7.1 Windows System Tools, 7.1.15 Practice Questions
-You have just installed a new video card in your friend Mark's computer. When you power on the computer, Windows automatically detects the new device and tries to locate an applicable device driver. Unfortunately, Windows cannot locate the required driver. --Which of the following is the BEST Control Panel administrative tool to fix Mark's computer?
Computer Management
-You work in the IT department. To perform your daily tasks, you often use many of the available Windows consoles, such as Device Manager, Hyper-V Manager, and Performance Monitor. Although each of these can be accessed from various locations in Windows, you want one location from which these common tools can be accessed. --Which of the following system utilities BEST provides this capability?
MMC
-You have an application that renders videos for your online business. You want to make sure that the application continues to receive adequate attention from the system CPU, even if you open other applications. --How can you adjust the amount of attention given to that application?
Use Task Manager to modify the process priority.
Which of the following is the purpose of the Services snap-in?
View and manage software programs running in the background.
-You are an IT technician for your company. Jodie, a receptionist, thinks that her Windows 11 machine is running slowly today and calls you to see if you can speed it up. -None of the other employees have called regarding any related issues, so you suspect it is an issue with Jodie's computer, perhaps a malfunctioning application. To help troubleshoot Jodie's computer, you run Task Manager. --Which of the following tabs are MOST helpful for getting an overall view of how Jodie's computer is running?
1. Performance 2. Processes
-You have used your computer for several years, resulting in a lot of data stored on your hard disk. Lately, your computer's functions have slowed. --Which of the following tools is LIKELY to help speed up your computer?
Disk Defragmenter
Which utility allows you to choose Selective Startup in Windows?
Msconfig (System Configuration)
Which tool can you use to display hardware utilization statistics that tell you about your computer's operation?
Resource Monitor
-You are one of the IT administrators for your company. Your coworker, Rachel, says that when she boots her computer, it displays a message saying that one of her programs had an error while loading and is not working. -To fix this issue, you would like to see if Windows can provide a log file that may give you a hint about what is failing at boot time. --Which of the following Microsoft tools or consoles would MOST likely give you the ability to create such a log file?
msconfig
-Frank is running a program called FrameMaker on his Windows computer. While trying to import graphics into this program, he sees a spinning wheel for a long time. When Frank clicks on the application, a message is displayed that indicates that the application is not responding. --Which of the following Microsoft command line tools can BEST shut down the application?
taskkill
