Core 2: Domain 1: Operating systems
Which of the following requirements must be met in order to extend a volume? (Select two. Each correct answer is a complete solution.)
- The volume must be formatted with NTFS. - The volume must be unformatted.
Which of the following are features of the Windows taskbar component? (Select two.)
-Can be hidden. -Can be moved to the left or left-centered on the screen.
Which of the following are features of Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc)? (Select two.)
-Lets you enforce settings on all computer in an Active Directory network. -Can run specific scripts at specified times.
You are an IT technician for your company. Rachel, who works at the receptionist desk, thinks her Windows 10 machine is running slowly today and calls you to see if you can speed it up. None of the other employees have called regarding any related issues, so you suspect it is an issue with Rachel's computer, perhaps a malfunctioning application. To help troubleshoot Rachel's computer, you run Task Manager. Which of the following tabs would be the MOST helpful in determining any issues with how the computer is running? (Select two.)
-Processes -Performance
Which commands can you use to create a new directory? (Select two.)
-mkdir -md
While troubleshooting a network connection, you decide to use the ping command. Which switch allows for a continuous ping?
-t You can use ping with the -t switch to do a continuous ping test. Use Ctrl + C to stop sending ping tests.
A service that is running on your Windows system has hung badly and does not respond when you try to use the Services console to restart the service. You run the tasklist command at the Command Prompt and find that the service's process has a PID of 1234 and an image name of telecom.exe. Which commands could you run to shut down the service? (Select two.)
-taskkill /F /IM telecom.exe -taskkill /F /PID 1234
You work in an office that uses Linux and Windows servers. The network uses the IP protocol. You are sitting at a Windows workstation, and an application you are using is unable to connect to a Windows server named FileSrv2. Which of the following commands would work BEST to test network connectivity between your workstation and the server? (Select two.)
-tracert -ping
Which option, used with the copy command, makes sure that all copied files are written correctly after they have been copied?
/v
You need to copy several hundred files from one directory to another. Most of the files exist in the target directory, but you want to overwrite the existing files with the ones that you will copy. You want the file copy to proceed automatically without prompting you about overwrite existing files. Which copy command switch should you use?
/y
List the steps you need to follow to add more disk space to a storage space in Windows.
1. Correct Answer: Install a new storage device on the system. 2. Correct Answer: Add free space on a new storage device to a storage pool. 3. Correct Answer: Allocate space from the storage pool to an existing storage space.
Which of the following indicates that a drive is unavailable when you check the status of a hard drive? (Select two.)
- Down - Bad
Which of the following tasks does Windows Storage Spaces eliminate the need for? (Select two.)
- Drive repartitioning - Volume resizing
On a Windows workstation, you want to use the Storage Spaces feature to create a logical drive. Which of the following components are used to configure Storage Spaces? (Select three.)
- Storage pools, which are logically created from free space on storage devices. - Storage space, which is a logically defined unit created from a storage pool. - Storage devices, which are physical drives such as SATA drives or external drives.
You manage a Windows system. You want to view information about your computer, including the CPU utilization and information about disk I/O operations. Which tools can you use to do this? (Select two.)
- Task Manager - Resource Monitor
Which Windows 11 features are not included in Windows 10? (Select two.)
-Snap layouts -Teams
Which Windows tool do you use to create and delete partitions on hard drives?
Disk Management
While configuring a computer, you find that you need to create, format, and manage the partitions and volumes on your hard drives. Which of the following is the BEST command line utility to use?
DiskPart
What is the minimum number of storage devices you need in order to implement three-way mirroring for a storage space?
Five
You have a disk in your system that is displayed in the Disk Management utility, as shown in the image below. The disk icon includes a red arrow that is pointing down. Which of the following would you expect to see (in the space where the red outline is) as the status of this disk?
Not initialized
You suspect a corrupt or missing system file. Which command would you use to scan the integrity of a specific file and repair it?
sfc /scanfile
1. Disk queue length 2. Processor utilization 3. Commit charge 4. Disk time 5. Memory pages per second
1. Correct Answer: The number of read and write requests that are waiting to be processed. 2. Correct Answer: The amount of time the processor spends performing non-idle tasks. 3. The amount of memory that has been assigned to running processes. 4. Correct Answer: The amount of time that the disk subsystem is busy reading from and writing to disk. 5. The number of hard faults that occur each second.
1. A series of used clusters on the hard disk drive that are not associated with a specific file. 2. When two files claim the same cluster. 3. Files that exist on the hard drive, but are not associated with a directory in the index. 4. A portion of the hard disk that cannot be used.
1. Lost clusters 2. Cross-linked file 3. Orphaned files 4. bad sector
1. Requires at least three storage devices. 2. Requires at least five storage devices. 3. Does not provide redundancy. 4. Does not provide protection from a single storage device failure. 5. Requires at least two storage devices. 6. Protects your data if two storage devices fail at one time.
1. Parity 2. Three way mirror 3. Simple 4. Simple 5. Two way mirror 6. Three way mirror
1. You need to view detailed IP configuration information on your Windows workstation. In addition to the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway configuration, you need to see the network card's MAC address and the addresses of the DHCP and DNS servers the workstation is communicating with. Which command would you enter at the command line to see this detailed information? 2.When you see the DNS server address, you realize that this information needs to be updated. Earlier in the day, you implemented a new DNS server with a new IP address. The workstation will update this information in 24 hours. Which command can you enter at the command line to update the DNS server information right away?
1. ipconfig /all 2. ipconfig /flushdns
1. Resolves (looks up) a speficied hostname's IP address. 2. Tests connectivity between devices and shows the routers in the path between the two devices. 3. Sends an ICMP echo request/reply packet to a remote host. 4. Displays current connections and incoming and outgoing connections. 5. A few simple replies to this request from the remote host indicates that a connection exists between sender and receiver. 6. Displays active sessions, ports, sockets, and the local routing table. 7. Performs a continuous connection test when used with the -t option.
1. nslookup 2. tracert 3. ping 4. netstat 5. ping 6. netstat 7. ping
1. Only offers Windows' 11 most basic features. 2. Intended for most business professionals. 3.Intended for those whose work requires high-end hardware for intense computing. 4.Intended for large organizations that have IT professionals managing the systems.
1.Home 2.Pro 3.Pro for Workstations 4.Enterprise
You have just purchased and installed Windows 11 Pro on your laptop computer. You decide you want to upgrade the RAM on the laptop. What is the maximum amount of RAM that Windows 11 Pro supports?
2 TB
You have just purchased a new Windows 11 laptop to add to your collection of Windows devices. You decide that you want to apply the desktop settings on your new laptop to all of your Windows devices? What do you need before you can apply the settings to all your Windows devices?
A Microsoft account
Which of the following Windows components is designed to help you make video calls with contacts through their Microsoft accounts?
CHAT
Which of the following disk maintenance utilities optimizes the performance of your hard drive by verifying the file system integrity of a hard disk and fixing the errors it detects?
Check Disk
You have a computer with a single hard disk, which is configured as a basic disk with an NTFS-formatted single partition. The computer runs Windows 11. The disk has run out of space, and you want to add more space to the disk. You install a new hard drive and start Disk Management. Which of the following is a required task to add space to the existing volume?
Create a new partition without a drive letter on the new hard disk.
Which Task Manager tab do you use to adjust the priority that is given to a specific program on a Windows system?
Details
Alice recently purchased a new cell phone. After her vacation, Alice decided to transfer her holiday photos to her computer to do some touchup work before sending the pictures to her children. When Alice attached her phone to her computer, she saw that Windows detected her phone and tried to load the applicable software to give her access. Unfortunately, after trying for several minutes, Windows displayed a message indicating that it was unsuccessful. When Alice explored her available drives, her phone was not listed. Which of the following would be the BEST administrative tool to help Alice gain access to her phone?
Device Manager
As a member of the help desk team, you have been assigned to update the driver for the network adapter that is installed on most of the computers in your department. You have a copy of the latest driver on a USB flash drive. Which Windows utility allows you to manually update this new driver?
Device Manager
Which system utility would you use to troubleshoot hardware devices, examine and control the resources for specific devices, and install updated device drivers?
Device Manager
Alice recently purchased a new cell phone. After her vacation, she decides to transfer her holiday photos to her computer, where she can do some touchup work before sending the pictures to her children. When Alice attaches her phone to her computer, she sees that Windows detected her phone and tried to load the applicable software to give her access to her phone. Unfortunately, after trying for several minutes, Windows displays a message indicating that the attempt was unsuccessful. When Alice explores her available drives, her phone is not listed. Which of the following would be the BEST administrative tool to help Alice gain access to her phone?
Device Mgr
Which system utility would you use to troubleshoot hardware devices, examine and control the resources used by specific devices, and install updated device drivers?
Device Mgr
Which Windows tool can you use to determine the amount of space available to shrink a volume?
Disk Management
A user complains that his USB scanner no longer works. You check Device Manager and see an icon with a black down arrow through it. What should you do?
Enable the device in Device Manager.
Which of the following Windows 10 editions requires a volume licensing agreement?
Enterprise
Which of the following Windows 11 Enterprise edition versions is specifically intended for organizations that want to use cloud-delivered endpoint security?
Enterprise E5
You have a single hard drive on your laptop with a basic system volume. The volume is running out of space, and you would like to extend the space on the volume.
Extend the system volume on the existing hard drive by using contiguous unallocated space.
You have four volumes on a basic hard disk. You convert the disk to dynamic. After the conversion, which of the following are you MOST likely to see as the status of the fourth volume if it is valid and has no errors?
Healthy
You have four volumes on a basic hard disk. Which of the following are you MOST likely to see as the status of the fourth volume if it is valid and has no errors?
Healthy (Logical Drive)
Which of the following is a best practice when using Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) to access another computer?
Implement additional security protocols.
You are currently running the latest version of Windows 10 on your laptop. You want to install Windows 11 to take advantage of several new features. However, you have critical data on the OS hard drive that you want to preserve while installing Windows 11. Which of the following installation methods should you use?
In-place upgrade
A user reports that they cannot browse to a specific website on the internet. From their computer, you find that a ping test to IP address of the web server succeeds. A tracert test shows 17 hops to the destination web server. What is the most likely cause of the problem?
Incorrect DNS server address
While researching a fix to a system file issue, you find that using the attrib command should resolve the issue you are experiencing. The instructions you found said to run the following command: attrib +s +r -a myfile.dll Which of the following BEST describes the function of this command?
It adds the System file attribute, adds the Read-only attribute, and removes the Archive attribute for myfile.dll
You want to purchase and install the least expensive edition of Windows 11 for your laptop that includes Bitlocker device encryption. Which Windows 11 edition should you purchase?
PRO
Windows features a storage solution called Storage Spaces. What is the name of the Storage Spaces feature that allows you to allocate space for redundant information using options that include two-way mirroring, three-way mirroring, and parity?
Resiliency
Which tool can you use to display hardware utilization statistics that tell you about your computer's operation?
Resource Monitor
Bryce's computer is acting unusually sluggish today. He calls you, an IT technician, to see if you can find out what is going on and to improve his computer's performance. You run Task Manager on Bryce's computer and find that a suspicious application has nearly 90% CPU utilization. Which of the following can you use from Task Manager to stop the application from running?
Right-click > End task
Jodie's computer is acting unusually sluggish today. She calls you, an IT technician, to see if you can find out what's going on and how to improve her computer's performance. You run Task Manager on Jodie's computer and find that a suspicious application has nearly 90% CPU utilization. Which of the following actions can you take from Task Manager to immediately stop the application from running?
Right-click > End task
Windows includes a component that provides an easy way to access the most useful programs and services on your computer. This component lets you: -Search for a known application. -List all applications in alphabetical order. -Pin or unpin an application to the Start menu. -Switch users. -Shut down or restart the computer.
START MENU
You manage a Windows system. You want to view information about all of the programs running on your system and sort each program by the amount of memory and CPU that the program uses. Which tool should you use?
Task Manager
Your company has a Windows software program that can only be used by one person at a time. When you try to run the program, you are shown a message that indicates that the program is in use and is not available. It is critical that you get access to this program as soon as possible. You would like to know who is currently logged on to the computer so you can find out who is using the program. You connect to the remote computer using a remote desktop connection. Which of the following is the BEST utility to use to find out who is using the program?
Task Manager
Which Windows tool lets you perform automatic backups at regular times (such as on specific days at specific times)?
Task Scheduler
You have an application that you would like to run on your Windows workstation every Monday at 3:00 p.m. Which tool would you use to configure the application to run automatically?
Task Scheduler
You have a thin-provisioned storage space that suddenly unmounts. What is the MOST likely cause of this problem?
The storage space has run out of disk space.
You want to set up storage spaces for several employees in your company with a maximum allocation of 100 gigabytes per drive. However, you only have 500 gigabytes of available space left in the pool where you want to create the storage spaces. Which Storage Spaces feature can you use to allocate more space than what is actually available?
Thin provisioning
You have just finished installing Windows on a system that contains four physical hard disks. The installation process has created a system volume and a C: volume on the first disk (Disk 0). The installation process also initialized the second disk (Disk 1) and the third disk (Disk 2), but did not create any volumes on these disks. Which of the following would you expect to see as the status of Disk 1 and Disk 2?
Unallocated
Your computer has a quad-core processor installed that supports multithreading. Given that the system is running Windows, how can you BEST use Task Manager to verify whether multithreading has been enabled?
Use Task Manager to display CPU utilization graphs for eight processors.
You have an application that renders videos for your online business. You want to make sure that the application continues to receive adequate attention from the system CPU, even if you open other applications. How can you adjust the amount of attention given to that application?
Use Task Manager to modify the process priority.
You want to combine storage space from two different hard disks into a single logical storage unit on your Windows computer. Which of the following is the BEST step to perform?
Use dynamic disks and a spanned volume.
Which of the following Windows desktop components lets you create multiple desktop to organize availability for different sets of applications?
Virtual desktop
As the IT administrator for a small consulting firm, you want all the computers in the company office to be able to share files, printers, and local network resources. There are currently 15 computers in the office. Which of the following Windows features could you implement that would MOST closely match your network requirements?
Workgroup
Which of the following is a benefit of extending a volume?
You can add space to the volume from another disk.
You are working at the command line and want to add the Read-only attribute to a file and remove the Hidden attribute. Which command would you use?
attrib +r -h
Which command would you use to change the current directory to the immediate parent directory?
cd .. -Use cd .. to change the current directory to the immediate parent directory.
Which of the following utilities checks the disk for bad clusters?
chkdsk
Which of the following utilities would you use to correct cross-linked clusters within the file system on a Windows workstation?
chkdsk
You are an IT administrator who is troubleshooting a computer from within Windows Command Prompt. You are trying to execute the chkdsk command line tool, but it keeps failing. Which of the following command switches would give you the BEST information on how to run this command?
chkdsk /?
Which Windows command displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory?
dir
Which of the following commands displays a listing of the Group Policy Objects that have been applied to a computer and the user?
gpresult
You are an IT administrator, and you are troubleshooting a Windows-based computer. After a while, you determine that you need to refresh the Group Policy on that computer. Rather than reboot the computer, you decide to open a Command Prompt that you can manually apply the refresh from. Which of the following is the BEST command line tool for you to use to accomplish this task?
gpupdate
Which of the following Linux command line utilities displays a list of the installed network interfaces along with their current statuses and configurations?
ifconfig -ifconfig is used on Linux (and macOS) systems to display the installed network interfaces, their current status, and the current configuration settings for each interface (including MAC address, IP address, broadcast address, and subnet address).
Listen to exam instructions You are troubleshooting network connectivity issues on a Windows workstation. Which command would you use to view the network adapter's MAC address?
ipconfig /all
Listen to exam instructions You are the computer specialist for a small business. Your company server is named FS1 and has an IP address of 10.0.0.2. The hardware in your company server has started to experience intermittent failures, so you transfer the shares on the server to a spare server and take the main server offline. The spare server has an IP address of 10.0.0.3. You edit the existing A record for FS1 on your company's DNS server and redirect the hostname to the spare server's IP address of 10.0.0.3. Afterward, most users are able to access the shares on the spare server by hostname, but several users cannot. Instead, they see an error message indicating that the FS1 server cannot be found. Enter the command you can run from Command Prompt on these workstations that will allow them to access the shares on FS1 without performing a full restart.
ipconfig /flushdns
Which command would you use to have a workstation stop using an IP address that it obtained from a DHCP server?
ipconfig /release
You are troubleshooting network connectivity issues on a workstation. Which command would you use to request new IP configuration information from a DHCP server?
ipconfig /renew
While troubleshooting a Windows computer, you open a Command Prompt to explore the folders (directories) on the hard drive. You notice that one of the folders required for your project is missing. Which of the following Microsoft command line tools would allow you to QUICKLY create the missing folder?
md
A user has a problem accessing several shared folders on the network. After determining that the issue is not from his computer's IP configuration, you suspect that the shared folders are not currently connected. Which of the following commands will MOST likely confirm your suspicions?
net use
Which command lets you see a list of valid command parameters for the net use command?
net use /?
Which utility can you use to view a computer's current connections, active sessions, and ports?
netstat
A user is having problems connecting to other computers using hostnames. Which of the following commands will BEST help you troubleshoot this problem?
nslookup
Examine the following output: Server: helicuplar.xct.takro.net Address: 209.53.4.130 Name: westsim.com Address: 64.78.193.84 What command produced this output?
nslookup nslookup is a tool that allows you to send manual DNS resolution requests to a DNS server. The output displays the IP address and hostname of the DNS server that performed the resolution and the IP address and hostname of the target specified for resolution.
Examine the following output: Reply from 64.78.193.84: bytes=32 time=86ms TTL=115 Reply from 64.78.193.84: bytes=32 time=43ms TTL=115 Reply from 64.78.193.84: bytes=32 time=44ms TTL=115 Reply from 64.78.193.84: bytes=32 time=44ms TTL=115 Which utility produced this output?
ping
Which command lets you delete subdirectories in addition to files in the current directory?
rd /s -Use rd /s to remove subdirectories in addition to files in the current directory
Which command is used to copy entire folder structures between volumes or across a network while maintaining all NTFS file permissions and attributes?
robocopy
You need to duplicate a large number of files from your PC to a network server. Due to the number of files, you start the process and go home for the evening. When you return the next day, you find that only part of the files were duplicated to the server due to the router being temporarily unplugged by the janitor while cleaning. Which of the following Windows command line tools would BEST prevent this type of glitch from happening again?
robocopy
As a system administrator, you are responsible for maintaining network files. Your IT manager wants you to copy an entire file folder structure from one server to another across the network and recommends that you simply use the robocopy command. However, you have never used the robocopy command. Which of the following commands can you use at Command Prompt to find detailed information about how to use the robocopy command?
robocopy /?
You are at a Command Prompt and want to display the Remote Shutdown Dialog to restart a remote server that is having issues. Which of the following commands displays the Remote Shutdown Dialog?
shutdown /i
Frank is running a program called FrameMaker on his Windows computer. While trying to import graphics into this program, he sees a spinning wheel for a long time. When Frank clicks on the application, a message is displayed that indicates that the application is not responding. Which of the following Microsoft command line tools can BEST shut down the application?
taskkill
Examine the following output: 4 22 ms 21 ms 22 ms sttlwa01gr02.bb.ispxy.com [154.11.10.62] 5 39 ms 39 ms 65 ms plalca01gr00.bb.ispxy.com [154.11.12.11] 6 39 ms 39 ms 39 ms Rwest.plalca01gr00.bb.ispxy.com [154.11.3.14] 7 40 ms 39 ms 46 ms svl-core-03.inet.ispxy.net [205.171.205.29] 8 75 ms 117 ms 63 ms dia-core-01.inet.ispxy.net [205.171.142.1] Which command produced this output?
tracert
You are the network administrator of a branch office for your company. The branch office network is part of a WAN that covers most of the United States. Users have been complaining that they are unable to access resources over the WAN at the main headquarters. You suspect that one of the routers between your office and the main headquarters is not working properly. Which of the following TCP/IP utilities would be BEST to use to troubleshoot the routers?
tracert
Listen to exam instructions You recently installed a fiber optic network board on an expansion slot in your system's motherboard. You no longer need to use the integrated UTP network board that's integrated in the motherboard. Click on the option you would use in the integrated network adapter's Properties to disable it in Device Manager.
use the DRIVER tab
You need to use Task Manager to analyze memory utilization on a Windows system. For example, you need to see how much system RAM is currently in use and how much is available. Click on the tab in Task Manager that you would use to do this.
use the PERFORMANCE tab
You recently installed several applications on a Windows system. After doing so, you notice that the system takes much longer to boot up. You suspect that the new applications include one or more helper applications that are automatically loaded when the system boots. To improve performance, you want to identify any such helper applications and disable them. Click on the tab in Task Manager that you would use to do this.
use the STARTUP tab
Which command would you use to copy all files and subdirectories in a directory, including empty subdirectories?
xcopy /e
