Chapter 15
26. What is the name of the back-up tool in Windows Vista?
Backup and Restore Center
8. What tool is used in Ubuntu Linux to perform full system backups?
Backups
10. Alberto installs a video card into a Windows 8 computer and it seems to work just fine until he tries to run a game. Then he gets low-end graphics and it just doesn't look right. What might he try to fix the problem? Select the best answer.
Check the video card manufacturer's Web site and download updated drivers
25. What tool works in the background to stop viruses and other malware from taking over programs loaded in system memory?
Data Execution Prevention
18. The tabs on the Performance Options dialog box in Windows are Visual Effects, Advanced, and _______________.
Data Execution Prevention.
27. What does the System Restore tool add automatically to a restore point?
Date and Time
16. The labels on the tab buttons on the Driver tab of the Windows Device are Driver Details, Update Driver, Roll Back Driver, Uninstall, and ______________.
Disable
4. What tool identifies files that can be deleted to gain more hard drive space?
Disk Cleanup
9. Diane complains that her system seems sluggish and she keeps running out of hard drive space. What Microsoft Windows-based tool can she use to get rid of unnecessary files and compress older files? Select the best answer.
Disk Cleanup
23. What does Ubuntu Linux use for backing up files, folders, and drives?
Déjà Dup
11. What feature included in Windows 8, 8.1, and 10 allows you to regularly back up your important files and folders?
File History
2. Mark loaded a new video card on his system, but now everything looks very bad. What should he do first?
Go to Device Manager
13. Mary wants to create a custom tool for maintaining her Windows clients. What tool enables her to accomplish this goal?
MMC
29. Which of the following of true of a restore process in Windows?
Only settings and programs are changed.
3. Marsha the tech has been tasked to support a set of Mac OS X computers. Upon examining the first few, she realizes the core operating system on the machines is two generations out-of-date. Given such as scenario, what should she do?
Open System Preferences and select the App Store pane.
24. The System Restore tool in Windows enables you to create a _______________, which is a snapshot of the computer's configuration at a specific point in time.
Restore Point
5. Which of the following backup features does Windows 7 not support?
Setting differential vs. incremental backups Tape Backup
4. What tool enables you to correct a corrupted Windows operating system by reverting your computer to a previous state?
System Restore
What tool enables you to modify which programs start when Windows 8.1 starts?
Task Manager
14. Chuck wants to run Disk Defragmenter on his Windows 7 machine once every week. Which tool enables him to set Windows to do this automatically?
Task Scheduler
7. What tool is used in Mac OS X to perform full system backups?
Time Machine
10. Event Viewer, Performance Monitor, and Command Prompt are found in which tab of the System Configuration tab?
Tools
15. Joan recently bought a new gamepad and used the Add a Device wizard to install it, but it still won't work. What should she do next? (Select two.)
Use Device Manager to automatically search for new drivers Check the manufacturer's Web site for updated drivers
19. The options in the Advanced tab on the Performance Options dialog box in Windows are Processor and _______________.
Virtual memory
1. Your system can automatically contact Microsoft's Web sites and download critical updates through ________________.
Windows Update
6. What program can you use to keep your systems patched and up-to-date?
Windows Update
5. To clean up the Registry in Windows, you should ______________.
acquire the right third-party tool
12. Most Windows applications distributed on removable media have a(n) ______________ file that calls up the installation program.
autorun
14. To install application software in Windows, the system looks for the special file called __________ and automatically runs the programs in that file.
autorun.inf
30. In Windows, System Restore is turned on _______________.
by default
6. The first task of Disk Cleanup is to ______________.
calculate the space to be freed up
15. If you are using an administrator account during a software installation and you get prompted by the UAC, you should _______________.
click Continue and finish the installation
20. The purpose of the Virtual memory option in the Advanced tab on the Performance Options dialog box in Windows is to _______________.
create or delete paging files
13. To start an application manually in Windows, you should _______________.
double-click on the disc icon in Explorer of File Explorer
11. The System Information Tool in Windows can be used to _______________.
gather information about remote computers
3. The purpose of Windows Update is to allow users to easily ________________.
install important or recommended updates
22. Time Machine in Mac OS X creates full system backups that are known as _______________.
local snapshots
12. Which of the following commands opens the System Information tool?
msinfo32
21. The Back-up-files option in Windows Vista enables you to back up _______________.
only personal information for all users
2. Which types of updates must be installed manually in Windows?
optional
28. By default, Windows creates a ___________ every time new software is installed.
restore point
9. Use _______________ to load minimal, generic and trusted drivers for troubleshooting purposes.
safe mode
31. System Restore in Windows uses _______________ to save information on restore points.
some of your hard drive
7. Windows Task Scheduler divides tasks into actions, conditions, and ______________.
triggers
8. Actions or schedules that start a program are called _______________ in Task Scheduler.
triggers
17. If Windows 8 does not automatically detect a newly added device, to get the device recognized and the drivers installed, you should
use the Add-a-device option in the Devices and Printers applet
