Win 7 Config Study Guide Chapter 5 Flashcards
You are the network administrator for your organization. You have been asked by the owner of the company to verify that all drivers installed on the Windows 7 machines are signed drivers. How do you accomplish this task?
A. Run Verify.exe at the command prompt.
B. Run a scan in Device Manager.
C. Run Sigverif.exe at the command prompt.
D. Run Drivers.exe at the command prompt.
C. Running the Sigverif.exe program will run a check against all the drivers installed on your machine and then notify you of any drivers that are unsigned.
You are the network administrator for your organization. You are asked by your manager to modify the associations of a few file extensions that are associated with Internet Explorer. How can you accomplish this task?
A. In Control Panel, open Default Programs and then click Set Associations. Set the proper file extensions.
B. In Internet Explorer, set extensions on the Extension tab.
C. In Control Panel, open System and then click Set Associations. Set the proper file extensions.
D. In Internet Explorer, set extensions on the Advanced tab.
A. The Default Programs icon in Control Panel allows you to set file extension associations to the various programs in Windows 7.
You are the network administrator for a large organization. You are in charge of implementing company policies. One company policy states that you have to prevent Internet Explorer from saving any data during a user’s browsing session. How do you accomplish this?
A. Set the Internet Security settings to Disabled.
B. Run the browsers in InPrivate sessions.
C. Disable InPrivate sessions.
D. Private sessions should be enabled.
B. An InPrivate session prevents the browsing history from being recorded and does not allow temporary Internet files to be retained. Cookies, usernames, passwords, and form data will not remain in IE9 following the closing of the InPrivate session, nor will there be any footprints or data pertaining to the InPrivate Browsing session.
You are the network administrator for a large organization. A user calls you and says that when they try to connect to the internal website, they are prompted for authentication. The user has the rights to access the internal site due to the fact that all users and computers are part of a domain and the internal website uses Integrated Windows Authentication. How do you make sure that the user is automatically authenticated when they connect?
A. Change the user’s local permissions to administrator.
B. The Local sites URL should be added to the Local Intranet zone.
C. The Local sites security credentials should be added to the trusted sites zone.
D. The Internet security level should be lowered to lowest.
B. Because all users and computers are part of the domain and the internal website uses Integrated Windows Authentication, once you add the URL to the Local Intranet zone properties, Windows Authentication will take over.
You are the network administrator for your organization. Your organization has been using Windows XP, and you are now switching all users to Windows 7 Professional. Some of the XP applications do not run properly in Windows 7. How can you allow these applications to run on Windows 7?
A. Run the applications in XP Mode.
B. Get newer versions of the applications.
C. Disable the Windows 7 compatibility mode.
D. Write your own shim to solve the issues.
A. Windows XP Mode is available on Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate, and Enterprise editions and allows you to run XP applications on Windows 7 properly.
You are using Windows 7 Home edition, and you have an XP application that worked well with XP but is having issues running on Windows 7. What steps can you take to help solve this issue?
A. Change the application’s security settings.
B. Change the application’s compatibility mode to Windows XP.
C. Configure the Windows 7 operating system to be XP compatible.
D. Upgrade the application.
B. If a Windows XP application worked before but it is not working correctly in Windows 7, you can set that application to run in compatibility mode for a previous operating system.
Which versions of Windows 7 have XP Mode automatically built into the operating system? (Choose all that apply.) A. Home edition B. Enterprise edition C. Ultimate edition D. Professional edition
B, C, D. Windows XP Mode is available for Windows 7 Enterprise, Ultimate, and Professional. If you need to run XP in any other version of Windows 7, you must download and use Microsoft Virtual PC.
You are the network administrator for a large organization. One of your users calls you and states that they think they are having issues with their network card. What tool can you use to see if the hardware is working properly? A. Device Hardware B. Manage Hardware C. Device Manager D. Device Configuration
C. Device Manager is the utility included with Windows 7 that allows you to configure and manage your devices and hardware. You can also configure your drivers within Device Manager.
You are the network administrator for a large organization. You have a Windows 7 machine that is working fine, but you downloaded and installed a newer version of the network adapter driver. After you load the driver, the network device stops working properly. Which tool should you use to help you fix the problem? A. Driver rollback B. Driver Repair utility C. Reverse Driver application D. Windows 7 Driver Compatibility tool
A. Driver rollback allows you to replace a newly installed driver with the previous driver. You can do the driver rollback using the Device Manager utility.
You have installed Windows 7 with Internet Explorer 9, and now some of the websites that you used to visit no longer display their content correctly. How can you solve this issue?
A. Download the IE9 Compatibility utility.
B. Enable IE9 Compatibility View.
C. Run the application in compatibility mode.
D. Install the IE7 viewer.
B. Windows Internet Explorer 9 is a new release of Microsoft’s web browser included in Windows 7, and some websites may not be updated to use the new features of IE9 or display their content correctly. Problems may exist, displaying misaligned images or text. By using Compatibility View, IE9 will display a web page the way it would have been displayed in Internet Explorer 7 (which should correct any display issues).
You are a help desk technician for your company. You are configuring Internet Explorer, and you want to ensure that cookies that are stored on the computer are not accessible to any websites. Which privacy setting should you configure to accomplish your goal? A. Block All Cookies B. High C. Medium High D. Medium
A. To block any website from accessing cookies stored on the local computer, you should set the privacy setting to Block All Cookies. The Block All Cookies setting prevents cookies from being saved on the computer and prevents any existing cookies from being read by websites.
You are the network administrator for a large organization that is thinking of switching from Windows XP to Windows 7. Your manager is worried about applications not being compatible with Windows 7. What options do you have to make sure applications work with Windows 7? (Choose all that apply.) A. XP Mode B. Shims C. Application compatibility mode D. Windows 7 Compatibility utility
A, B, C. Windows 7 has some built-in options to make sure your Windows XP applications work with Windows 7. They include XP Mode, shims (created by Microsoft), and Application compatibility mode. You can also download and run Virtual PC with a Windows XP virtual hard disk.
You have recently installed Windows 7 on your computer. You are configuring Internet Explorer, and you want to ensure that cookies are not saved from any website that does not have a compact privacy policy. Which privacy setting should you configure to accomplish your goal? A. Block All Cookies B. High C. Medium High D. Medium
B. To block cookies from any websites that do not have a compact privacy policy, you should set the privacy setting to High. The High setting prevents any cookies from being saved for websites that do not contain a compact privacy policy and prevents any cookies from being saved that have the potential of saving information that can be used to contact you without your explicit consent.
Your network administrator has provided you with a new laptop with Windows 7 installed on it. You are using Internet Explorer. When typing search phrases into the Instant Search box, you discover that search results are being displayed only for Amazon.com. You want search phrases to search the Web, not justAmazon.com. What should you do?
A. Disable all add-ons.
B. Configure Internet Explorer as your default browser.
C. Add additional web-based search providers in the Manage IE Add-ons section.
D. Configure a web-based search provider as your default home page.
C. You should configure additional web-based search providers in the IE9 Add-ons section. To configure this, click Tools Internet Options, and then click the Settings button in the Search section of the General tab.
You have downloaded and installed several Internet Explorer add-ons. You want to view the add-ons that have been used during your current browsing session. Which option of the Manage Add-ons dialog box should you select to view this information?
A. Add-ons That Have Been Used By Internet Explorer
B. Currently Loaded Add-ons pull-down option in Internet Explorer
C. Add-ons That Run Without Requiring Permission
D. Downloaded ActiveX Controls (32-bit)
B. A list of add-ons that have been used by Internet Explorer during the current browsing session can be viewed by selecting the Currently Loaded Add-ons pull-down menu (in the Show section) in the Internet Explorer option of the Manage Add-ons dialog box. You can use the Manage Add-ons dialog box to view, enable, or disable add-ons that have been installed on your computer.
