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Question 1

Generally speaking what info can you find within the task Managers application/performance tab ?

Answer 1

Apps network, disk, CPU and memory usage.

Question 2

What will the performance tab of task manager show you ?

Answer 2

A GUI graph of app procceses

Question 3

What does device manager do ?

Answer 3

Check, update and install device drivers

Question 4

What does Local Security Policy do ?

Answer 4

Allows us to create or modify security policies

Question 5

In windows Where would you set or modify password policies ?

Answer 5

Administrative Tools – Local Security Policy

Question 6

What should you use to identify sources of error or poor performance ?

Answer 6

The Performance Monitor
Long term stats

Question 7

What is a service ?

Answer 7

A programme that runs in the background

Question 8

Where would you create, delete, or modify automated tasks ?

Answer 8

Task Scheduler

Question 9

What does the Administrative Tools – Data Sources do ?

Answer 9

lists the databases that the computer can connect to.

Question 10

Where can you view sources of error ?

Answer 10

Event Viewer

Question 11

Where would you find a list of physical disks, and how they are partitioned ?

Answer 11

Disk managment

Question 12

What would you use to import a new certificate onto your system ?

Answer 12

Certificate Mananger

Question 13

What is msinfo32.exe ?

Answer 13

System info: OS version, RAM Processor type etc

Question 14

How do you access the microsoft management console ?

Answer 14

windows key +r then Type MMC

Question 15

The registry files are stored in the C:\Windows\System32\___________ folder.

Answer 15

C:\Windows\System32\config

Question 16

What is taskmgr.exe ?

Answer 16

Task manager

Question 17

What is eventvwr.msc ?

Answer 17

Windows event viewer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqB9HrmoiRI

Question 18

What is taskschd.msc ?

Answer 18

Task Scheduler

Question 19

What is msinfo32.exe ?

Answer 19

System Information
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWFzY-b8H_s

Question 20

What does Resmon.exe monitor do ?

Answer 20

Resource monitor provides a Detailed real time view of performance

Question 21

What is the registry ?

Answer 21

Hierachical Master database

Question 22

What is regedit.exe ?

Answer 22

Windows registry editor/

Question 23

What is msconfig.exe ?

Answer 23

System config tool

Question 24

What extension is found on the end of MMC snapins ?

Answer 24

.msc

Question 25

What is regedit.exe ?

Answer 25

Registry Editor.

Question 26

What does Local users and groups do ?

Answer 26

View, create, delete, or disable user accounts on the local computer.

Question 27

What is the microsoft management console ?

Answer 27

A custom toolbox of useful utilities referred to as “Snap-ins”.

Question 28

What does task scheduler do ?

Answer 28

Schedules tasks via a script, command or external programme.

Question 29

Give an example of a scheduled task already implemented within windows.

Answer 29

Checking for Windows updates.

Question 30

Wha

Answer 30

Can view app error logs, security audit records, system errors.

Question 31

Within the computer management, what will the performance tool allow you to do ?

Answer 31

Check Hardware performance. Set Hardware performance level + recieve alerts.

Question 32

Where should you go if a device is installed but not working ?

Answer 32

Device manager.

Question 33

devmgmt.msc

Answer 33

Device manager

Question 34

lusrmgr.msc

Answer 34

Local users and groups

Question 35

perfmon.msc

Answer 35

Performance monitor

Question 36

gpedit.msc

Answer 36

Group Policy edit

Question 37

What does Group Policy edit do ?

Answer 37

Allows an administrator to set various settings to customize the operating system.

Question 38

Where are your startup/boot options located ?

Answer 38

Startup app task manager Boot options System configuration

Question 38

Where are your startup/boot options located ?

Answer 38

Startup app task manager Boot options System configuration (msconfig.exe).

Question 39

cleanmgr.exe

Answer 39

Disk clean up

Question 40

Which event log should be checked if you suspect that the computer has rebooted unexpectedly?

Answer 40

The System event log

Question 41

Which system utilities in Windows provides access to a database containing system configuration information?

Answer 41

regedit.exe

Question 42

Which tab of the System Configuration utility in MS Windows provides access to MMC snap-ins?

Answer 42

Tools

Question 43

Which tab of the System Configuration utility in MS Windows allows to prevent all nonessential applications, services, and device drivers from loading during system startup?

Answer 43

General

Question 44

Which admin tool refers to a Microsoft Windows tool designed for troubleshooting system startup problems?

Answer 44

msconfig.exe

Question 45

A Microsoft Windows application utility used for displaying details about computer's hardware resources, computer components, and software environment is known as

Question 46

Which tab of the Windows' 10 Task Manager provides an interface for managing background processes?

Answer 46

Services.

Question 47

Which tool launches a GUI system utility for managing storage media in Windows?

Answer 47

diskmgmt.msc Disk management

Question 48

Which Windows administrative tool provides the capability to schedule the launch of programs or scripts at pre-defined times or after specified time intervals?

Answer 48

taskschd.msc Task scheduler.

Question 49

What is partitioning ?

Answer 49

Dividing the physical storage device into multiple logical partitions that can be accessed separately.

Question 50

What comes after partitioning ?

Answer 50

Formatting

Question 51

What is formatting ?

Answer 51

Its designating a file system that will determine how the data is stored on the disk.

Question 52

What determines the type of file system ?

Answer 52

The OS and intended use for the storage.

Question 53

Which tool can you use to check the CPU utilization and manage any high-resource processes?

Answer 53

Task Manager. Key word is manage. You can observe on Perfmon.

Question 54

On which tab of MSConfig can you choose the startup type?

Answer 54

General

Question 55

Which tool provides comprehensive information about the system’s resource usage, hardware, and software environments?

Answer 55

MSINFO32 provides comprehensive information about the system’s resource usage, hardware, and software environments.

Question 56

Which filesystem is primarily used on Unix-based systems?

Answer 56

NFS

Question 57

Which utility helps you troubleshoot startup problems by allowing you to selectively disable individual items that normally are executed at startup?

Answer 57

MSConfig, known as the System Configuration.

Question 58

Which tool can be used to configure the size of the Security log file in Windows?

Answer 58

Event viewer

Question 59

What Windows utility is used to prepare a computer to be imaged?

Answer 59

Sysprep

Question 60

What utility is started with MSTSC.EXE?

Answer 60

RDP

Question 61

Which utility helps you troubleshoot startup problems by allowing you to selectively disable individual items that normally are executed at startup?

Answer 61

MSConfig, known as the System Configuration utility.

Question 62

What Windows utility is used to prepare a computer to be imaged?

Answer 62

Sysprep

Question 63

What Windows logs are found within Event viewer ?

Answer 63

System, Security and Application. They will basically do what their name says i.e. a security log will log security events.

Question 64

What does certmgr.msc do ?

Answer 64

Certificate Manager. Check and manage certificates installed on a computer.

Question 65

What tabs are available in msconfig.exe ?

Answer 65

General Boot Services Startup Tools

Question 66

What is cleanmgr.exe ?

Answer 66

Disk Cleanup.

Question 67

What is dfrgui.exe ?

Answer 67

Disk degragment

Question 68

What is the difference between resmon.exe and msinfo32.exe ?

Answer 68

Resmon shows the performance of hardware and software. msinfo32.exe lists hardware and software.