

Multi boot

51
Q

What is required if you want to install a 64-bit version of windows over a 32-bit system?

A

Clean install

52
Q

A disc image file that has setup files

A

ISO file

53
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Install windows 8.1 only required for clean installs

A

Click custom

54
Q

Pre-installed antivirus and anti malware on windows 8

A

Windows Defender

55
Q

Copies individual or small companies user data and settings

A

Windows Easy Transfer

56
Q

Deployment strategy that clones the hard drive recommended for 100-200 computers

A

High touch standard image

57
Q

An answer file stores responses to installation prompts.

A

Light touch high volume

58
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Deployment strategy that uses push automation. It is automated with no user intervention required.

A

Zero touch high volume deployment.

59
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No user intervention is required. A server pushed installation to a computer.

A

Push automation

60
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Installation that does not require technician to respond to prompts by the setup program.

A

Unattended installation

61
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Provide encryptions and hardlink management

A

UsmtUtils

62
Q

How can virtual machines be used?

A

Train users to run legacy software

Support multiple operating systems.

63
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Software used to create and manage virtual machines

A

Hypervisor

64
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When a user logs onto windows a user profile is created

A

User Profile Namespace

65
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File stored in the C:\users\username folder

A

Ntuser.dat

66
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To define values for variables used by the program files have .ini or .inf extensions

A

Initialization files

67
Q

Utility used to delete temporary files

A

Windows Disk Cleanup

68
Q

Rearrange fragments or parts of files to store as few segments as possible

A

Defragment

69
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Is defragmentation recommended for SSD’s?

A

No

70
Q

A file allocation unit

A

Cluster

71
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Unused space at the end of the last cluster in a hard drive is called

A

Slack

72
Q

Fake RAM on hard drive is called what?

A

Virtual memory

73
Q

Hidden file stored in c root directory

A

Pagefile.sys

74
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How can you save space involving virtual memory?

A

Move the virtual memory paging file to another partition on same or different drive.

75
Q

Extra copy of data or software file

A

Backup

76
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When is it necessary to use back up?

A

If original file becomes damaged or destroyed

77
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Utility that automatically backs up system files and stores them at regular intervals

A

Windows System Protection

78
Q

A Condition at the time a snapshot is taken and includes windows system file.

A

Restore point

79
Q

What is the size of each sector on a magnetic drive?

A

512 bytes

80
Q

Installs a file system and erases all data on volume

A

High level formatting

81
Q

Called an extended partition which can hold one or more volumes called logical drives

A

Fourth MBR partition

82
Q

Can support up to 128 partitions and doesn’t use extended partitions

A

GPT partition (Globally Unique Identifier Partition Table)

83
Q

Removed extended partitions and concerts the drive in GPT partitions

A

Diskpart command

84
Q

Overall structure an Os uses names files to site info on a drive

A

File system

85
Q

Single hard drive that can be partitioned and formatted as a stand alone drive.

A

Basic Disk

86
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A volume accessible by a folder on another volume.

A

Mounted Drive

87
Q

Word together to collectively present a single dynamic volume

A

Several dynamic disks

88
Q

Combines multiple physical disks into a single virtual disk

A

Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID)

89
Q

Keyboard short cut to terminate a command before its finished

A

CTRL + C or CTRL + Pause

90
Q

Small program that contains a list of commands

A

Batch File (.bat)

91
Q

How do you manually execute a batch file?

A

Type .batch along with the file name in command prompt

92
Q

Creates a sub directory under a directory

A

Md [drive:] path

93
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Fixes file system errors, recovers data from bad sectors, won’t fix anything unless drive is unlocked.

A

Chkdsk

CPT 257 Test 1 (3 decks)

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