(IT) Quiz 1

You are used to using a computer running Windows XP Professional. You want to upgrade to the latest operating system, but want to use the classic style for the Start Menu. You want to upgrade to the latest version possible. What should you do? 1. Upgrade to Windows Vista; choose the Windows Classic theme. 2. Upgrade to Windows 7; choose the Windows Classic theme. 3. Upgrade to Windows Vista; customize the Start Menu settings. 4. Upgrade to Windows 7; customize the Start Menu settings.

Upgrade to Windows Vista; customize the Start Menu settings.

Which component of Windows 7 prompts the user for credentials or permission to minimize the dangers of unintended software installations? 1. Firewall 2. User Account Control (UAC) 3. Defender 4. Firewall with Advanced Security

User Account Control (UAC)

You want to upgrade your Windows XP Professional computer to Windows 7 Professional. You begin by checking the hardware and discover it has 1 GB of RAM, a Pentium 1 GHz processor, a 32 GB solid state drive, and a video adapter with 128 MB RAM and DirectX 9 support. You want to install the 64-bit version of Windows 7. What should you do? 1. Add more memory 2. Install a larger solid state drive or hard drive 3. Upgrade the processor 4. Upgrade the video adapter

Add more memory

The sales engineers in your organization use virtual machines to model deployments in the lab prior to actually implementing them in your customers' physical environments. You are concerned that a malicious insider could gain access to the sensitive data on these virtual machines. What should you do? (Select two.) 1. Disable the USB ports on the hypervisor hosts. 2. Configure the hypervisor to use full virtualization. 3. Use file and folder permissions to restrict access to the virtual hard disk files. 4. Configure the hypervisor to use paravirtualization.

Disable the USB ports on the hypervisor hosts. Use file and folder permissions to restrict access to the virtual hard disk files.

Which installation method is best for large numbers of computers with the same hardware configuration? 1. Disk image 2. Network installation 3. Installation disc 4. Bootable USB flash drive

Disk image

You are getting ready to upgrade your Windows Vista system to Windows 7. You want to make sure that everything in your current system is compatible with Windows 7. Which of the following is the best method for accomplishing this? 1. Download and run the Windows 7 Readiness Analyzer. 2. Start the installation of Windows. Resolve any problems during or after the installation. 3. Document the hardware in the system. Check Microsoft's HCL or the device manufacturer's Web site to make sure that each device is compatible with Windows 7. 4. Download and install the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor.

Download and install the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor.

You want to install Windows 7 on a mirrored disk array. You run the motherboard disk configuration utility and create the RAID1 array, then configure the BIOS to boot from the installation disc. The Windows 7 installation runs but does not detect the RAID array. What should you do? 1. During the install, browse to and select the appropriate driver for your RAID controller when prompted where you want to install Windows. 2. In the BIOS, edit the SATA mode for the disk to be RAID. 3. In the BIOS, edit the boot order to boot from the hard drive instead of the CD/DVD drive. 4. In the BIOS, edit the SATA mode for the disk to be IDE.

During the install, browse to and select the appropriate driver for your RAID controller when prompted where you want to install Windows.

Which Windows component can be used to display information such as weather forecasts, time, and news headlines on the desktop? 1. Computer Management 2. Gadgets 3. Notification Area 4. User Account Control (UAC)

Gadgets

You are purchasing several PC system that will be used as thin clients in a large organization. Which hardware selection criteria would be most important for this system? 1. Gigabit Ethernet adapter 2. RAID 0 array 3. High-end video adapter with GPU 4. 64-bit 6-core processor

Gigabit Ethernet adapter

You want to purchase a home theater. Which hardware selection criteria would be most important for this system? (Select two.) 1. RAM configured to run in triple-channel mode 2. 64-bit processor with 6 cores 3. RAID 5 disk array 4. HTPC form factor 5. Video card with HDMI output

HTPC form factor Video card with HDMI output

Which term describes the layer of software that resides between the virtual operating system and the physical hardware it is running on in a virtualization environment? 1. Virtual Hard Disk 2. Hypervisor 3. Virtual machine 4. Workload management

Hypervisor

You are working as a desktop technician for a small company. You recently bought a new desktop computer with 6 GB RAM and a video card with 512 MB of memory. You want to install Windows 7. You need to use the edition of Windows 7 that will use the full 6 GB of available RAM. What should you do? 1. Install Windows 7 32-bit Enterprise edition and enable DEP 2. Install Windows 7 32-bit Ultimate edition 3. Install Windows 7 64-bit Enterprise edition 4. Install Windows 7 32-bit Enterprise edition

Install Windows 7 64-bit Enterprise edition

You want to upgrade your Windows XP Professional computer to Windows 7 Professional (32- bit).You begin by checking the hardware and discover it has 1 GB of RAM, a Pentium 2.2 GHz processor, an 8 GB solid state drive, and a video adapter with 256 MB RAM and DirectX 9 support. What should you do to ensure that you have a successful installation? 1. Add more memory 2. Upgrade the video adapter 3. Install a larger solid state drive or hard drive 4. Upgrade the processor

Install a larger solid state drive or hard drive

You want to upgrade your Windows XP Professional computer to Windows 7 Professional (32- bit).You begin by checking the hardware and discover it has 1 GB of RAM, a Pentium 2.2 GHz processor, an 8 GB solid state drive, and a video adapter with 256 MB RAM and DirectX 9 support. What should you do to ensure you have a successful installation? 1. Upgrade the video adapter 2. Add more memory 3. Upgrade the processor 4. Install a larger solid state drive or hard drive

Install a larger solid state drive or hard drive

You are the desktop admin for a small company. You recently installed Windows 7 on a PC system. After installation, you notice that the Flip 3D feature is not working. You need to enable this feature. What should you do? 1. Add the Flip 3D gadget to the desktop. 2. Enable Flip 3D through UAC. 3. Install a video card that supports Aero. 4. Use the Turn Windows Features On or Off option in Programs and Features in Control Panel to enable Flip 3D.

Install a video card that supports Aero

You are the desktop administrator for your company. Heather is a sales representative that travels quite frequently with her laptop. During one of her visits to the main office, she asks you to upgrade her computer to Windows 7. You perform the upgrade to Windows 7 and return the laptop to Heather. A month later, while sitting in an airport, Heather boots her laptop to get ready for her latest sales presentation. However, she is unable to use Windows. She calls you and admits that she never activated the operating system as instructed. She cannot connect to the an Internet connection in the airport and her laptop does not have a modem. You need to ensure that Heather can boot up her laptop and give her presentation on time. What should you do? 1. Instruct Heather to call Microsoft and activate the operating system over the phone. 2. Instruct Heather to boot to Safe mode and log on as Administrator using a grace login. 3. Instruct Heather to insert the Windows 7 DVD and reactivate the trial-period for another thirty days. 4. Instruct Heather to re-install Windows 7 to another partition.

Instruct Heather to call Microsoft and activate the operating system over the phone.

You are the network administrator for a small company. You purchase eight copies of Windows 7 at a local retail outlet. You install Windows successfully on eight computers in the office. A month later you start receiving calls from those who have used those copies of Windows saying that they are no longer able to log on to their computers. What should you do? 1. Instruct the employees to activate their Windows installation. 2. Instruct the employees to disable the BIOS anti-virus software. 3. Instruct the employees to boot into Safe Mode and choose Normal. 4. Instruct the employees to perform a startup repair from the Boot Options menu.

Instruct the employees to activate their Windows installation.

You want to upgrade your Windows Vista computer to Windows 7 Home Premium. You want to keep your personal settings intact and complete the upgrade as quickly as possible. You purchase an upgrade version of Windows and perform an in-place upgrade. What should you do next? 1. Make sure that all applications run correctly. 2. Run the Windows Easy Transfer wizard. 3. Reinstall all applications. 4. Restore user data files from a backup.

Make sure that all applications run correctly.

You have a computer with a 64-bit processor that runs the 32-bit version of Windows Vista, Business edition. You would like to upgrade to the 64-bit version of Windows 7 Professional. You want to perform the upgrade with the least amount of effort possible. Which of the following are required? (Select two.) 1. Perform a clean installation 2. Get 64-bit drivers for all hardware 3. Perform an in-place upgrade 4. Get 64-bit versions of all applications

Perform a clean installation Get 64-bit drivers for all hardware

You have a workstation running Windows XP Professional that you would like to upgrade to Windows 7 Enterprise edition. You want to perform the upgrade with the least amount of effort and cost. What should you do? 1. Purchase a full version of Windows 7; perform an in-place upgrade. 2. Purchase an upgrade version of Windows 7; perform a new or custom installation. 3. Purchase an upgrade version of Windows 7; perform an in-place upgrade. 4. Purchase a full version of Windows 7; perform a new or custom installation.

Purchase a full version of Windows 7; perform a new or custom installation.

You have a workstation running Windows Vista Business that you would like to upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate. You want to perform the upgrade with the least amount of effort and cost. What should you do? 1. Purchase an upgrade version of Windows 7; perform a new or custom installation. 2. Purchase an upgrade version of Windows 7; perform an in-place upgrade. 3. Purchase a full version of Windows 7; perform an in-place upgrade. 4. Purchase a full version of Windows 7; perform a new or custom installation.

Purchase an upgrade version of Windows 7; perform an in-place upgrade.

You are purchasing a PC system that will be used as a file and print server in a small business. Which hardware selection criteria would be most important for this system? (Select two.) 1. Pentium 4 processor with hyper-threading 2. High-end video adapter with GPU 3. RAID 1+0 array 4. RAID 0 array 5. 64-bit multi-core processor

RAID 1+0 array 64-bit multi-core processor

You have been tasked with designing a workstation that will run VMware Workstation hypervisor software. It will be used by a software engineer to run virtual machines for app testing. Which criteria should be included in your design for this system? (Select two.) 1. RAID 5 disk array 2. Video card with HDMI output 3. HTPC form factor 4. RAM configured to run in triple-channel mode 5. 64-bit processor with 6 cores

RAM configured to run in triple-channel mode 64-bit processor with 6 cores

You have a computer that runs Windows XP Professional. You want to upgrade your computer to Windows 7 Professional. You want to maintain as much of the application, user profile, and user data as possible. You want to perform the upgrade with the least amount of effort possible. What should you do? 1. Run Scanstate in Windows XP. Perform a clean (custom) installation of Windows 7 to the existing hard drive. Boot into Windows 7 and re-install all applications. Run Loadstate. 2. Perform an in-place upgrade installation of Windows 7 to the existing hard drive. 3. Run Scanstate in Windows XP. Perform a clean (custom) installation of Windows 7 to the existing hard drive. Boot into Windows 7 and run Loadstate. 4. Perform an in-place upgrade installation of Windows 7 to the existing hard drive. Boot into Windows 7 and run Scanstate, then run Loadstate.

Run Scanstate in Windows XP. Perform a clean (custom) installation of Windows 7 to the existing hard drive. Boot into Windows 7 and re-install all applications. Run Loadstate.

You have two computers: ComputerA is running Windows XP Professional and ComputerB is running Windows 7 Professional. You need to transfer user profiles and data files from ComputerA to ComputerB. What should you do? (Select two. Each answer is a complete solution.) 1. Run File Settings and Transfer Wizard 2. Run USMT 3. Run the Upgrade Advisor 4. Run Windows Easy Transfer

Run USMT Run Windows Easy Transfer

You have just purchased a new computer that runs Windows 7. You would like to transfer all of the applications and user data from your old computer running Windows XP to the new computer. How can you do this with the least amount of effort? 1. Use a null modem cable to connect the two computers. Manually copy application and data directories to the new computer. 2. Run Windows Easy Transfer on the old computer and the new computer. Reinstall any applications. 3. Remove the hard disk from the old computer and install it into the new computer. Add shortcuts to your old applications. 4. Move the hard disk from the old computer to the new computer. Reinstall Windows 7, using the hard disk from the old computer.

Run Windows Easy Transfer on the old computer and the new computer. Reinstall any applications.

You just created a snapshot of a virtual machine while it was running. What information is saved in the snapshot? (Select two.) 1. The current contents of the virtual machine's video memory. 2. The current contents of the hypervisor host's paging file. 3. The current contents of the virtual machine's RAM. 4. The current contents of the hypervisor host's hard disk cache. 5. The current contents of the virtual machine's CPU registers.

The current contents of the virtual machine's RAM. The current contents of the virtual machine's CPU registers.

Which of the following items are likely to be displayed in the Notification Area of a computer running the Windows operating system? (Select two.) 1. Icons representing all currently open applications 2. Icons representing all currently open documents 3. The current time 4. A volume control 5. Shortcuts to launch recently used applications 6. Shortcuts to open recently used documents

The current time A volume control

You have been asked to install Windows 7 on 10 different computers for a new branch office your company is setting up. The computers have been purchased from different companies and have different hardware. Which method should you use to reduce the installation time and the effort you need to spend? 1. Unattended 2. Imaging 3. Network 4. USB boot

Unattended

You have a computer that runs Windows XP Professional. You would like to upgrade the computer to Windows 7. Before doing the upgrade, you want to verify that the computer meets the hardware and software requirements for Windows 7. Which tool should you use? 1. Upgrade Advisor for Windows 7 2. User State Migration Tool (USMT) 3. Windows Easy Transfer 4. Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) 5. Upgrade Advisor for Windows XP

Upgrade Advisor for Windows 7

You are preparing for an installation of 64-bit Windows 7 on a computer that is currently running a 64-bit version of Windows Vista. You perform a hardware inventory on the computer and note the following: • Processor = 2.0 GHz • Free Hard Drive Space = 200 GB • RAM = 1 GB • DVD drive = 18x • 100 Mbps NIC You need to prepare this computer to ensure that it meets the minimum hardware requirements of Windows 7. What should you do? 1. Upgrade to a 2.5 GHz or faster processor. 2. Add another hard drive with a minimum of 500 GB of free space. 3. Upgrade to at least 2 GB of RAM. 4. Upgrade to a Bluray optical drive.

Upgrade to at least 2 GB of RAM.

Your computer currently runs Windows XP Professional. You notice that a friend is using a different version of Windows. In addition to the running programs being shown along the bottom of the screen, you watch her launch several programs using icons from this same location. You want to configure your computer so you can also launch programs from icons along the bottom of the screen. What should you do? 1. Upgrade your computer to Windows 7. Pin programs to the Taskbar. 2. Upgrade your computer to Windows 7. Pin programs to the Start Menu. 3. Upgrade your computer to Windows Vista. Pin programs to the Taskbar. 4. Upgrade your computer to Windows Vista. Pin programs to the Start Menu.

Upgrade your computer to Windows 7. Pin programs to the Taskbar.

Your supervisor recently purchased 100 new licenses to upgrade the Windows Vista systems in your organization's Accounting department to Windows 7. She received a single installation disc with the licenses. She has tasked you with deploying Windows 7 on these systems. Which of the following would be the best installation method to use? 1. Burn 50 copies of the installation disc and install 50 systems at a time. 2. Upgrade each system, one at a time, from the installation disc. 3. Use a network installation. 4. Install one system and image it to the other systems.

Use a network installation.

You install Windows 7 on your new computer. After installation, you install several devices, loading drivers from their installation discs. When you reboot the computer, an error message displays informing you that an operating system can't be found. What should you do? 1. Reformat the hard disk. 2. Check the connections on the DVD drive. 3. Use the CMOS to change the disk boot order. 4. Reinstall the DVD driver.

Use the CMOS to change the disk boot order.

You manage the desktop computers at your company. You are in charge of 100 computers, all of which run Windows XP. You want to upgrade all computers to Windows 7. Prior to the upgrade, you need to verify the compatibility of each computer with Windows 7. You want to gather the necessary information as quickly as possible. What should you do? 1. Run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor. 2. Use the User State Migration Tool (USMT). 3. Use the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (MAP). 4. Run the Windows XP Upgrade Advisor.

Use the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (MAP).

You manage all of the computers at your company. You have over 100 desktop computers, all running Windows XP. You have purchased new computers that have Windows 7 pre-installed. You want to move user data and desktop settings from the old computers to the new computers. Which tool should you use? 1. Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor 2. Windows Easy Transfer 3. User State Migration Tool 4. File Settings and Transfer Wizard

User State Migration Tool

You're about to begin an upgrade of a Windows Vista workstation to Windows 7. What should you do before beginning? (Select two.) 1. Install all the applications that will be used on the new system prior to running the upgrade. 2. Repartition and reformat the hard drive. 3. Remove all peripherals and expansion boards prior to running the upgrade. 4. Verify that the computer meets the minimum requirements. 5. Back up the existing data on the hard drive prior to running the upgrade.

Verify that the computer meets the minimum requirements. Back up the existing data on the hard drive prior to running the upgrade.

Which term refers to a software implementation of a computer system that executes programs like a physical machine as a self-contained and autonomous system? 1. Hypervisor 2. Virtual machine 3. Workload management 4. Physical host

Virtual machine

Which Windows version(s) include the following features: Flip 3D, Gadgets, Snap, and Peek? 1. Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 2. Windows Vista 3. Windows 7 4. Windows Vista and Windows 7

Windows 7

Which Windows tools would you use to browse the files system on a drive? (Select two.) 1. Taskbar 2. Windows Explorer 3. Computer 4. Network 5. Notification Area

Windows Explorer Computer

The Sidebar is a feature of which Windows version(s)? 1. Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 2. Windows Vista and Windows 7 3. Windows XP 4. Windows Vista

Windows Vista

Aero is a feature of which Windows version(s)? 1. Windows Vista 2. Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 3. Windows Vista and Windows 7 4. Windows XP and Windows Vista

Windows Vista and Windows 7

Which of the following Windows versions uses User Account Control to protect the computer from unauthorized changes? 1. Windows Vista only 2. Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 3. Windows 7 only 4. Windows XP and Windows Vista 5. Windows Vista and Windows 7

Windows Vista and Windows 7

You have a computer currently running Windows Vista. Which of the following reasons would justify doing a clean installation of Windows 7 instead of performing an upgrade? 1. You want to dual boot. 2. You want your installed applications to be used on Windows 7. 3. You want your existing local user accounts to be used under Windows 7. 4. You want your existing preferences to be used on Windows 7.

You want to dual boot.