CPT 282 Chapter 3

How much RAM is addressable by a 32-bit version of Windows?

4 GB

What is the purpose of the cd command?

Changes directory to the root directory

What contains information on how hard drive partitions are organized?

MBR

Which command or tool finds the IP address of a server from a URL?

NSlookup

When a user makes changes to the settings of a Windows system, where are these changes stored?

Registry

What utility is used to show the system resources consumed by each user?

Task manager

Which Windows version was the first to introduce a 64-bit Windows operating system?

Windows XP

Which Windows tool is the built-in virus and spyware protection?

Windows defender

Which Windows tool selectively denies traffic to a computer or network segment?

Windows defender firewall

Which user account should be used only to perform system management and not as the account for regular use?

administrator

What would be displayed if the netstat -abno command was entered on a Windows PC?

all active TCP and UDP connections, their current state, and their associated process ID

A security incident has been filed and an employee believes that someone has been on the computer since the employee left last night. The employee states that the computer was turned off before the employee left for the evening. The computer is running slowly and applications are acting strangely. Which Microsoft Windows tool would be used by the security analyst to determine if and when someone logged on to the computer after working hours?

event viewer

Which Windows tool logs history, application, security, and system events?

event viewer

For security reasons a network administrator needs to ensure that local computers cannot ping each other. Which settings can accomplish this task?

firewall settings

Which net command is used on a Windows PC to establish a connection to a shared directory on a remote server?

net use

Which windows tool or command can be used to look for inbound or outbound TCP connections on a Windows host that are not authorized?

netstat

Which command is used to manually query a DNS server to resolve a specific host name?

nslookup

What term is used to describe a logical drive that can be formatted to store data?

partition

Which Windows tool provides resource information, such as memory, CPU, disk, and network?

resource monitor

Which Windows tool provides information about applications, processes, and services running on the computer?

task manager

Which Windows tool is the database that stores all the information about hardware, applications, users, and system settings?

windows registry