lesson 3 windows

What filename extension is applied by default to custom consoles that are created for the MMC?

.msc

You are the Human Resources administrator for your company. You have recently been assigned a Windows 7 laptop computer. You have added a new directory named HR to the computer. You want to ensure that all files that are stored within the HR directory are encrypted. You will use the Cipher utility to accomplish this. Which of the following options should you use with the Cipher utility?

/E

You have an extremely large database that needs to be stored on a single partition. Your boss asks you about the maximum capacity for an NTFS partition. Assuming you are using 4 KB clusters, what is the correct answer?

16 TB

What are the minimum numbers of disks required for configuring RAID-5?

3

You are a system administrator for your company. You are managing a Windows 7 computer. You issue the following command at a command prompt: Compact/C. Which of the following will occur as a result of issuing this command?

All files within the specified directory will be compressed.

Will has installed Windows 7 on his Windows XP computer. The machine is now a dual-boot computer. He has FAT32 for Windows XP and NTFS for Windows 7. In addition, he boots his computer to Windows XP Professional for testing an application's compatibility with both operating systems. Which of the following file systems will be seen by both operating systems?

Both the FAT32 partition and the NTFS partition will be seen by both operating systems.

You are administering a Windows 7 computer. You suspect that the disk in the computer may have some bad sectors. You want to determine if the disk does have any bad sectors and fix them if possible. Which utility could you use to accomplish this?

Check Disk

Maggie wants the highest level of security possible for her data. She stores the data on an NTFS partition and has applied NTFS permissions. Now she wants to encrypt the files through EFS (Encrypting File System). Which command-line utility can she use to manage data encryption?

Cipher

Which of the following statements is NOT true of Encrypting File System (EFS)?

Compressed files and folders can be encrypted by EFS.

Which of the following Diskpart commands will convert an MBR disk to a GPT disk?

Convert GPT

Which of the following diskpart commands will you use to convert a GPT disk to an MBR disk?

Convert mbr

Which of the following file systems supports encryption?

NTFS

Cindy is using Windows 7 on her laptop computer, and the C: partition is running out of space. You want to identify any areas of free space that can be reclaimed from temporary files. What utility should you use?

Disk Cleanup

Bruce frequently works with a large number of files. He is noticing that the larger the files get, the longer it takes to access them. He suspects that the problem is related to the files being spread over the disk. What utility can be used to store the files sequentially on the disk?

Disk Defragmenter

You create a text file that contains information regarding configuration of the disk where Windows 7 is to be installed through image. What is this text file called?

Disk configuration format

Which of the following tools is used to create and attach a VHD?

Diskpart

While working in Windows 7 environments, which of the following utilities can be used to convert a basic disk into a dynamic disk?

Diskpart

Paige is considering upgrading her basic disk to a dynamic disk on her Windows 7 computer. She asks you to help her understand the function of dynamic disks. Which of the following statements are true of dynamic disks in Windows 7?

Dynamic disks support features such as simple volumes, extended volumes, spanned volumes, mirrored volumes, and striped volumes.

You are the network administrator for a small company. You have a laptop that you use to test an application that is deployed to several users who have access to only a Windows XP computer. To accommodate the testing of the application, you have a laptop that dual-boots between Windows 7 and Windows XP. You currently have Windows XP on the C: drive and Windows 7 on the D: drive. Both partitions are formatted with FAT32. You decide to convert the D: drive to NTFS so that you can apply additional security to some of the files. You use the Convert command-line utility to convert the D: drive. Before you reboot and convert the drive, you realize that you should not have converted the drive. How can you cancel the conversion process?

Edit the Registry setting for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\SessionManager to autocheck autochk -0.

Will is the manager of Human Resources in your company. He is concerned that members of the Administrators group, who have implied access to all NTFS resources, will be able to easily view the contents of the sensitive personnel files. How can you apply the highest level of security to the payroll files?

Encrypt the files with EFS.

You are the network administrator for a large company that has decided to use EFS. You have two Windows 7 machines, named machine1 and machine2. Both of these Windows 7 machines are part of a Windows Server 2008 R2 domain. From machine1, you can recover all EFS encrypted files for all users in the entire domain. You need to be able to do the same from machine2. How do you accomplish this task?

From machine1, export the DRA certificate and import that certificate onto machine2.

Which of the following partition types allows more than four primary partitions on a single disk?

GPT

You have just added a new disk to your computer that supports hot swapping. Your computer now has three physical drives. What is the fastest way to allow Windows 7 to recognize the new disk?

In Disk Management, select Action ' Rescan Disk.

Julie wants to allow her assistant, Tylor, access to several files that she has encrypted with EFS. How can she allow Tylor to access the files on her computer?

Julie should import Tylor's encryption key and add Tylor's certificate to each file to which Tylor should have access.

You are installing a new hard drive into your computer, which dual-boots between Windows 7 and Windows XP. You will be storing large and sensitive files on this drive. You will need to access these files from either operating system. You need to determine the file system to use when formatting the disk. Which of the following should you use?

NTFS

Alexandria is the payroll manager and stores critical files on her local drive for added security on her Windows 7 computer. She wants to ensure that she is using the disk configuration with the most fault tolerance and the highest level of consistent availability. Which of the following provisions should she use?

Mirrored volumes

RAID-1 refers to ____.

Mirroring

Which of the following statements are true regarding the creation of a group in Windows 7? (Choose two.)

Only members of the Administrators group can create users on a Windows 7 computer. Group names can contain spaces.

Which of the following features is described in the statement given below? "They are copies of files and folders that Windows automatically saves as part of a restore point. These are very useful for retrieving accidentally modified or deleted files. They are sometimes referred to as shadow copies."

Previous versions

When using Disk Management in Windows 7 to format a disk, what format type will not completely erase the volume but will only create a new file table?

Quick format

You have a 10 MB image file that you want to email to another user in the Marketing department. Which of the following should you do in order to email the image?

Right-click the image file and select Send To ' Compressed (Zipped) folder.

You need to expand the disk space on your Windows 7 computer. You are considering using spanned volumes. Which of the following statements are true concerning spanned volumes? (Choose all that apply.)

Spanned volumes can contain space from 2 to 32 physical drives. Spanned volumes can be formatted as FAT32 or NTFS partitions.

Which of the following does RAID 0 provide?

Striping

Identify whether the given statement is true or false. "Shared folder permissions provide less detailed security than NTFS permissions."

True

Cathy is the payroll manager at your company. The day before the payroll is processed, Cathy is involved in a minor car accident and spends two days in the hospital. She has Windows 7 installed as a part of a workgroup and has encrypted the payroll files with EFS. All of the EFS settings for the computer are set to default values. How can these files be accessed in her absence?

Unless a DRA has been configured, there will be no access to the files.

Which of the following CANNOT be used to back up EFS certificates?

Windows Backup utility

Rob is using Windows 7 to store video files. He doesn't access the files very often and wants to compress the files to utilize disk space more effectively. Which of the following options allows you to compress files in Windows 7?

Windows Explorer

You have compressed a 4 MB file into 2 MB. You are copying the file to another computer that has a FAT32 partition. How can you ensure that the file will remain compressed?

You can't maintain disk compression on a non-NTFS partition.