
Chapter 11 Quiz
Quiz by Jeffrey Williams
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What happens when you double-click a PowerShell script file?
When should you start monitoring system performance?
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?

Consider the Reliability Monitor output shown below. Which status does the yellow triangle icon with an exclamation point represent?

How do you increase the size of the paging file on your Windows system?
What is it called when the hard drive light on your PC is staying on constantly, and the applications have slowed down significantly?
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?
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?
Which tool can be used to automatically fix common startup problems?
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?
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?
Why does virtual memory play an important role in the Windows OS?
Which of the following utilities allows you to change the startup type of a service to Automatic (Delayed)?
Consider the Reliability Monitor output shown below. What does the red circle with the letter x represent?

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?
You have a Windows system that you would like to manage remotely. You enable Remote Desktop on the computer. While working from home, you find that your home firewall is blocking Remote Desktop.
Using the port numbers assigned by default, how can you configure the firewall to allow a Remote Desktop connection to the system?
You need to enable Remote Registry on your Windows desktop system.
Which tab would you select to do this?

This is a central location for managing system messages and resolving issues within a Windows system.
This is a tool that tracks the overall stability of a Windows system.
This is the windows utility used to view Windows log files.
This is file on the hard disk into which inactive data from RAM is moved. This makes more physical RAM available for active applications or data.
This is the protocol is utilized by terminal emulation tools to remotely perform commands on a users system.
This is the protocol used to remotely access a users system. It allows the administrator to see the users graphical user interface.
This is utility you can use to view real-time information about the way resources are used by the system hardware and software.
This windows remote access tool allows the user and administrator to both be able view the users system at the same time.
Which port must be utilized for terminal emulation tools to remotely perform commands on a user's system.
This windows remote access tool logs the user out when an administrator remotely logs into their system.