Cyber 100 Final Review
You are looking for the device special file associated with the second SATA drive on your system and the first partition on that drive. What file should you look for?
/dev/sdb1
Where should you look for the configuration settings of your printer on a Linux computer?
/etc/cups
A Terabyte is the same as which of the following values?
1,000,000 MB
How many clusters does it require to store a 6 KB file on a Windows computer if each cluster is a single sector?
12
About how much data is typically transferred in each packet or frame?
1500 bytes
You have been asked to install a network-attached printer that will be used with macOS client computers. Which of the following is an example of a setting you will use when configuring this printer?
172.16.1.100
If a hard drive is organized in groups of 4 sectors, how many bytes can be read or written to the drive at one time?
2,048 bytes
On a computer with a new hard disk and no existing volumes, how many volumes does the default Windows 10 installation procedure automatically create?
3
You want your server to be able to access at least 128 GB of RAM. What specification must the system have for this requirement to be met
64-bit address bus
If your address bus is 16-bits wide, approximately how much memory can your computer address
64K bytes
How many bytes can a computer with a 64-bit data bus transfer at one time?
8
Approximately how much data could a CPU with an external clock speed of 2 GHz and a 32-bit data bus transfer per second?
8 Gigabytes
A new business has contracted you to install their network, servers, and clients. There are 25 client computers. You have determined that the business will be domain-based and should use Active Directory for centralized sign-ins and policies. Other services include DHCP, DNS, file and printer sharing and a database. You estimate the business will initially require two servers running Windows Server 2019 and another that runs Linux for the database. You have installed the first Windows server and installed Active Directory, DNS, and DHCP. What role should the second server play in the network?
A domain controller in the existing domain.
Which of the following is NOT a file system supported by modern Windows OSs?
APFS
You will be using a mobile device that is based on RISC architecture for a new project. Which of the following CPU families is most likely running in the device?
ARM
What do you do to manage disk quotas on a volume in Windows Server 2016?
Access the Quota tab in the volume's Properties dialog box.
You have been asked to sign into a Windows Server to create new user accounts for some of the company's new employees and configure security policies that will affect the new employees' client computers. What service will you use to perform these tasks?
Active Directory
You have hired a junior IT administrator that will administer user and group accounts in the domain but you do not want to give the new hire greater administrative authority. What should you do?
Add the junior IT administrator's account to the Account Operators group.
How does a CPU know if a data transfer has been completed if an I/O device uses DMA to transfer data?
An interrupt is generated.
You are running the Chrome Web browser and try to open a Web site when you are prompted for login credentials. What TCP/IP model layer is at work that requires you to logon to the Web site?
Application layer
If you need to change specific parameters controlling the way your computer boots, which of the following components would you configure?
BIOS
What are the two main design standards of UNIX operating systems?
BSD and SVR4
A colleague of yours is configuring Performance Options on Windows Server 2019 and wants to know how the Processor scheduling setting should be configured. What should you tell him?
Background Services
Why is the UDP Transport layer protocol a good choice for implementing the Domain Name System (DNS) protocol?
Because DNS messages usually consist of a single packet of data
Where is the BIOS configuration data stored?
CMOS
Which part of the CPU is responsible for receiving and decoding an instruction and giving it to another CPU component for execution?
CU
What is the name of the print spooler daemon in the most widely used Linux printing system on modern systems?
CUPS
You want to capture the state of a Hyper-V VM because you will be installing new software and you want to be able to get back to the state of the VM before the installation if something goes wrong. What option should you look for in Hyper-V?
Checkpoint
Your boss is concerned about security on your Windows Server 2019 domain controller. He would like an alert sent to an administrator and the server to be locked down if an attack is detected. What do you suggest to meet this requirement
Configure Exploit Guard
Which of the following is NOT a typical step in the process for installing new hardware on a macOS system?
Configure dip switches.
You have received an update package for a critical application you are running on a virtual machine. You have been told to install the update package and that you can only have very little downtime. What should you do first?
Create a copy of the virtual machine that runs the application.
Which feature of the GUID Partitioning Table (GPT) partitioning method offers improved reliability over the MBR partitioning method?
Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC)
Which tape format has the least capacity?
DAT
Which of the following is NOT included in the current server add-on package for macOS?
DHCP server
What type of data transfer strategy allows large blocks of data to be transferred to and from memory with little CPU involvement?
DMA
Which of the following device is most likely to be a block device?
DVD
Using a spreadsheet application, you open a file that is located on one of your Windows servers. Which OSI model layer is responsible for determining whether the request to open the file should be handled by the local file system or the network?
Data Link
What feature that was introduced in Windows Server 2012 finds identical sets of data on a volume and reduces them to a single instance to reduce space?
Data deduplication
You recently bought an enterprise server that you will use for virtualization. You need to run as many as ten virtual machines with Windows Server 2019 as the guest OS. To save on licensing costs, what edition of Windows Server 2019 should you purchase?
Datacenter
You will be installing Windows Server 2019 for a company that plans to consolidate many of their existing servers onto new servers that will run Hyper-V. The old servers will be decommissioned and the services they hosted will run as VMs on the new virtualization servers. You might be running dozens of VMs on each Hyper-V server. Which edition of Windows Server 2019 should you install on the new virtualization servers?
Datacenter
The code that exchanges information with hardware devices is referred to as which of the following?
Device driver
Michael Thomas has a user account named mthomas. Michael has just left the company and his replacement is in the process of being hired. Michael's account was a member of several groups that are assigned rights and permissions throughout the network. His replacement will require the same level of access that Michael had including access to all his work files. What is the best approach to ensuring that Michael's replacement can easily be assigned the necessary rights and permissions?
Disable Michael's account. When his replacement is hired, rename the account, change the password, and re-enable it.
Which of the following is a container management platform used by Linux and Windows?
Docker
You have shared a folder on a Windows server that is a part of a domain.You need to assign permissions to users in this domain so they can access the shared folder.Which type of group should you use to make the permissions assignment?
Domain local
Which of the following is true about device drivers?
Drivers are only available on the OS vendor installation media.
Which of the following is true about user accounts and OS installation?
During Linux installation, you may need to specify the password for the root user.
What enhancement to ext2 does ext3 have that helps prevent file damage and loss of integrity in the event of a system crash or power outage?
EFS
What is the name of the hypervisor that comes with vSphere?
ESXi Server
Which of the following is NOT a Windows Server 2019 installation option?
Enterprise Edition
A friend asks you why it is that you can download, install, and use Fedora Linux free of charge while Windows requires that you have purchased a license to use it. What can you tell him?
Fedora Linux is free to use for only a one-year period.
Which of the following is true about using GPT versus MBR?
GPT supports larger disk than MBR
Which of the following is an example of applying the least privileges rule?
Giving the Everyone group Read access to a share that contains documents needed by the accounting department
You have mapped a drive letter to a share named hrdocs on a server named hr. After mapping the drive, you need to access a file named hiring.pdf in a subfolder named employment. What is the correct syntax for accessing this file using the drive mapping?
H:\employment\hiring.pdf
Which technology goes beyond virtual machines and extends to virtual storage networks and virtualized networking?
HCI
Which type 1 hypervisor is available as an installable feature in Windows 10?
Hyper-V
What protocol does a network-attached printer that can print over the Internet use?
IPP
You have been asked to ensure that data traveling between the accounting department client computers and the accounting server is authenticated and encrypted. What can you deploy to accomplish this?
IPsec
An analysis of a running system shows that the system is frequently being interrupted to execute program code related to interrupts. How does the CPU know when it must execute this code?
IRQ information is carried by the control bus.
While troubleshooting a computer hardware problem, you find that the processor is not being informed when a device has data ready to be read or written. What is the likely problem
IRQs
Which cloud computing category allows a company to quickly provision additional processing resources without acquiring new equipment?
IaaS
Which of the following is true of IPv6 addresses?
Implemented because of the shortage of IPv4 addresses
You have ten servers in your datacenter running Windows Server and Linux. You recently performed performance monitoring tests and found that you have two high-performance Windows Servers that are underutilized with respect to processing, memory and storage. You have several other lower performance servers that are running Windows Server and Linux on older hardware that is out of warranty and is becoming unreliable. Using your existing resources, what can you do to better utilize the high performance servers while being able to retire the older servers?
Install a bare-metal virtualization product on the high-performance servers and transfer the workloads of the older servers to VMs.
You are trying to install a new printer on a Windows computer. You are using the Add a printer or scanner option in Settings. The Add a printer or scanner option does not detect your printer. What should you do next?
Install the printer manually.
You are reading the specifications of a computer that supports quad-core CPUs. The computer supports up to a maximum of 16 cores. What must be true about this computer
It is a multiprocessor computer.
You are instructing a colleague to create a device driver for a new tape drive that will be used to store collected data for an embedded system. What are two of the qualities of this type of device that must be understood to write the driver?
It is a sequential-access, block device.
Which of the following is true about the Linux OS
It is at the heart of many embedded and real-time systems.
Which of the following is true about the Linux operating system?
It is multiuser.
You want to learn more about cybersecurity and forensic tools. You would like to install an OS that specializes in cybersecurity tools and learning. What should you install?
Kali Linux
During Windows 10 installation, which of the following is NOT an option on the initial setup screen?
Keyboard or input method
If you are designing a CPU on which you want memory that can be accessed at the internal clock speed of the CPU, which type of memory are you concerned with?
L1 cache
Which type of tape drive is most widely accepted in the high-end server market because of its high performance?
LTO
Which method for creating Linux volumes is similar to using dynamic disks in Windows?
LVM
Which type of cache is found as part of more advanced CPUs, is shared among the CPU cores and typically comes in sizes of 8 and 16 MB?
Level 3
You are a computer consultant called in to a manufacturing plant. The plant engineer needs a system to control their assembly line that includes robotic arms and conveyors. Many sensors are used and precise timing is required to manufacture the product. Of the following choices, which OS would you recommend to be used on the computing system that controls the assembly line and why?
LynxOS because it is an RTOS
Which of the following is a general-purpose OS that can be categorized as standalone?
MS-DOS
You are running an OS that allows you to switch between tasks loaded in memory but while one task is running, the other tasks cannot run. Which OS must you be running?
Mac OS 7
Which of the following is true about device drivers on Linux systems?
Many drivers are in the form of kernel modules.
A user is running a word processor, a spreadsheet program, a web browser, and listening to music on their computer. The user tries to open a video file and the computer displays a message indicating that there is not enough RAM to load the file. The user closes the web browser and then successfully opens the video file. Which component of an OS prevented the user from opening the file and then allowed the user to open the file?
Memory and I/O Management
Which of the following is true about macOS installations?
Most installations are upgrades.
When configuring the virtual network for a VM in VMware Workstation, which network adapter option should you choose if you want the VM to be on a private network, isolated from the host and the physical network?
NAT
When configuring the virtual network for a VM in VMware Workstation, which network adapter option should you choose if you want the VM to have an IP address that works on the physical network?
NAT
Which of the following is a native Linux printer sharing protocol?
NFS
A colleague has asked you where the media access control address of his computer is located?What do you tell him?
NIC
You are configuring a Linux server that will work in a Windows domain environment. You need the Linux server to be compatible with the Windows centralized logon service. What should you install?
NIS
With what technique are two or more servers linked to share the server processor load?
NLB clustering
What can occur in an operating system when a system error such as divide by zero happens?
NMI
When you do a clean install of Windows 10 and select a disk that has no existing volumes, what file system is used to format the disk?
NTFS
Which of the following file systems supports file and folder permissions?
NTFS
You are troubleshooting a friend's computer and your diagnostic software reports a problem with the MFT. What file system is your friend's computer using?
NTFS
Which Windows Server installation option has a very small footprint, does not support a local logon?
Nano Server
In which layers of the OSI model does the network interface operate?
Network and Application
Which of the following is a reason to use hosted virtualization on your Windows 10 computer if you will be experimenting with networking services like DHCP?
Network isolation
A new member of your IT department asked when Windows 10 was first released and you tell her that it was released in July 2015. She suggests that Microsoft must not have made any big changes to their client OS since Windows 11 has not been released. Is she correct?
No, Microsoft makes major changes to Windows 10 periodically but calls them feature releases instead of changing the version number
You have just installed a new disk drive in a Windows server and you have booted the system. You open Disk Manager, change the disk type to dynamic and create three volumes. Are you ready to store files on the disk?
No, you must first prepare the disk with a file system by formatting it.
You are setting up an Active Directory environment for a business that has three locations and 300 users. You want the users to be easily found in Active Directory based on the location and department they work in. What feature of Active Directory should you use?
OUs
Which of the following is a difference between a Windows 10 installation and a Windows server 2019 installation?
On Windows Server 2019, you must create a password for the Administrator account.
Which of the following is a difference between installing an OS on a virtual machine versus a physical computer?
On a virtual machine, you must install the same OS that is running on the host computer.
Which of the following is one of the tasks performed by a computer's BIOS?
POST
In the OS boot procedure, which step occurs after the CPU starts?
POST (power on self test)
Which cloud computing category should you use if you want to develop an application without having to purchase expensive development tools?
PaaS
Which of the following is NOT a task in preparation for installing an OS?
Perform a low-level format on the installation disk.
At the end of the Windows Server 2019 installation, you create a password for the Administrator user and press Finish. What do you do next to sign in to Windows Server 2019?
Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete
You need to install a new sound card for a colleague's computer.Which of the following does NOT represent a typical method for installing the driver on a Windows system?
Programs and Features
You have four HDDs that are 2 TB each. You need to configure the drives so that you have fault tolerance and at least 6 TB of usable disk space. How should you configure the drives?
RAID 5
An administrator wants to create a volume that provides redundancy using disk striping with parity. What type of volume should the administrator select?
RAID 5 volume
Which type of RAID volume is most similar to a striped volume storage layout in Storage Spaces?
RAID0
You are discussing a CPU that will be used on a new project. Your colleague comments that the CPU he has in mind does not use microcode. What type of CPU is being discussed?
RISC
What is the least file and folder permission necessary to open and run an application?
Read & execute
You have double-clicked a device in Device Manager to open its Properties window. Where can you find information about IRQs the device might use?
Resources tab
Which disk subsystem is considered to be the most reliable and highest performance for use in enterprise and high-utilization environments?
SAS
You are installing a new database application that is extremely disk intensive and will run around the clock. What type of disk subsystem will provide the best performance?
SAS using SSDs
Which disk interface uses parallel data transfer but has high reliability and an advanced command set?
SCSI
Your colleague is asking about a storage device that uses flash memory chips and doesn't use magnetic platters. What type of device is he asking about?
SSD
Which of the following is NOT true about SSD drives compared to mechanical drives?
SSDs come in much larger capacities
A computer has an operating system installed that is running a directory service and is configured to run without a GUI. What type of OS is most likely installed on the computer?
Server
Which Windows Server installation option was introduced in Windows Server 2008 that has a limited GUI and smaller footprint
Server Core
Which tool, first introduced in Windows Server 2008 but remains in Windows Server 2019, provides one location to set up, deploy, and manage servers and server roles?
Server Manager
You are running a video editing application on Windows 10. When you open a file in the application that is stored on a Windows server, what protocol are you most likely using to open the file and at what TCP/IP model layer does it operate?
Server Message Block, Application layer
Which OSI model layer is involved with user logon and logoff?
Session Layer
A user, Tim, is sitting at a Windows 10 client computer running an application when he sees a message that another user is trying to access the computer remotely using RDP. The other user cannot access the computer until Tim signs out of Windows. What type of OS is the computer most likely running?
Single-User
Which cloud computing category refers to the use of applications hosted on a service provider's computers, and is usually subscription based?
Software as a service
What type of volume utilizes two or more physical disks, and fills each disk sequentially, rather than using striping?
Spanned volume
You are installing a TCP/IP printer on a Windows system. What is the next step you should take after you have selected to add a printer using a TCP/IP address or hostname?
Specify an IP address.
Which type of macOS account can log on to the local Mac computer and run applications but cannot change network settings?
Standard
A user typed the name of a program at the command-line and pressed Enter. A user interface appeared on the screen. What function did the OS perform?
Started a process
A user has created a new folder on their computer to store financial documents. Which OS feature allows the user to create folders and store files on the hard disk.
Storage Management
Which Windows Server feature, first introduced in Windows Server 2012, provides administrators with the ability to manage storage of different sizes and interfaces, creating virtual disks that can be anything from a simple volume to a fault-tolerant RAID 5?
Storage Spaces
Which of the following is NOT a type of device special file used in Linux systems?
Stream special files
You added the user jsmith to the file and folder permissions list of a folder named Accounting on a Windows 10 computer and gave the user Full Control to the folder. When you checked the permissions on a subfolder of the Accounting folder, you see that jsmith is also on that permissions list with Full Control permissions. What is the most likely reason jsmith on the subfolder's permissions list if you didn't add the account?
Subfolders acquire parent folder permissions due to permission inheritance.
In the TCP/IP layered architecture, which of the following is a protocol that operates at the Internetwork layer?
TCP
You are examining a segment header from a frame you captured with a protocol analyzer. What TCP/IP protocol header are you examining?
TCP
What was the primary difference between the 8088 processor and the 8086 processo
The 8086 processor had a 16-bit data bus compared to the 8-bit bus of the 8088.
Which of the following accurately describes preemptive multitasking?
The OS is in strict control of which processes get CPU time.
You are reading an old case study about an application running on Windows 95. The application became unresponsive and caused the OS to freeze, prompting a restart of Windows 95. What is the most likely reason Windows 95 froze and had to be restarted
The application was 16-bit and used cooperative multitasking.
You have a computer with two disk drives. You have just installed Windows Server 2019 with the default location options. Which of the following is the correct location of the boot volume and system volume?
The boot volume and system volume are on the same disk.
You are troubleshooting a network connectivity issue on a client computer. You cannot ping the computer and the computer cannot ping any other computers on the network, but the network interface is showing a valid network connection. You run the ipconfig program and see that the computer's IP address is 169.254.100.19. What do think the problem is likely to be?
The client is configured to use DHCP but no DHCP server is responding
You have just received a new HDD so you connect it to your computer. The disk manager software recognizes the disk but when you try to format it, you see an error indicating the disk manager software cannot find location of the tracks and sectors. What is the most likely problem?
The disk is not low-level formatted
If a disk pool in a Storage Spaces becomes full, how does Windows Server respond?
The disk pool is moved to an offline state until more physical storage is added.
You are planning to install Windows Server 2019 on a computer that will provide critical services for your network all day, every day. Which of the following statements is true?
The disk subsystem should use the serial attached SCSI (SAS) interface.
During a Windows 10 installation why would you want to select the Load driver link?
The disk you want to install Windows on isn't shown.
On a Linux system, the inode link count for a file has a value of two. What is true about the file?
The file has a hard link
You run the Linux ls command and see the following next to a file name: d rw- --- ---. What does this mean?
The file is a directory and the owner has read and write access.
Why is a dual-boot system less common today?
The free availability of virtualization software
Which of the following is a reason that data is transferred in chunks rather than as one long transfer of data?
The pause between chunks allows the computer to perform other processing tasks.
A user has two files open in Microsoft Word; one is named salary.docx and the other is named pay.docx. When the user makes a change to salary.docx, the pay.docx window updates with the change that was just made to salary.docx. Why does this happen?
The pay.docx file is hard linked to the salary.docx file.
A user is trying to access a file in a shared Windows folder. The user can open the share but cannot open the file in the share. You check the sharing permissions and the user has Change permission to the share. Why can't the user open the file?
The user does not have Read file and folder permissions to the file.
A junior technician is formatting a USB flash drive on a client's Windows 10 computer. The technician wants to format the volume using the FAT32 file system, but he doesn't see the option for FAT32 in Disk Management. What is the most likely reason he doesn't see the FAT32 formatting option?
The volume is smaller than 4 GB
it is less complicated and can perform pipelining more effectively than CISC hardware
They have one physical CPU chip
Which of the following is a primary reason for using group accounts on an OS?
To simplify the assignment of rights and permissions to users with common requirements.
A new technician sees the following syntax in a batch file: \\server1\accounting. He is unfamiliar with the syntax and asks you what it is called. What do you tell him?
UNC path
You have a multidomain Windows Server 2019 forest.You need to make a shared folder on a member server available to users from several domains.What type of group should you create to add the users to and assign permissions to the resource?
Universal
You have two Hyper-V servers named H1 and H2. You are running a VM on H1 and have enabled VM replication so the VM is replicated to H2. You want to check the status of the VM that is replicated to H2. Which VM are you checking the status of?
Update-ClusterFunctionalLevel
A Windows 10 user is having trouble with Zoom sessions. She tells you that she recently installed an updated webcam driver that she hoped would allow her to properly use Zoom backgrounds. However, ever since she updated the driver, her Zoom sessions frequently freeze and her video is very slow. What do you recommend that she do to get Zoom working again quickly?
Use Device Manager to roll back the webcam driver.
You have been asked to test a Linux application running on Fedora Linux. You don't currently have a Fedora Linux computer available, but you do have a computer you use for testing that runs Windows Server 2016. You want to be able to test the application without uninstalling Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2016 must continue to run while you are testing the application. What can you do
Use Hyper-V to create a Fedora Linux VM and install the application in the VM.
You are examining a file named smb.conf on a Linux computer and see the line: read only = no. What does this mean?
Users have read and write access to the specified file on the local file system.
Which of the following is the virtual environment that emulates a physical computer's hardware and BIOS?
VM
You are running macOS Mojave and you want to begin working with various other OSs such as Windows Server and Linux. You only have one computer and you need to keep using macOS while working with the other OSs. What can you install on macOS that will help achieve this goal?
VMware Fusion
What should you install in a guest OS running on VMware Workstation to optimize network, video, and disk drivers?
VMware Tools
Which of the following is a platform for managing multiple ESXi servers in a datacenter that comes optionally with vSphere?
VMware vCenter Server
You are the administrator for a company that has users that must access the network remotely on a regular basis. You want users to be able to access the company's network resources securely wherever they have an Internet connection. What should you deploy on your server
VPN
Which SATA version supports maximum transfer speeds up to 6 Gb/s?
Version 3
Which Windows 10 feature lets users better organize open applications, allowing them to switch between a set of open applications using the Windows+Ctrl+D key combination?
Virtual desktops
Which of the following is a hosted virtualization product?
VirtualBox
Your company has just opened an office in another state and you need the computers to communicate between the offices. What type of network should you create?
WAN
Windows 95 and Windows 98 suffered from occasional crashes and freezes due to misbehaving 16-bit applications. What feature, eventually added to Windows OSs, helped to solve this problem?
WOW
A small business wants you to install Windows Server 2019 to serve as the domain controller for their 25 client computers. Which of the following is a critical question you must ask before you can complete the installation?
What domain name should you use?
You need to set up a new network with 15 workstations. You must provide access to network services for all 15 stations simultaneously and you have been told to use Active Directory in this network. Which OS can provide Active Directory services?
Windows 2016 Server
Which of the following statements is true about Windows 3.1?
Windows 3.1 was built upon MS-DOS.
Which version of Windows set the standard of all Windows OSs to come with respect to the user interface, Plug and Play, and the registry?
Windows 95
Which tool in Windows Server 2019 should you use to manage storage spaces?
Windows Admin Center
You have three Windows servers running a directory service. Directory changes can only be made on one of the three services, while the other two serve as read-only backups. What version of Windows must you be running
Windows NT Server 4.0
What Windows 10 feature allows you to test an application with the assurance that it will not interfere with existing applications or your Windows 10 installation?
Windows Sandbox
You have been asked to test a new application on your Windows 10 computer but the application is experimental and you are unsure of its reliability. You don't want to risk damaging your existing Windows 10 installation and you don't have enough resources to use a hypervisor. What can you use to test the application?
Windows Sandbox
You are troubleshooting a computer that is being used primarily to serve Web pages and respond to Active Directory requests. Which operating system are you most likely using?
Windows Server 2019
A new client needs to tightly integrate Linux into their Windows environment. What Windows Server 2019 feature can best support this requirement?
Windows Subsystem for Linux
Which of the following is true about a Windows file system versus a Linux file system?
Windows uses FAT and NTFS as file systems, while Linux uses a variety of file systems
You have just installed an open-source type 1 hypervisor that uses Linux as the host management OS. You want to manage the hypervisor and your VMs. What tool should you use?
XenCenter
Which computer is most likely to run a cooperative multitasking operating system?
a 16-bit desktop computer built in 1992
You need 4 TB of fast storage for a server but your budget is limited. The storage will be accessed continually 365 days/year. Which of the following options should you select that is not the least expensive nor the most expensive option but still provides good performance?
a 4 TB hybrid drive
Which of the following statements is true about Window Server 2016 minimum system requirements?
a 64-bit processor
Which of the following statements is true about the FAT16 directory structure?
a backup of the FAT table is kept for each partition
What is the silicon wafer called that the CPU circuitry is manufactured on
a die
Where is the root of the Linux folder structure found?
a inode 0
A CPU has just been powered on and it immediately executes a machine code instruction. What is the most likely type of instruction that it executed?
a jump instruction
You are using a device that reads the physical addresses contained in incoming data that travels along network cables. Based on the physical address that it reads, the device then forwards the data out one of its ports to reach the destination device. What type of device are you using?
a switch
You are running Windows 10 and want to use a virtualization program so you can test out a new distribution of Linux and work with other operating systems while still being able to use Windows 10. What should you install?
a type 2 hypervisor
Which of the following is a valid password for the Windows Server 2019 Administrator account you create during installation?
aP@ssword
Which of the following is NOT a basic component of most I/O devices?
address register
Which of the following is NOT a feature of the Windows NT security model?
all network data is encrypted
Your company is opening a branch office with twenty employees that require computers. The Windows 10 computers are joined to the company domain and authentication must occur within the branch office. You have been asked to configure a server to meet these requirements, but domain changes cannot occur on the server in the branch office. What should you deploy
an RODC
Your company is setting up a branch office that will have seven client computers running Windows 10 that are joined to your domain. The branch office does not have a secure server room but you need a server to share files and printers. You also want to limit the amount of authentication traffic that travels across the WAN. What should you install in the branch office?
an RODC
You want a Windows Server 2019 computer to handle network logons and enforce network access and security policies. How should you configure this computer?
as a domain controller
You have just finished writing a program that uses instructions such as load R1, X and stor R1, Z. What must be used to create opcodes from those instructions?
assembler
Which of the following is NOT a task you should perform immediately after signing in to Windows Server 2019 for the first time after it has been installed?
assign a computer name
A user has signed into a Windows domain and the user is trying to change the video card driver on their computer. The OS does not allow the user to make this change. What process determined whether the user could change the video card driver?
authorization
You have installed a new network adapter in a computer and rebooted the operating system. You go to check the settings of the network adapter, but you cannot find the device in Windows. What is the most likely problem?
bad or missing device driver
What is another term for a type 1 hypervisor?
bare-metal virtualization
Which of the following is the correct syntax for specifying the UPN for a user named jsmith on the mydomain.local domain?
On a Windows 10 computer, on which volume would you find the \Windows folder?
boot volume
Which of the following is a program in firmware that locates and loads the bootloader program?
bootstrap
Which of the following is usually found in firmware and plays a part in starting an operating system?
bootstrap
What is the software called that examines the partition table to determine the partition from which to boot the OS?
bootstrap code
When configuring the virtual network for a VM in VMware Workstation, which network adapter option should you choose if you want the VM to share the host's IP address to allow the VM to access network resources on the physical network?
bridged
You have ten employees, each with their own computer.You currently have only one printer that is connected via USB to your computer. You frequently run into the problem where other employees try to print to the printer when your computer is shut down or when you are in a meeting.You have funds for a new printer but you don't want to run into the same problems even if the printer is installed on another user's computer.What do you suggest?
buy a printer with a LAN interface
Which of the following is true about doing a clean install of a client OS on a computer?
by default, most installations use all the space on the first drive
When a CPU is executing a program and the current instruction needs four bytes of data, where does the CPU first look for the needed data
cache
Which hardware component predicts what data will be needed and makes that data available to the CPU's internal memory
cache controller
You want to view a list of users on a Linux system. What command should you use?
cat /etc/passwd
What type of I/O device transfers a single byte of data at a time?
character-stream
Which of the following is a good practice when you are installing a new device?
check for a new driver
You are planning to upgrade a Windows Server 2008 R2 server to a Windows Server 2019 server. Which upgrade process should you select?
clean install with server role migration
Which operating system role does Windows 10 most closely fit?
client
In which type of networking model are data, applications, and processing power managed by servers on the Internet?
cloud computing
Which of the following features is the least likely to be installed on a computer in which the primary role it will play in the network is a client?
clustering
What type of user interface did IBM PCs running MS-DOS have?
command line
You are interested in seeing the assembly language instructions created when you write C++ code on your Windows 10 computer. What do you need to install on your computer to see the assembly language created by C++ code?
compiler
Which of the following is NOT a typical application for hosted virtualization?
consolidation of production servers
You are troubleshooting a computer that is in the design phase. The problem you see is that the CPU is not receiving information about the status of resources and devices connected to the computer. The CPU is also not receiving IRQs. What component of the computer do you suspect could be the problem
control bus
You are writing a device driver for a sensor attached to the computer. Your driver is experiencing an error when it tries to write a command instructing the device to read data. In which component of the device does the problem most likely lie?
control register
Which of the following is NOT a task typically performed by an OS's file system?
convert files between image formats
You want to automate the process of mapping drive letters to shares when users log on to a Windows domain. What should you do?
create a batch file
Which of the following is not a task that you can perform using the Disk Management tool on a Windows Server 2019 system?
create storage pools
What operating system is the basis of macOS
darwin
When examining protocols of the TCP/IP model, what unit of information does the SMTP protocol work with?
data
Which of the following is NOT considered file metadata?
database name
The user Jack has been assigned the Change permission to a Windows share and the Read and Write permission to the shared folder in file and folder permissions. Which of the following actions can Jack NOT perform on files in the share when accessing them from the network?
delete the files
What part of a frame does a switch use to determine where to forward the frame?
destination MAC address
You have attached a new USB camera to your computer but it doesn't seem to be working. Which tool can you use to see if Windows successfully installed the driver and verify that the device is working correctly?
device manager
In which of the following elements of a file system are files organized in groups for easy navigation of the file system?
directory
Which of the following is a service most likely provided by a server OS?
directory service
You are running several applications on a Windows server computer that read and write database files stored on the D: volume of an internal disk. You are finding that performance is poor but CPU usage and RAM usage is low. What is a likely reason for poor performance when running these applications?
disk contention
The management software for your sound card has just downloaded and installed the latest driver for your sound card. After a reboot, your computer shows signs of instability and the sound skips. What feature should you use to resolve the problem that will cause the least disruption?
driver roll back
On your Windows Server system, you want to be able to assign permissions to files based on the content of the files as well as certain properties of user accounts. What should you deploy?
dynamic access control
You are running a virtual desktop infrastructure and you need VMs to be allocated automatically when a user requests one. What feature should you use?
dynamic provisioning
Which of the following is NOT an advantage of using device drivers instead of building all device functionality into the OS kernel?
easier to prevent malware
Which type of computing device is designed to perform a specific task such as controlling a refrigerator, and has less than 64 KB of RAM?
embedded system
Which type of modern computer system is most likely to run a single-tasking OS?
embedded system
What process is required during the installation of Windows 10 except for business editions?
enter an activation key
You have created a movie that is on a file that is almost 6 GB in size.You want to put the movie file on a flash drive so you can bring it to a friend's house to show him.Your computer and your friend's computer are both running Windows 10.Which file system should you use to format your 16 GB thumb drive?
exFAT
You want to test an application upgrade on a server that is running as a guest OS in Hyper-V. You want an exact duplicate of the server so you can test the upgrade without affecting the production server. What should you do?
export the VM
You have a hard disk in a Windows system configured as a basic disk. You need to create six volumes on the disk. Which of the following partition types must you create?
extended
What command can you use in Linux to create a new file that is 300 MB for use in creating a virtual disk?
fallocate -l 300M vdisk.img
(t/f) A RISC CPU performs more complex instructions and uses a uniform number of clock cycles for each instruction
false
(t/f) A parity space storage layout is similar to a RAID 1 volume, in that a parity bit is written to the spare drive.
false
(t/f) A print spooler is a log file that maintains a history of print jobs.
false
(t/f) All device drivers are built-in to the operating system and provided by the operating system vendor.
false
(t/f) If Windows doesn't list the disk you wish to install Windows on during installation, you will need to install a new disk controller.
false
(t/f) In macOS, a Sharing Only account can log on to the Mac computer where the account is created and access shared files and printers on other computers.
false
(t/f) Linux drivers may be delivered in an archive format called Stuffit.
false
(t/f) Network client software allows a computer to share its resources by responding to resource requests generated by network servers.
false
(t/f) One of the drawbacks of cloud computing is higher physical plant costs.
false
(t/f) Originally, FAT16 supported comparatively short filenames, referred to as 6.3 filenames.
false
(t/f) Repeaters are the main network building block in medium-sized to large networks.
false
(t/f) Since FAT16 had several limitations, FAT32 is now the dominant Windows file system since it supports built-in security features and better file compression.
false
(t/f) The Internetwork layer is where the HTTP protocol operates.
false
(t/f) The address bus almost always runs faster than the external clock speed of the CPU.
false
(t/f) The biggest disadvantage in using virtual disks instead of physical volumes is the lack of portability.
false
(t/f) The file system used on macOS 10.12 and earlier systems is Apple File System.
false
(t/f) The first 32-bit operating system developed by Microsoft was Windows 3.1
false
(t/f) The general rule for securing a computer is to provide maximum access to authorized users so permissions are less difficult to manage.
false
(t/f) The installation of Windows 10 differs substantially from that of earlier versions of Windows.
false
(t/f) The native file system in Linux is called ufs.
false
(t/f) Virtual disks can use thin provisioning, which allocates all configured space on the physical storage device immediately.
false
(t/f) Virtualization is a process that emulates an operating system such as Windows 10 or Linux.
false
(t/f) When configuring a computer's IPv4 address, you must enter a default gateway for the computer to communicate on the local network.
false
(t/f) When you don't change any installation default settings, it is called a clean installation.
false
(t/f) Windows 98 was the first Windows OS to use the Kerberos authentication protocol.True
false
(t/f)A bus is the part of a CPU that performs computational and logic work.
false
(t/f)In Linux, a network drive that is attached to the file system is referenced with a drive letter.
false
In the file cabinet analogy of a file system, which element of a file cabinet best represents a disk drive?
file drawer
Where is the UEFI most likely to be stored on a modern computer?
flash memory
Which type of operation writes the file system structure to the disk?
formatting
What type of structure is usually used to organize folders in a file system?
hierarchical
You need a suitable computer that has enough RAM and disk space to run at least four virtual machines with VirtualBox. Which component of virtualization are you concerned with?
host computer
What feature of the ufs file system automatically moves data on damaged portions of disks to areas that are not damaged?
hot fix
Which of the following do you need to know about the network you are installing a new OS on?
how many servers are on the network
Which of the following is best described as a technology that enables a single processor core to appear as two logical processors to the OS and allows multiple parts of a single process to run simultaneously
hyper-threading
You have a Windows 7 computer that you have upgraded with more RAM so you can upgrade to Windows 10. You want to maintain your applications, settings and data as much as possible. What type of installation should you choose?
in place upgrade
When organizing files on a disk, where should files that require common access controls be put?
in small disk clusters
You have just finished configuring a Windows 10 computer with a static IP address. When you test to configuration, you find that you can communicate with other computers on the same network, but you can't communicate with computers on other networks or the Internet. What is the most likely problem?
incorrect default gateway
What structure does the Linux ext3 file system use to keep track of files in the file system?
inode
Which of the following does NOT require a device driver to be installed in the OS?
installing additional RAM
Your company has just expanded from a simple LAN using two switches on one floor of an office building to using another floor. Forty new users will be added to the network. The users on the new floor of the building will deal with finance and payroll and should be logically separated from the other users. What type of network is required and what device should be used?
internetwork, router
Which of the following is created by a device to get the CPU's attention when a device has input or output data that is ready to process?
interrupt
What command-line tool can you use in Fedora Linux to display and change network interface settings?
ipconfig
Which of the following is true about the Mac OS Extended file system?
it is a journaling file system
Which of the following is true about RISC CPU hardware?
it is less complicated and can perform pipelining more effectively than CISC hardware
Why is the MAC address also referred to as the physical address?
it is stored as part of the NIC
In a wireless network using an access point, how does the sending device know that the frame was received?
it receives an acknowledgment
Which feature of NTFS keeps a log of file system activity to help prevent loss of information if there is a power outage while your disk is in use?
journaling
Which OS component performs the job of managing interrupt handlers and device drivers?
kernel
Which component of an OS runs with the highest priority?
kernel
You are testing out a new multitasking operating system.In your testing, you find that some applications are not getting sufficient CPU time while other applications are getting more than enough CPU time.Which component is responsible for determining how much CPU time each application gets?
kernel
Which version of macOS can be installed on a PowerPC processor?
leopard
A software developer describes his computer which comes preinstalled with Python and a C compiler, along with several other programming tools. What OS is most likely running on his computer?
linux
You have a virtual machine running on a type 1 hypervisor on Server1 and you need to move the VM to Server2 without shutting the VM down and with little to no downtime. What feature can you use?
live migration
You have noticed that your server's performance has been slowly diminishing. You have determined that the server needs additional memory. However, you do not want to shut down the server to add memory. What feature must your OS and hardware support to allow you to perform the upgrade without shutting the server down?
load balancing
You are developing a Linux device driver for a device that manages data in streams of bytes. This driver will be loaded by the OS when it is started. What type of driver is this and what type of device special file will it use?
loadable module, character special file
A hard drive or solid-state drive that is physically installed inside of a workstation would generally be considered to be what type of storage?
local storage
You have a Windows Server 2012 server that has been running continually for several years. You notice that the C: drive has been slowly filling up and is almost out of disk space. No new applications have been installed and all the data files the server uses are stored on the D: drive. No users have permissions to store files on the C: drive and you know that you haven't added any files. What is the most likely reason the C: drive is slowly filling up?
log files are growing
Which of the following is a step you should take before upgrading or migrating to a new OS?
make a complete backup of the current system
Which of the following is NOT a task performed by the computer's BIOS?
manages random access memory
Which of the following is NOT an element of the MBR on a Windows system?
master file table
Which of the following can be described as the description of a CPU's internal circuitry, the technology used to create the chip, and its supported instruction set
microarchitecture
Which of the following statements is true about the Linux OS?
most Linux distributions can be used as either a desktop or server OS
Which of the following represents a valid Linux command to mount a CD or DVD drive in a folder named cdrom that is a subfolder of /mnt?
mount -t iso9660 /mnt/cdrom/cdrom
You are explaining to a colleague how she can access a shared folder from her Linux file system.Which of the following terms best describes what you should tell her?
mount a share
Which Linux command will mount a virtual disk image named vdisk.img into the file system at /mnt/newvdisk?
mount vdisk.img /mnt/newvdisk
Which of the following can cause database inconsistencies in virtual machines that run distributed server applications?
moving the VM using live migration tools
A CPU that has two or more components that read and execute instructions is referred to as which of the following?
multicore processor
If two parts of the same process can be executed simultaneously by the CPU, what feature is being used?
multithreading
Your colleague who is a programmer has written an application that must be able to monitor several sensors while performing calculations on the data read from the sensors. Both parts of the application must run simultaneously. What CPU and OS feature is required to properly run his application?
multithreading
You are troubleshooting a computing session in which a user can't access another computer named BillsComputer on the network. You open a command prompt and type ping BillsComputer but you get an error. Next, you look in your network documentation to get the address of BillsComputer and try the ping command using the IP address and the command works. Which part of the communication process was not working when you tried the ping BillsComputer command.
name lookup
You are developing a Linux driver that handles internal communication between processes. What type of device special file will this driver require?
named pipe
What should you enable on a Hyper-V virtual machine running Windows 10 if you wish to install Sandbox?
nested virtualization
What is the correct syntax to map drive letter X: to a share named myshare on a server named server1?
net use X: \\server1\myshare
You are trying to communicate with a computer on another LAN in your company's internetwork. You don't have any trouble communicating with computers on the same LAN as your computer but you can't reach computers on other LANs. In which layer of the OSI model is the problem most likely found?
network
A Web browser is an example of which type of network component?
network client
Which network component extends from a computer's NIC to a switch?
network medium
What type of storage typically shares files utilizing standard network protocols, such as Server Message Block (SMB), Network File System (NFS), and File Transfer Protocol (FTP)?
network-attached storage
You have been asked to get a storage device with a built-in OS that allows users to store files on the network using the SMB protocol. What type of device should you get?
network-attached storage (NAS)
What are the numeric values created by an assembler that represent CPU machine instructions?
opcodes
What type of software is developed by volunteers, contains code in the public domain, and helped to make Linux popular?
open source
In which part of a computer does CPU scheduling occur
operating system
On most computers, what type of code is usually found where the reset vector points to?
operating system boot code
What is the unit of information used to send a frame onto the network medium?
packets
You have a new hard disk that you want to put two different OSs on but each OS requires a different file system.What procedure must you perform before you can install the two OSs?
partition the disk into two volumes and format and install an OS on each volume
Which of the following is NOT a typical password policy option?
password storage location
What property of permissions defines how permissions are transmitted from a parent object to a child object?
permission inheritance
Which feature of RISC CPUs allows the processor to operate on one instruction at the same time it is fetching one or more subsequent instructions
pipelining
What operating system feature enables the OS to automatically detect newly installed hardware?
plug and play
What do TCP and UDP use to identify the source and destination Application layer protocols that a segment or datagram should be processed by?
port number
In which type of I/O addressing does a read or write operation trigger a dedicated I/O bus to select the appropriate device?
port-mapped I/O
You are designing a new device that must be able to accept bursts of data that are held until the CPU is ready for them. What can you include in the device design to accommodate this requirement?
port-mapped I/O
You are trying to create a user from the command line on a Linux computer. You get an error that permission is denied. What should you do?
preface the command with sudo
Where are print job stored before they are sent to a printer?
print queue
Which component of printer sharing in Windows is a storage location for pending print jobs?
print queue
You have two identical print devices that are set up in a work room. Currently, the Windows print server has two printers configured-one for each print device. Some of your users have one printer configured on their computer and other users have the other printer configured. You have found that users are often waiting for their print job to start because another print job is running on the same print device while the other print device sits idle. You want to maximize usage of both printers and avoid having users wait. What should you configure?
printer priority
You are configuring a VM running on Hyper-V. You want the VM to be able to communicate with the host and other VMs on the same virtual switch. Which type of virtual switch should you connect the VM to?
private
Which CPU operating mode allows a process to execute restricted CPU instructions and access all memory locations?
privileged mode
Which feature of modern CPUs help prevent user applications from accessing memory used by the operating system or other processes?
privileged mode
Which of the following Windows 7 editions does not have an upgrade path to Windows 10 Home?
pro
On a cooperative multitasking system, two processes are loaded in memory and process 1 is running. What must occur before process 2 can run?
process 1 must relinquish control of the CPU
When a user clicks the X in a window to close an application, which OS feature is invoked?
process and service management
A CPU has just been powered on and it stores an address into one of its registers. Where did the CPU store the address
program counter
You are troubleshooting an embedded system and are debugging a process that is running on the system. You have a logic analyzer that can show you the contents of all the CPU registers and program memory. You need to determine the location of the next instruction the CPU will execute. Where should you look?
program counter
In which I/O device communication strategy are the control and data registers separate from the computer's RAM address space?
programmed I/O
You want to terminate a process on a Linux computer using the kill PID command where PID is the process ID and you don't know the process ID. Which command do you need to run first?
ps
Which type of storage device in a Linux system has no logical division in blocks?
raw
Which of the following is NOT a task performed by a NIC and its driver?
receives frames from the network protocol
Which file sharing client component intercepts requests for resources and examines it to determine whether the resource is local or remote?
redirector
Which of the following is a benefit of using virtualization for server consolidation?
reduce cooling requirements
If you suspect that a Windows problem is related to the database that stores hardware and software configuration information, which Windows component should you investigate?
registry
Which of the following is NOT a benefit of using bare-metal virtualization to consolidate servers?
repurpose old hardware as VM hosts
Your new technician has been tasked with configuring your DHCP server. He has been asked to configure a scope for the client computers which can be assigned any IP address in the range of the scope. However, the network printers must be assigned an IP address via DHCP but they must always be assigned the same address. He asks what this feature is called and how the printers are identified by the DHCP server. What do you tell him?
reservations, MAC address
What address does a CPU read when power is first applied?
reset vector
In which element of a DNS server would you find a CNAME?
resource records
You have a VM that no longer boots after you installed several applications and services. Which feature of virtualization can you use to get your VM back up and running quickly?
revert to a snapshot
In a folder hierarchy, the top, or primary, level is referred to as which of the following?
root
Which of the following is a device or software that works at the Network layer of the OSI model?
routers
Which OS feature prevents accidental unauthorized access to memory by a program?
security and resource protection
When a protocol adds a header to a UDP datagram, what unit of information has been created?
segment
You have been tasked with writing a device driver for an SSD storage device. Which of the following accurately describes how data is accessed and transferred on the device?
sequential, block
When installing Windows Server 2016, what is the default installation option?
server core
Which of the following is a program that runs in the background and does not have a user interface?
service
Which option found in the Advanced Sharing dialog box controls how offline files are configured?
share name
How should a user sign into a computer to gain interactive access to the computer and its resources?
sign into the console
What type of material is used to manufacture CPUs used on modern PCs
silicon
You are listening to music on an old smartphone and you switch to the web browser app which causes your music to stop playing. What type of OS is most likely installed on the smartphone?
single-tasking
You want to access shared folders on a Windows computer named WinServ from your macOS computer. What do you type in the Connect to Server dialog box?
smb://WinServ
What command can you use on a Linux computer to access a Windows share named mydocs on a server name WinServ?
smbclient //WinServ/mydocs
You have installed a new sound card in your system, closed the computer case, and turned on the computer. Windows boots and you sign in but you didn't hear the familiar Windows sound that usually occurs when boot Windows. You look in Device Manager and see a device with a question mark icon. What is the most likely problem?
sound card is not recognized or incompatible
Which of the following is a feature first introduced in Windows 95
start button
You are configuring shared storage for your servers and during the configuration you have been asked to a supply a LUN. What type of storage are you configuring?
storage area network (SAN)
Which of the following is a benefit of using containers instead of whole-system virtualization?
support for multiple OSs
Which of the following was a major change in macOS that first occurred with Snow Leopard?
support for only Intel-based processor
You have just installed a single quad-core processor onto a new computer motherboard and installed Windows 10. When Windows 10 boots, you run Task Manager and it reports 8 logical processors. If the CPU is a quad-core processor, why is Task Manager reporting 8 logical processors?
the CPU is a hyper-threading processor.
Your company has 30 client computers running Windows 10. You have shared a folder on Bill's Windows 10 computer and set the permissions so all the users in the company can access it. However, periodically some users tell you they are not permitted to access the share. It seems to be different users that can't access the share each time it happens. What is a likely reason that some users cannot access the share at times? PreviousNext
the SMB protocol limits the bandwidth and the limit is executed
Which of the following statements is true about file storage on a FAT file system?
the clusters are organized as a linked-list
Which of the following is information you must supply to the Windows 10 installation program?
the computer name
If you are concerned about how many bytes per second your computer can transfer from main memory to the CPU, what part of the computer should you investigate to determine this figure
the data bus and external clock speed
A colleague has downloaded a network interface driver and is trying to install it on her Windows computer to update the existing driver. Windows does not allow her to install the device driver. What is the most likely reason she cannot install the device driver?
the driver is not signed.
You are designing a prototype of a computer system that includes a CPU, RAM, and non-volatile memory. You have stored CPU instructions in non-volatile memory. When you start the CPU, your logic analyzer is showing that the CPU is reading instructions, but not the instructions you have stored. What is a likely problem
the instructions are not stored at the reset vector
Which of the following is NOT considered part of a computer's system architecture
the kernel
What is the default location for a print queue on a Windows computer?
the registry
What happens on a computer that runs a cooperative multitasking OS if a process runs in an infinite loop?
the system becomes unresponsive
A software developer needs to design an application in which multiple parts of the application can be scheduled and executed simultaneously. What is each part of an application that can be independently scheduled called
thread
On a preemptive multitasking system, what event can occur to preempt a running process and allow a new process to get control of the CPU?
time slice expiration
What is a name given to the process of a CPU switching between applications very quickly
time slicing
Which of the following is a goal of driver signing?
to ensure a driver does not contain malware
What is the primary goal of the Kerberos protocol?
to prevent unauthorized users from accessing resources
Which of the following statements is true about how disk drives are organized?
tracks are divided into sectors
(t/f) A frame is a packet with the source and destination MAC addresses added to it.
true
(t/f) ARM processors are RISC processors that are commonly used in mobile devices and embedded systems.
true
(t/f) Bare-metal virtualization products are targeted for testing and development on a desktop computer.
true
(t/f) CPUs that run faster generally require more energy and generate more heat.
true
(t/f) Containerized applications share the kernel of the host operating system.
true
(t/f) Device drivers perform the actual communication between physical devices and the operating system.
true
(t/f) Domain local groups are primarily used to hold Global groups and provide access to domain resources.
true
(t/f) Generic mouse and keyboard drivers are included with the OS.
true
(t/f) On Windows, a redirector allows network resources to be accessed as though they were local from the user's point of view.
true
(t/f) One convenience of installing a guest OS in a VM is being able to boot to the installation program with an ISO file rather than a DVD disk.
true
(t/f) One of the common post-installation tasks for Windows Server is to assign a static IP address.
true
(t/f) One of the tasks of a file system is to provide a structure to organize files.
true
(t/f) SATA drives have mostly replaced PATA drives and have faster transfer times.
true
(t/f) When preparing to install an OS, it is important to understand the type of network environment the OS is being installed into.
true
(t/f) With SAN technology, servers use a separate network to communicate with the storage device.
true
(t/f) macOS allows multiple users to access the OS in their own workspaces
true
You have accessing a DVD drive on a Linux system using the path /mnt/DVD. You are finished with the DVD and want to remove it from the file system. What command should you use?
umount /mnt/DVD
What do you call disk drive space that has not yet been assigned to a volume or partition?
unallocated
You have a 4 TB hard disk.You want to organize your data into ten volumes on this disk.Your system is running Windows 10. What can you do to accommodate this?
use a dynamic disk scheme and create 10 volumes
A Linux system user has configured the document folder structure for her department. She has found that she sometimes needs the same file such as policy and procedure manuals to be located in multiple folders. She also wants to be sure that if the file is modified, the modification is available in all folders. What do you suggest?
use hard links to make the file appear in several folders
You are running an old PC with Windows XP installed. You have gotten a new computer with Windows 10 but you want to be able to still run some of the applications installed on your old PC using virtualization. What can you do?
use physical-to-virtual conversion
You want to run Hyper-V on your Windows 10 desktop computer. What should you do?
use the "Turn Windows features on or off" utility
Which feature of an OS provides a method for users to interact with the computer?
user interface
Which function of the file system is responsible for opening an application when a user double-clicks on a file?
user interface
You need to create a user on your Fedora Linux system.What command should you use?
useradd
You are running a program on a Windows 10 PC that has 2 GB RAM and 500 GB HDD. The programperforms a lot of graphical operations and calculations, and uses 1.5 GB of RAM or more, but it does not access any files on the disk drive. The program is running quite slow and you notice that the HDD light is flashing a lot indicating the disk is being frequently accessed. What is the most likely reason for the slow performance and disk access?
virtual memory is being accessed frequently
The LVM uses physical disk partitions referred to as which of the following?
volume groups
You have just partitioned a new disk into three volumes and formatted them with NTFS.You want to be able to access these volumes as folders on the current C: drive.What feature can you use?
volume mount points
During the installation of the Windows 10 OS, which of the following are you likely to provide to the installation program?
where to install the OS
Which OS is used the most on modern user desktop computers in business environments?
windows
In which Windows client OS was the Start button replaced by the Start screen?
windows 8
In which version of Windows did Microsoft first introduce Internet Explorer?
windows 95
What feature in Windows 10 allows you to expand your sign-in options by using your facial features or fingerprint if your hardware supports it?
windows hello
You have been asked to acquire a printer for a business. You have been told that it should be easy for users to print to the printer from their smartphones and tablets. What feature should you look for when selecting the printer?
wireless interface
Which of the following is NOT a Windows share permission?
write
What feature of UNIX provides the GUI and is network-enabled?
x windows
Which of the following is NOT a Linux file or disk management command?
xcopy or xterm
Your company runs mostly Windows 10 clients on employee computers but you have been told that the engineering department will being using Fedora Linux soon. You want to become more familiar with Fedora Linux but you don't have any unallocated disk space on your office computer which runs Windows 10. How can you become familiar with Fedora Linux without disturbing your current Windows 10 installation?
you can't do this
You have a computer running a 32-bit CPU on which you want to install Windows Server 2008 R2. Which of the following statements is true about your installation options?
you cannot install Windows Server 2008 R2
Which of the following statements is NOT true of cloud storage?
you connect to cloud storage using a local SAN
Which of the following is NOT a typical reason for creating an internetwork?
you're running a legacy operating system on one of your servers
Which of the following is a common format for distributing driver files?
zip
