Chapter 11 Quiz
Quiz by Jeffrey Williams
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includes Teacher and Student dashboards
Measure skillsfrom any curriculum
Tag the questions with any skills you have. Your dashboard will track each student's mastery of each skill.
- edit the questions
- save a copy for later
- start a class game
- view complete results in the Gradebook and Mastery Dashboards
- automatically assign follow-up activities based on students’ scores
- assign as homework
- share a link with colleagues
- print as a bubble sheet
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- Q1
What happens when you double-click a PowerShell script file?
It opens in PoweShell but doesn't run.
It displays an error message.
It opens as a Notepad file.
It opens and runs in PowerShell.
30s - Q2
When should you start monitoring system performance?
Immediately after the system is set up.
Immediately after updating a driver.
Immediately after installing a new application.
Immediately after a problem occurs.
30s - Q3
A user calls to complain that her Windows system is running slowly. You launch Task Manager on her system and select the Processes tab. The output is shown in the image below.
In addition to installing a faster CPU, what should you do?
Upgrade to a faster hard disk interface.
Upgrade to a hard disk drive with a higher rotational speed.
Install a faster video adapter in the system.
Install more RAM in the system.
30s - Q4
Consider the Reliability Monitor output shown below. Which status does the yellow triangle icon with an exclamation point represent?
Crash
Warning
Critical event
Information
30s - Q5
How do you increase the size of the paging file on your Windows system?
Modify the System Protection settings.
Modify the Processor Scheduling settings.
Modify the Disk Thrashing settings.
Modify the Advanced system settings.
30s - Q6
What is it called when the hard drive light on your PC is staying on constantly, and the applications have slowed down significantly?
Disk thrashing
Page file
Disk crash
Swapping
30s - Q7
After running the Backup and Restore console on your Windows computer, you notice that backups are not created for open files.
To troubleshoot the issue, you want to confirm that the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) is running and configured to start automatically when the computer boots.
Which tool can you use to make sure VSS is configured to start automatically?
Reliability Monitor
Services
Event Viewer
Computer Management
Performance Monitor
30s - Q8
There's a tool designed to collect data. It allows you to specify which counters you want to collect data for by clicking on the plus sign and adding the counters you want. What's the name of this tool?
Task Manager
Computer Management
Resource Monitor
Performance Monitor
30s - Q9
Which tool can be used to automatically fix common startup problems?
Update & Security
System
Automatic Repair
Startup Repair
30s - Q10
You have a utility on your computer that needs to run regularly on a set time and day each week. What tool would you use to accomplish this task?
System Configuration (msconfig)
Task Manager
DirectX Diagnostic
Task Scheduler
30s - Q11
You use an application on your Windows system that compresses videos used in your online business. You want to make sure that the application continues to run in the background even if you open other applications.
How do you adjust the amount of attention given to that application?
Use Task Manager to modify the process priority.
Use the Services console to change the startup type to Automatic.
Use Task Manager to switch to the running application.
Use Task Manager to modify the processor affinity.
30s - Q12
Why does virtual memory play an important role in the Windows OS?
It allows you to run more applications on the system than you have physical memory to support.
It allows you to modify applications on the system that you can't modify in the physical memory.
It allows you to run less applications on the system than you have physical memory to support
It allows you to install more hardware on the system than you have physical space to support.
30s - Q13
Which of the following utilities allows you to change the startup type of a service to Automatic (Delayed)?
msinfo32
msconfig.exe
Task Manager
services.msc
30s - Q14
Consider the Reliability Monitor output shown below. What does the red circle with the letter x represent?
Crash
Information
Critical Event
Warning
30s - Q15
While working with a new application on your Windows system, the application stops responding.
How can you analyze the application and its associated processes to identify which processes the application is waiting on?
In Resource Monitor, analyze the wait chain for the process.
In Event Viewer, create a filtered view for events related to the process. Examine the details of each event.
In Task Manager, end the process tree for the process.
In Task Manager, go to the service associated with the process. Open the Services console and view the dependencies for that service.
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