Chapter 8 Fundamentals

Domain controller

A Windows server that holds a copy of the Active Directory database.

domain

A collection of network resources that share a common directory database

Organizational Unit

A folder-like container that organizes network resources

Which of the following describes the grandfather backup in a grandfather-father-son (GFS) rotation scheme?

A full backup that is stored offsite

Object

A resource within Active Directory

You recently installed a Windows 11 system. During the installation process, you elected to sign in to the system with a local user account. After using the system for a time, you decide to begin using an online Microsoft account to authenticate to the system instead. What Setting app option would you use?

Accounts

What does Windows 11 do when you log in with an administrator account with elevated privileges?

Assign you a user and an administrator token

With limited resources, what would be the safest way to backup a customer's files when personal ones have been deleted?

Back up her files using File History

Full

Backs up all files (even those that have not changed)

Differential

Backs up every file that has changed since the last full backup

Incremental

Backs up every file that has changed since the last full or incremental backup

What tool can you use to create a full system image of your Windows drive?

Backup and Restore

Your experience startup errors after you install a new device. What should you do first to resolve the issue?

Boot in Safe Mode and roll back the driver

You need to fix Rodney's PC and prevent him from using the TV until you can install an updated driver. What should you do?

Boot the system in Safe Mode. Disable the TV tuner driver in device manager

Enabled

Causes the policy to be enforced

Synthetic

Compares the data found in the last full backup with the current content and uploads only the changes

System Restore is current disabled for all volumes on a Windows 11 system. You need to enable System protection for the C: volume. Which options do you need to choose?

Configure

You want to make sure that you always have the latest patches installed on your workstation for an order entry application created by the DataComLink corporation. What should you do to ensure this?

Configure the application to automatically download and install updates as they are released and check the DataComLink website regularly for patches and updates to the software

Your system hangs immediately after the BIOS information is shown and displays an "error loading OS" error message. What is the most likely source of the problem?

Corrupt MBR or partition table

Built-in containers

Default containers used to organize Active Directory objects that cannot be deleted

You want to configure User Account Control so that you see the permission prompt only when programs try to make changes to your computer (not when you make changes). You do not want the desktop to be dimmed when the prompt is shown. What should you do?

Disable Secure Desktop

Which of the following steps will most likely help you to find the specific cause of the error without the need to re-install Windows?

Disable and then enable devices and services one by one

Not configured

Does not change the current setting for the policy

What backup solution best meets your requirements for only customer files created by financial consultants to be backed up, data backed up to a flash drive, backed up files being uncompressed, and include contact lists and desktop preferences

File History

What should you check for if a user is not able to remove a program, but the options are fine?

GPOs linked to OUs that contain the user's object

Which of the following Windows Update options releases updates as soon as they are available to the public?

General availability channel

Which of the following is true of groups on a Windows system?

Group members have the access rights that are assigned to the group

A user calls to report a problem. She is trying to install an application on her Windows 11 system, but the installation will not proceed. Her user account is a member of the Users group. What is most likely causing the issue?

Her group memberships does not allow her to install new software

Which of the following terms describes a Windows 11 OS patch for a desktop that targets a specific problem and is released on a short-term, periodic basis?

Hotfix

Which of the following actions directly improves system security on a Windows workstation?

Install the latest updates

You manage a workstation that is not part of a Windows domain. Users on this computer should not be permitted to download applications from the Windows Store. Which administrative tool can you use to enable a policy that turns off the Store application for all users on this computer?

Local Group Policy Editor

Which of the following is a valid distinguished name for the MarketSpace common domain name?

MarketSpace.org

Which of the following tools can manage bandwidth usage and deployment times for updates?

Microsoft Endpoint Configuratjon Manager

You want to use the Backup and Restore to back ip use data, run the backup automatically every night at 23, store the backups in C:, and include a system image in each backup. Will this configuratjon work?

No, backups created with Backup and Restore can't be stored in the drive that contains the information being backed up

You have booted your Windows workstation into Safe Mode and enabled Boot Logging. To which log file is the boot logging information now being written?

Ntbtlog.txt

Which solution would be best for creating a tree of OUs that can adapt to the rapid growth of 250 employees without reorganizing the structure and easily assign rights based on roles?

Organize the OUs at the tip level by Office (country); then use group accounts to help control resource rights

Which of the following must be setup before you can register a facial or fingerprint scan for your account?

PIN

Which option is the first process that runs once a computer is powered on and the CPU loads the BIOS?

POST

You would like to set Windows Update to delay updates for a week. Which of the following Windows Update settings would you use to configure the delay?

Pause Updates

Disabled

Prevents the policy from being enforced

What is the best way to remove malware?

Restore Fred's computer to a previous restore point

Which of the following methods would be the quickest to get Micka's comouter back to its original Windows 10 operating system?

Restore her system using the recovery partition

Administrative templates are Registry-based settings that you can configure within a GPO to control a computer system and it's overall user experience. Which of the following can you do with an Administrative Template?

Restrict access to control panel features and control notifications

What Active Directory service simplifies how users log in to all the systems and applications that they need?

SSO

An administrator configures the Time Machine application on macOS computers and develops scripts that use the tar command on Linux computers. Which of the following best practices is the administrator following?

Schedules backups

You need to specify which location File History should use to store backuo data. Which control panel option would you use to do this?

Select drive

Which of the following Windows 11 options let's you associate your local user account with an online Microsoft account?

Sign in with a Microsoft account instead

"Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might have caused the issue after you installed Windows updates"

Startup repair

While running a presentation editor on your Windows 11 laptop, your computer locks up. When you try powering on your computer, Windows 11 will not start. Which of the following tools should you try first?

Startup repair

A new computer has been added to the Sales department and needs to be joined to the CorpNet domain. Which of the following System Properties settings MUST be used to make the change?

System Properties > Computer Name

Which recovery option should Marcus use first to help resolve his boot issue?

System Restore

Which of the following is true about System Restore?

System changes made since the restore point was taken are undone

Which of the following actions occur during the Pre-EFI Initialization stage of the UEFI process?

System memory is initialized, verified, and allocated and the CPU and chipset are verified and fully initialized

What option do you choose when your network board no longer works due to a new driver issue?

System restore

Why could cause the user being able to see the Programs and Features option despite the options saying otherwise?

The GPO linked to the user's organizational unit is applied last, so this setting takes precedence

Which user type is the Windows Beta channel recommended for?

The average user

Why should you store backup media offsite?

To prevent the same disaster from affecting both the system and its associated backup media

You have just finished installing a new Windows Update when your computer locks up. What should you do first?

Uninstall the Windows update

High of the following tools would best help you meet the new requirements by the systems engineer?

Update History and WSUS

Which of the following do you need to do before successfully restoring your Windows 11 system using the system image?

Use a recovery disc to restore the OS

Which of the following is the best next step you should take to try and resolve the issue?

Verify that the BIOS/UEFI is configured to use the correct video adapter

Recently, a Windows 10 update was automatically downloaded and installed on your Windows 10 system. After you install the update, your contact manager database application no longer works correctly. You want to uninstall the latest updates to see if the application starts working again. Click the option you would use in the Settings app to do this.

View your update history

You work for a large company as the IT administrator. With the many external attacks being perpetrated in the form of security breaches being found in applications, you are concerned that your Windows 10 computers may be vulnerable. You also want to ensure that Windows is using the latest features. Which of the following would BEST protect your computers?

Windows updates

What would be a good decision to keep costs low by having five employees be on the same group for computers?

Workgroup

What can you expect when you uninstall a graphics editor and reinstall it by resetting the PC?

You are given the choice to keep your edited images and the laptop will be reset to the factory results

You have recently purchased a third party application and installed it on your workstation. However, after doing some maintenance work on the users and groups, the app begins to disable error messages? What caused this?

You deleted a group that was created by the third party application

What is the most likely reason that you have not been locked out after several PIN login attempts?

Your laptop does not have a TPM chip, and you have not set up BitLocker for lockout

Enter the command that you should uprhn at the Command Prompt to address this issue.

bootrec /fixmbr

Which OS uses the Time Machine backup program?

macOS