CIST 1130: Week 6- Lesson 11.4, 11.5 and 12.1

What is the purpose of the Microsoft Management Console (MMC)? (Select TWO)

-Provide a common user interface for performing system administration tasks -Provide a shell for running snap-ins

Which of the following statements are true regarding administrative shares? (Select TWO).

-To connect to an administrative share, you must use the UNC path -By default, Windows automatically creates an administrative share for every volume

A help desk technician determines that a user's issue is caused by a corrupt file on their computer. Which of the following is the FASTEST way to transfer a good file to the computer?

-Use the C$ administrative share to copy the file.

Bob is a member of the Accounting group. The Accounting group has been granted the Read and Write NTFS permissions to the WeeklyReport.xls file. Bob is also a member of the Everyone group, which has been given the Full Control permission to the WeeklyReport.xls file. Which of the following statements MOST correctly describes Bob's ability to access the WeeklyReport.xls file?

Bob can open, read, and add changes to the file

You are working on your computer when a person from the shipping department delivers a new external solid-state drive (SSD) you ordered. When you plug the drive into your USB port, Windows cannot find a suitable device driver for the drive. To BEST resolve this issue, from which of the following Windows consoles would you access Device Manager?

Control Panel

On a Windows system, which Task Manager tab would you use to adjust the priority given to a specific program?

Details

You're using the vi editor to manage a text file on a Linux system =. You want to type new text into the file. When you type, you want the existing text that comes after the cursor to be pushed down. Which mode provides this function?

Insert Mode

Jane, an employee in the human resources department, has created several important PDF documents on her computer that all office managers in her building must read. She would like to make locating these files simple and maintain them as little as possible. It is important that no other users are permitted to view these documents. As the IT technician for your company, Jane has asked you to make this possible. Which of the following would MOST likely fulfill Jane's needs?

Network share

You are an IT technician for your company. Jodie, a receptionist, thinks her Windows 10 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 would be the MOST helpful for getting an overall view of how Jodie's computer is running (Select TWO.)

Processes Performance

Which tool lets you view and directly edit the registry?

Regedit

Which tool can you use to display hardware utilization statistics that tell you about the operation of your computer?

Resource Monitor

What command lets you see a list of valid command parameters for the *net use* command?

net use / ?

You are the administrator for a Linux server. Following best practices for system security and effective administration, you always log in to the system with a standard non-root user account. You only elevate your privileges to root user level when you need to do an administrative task. What do you enter at the command prompt that will, by default, switch you to the root user and require you to enter the root password.

su -

You just opened a text file in the vi editor, and you're in Command Mode by default. There is more than one way to get from Command Mode to Replace Mode. Which of the following key-press sequences will get you into Replace Mode? (Select THREE)

- Press the 'i' key and then press Insert - Press the S key and then press Insert -Press Insert and then press Insert again

You need to view the contents of /var/log/auth.log to get information about the users that have been logging on to the system. The auth.log file is a plain text, file so you decide to use the *cat* command to review the file. However, the display fills with text for several pages, and you can't see the entire file. What commands can you use to view the content of the auth.log file page by page? (Select TWO).

-*more/var/log/auth.log* -*less/var/log/auth.log*

Which tool in Windows 10 would you use to browse all networks and shared folders to which a user has access? (Select THREE.)

-File Explorer -This PC -Network

You have a folder on your Windows computer that you would like to share with members of your development team. Users should be able to view and edit any file in the shared folder. You share the folder and give Everyone Full Control permission to the shared folder. Users connect to the shared folder and report that they can open the files, but they cannot modify any of the files. Which of the following would be the BEST action to take next?

-Modify the NTFS permissions on the folder

You have a folder that you would like members of your development team to access. You want to restrict network and local access to only specific users. All other users must not be able to view or modify the files in the folder. Which of the following would be the BEST actions to take next? (Select TWO).

-Place the files on a NTFS partitions -Configure both share and NTFS permissions

You manage a Windows system. You want to view information about your computer, including the CPU utilization and information about disk I/O operations. Which tools could you use to do this? (Select TWO.)

-Task Manager -Performance Monitor

A user has a problem accessing several shared folders on the network. After determining the issue is not from his computer's IP configuration, you suspect the shared folders are not currently connected. Which of the following commands will MOST likely confirm your suspicions?

-net use

Ben, an employee in the legal department, has created several sensitive documents on his computer that must be made available to all members of the executive staff working in the same building. Due to the sensitive nature of these document, Ben not only wants to restrict access to the files, but also make it impossible for anyone else in the company to even know where they are stored unless specifically told. Which of the following would MOST likely fulfill Ben's needs?

Administrative share

Which of the following paths opens the Computer Management tool in Windows 10? (Select TWO).

In the Control Panel, open System Security > Administrative Tools and then double-click the computer Management icon. -Right-click the Windows icon and select computer Management

You work in the IT department. To perform your daily tasks, you often use many of the Windows consoles, such as the Device Manager, Hyper-V Manager, and the 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 would BEST provide this capability?

MMC

Which utility allows you to choose Selective Startup in Windows?

Msconfig (System Configuration)

Which tool can you use to view, but not modify, hardware and configuration information for your computer?

Msinfo32

Bryce's computer is acting unusually sluggish today. He calls you, an IT technician, to see if you can find out what is going on and to improve his computer's performance. You run Task Manager on Bryce's computer and find that a suspicious application has nearly 90% CPU utilization. Which of the following can be used from Task Manager to stop the application from running?

Right-click> End task

You manage a Windows system. You want to view information about all of the programs running on your system and sort each program by the amount of memory and CPU that the program uses. Which tool should you use?

Task Manager

What is the purpose of the Services snap-in?

View and manage software processes running in the background

What is the purpose of the *dxdiag* tool?

View information related to DirectX operation

You want to use the Universal Naming Convention (UNC) format to access a shared folder called Pictures on a computer named Home1. Which of the following is an example of the UNC format?

\\Home1\Pictures

You need to see what kind of CPU is being used on a Linux system. The /proc directory contains a text file *cpuinfo* that will give the information you are looking for. Which of the following commands will display the entire contents of the *cpuinfo* text file on the screen?

cat /proc/cpuinfo

A technician attempts to run an executable file on a Linux computer and receives a Permission Denied message. Which of the following command should the technician use?

chmod

A technician uses the ps command to find information about a process that is running a browser application on a Linux computer. The techinican knows the name of the process, but the list is very long. Which of the following commands would help the technician find and display only the information about the browser process?

grep