Windows System Tools

Question 1

Which Windows component lets you modify system parameters stored in the registry using a GUI interface

Answer 1

Control Panel

Question 2

You have just installed a new keyboard that includes special programmable buttons. You installed the custom driver that came with the key board. Now that you want to configure what the special keyboard buttons do. Which Windows utility would most likely let you manage these settings

Answer 2

Control Panel

Question 3

Which option in Control Panel is used to review your Windows 7 computers status and resolve issues

Answer 3

Action center

Question 4

Which tool lets you view and directly edit the registry

Answer 4

Rededit

Question 5

What is the purpose of the services snap-in

Answer 5

View and manage software processes running in the background

Question 6

What is the purpose of the dxdiag tool

Answer 6

View information related to DirectX operation

Question 7

You need to configure when Windows updates are checked for and downloaded from Microsoft’s update servers on a Windows 7 system. Which option in Control Panel should you use to do this

Answer 7

System and Security

Question 8

Which tool can you use to view, but not modify, hardware and configuration information for you computer

Answer 8

MSinfo32

Question 9

Which utility lets you customize which files are processed at startup on Windows 7 systems

Answer 9

Msconfig

Question 10

You manage a Windows 7 system. You want to view information about your computer including the CPU utilization percentage and information about disk read operations. Which tool could you use to do this? (two answers)

Answer 10

Task Manager

Performance Monitor

Question 11

On a Windows system, which Task Manager tap would you use to adjust the priority given to a specific program?

Answer 11

Processes

Question 12

You need to configure settings for a USB printer that you just connected to your Windows 7 system. Which option in Control Panel should you use to do this?

Answer 12

Hardware and Sound

Question 13

You manage a Windows 7 system. You want to view information about all of the programs running on your system and sort each program based on the amount of memory and CPU that the program uses. Which tool would you use?

Answer 13

Performance Monitor

Question 14

What is the purpose of the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) (two answers)

Answer 14

Provide a common user interface for performing system admin tasks
Provide a shell for running snap-ins

Question 15

Which of the following paths opens the Computer Management tool (select two)

• In the control panel, open Administrative Tools, then double-click the Computer Management icon
• On the start menu, right-click Computer and select Manage
• Click Start, then run … Type cmd in the Run box and press enter
• On the Start menu, right click Computer and select Properties

Answer 15

• In the control panel, open Administrative Tools, then double-click the Computer Management icon
• On the start menu, right-click Computer and select Manage