OS Installation & Upgrade Methods Quiz

What installation type provides a simpler and less costly alternative to manual OS installation in an environment consisting of multiple hosts requiring the same configuration settings?

Image deployment

What is the name of an operating system installation type that preserves system settings, personal files, and applications from the older OS version?

In-place upgrade

If a computer's hard disk has an adequate free disk space, it is possible to install more than one operating system and then choose which OS to use during each startup. This type of configuration setup is known as:

Multiboot

What enables installation of an OS via network interface? (2 answers)

Netboot PXE

What replaced removable media used for reformatting hard drives and restoring an operating system to the original factory condition?

Recovery partition

What built-in option added in Windows 8 enables OS reinstallation without affecting the existing user profiles and settings?

Refresh

An MS Windows system utility that allows to roll back system files and settings to an earlier point in time is called:

System Restore

A type of automated OS installation process that uses an answer file and does not require user interaction or presence is known as:

Unattended installation

A type of Windows installation that erases the contents of target partition is called:

Clean install

This is an XML-based file that contains setting definitions and values to use during Windows Setup.

Answer file

Windows repair installation: (3 answers)

- Replace broken operating system files while - Preserves your personal files, settings and installed applications