Operating Systems Fundamentals (CINS-120) Midterm Exam Practice

Which tool lets you create system maintenance tasks that are performed on a regular schedule or when system events occur?

Task Scheduler

Until a new disk is initialized, what is its status reported as?

Unknown

Luis, a computer support specialist of a small tax consultancy, is manually installing Windows 10 on all the new computers in the company using the DVD boot installation method. At what point during the installation should Luis insert the installation DVD in the DVD drive?

Before starting the computer

If Windows 10 is configured to use dynamic IP configuration and is unable to contact a DHCP server, the default action is to use which type of address?

APIPA

Which account is the most powerful local user account possible?

Administrator

What does Windows need to manage and communicate with hardware components?

Device drivers

Which of the following is a command-line utility that can be used to display, change, add, and delete network configuration settings on a computer, including basic and advanced settings?

netsh

Which tool should you use to configure computers to communicate with external disks over standard Ethernet networks?

iSCSI Initiator

Which of the following is the CIDR notation of 255.255.255.0?

/24

After credentials are cached locally, you can sign in to a computer using a domain user account. By default, how many user sign-ins are cached?

10

Venona Inc., a food processing company, buys laptops that have the 64-bit version of Windows 10 preinstalled. On the first day of use, employees run into issues with the new laptops. They are unable to use a critical 16-bit business application that they were using without issues on their previous computers. Which of the following is the most likely reason the employees are not able to run the business application?

16-bit software cannot run on a 64-bit version of Windows 10.

An IP address is composed of a network ID and which of the following?

A host ID

Which of the following is a profile that cannot be modified?

A mandatory profile

Which of the following best describes a file format that can be used by the operating system to emulate the function of a hard drive, with all the data and structural elements of a drive?

A virtual hard disk

Which NTFS feature allows an administrator to track how much data is used on the file system by a user and potentially apply storage limits?

Disk quotas

Which feature of NTFS encrypts the contents of files?

EFS

As a network administrator, Joshua is helping a nearby library set up a local network. He manually assigns an IPv6 address, as well as a default gateway and DNS server, to each Windows 10 computer using the Network and Sharing Center. Which of the following is true of this configuration?

Each computer in the network is assigned a static IP address.

Which of the following actions will you perform on the Windows sign-in screen if your organization uses a virtual smart card for authentication?

Enter a PIN on the sign-in screen.

Maya, a graphic designer, has many files stored on her laptop and the hard drive is running out of space. She decides to move some of these files to another storage device. She plugs in an SSD into the USB port, transfers some of the older files to it, and unplugs the SSD. Which of the following disk technologies does the SSD exemplify?

External disk

Which Windows 10 feature ensures that a second user can sign in to a locked computer without signing out the first user and losing their work?

Fast user switching

Assume that you work as a network administrator. A colleague approaches you with an issue that he is not able to access the company's services on the server. After troubleshooting, you identify the firewall as a possible cause for the issue. To confirm this, you need to verify the firewall configuration in your colleague's computer. Which of the following cmdlets will you use for this purpose?

Get-NetFirewallRule

SpeedNet is an Internet service provider. It provides Wi-Fi services to its subscribers at several cafes, restaurants, and other public places. When a subscriber moves from one place to another, the subscriber's Windows 10 laptop can automatically detect the network and connect to it. Which of the following is the company using to offer wireless connectivity?

Hotspot 2.0 technology

Igneta intends to install Windows 10 on her personal computer using a DVD boot installation. She wants to speed up the DVD boot installation process. How can Igneta do this?

Igneta can place the Windows 10 installation files on faster media such as flash storage.

Which of the following allows a Windows 10 computer to act as a router to other computers?

Internet connection sharing

Ksenia is using the DVD boot installation method to install Windows 10 on her computer. She realizes that she needs to install additional drivers during the installation of the operating system. How can Ksenia achieve this?

Ksenia can use a USB storage device to load and install these additional drivers.

Iba is modifying the basic NTFS permissions for a folder. She wants to enable the permission that is the equivalent of enabling Write and Read & execute permissions combined. Which of the following options is the best choice?

Modify

Which of the following allows you to configure the security settings for each location type differently?

Network location awareness

Which of the following storage space types can only be created with three or more physical disks?

Parity

Members of which of the following groups are able to monitor performance counters and access performance logs on the computer?

Performance Log Users

Which Windows 10 service controls the flow of network traffic?

QoS Packet Scheduler

Jordan is assigned Full Control share permissions to a folder and Read NTFS permissions. He accesses the share by using the UNC path from his computer over the network. What is Jordan's effective permission level to the share in this scenario?

Read

What is expressed as the number of horizontal pixels by the number of vertical pixels?

Screen resolution

You have connected your smartphone to your home network to access the Internet. After few hours of browsing, you notice connectivity issues in your smartphone. Your friends suggest that you try resetting the network connection. Which of the following actions will you take?

Select the network in Wi-Fi settings and click Forget.

Joanna uses a USB device to sign in to her Office 365 account. She can plug in the device on any computer with an Internet connection. However, in addition to the USB device she must also use a PIN for authentication. Identify the authentication method used by Joanna.

She is using a security key.

Which of the following is true of desktop backgrounds?

Standardized desktop backgrounds have no impact on computer performance.

Which of the following technologies combines selected physical disks into a managed logical group called a storage pool?

Storage Spaces

Which of the following obtains IP configuration information when you connect a Windows 10 computer to a cable modem?

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

Jordana, a PhD student, is using her Windows 10 laptop to write her thesis. As part of her research, she must refer to multiple documents and applications open in different windows, which makes her writing process cumbersome. Which of the following options will help Jordana preview other windows without having to switch between them?

The Peek feature

Steffi has a computer that runs on a Windows 10 operating system. The computer often crashes, displaying the blue screen error. One of her friends, who works as a systems administrator, tells her that the RAM may be faulty. Identify a tool that Steffi can use to check this issue.

The Windows Memory Diagnostics Tool

You have a computer that runs on a Windows 10 operating system and supports Modern Sleep. What will happen if you close the lid of the computer?

The computer will be put in sleep mode.

As a network administrator, Lea helps a small start-up set up a temporary network at a rented space. She configures a host computer with the IP address provided by the ISP to act as a router. Other computers in the network share the Internet connection through the host computer. After few hours, the owners of the start-up complain that they are not able to connect to the Internet. Which of the following, if true, is preventing Internet access?

The host computer was manually configured using ICS.

Wemimo creates a new folder named NewFolder in D:\Labs\Test. In the Permissions tab in advanced security settings, he disables inheritance for this folder. Which of the following is true of the permission inheritance in this scenario?

This blocks inheritance of permissions for NewFolder from higher levels in D:\Labs\Test.

Frida is running out of space on her local hard drive, so she purchases an external hard drive. However, she wants to preserve the structure of the folders on the old drive. She needs to integrate the new drive in a way that it she can store data on it while appearing to access it via folders on the old drive. Which of the following can Frida use in this scenario?

Volume mount points

Which NTFS feature allows you to link an empty folder in one volume to another volume?

Volume mount points

Mika is on a flight to visit her parents. Before the takeoff, she is instructed to turn off her devices or put them in Airplane mode. After she gets off the flight and enters the airport, she notices that her Windows 10 laptop does not detect the public network. What do you think is preventing the laptop from connecting to the network?

Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are disabled on the laptop.

Primewall Informatics is an IT consulting firm that provides IT services to other companies. On one of its projects, the client requires the entire team to use computers with newly installed operating systems. The client wants to retain control over the applications that will be allowed to run on these computers. Which of the following editions of Windows 10 should Primewall choose?

Windows 10 Enterprise

Akosua, a system administrator, is configuring Windows 10 systems purchased from a vendor for the marketing department. Akosua is unable to join the computers to the Marketing domain. Other older computers have no problems in joining the domain. Which of the following editions of Windows 10 is installed on the new computers?

Windows 10 Home

You are configuring sharing options for the Public folder on a Windows 10 computer. In Advanced sharing settings in the Network and Sharing Center, you enable the option Turn on sharing so that anyone with network access can read and write files in the Public folders. Which of the following is a valid observation if you choose the option Turn on password protected sharing?

You can restrict access to the shared Public folder to valid user accounts, but you cannot select which user accounts have access.

Nikita intends to use the folder sharing wizard to create a share named Proposals on her computer, Desktop20. She navigates to the location D:\Sales\. There, she right-clicks the Proposals folder and creates the share using the folder sharing wizard. She wants to share this folder with other users in the same workgroup. Which of the following will allow other users to access the share on Nikita's computer?

\\Desktop20\Proposals

Nanxi wants to create a share on her computer. She decides to use the Create A Shared Folder Wizard to accomplish this task. Which of the following tools will launch this wizard?

shrpubw