CISCO IT Essentials Chapter5

Question 1

Which Windows tool is used to determine if a dynamic disk is corrupted?

Accepted Answer

Disk Management

Question 2

What Windows 8 tool rolls the computer back to its factory state without losing any user files?

Accepted Answer

refresh your PC

Question 3

A computer won't boot after a video driver is installed. How could you boot to a working state?

Accepted Answer

Press F8 while booting & pick last known good configuration

Question 4

A Win 8 computer crashes at start & reboots. What can be done so the error message can be seen?

Accepted Answer

Use advanced startup options menu to disable auto restart.

Question 5

Within which folder would you 32-bit versions of programs on a 64-bit computer?

Accepted Answer

C:\Program Files (x86)

Question 6

What are two features of the active partition of a hard drive that is using MBR? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

The OS uses the active partition to boot the system., The active partition must be a primary partition.

Question 7

Which two methods should a technician use to update a device driver? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

Use the media that came with the device., Download the driver from the website of the manufacturer.

Question 8

What is the term for the ability of a computer to run multiple applications at the same time?

Accepted Answer

multitasking

Question 9

What are two functions of an operating system?(Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

controlling access to hardware, managing applications

Question 10

What is the purpose of a recovery partition?

Accepted Answer

to restore the computerto itsfactorystate

Question 11

A Windows 7 computer fails to boot due to a virus. What could be done to get it working again?

Accepted Answer

Use a prior created system image to restore the system.

Question 12

Which application interface has multiple APIs that support multimedia tasks in Windows OS's?

Accepted Answer

directX

Question 13

What information would be inlcluded in a Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor report?

Accepted Answer

recommended changes to hardware

Question 14

Where can a technician find information about what hardware or software works with Windows 7?

Accepted Answer

Microsoft Compatibility Center

Question 15

What is the procedure to boot a Windows computer in to safe mode?

Accepted Answer

Reboot, press F8 until a menu is displayed, choose safe mode

Question 16

What startup mode can be used when a technician is trouble shooting yet needs internet access?

Accepted Answer

Safe mode with networking

Question 17

What is critical to consider when determining the version of Windows to install on a computer?

Accepted Answer

customized applications installed

Question 18

What technology does RAID 5 use?

Accepted Answer

striping with parity

Question 19

Why is it important to register a DLL file in Windows?

Accepted Answer

so that any program needing that dll code can locate it

Question 20

Which mode in Windows can be used to run older versions of a program?

Accepted Answer

compatibility mode

Question 21

Which version of Windows introduced the Metro GUI?

Accepted Answer

Windows 8

Question 22

What is a characteristic of a spanned volume?

Accepted Answer

data is seen as one volume, but stored on 2 or more disks

Question 23

Where are the settings that are chosen during the install process stored?

Accepted Answer

in the registry

Question 24

What is provided by an operating system that has multiprocessing capability?

Accepted Answer

support for two or more processors

Question 25

What is used by an operating system to communicate with hardware components?

Accepted Answer

device driver

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