ITN 106 microcomputer operating systems midterm

Select a valid filename: _my>file.tst $money_{earned}.tbl ?last names.doc 0:fees.std

$money_{earned}.tbl

___ is the commonly used wildcard character, that represents any number of characters in a string.

*

When using MBR and Basic Disk Configuration in Windows, there can be maximum number of ______ extended partition(s) on one disk. 1 4 2 3

1

Disk initialized as GPT supports up to _____ primary partitions on a Basic disk.

128

Alt+Print Screen:

Capture active window

A volume in Windows 10 or 11 formatted with file systems FAT16, FAT32, or exFAT, will NOT have this attribute available: Read-Only Indexing Encrypt Compress Hidden Archiving

Compress

Win+E:

File Explorer

In Windows Disk Manager, the unused part of the Extended partition on Basic disk is called: Unallocated Free space

Free space

Type the one character option (switch) used with command XCOPY / , to include hidden and system files during copying.

H

The Windows registry is logically organized in these five keys: 1) HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT 2) HKEY_CURRENT_USER 3) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE 4) HKEY_USERS 5) ________________________

HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG

The Windows tool defrag (Defragment and Optimize drives), will improve performance more when used on: Magnetic disk Solid State Disk

Magnetic disk

Every Windows user has in his profile folder stored a hidden, system file, C:\Users\username\___________.dat file, which holds the user preferences and settings.

NTUSER

When booting computer over network, the computer hardware and firmware must support or have enabled the ____ protocol, that searches for a server on the network to provide a bootable operating system. The answer is a 3 letter acronym:

PXE

Type the syntax of command line tool System File Checker with the correct option (command /option), that: Scans integrity of all protected system files. No repair operation is performed.

SFC /verifyonly

Data could get lost or corrupted, if there was a power outage and the PC computer was in ______ mode. Hybernation Sleep

Sleep

You can use Windows after installation for a while without activation. True False

True

Disk Management

Volume E = RAID-1 Volume F = RAID-0 Volume J = not formatted Volume H = simple Volume C = primary partition Volume G = spanned

The Windows drive C: includes only these folders. What is the most likely type of Windows installed on this computer? PerfLogs Program Files Users Windows answer choices: a) 32 bit b) It could be either c) 64 bit

a) 32 bit

Disk 1 is configured as: a) Dynamic b) Basic

a) Dynamic

Ctrl+x:

cut

The power saving state that saves all work to the hard drive and powers down the system is known as __________ .

hibernation

Operating system installation requires a bootable disk with all required files. The widely used format to distribute the bootable installation files is a disk image file with the file extension _____ . This file can be "burned" onto an optical disk (CD or DVD) or USB flash drive or it can be used directly in an virtual machine. Type the 3 letter file extension:

iso

In Windows you can cycle through open windows by pressing the keys ALT+___.

tab

What command produced this output: (just the command name, no switches)

tree

Ctrl+z:

undo

A standard image file developed by Microsoft, called Windows Imaging Format, contains the entire Windows volume in a single file and be used for duplicating drive content during deployment or disk upgrade, disk backup or recovery and more. As answer, type the 3 letter file extension:

wim

Type the name of the folder where are the old Windows files are located after major update or "Windows in-place upgrade":

windows.old

Match 1-5 with: - Subdirectory to \Data - File extension - subdirectory to root - Filename - Root directory

1 - Root directory 2 - Subdirectory to root 3 - Subdirectory to \Data 4 - Filename 5 - File extension

Windows 10 Home 64-bit editions maximum supported installed RAM is _____ GB. (answer number)

128

The wasted space on disk (slack) is caused by the last, unfilled allocation unit for each file on the disk. If a disk volume contains 2,000 files and volume allocation unit size is 8 kB (kilo Bytes), then the maximum possible (not average) wasted space (also called slack) on that volume is __________ MB (Mega Bytes).

16

In most situations the Windows maximum filename length and path length cannot exceed ____ characters. Some Windows 10 versions can have this limit removed or extended.

255 Between 240 and 260

3-2-1 backup rule - an IT best-practice operations standard for backups to include: -type (types) of media -copy (copies) of site -copy (copies) of data

3 = copy (copies) of data 2 = type (types) of media 1 = copy (copies) of site

In most cases, 32 bit operating system supports only up to __ GB or RAM memory, unless other tools are used.

4

The file system FAT32 supports only up to ____ GB per file. That limitation was fixed in exFAT.

4

The required minimum available amount of hard disk space for installing Windows 11 is at least __ GB. (Enter number)

64

To learn the syntax of a command, add this option after the command: CommandName /_ (type one character as answer)

?

The directory database used by Windows Server to control resources on a network:

Active directory

Which answers are true or false when analyzing the Disk Management snip below, applying the limitations of MBR and Basic disk configuration. (all statements assume no changes to existing configuration - like deleting or resizing partitions) :

Bold = True , Regular = False - The total number of primary partitions on all hard disks combined is 3. - Total number of formatted primary partitions on all hard disks combined is 3. - There are two extended partitions on disk one - one formated and one unformated. - On disk 1 you could create up to 3 more primary partitions. - Disk 2 is holding a striped volume type. - The size of each of the hard disks is the same (rounded to the whole GB)

Excessive use of Drive Optimization or Defragmentation can shorten the disk lifespan of: Both disk types Does not have effect Magnetic disks Solid State Disks

Both disk types

Type the command with option (switch) in the shortest possible form to display the content of the current location AND Pauses after each screenful of information.

DIR /P

The command-line tool _____.exe (Deployment Image Servicing and Management) is used to manage Windows system image files (.wim).

DISM

_______________________ is Windows tool for managing, troubleshooting and disabling hardware devices, and device drivers. You can use it to upgrade, roll back, uninstall and view device driver details.

Device Manager or devmgmt.msc

Programs interfacing between operating system and hardware devices:

Device drivers

When you install more than one operating system on a computer and you can boot in either one of them, it is called _______-boot configuration:

Dual

Windows Home editions do NOT support ______________ disks. Dynamic Basic

Dynamic

Properties assigned to a file:

File attributes

The Windows Kernel (or core) has two main components: Executive Services Interface and HAL, that stands for:

Hardware Abstraction Layer

The drive file system (FAT, NTFS, etc.) is determinded during this step: High level format Partitioning Low level format

High level format

Match the hypervisor product to brand: Microsoft Amazon Oracle VMware -Hyper-V -VirtualBox -Workstation or Fusion -AWS

Microsoft = Hyper-v Amazon = AWS Oracle = VirtualBox VMware = Workstation or Fusion

The __________________________ (or MMC) is a component of Windows that provides system administrators and advanced users an interface for configuring and monitoring the system.

Microsoft Management Console

Thic chart Links to an external site. compares the PC desktop operating system market share. This OS lost 30 % market share over the last decade: Linux Chrome OS Apple macOS Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows

This is the only file system that allows to set file and folder permissions (to control who can do what on the volume): FAT FAT32 exFAT ReFS NTFS

NTFS

Ctrl+v:

Paste

The Windows registry files are located in the folder (directory) C:\Windows\______________\config

System32

Ctrl+Shift+Esc:

Task Manager

Type the tool name, that is used to terminate tasks on the command prompt by process id (PID) or image name.

Taskkill

Each time a user attempts to perform an action in Windows, that can be done only with administrative privileges, the UAC dialog box appears. Spell out what UAC stands for:

User Account Control

File extension of compressed file or folder:

ZIP

Which of the following utilities can be accessed using the Computer Management console? (Choose all that apply). a) Performance Monitor b) System Configuration c) Event Viewer d) Task Manager

a) Performance Monitor c) Event Viewer

Match these terms with the associated purpose or function in Windows 10: a) Restore Points b) File History c) System Image d) System repair disk e) Disk optimizing f) chkdsk 1) previous Versions 2) windows disk backup 3) defragmenting 4) system protection 5) disk errors 6) Bootable DVD

a) Restore Points = 4) system protection b) File History = 1) previous Versions c) System Image = 2) windows disk backup d) System repair disk = ) Bootable DVD e) Disk optimizing = 3) defragmenting f) chkdsk = 5) disk errors

Match each term with the correct statement below. a) View applications and processes running on computer, also information about process and memory performance, network and user activity b) A program that runs in the background and is called on by other programs to perform a background task c) A preconfigured console with several Windows administrative tools that you can use to manage the local PC or other computers on the network d) A Windows tool that keeps logs of messages about hardware, network, OS, apps, services for troubleshooting. e)A detailed structured database with configuration of Windows, users, software applications, and installed hardware devices. f) The core of the OS responsible for interacting with hardware g) Tool used to launch a task or program at a future time, a triggered by event including at startup. h) The layer of OS that is interfacing with users and applications. 1) computer management 2) task manager 3) event viewer 4) service 5) Registry 6) shell 7) task schedular 8) kernel

a) View applications and processes running on computer, also information about process and memory performance, network and user activity = 2) task manager b) A program that runs in the background and is called on by other programs to perform a background task = 4) service c) A preconfigured console with several Windows administrative tools that you can use to manage the local PC or other computers on the network = 1) computer management d) A Windows tool that keeps logs of messages about hardware, network, OS, apps, services for troubleshooting. = 3) event viewer e)A detailed structured database with configuration of Windows, users, software applications, and installed hardware devices. = 5) Registry f) The core of the OS responsible for interacting with hardware = 8) kernel g) Tool used to launch a task or program at a future time, a triggered by event including at startup. = 7) task schedular h) The layer of OS that is interfacing with users and applications. = 6) shell

This picture represents the Windows: a) Windows Settings b) Control Panel c) Administrative Tools d) Computer Management console

a) Windows Settings

Match Windows Dynamic disk: a) extend size b) improve performance c) fault tolerance 1) Striping (or RAID0) 2) Spanning (or JBOD) 3) Mirroring (or RAID1)

a) extend size = 2) Spanning (or JBOD) b) improve performance = 1) Striping (or RAID0) c) fault tolerance = 3) Mirroring (or RAID1)

Match these Windows Dynamic disk volume types with their description: a) space on one disk b) combining any space from 2 or more disks c) RAID0 (combining same space from 2 or more disks for better performance) d) RAID1 (combining same space from 2 disks for fault tolerance) - simple - mirrored - striped - spanned

a) space on one disk = simple b) combining any space from 2 or more disks = spanned c) RAID0 (combining same space from 2 or more disks for better performance) = striped d) RAID1 (combining same space from 2 disks for fault tolerance) = mirrored

Used during an unattended installation:

answer file

Which of the following features are available in Microsoft Windows 10 Home Edition? (Choose all that apply.) a) Active directory support (Joining a Windows Server Domain) b) Cortana c) Device encryption d) BitLocker

b) Cortana c) Device encryption

The Windows type installed on this particular computer is: (has 4GB of installed memory(RAM)) answer choices: a) 32 bit b) It could be either c) 64 bit

b) It could be either

Disk 1 is initialized as: a) GPT b) MBR

b) MBR

Task Manager includes shortcuts to these 2 tools: a) Task Scheduler b) Services c) Resource Monitor d) Event Viewer

b) Services c) Resource Monitor

Contains a list of OS commands that are executed as a group:

batch file

The computer booting order is stored in the NVRAM and can be only configured using the CMOS Setup or firmware setup program located in the UEFI/BIOS ROM chip. The CMOS Setup program can be only started _____ the operating system is started, by pressing specific keys on the keyboard. a) after b) before

before

Select all what is true about Windows "in-place upgrading". (It means "upgrading" Windows from older version or other edition, and keeping all existing programs, settings and data in place. The alternative is "clean or fresh installation") a) You can upgrade 64bit to 32bit b) First boot directly from the removable Windows installation media or network. c) You can upgrade 32bit to 32bit d) You can upgrade 32bit to 64bit e) You can upgrade 64bit to 64bit f) First boot in the current Windows and then start the setup program from the removable Windows installation media or network.

c) You can upgrade 32bit to 32bit e) You can upgrade 64bit to 64bit f) First boot in the current Windows and then start the setup program from the removable Windows installation media or network.

Type the command in the shortest possible form, that would change from any location (path or directory) to the root of the current volume.

cd\

Type the file name of the program that starts this Windows tool: (The name of the executable file. NOT the name of the program)

cleanmgr.exe

A file allocation unit is frequently also referred to as ______________ (one word).

cluster

The settings listed on the image below can be used to make older programs run in a current version of Windows. These settings are found on the ________ tab of the program shortcut properties.

compatibility

The complete file name (include the file extension) of the Windows Disk Manager tool is ________________ .

diskmgmt.msc

The file name to start this tool is: _____________.exe

dxdiag

Windows has registered files by the file type, which is the last part of a file name (after the last period) and has typically 3 or 4 characters and it is by default hidden or invisible. It is called file _____________. (Answer one word)

extension

Type the command syntax that does produce the results: Using the FORMAT command reformat the volume E: with these 2 options: Specify the file system FAT32 Zero every sector (and set the "COUNT" to zero)

format E: /FS:FAT32 /P:0

Match if these are internal and external commands: help dir cd xcopy format tree md copy

help - external dir - internal cd - internal xcopy - external format - external tree - external md - internal copy - internal

Starting with Windows 8 a new feature called Storage Spaces was added, that combines several hard drives together to improve performance or provide redundancy. The configurations are similar to RAID. RAID stands for: Redundant Array of ______________ Disks. (Answer one word!)

independent

Event Viewer logs filter can be configured to view these event types: Critical, Warning, Verbose, Error and ___________.

information

Windows will NOT create a backup on: internal volume with Windows internal volume without Windows on USB flash drive. an external disk. on network.

internal volume with Windows

To activate Windows, you need to use a product ____ , which is a 25-character code. Activation helps verify that Windows hasn't been used on more PCs than the Microsoft Software License Terms allows.

key

The tools that can be added to Windows Microsoft Management Console called snap-ins. The snap-ins files have the file extension .___

msc

The file name to start this tool is: _____________.exe

msconfig

Type and answer the complete file name of the Windows utility program System Information. (Complete means to include the file extension)

msinfo32.exe

Windows uses both physical memory installed on the motherboard and virtual memory stored in a file on the hard drive. Type the complete file name as answer. (Include the file extension) You can also find the swapfile.sys, that comes from previous Windows editions and is still kept for backward compatibility. (It is a hidden, system file stored in the root directory of the drive C:)

pagefile.sys

A network that is managed by each computer without centralized control:

peer-to-peer network

This is the ______________ Tab of the Windows Task Manager.

performance

A server automatically installs a new image or OS upgrade to a computer when a user is not likely to be sitting at it:

push automation

The Registry Editor tool can save, export and import parts of the registry as files with the file extension .___

reg

The file name to start this tool is: _____________.exe

regedit

The keyboard shortcut to start Task Manager is ctrl+_____+esc

shift

In Windows, the power saving mode suspend, also called ________ mode, saves the current running state to memory, including open files and then shuts down, while keeping memory powered.

sleep

A copy of an entire hard drive that includes Windows, drivers, and applications that are standard to all the computers that might use that copy:

standard image

Win+Pause:

system

Contains instructions for running essential hardware devices before an operating system is started:

system BIOS

Software that simulates the hardware of a physical computer:

virtual machine