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What are the three Windows settings critical to securing a computer that need to be verified as part of regular maintenance?

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Setting Windows updates to occur automatically, ensure anti-malware software is up to date and protecting the system, the Network security is correctly set

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What are the three Windows settings critical to securing a computer that need to be verified as part of regular maintenance?

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Setting Windows updates to occur automatically, ensure anti-malware software is up to date and protecting the system, the Network security is correctly set

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What folder holds the Windows registry?

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C:\Windows\system32\config

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What folder holds a backup of the registry?

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C:\Windows\system32\config\RegBack>

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What folder holds 32-bit programs installed in a 64-bit installation of Windows?

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C:\Program Files (x86) folder

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What file in the user account folder stores user settings?

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Isuser.dat and Ntuser.dat depending on the OS

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What is the purpose of the C:\Windows\CSC folder?

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Saves offline files until PC is connected online

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What is the purpose of the Windows.old folder?

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Holds the previous installation of Windows

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How can you manually delete the Windows.old folder?

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Disk Cleanup

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By default, how often does Windows automatically defrag a magnetic hard drive?

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Once a week

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On what type of hard drive does Windows disable defragmenting?

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SSD

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What are two reasons to uninstall software you no longer use?

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Free up space on the HDD and better start up performance.

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What is the file name and default path of the Windows paging file used for virtual memory?

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C:\pagefile.sys

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What type of storage media must be used to create a Windows system image?

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Internal/external drive or a DVD

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What Windows 8 utility is used to back up user data? What Windows 7 utility is used to back up user data?

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Windows 8: File History utility and System Protection utility
Windows 7: Backup and Restore utility and System Protection utility

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Why is it important to not store a backup of drive C: on another partition on the same hard drive?

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If the HDD crashes, both partitions will be lost

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What is the %SystemRoot% folder as used in Microsoft documentation?

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%SystemRoot% defines your Operating System’s default folder or location that all the system files are stored at.

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What Windows utility creates restore points?

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System Protection

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How can you delete all restore points?

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Turning system protection off and then back on

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In what folder are restore points kept?

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C:\System Volume Information

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Which dialog box can you use to manually create a restore point?

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The system protection tab of the system properties box.

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To use the GPT partitioning system on a hard drive, what firmware is required? What operating system architecture?

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UEFI firmware

64-bit architecture

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In a command line, what is the purpose of the ? in a file name?

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A wildcard for one character

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What is the purpose of the |more parameter at the end of a command line?

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Lists information one screen at a time.

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What is the command to list all files and subdirectories in a directory?
dir \s
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What type of command prompt window is needed to run the chkdsk command?
An elevated command prompt window
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When you want to use chkdsk to fix file system errors and the drive is not locked, when does Windows schedule the chkdsk command to run?
The next boot up
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What command is intended to replace xcopy?
Robocopy
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Which Windows utility can you use to split a partition into two partitions?
Disk management
30
Which is more stable, RAID implemented by Windows or RAID implemented by Hardware?
Hardware RAID
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When you move a dynamic disk to a new computer, what status will Disk Management first assign the drive?
Foreign drive
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What is the feature of Windows 8 Storage Spaces that allows an administrator to add physical hard drives to the storage pool as available space fills up?
Thin provisioning
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Write and test commands to do the following: Create a folder named C:\data
md C:\ data
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Write and test commands to do the following: Create a folder named C:\data\test1 and a folder named C:\data\test2
md C:\data\test | md C:\data\test2
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Write and test commands to do the following: Copy Notepad.exe to the test1 folder
copy Notepad.exe C:\data\test1
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Write and test commands to do the following: Move Notepad.exe from the test1 folder to the test2 folder
move c:\data\test1\notepad.exe "c:\data\test2\"
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Write and test commands to do the following: Make C:\ the default folder
cd C:\
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Write and test commands to do the following: Without changing the default folder, list all files in the test2 folder
dir C:\data\test2\*
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Write and test commands to do the following: Delete the test2 folder
rd "c:\data\test2\"
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Write and test commands to do the following: Delete the C:\data folder
rd c:\data\
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You are trying to clean up a slow Windows 8 system that was recently installed in place of the old Windows 7 installation, and you discover that the 75-GB hard drive has only 5 GB of free space. The entire hard drive is taken up by drive C:. What is the best way to free up some space? a. Compress the entire hard drive. b. Move the /Program Files folder to an external hard drive. c. Delete the Windows.old folder. d. Reduce the size of the paging file.
Delete the Windows.old folder.
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Which is the best first step to protect important data on your hard drive? a. Use dynamic disks to set up a striped volume so that the data has redundancy. b. Back up the data to another media. c. Compress the folder that holds the data. d. Put password protection on the data folder.
b. Back up the data to another media.
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What is the program file name for: Command prompt
cmd
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What is the program file name for: System Information
msinfo32
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What is the program file name for: System Restore
rstrui
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What is the program file name for: Device Manager
devmgmt.msc
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What is the program file name for: Disk Cleanup
cleanmgrf
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What is the program file name for: Disk Management
diskmgmt.msc
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What folder holds the Windows registry?
C:\Windows\system32\config
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What folder holds a backup of the registry?
C:\Windows\system32\config\RegBack
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What folder holds 32-bit programs installed in a 64-bit installation of Windows?
C:\Program Files (x86) folder
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What file in the user account folder stores user settings?
Isuser.dat and Ntuser.dat depending on the OS
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What is the purpose of the C:\Windows\CSC folder?
Saves offline files until PC is connected online
54
What is the purpose of the Windows.old folder?
Holds the previous installation of Windows
55
How can you manually delete the Windows.old folder?
Disk Cleanup
56
By default, how often does Windows automatically defrag a magnetic hard drive?
Once a week
57
On what type of hard drive does Windows disable defragmenting?
SSD
58
What are two reasons to uninstall software you no longer use?
Free up space on the HDD and better start up performance.
59
What is the file name and default path of the Windows paging file used for virtual memory?
C:\pagefile.sys
60
What type of storage media must be used to create a Windows system image?
Internal/external drive or a DVD
61
What Windows 8 utility is used to back up user data? What Windows 7 utility is used to back up user data?
Windows 8: File History utility and System Protection utility Windows 7: Backup and Restore utility and System Protection utility
62
Why is it important to not store a backup of drive C: on another partition on the same hard drive?
If the HDD crashes, both partitions will be lost
63
What is the %SystemRoot% folder as used in Microsoft documentation?
%SystemRoot% defines your Operating System's default folder or location that all the system files are stored at.
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What Windows utility creates restore points?
System Protection
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How can you delete all restore points?
Turning system protection off and then back on
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In what folder are restore points kept?
C:\System Volume Information
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Which dialog box can you use to manually create a restore point?
The system protection tab of the system properties box.
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To use the GPT partitioning system on a hard drive, what firmware is required? What operating system architecture?
UEFI firmware | 64-bit architecture
69
In a command line, what is the purpose of the ? in a file name?
A wildcard for one character
70
What is the purpose of the |more parameter at the end of a command line?
Lists information one screen at a time.
71
What is the command to list all files and subdirectories in a directory?
dir \s
72
What type of command prompt window is needed to run the chkdsk command?
An elevated command prompt window
73
When you want to use chkdsk to fix file system errors and the drive is not locked, when does Windows schedule the chkdsk command to run?
The next boot up
74
What command is intended to replace xcopy?
Robocopy
75
Which Windows utility can you use to split a partition into two partitions?
Disk management
76
Which is more stable, RAID implemented by Windows or RAID implemented by Hardware?
Hardware RAID
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When you move a dynamic disk to a new computer, what status will Disk Management first assign the drive?
Foreign drive
78
What is the feature of Windows 8 Storage Spaces that allows an administrator to add physical hard drives to the storage pool as available space fills up?
Thin provisioning
79
Write and test commands to do the following: Create a folder named C:\data
md C:\ data
80
Write and test commands to do the following: Create a folder named C:\data\test1 and a folder named C:\data\test2
md C:\data\test | md C:\data\test2
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Write and test commands to do the following: Copy Notepad.exe to the test1 folder
copy Notepad.exe C:\data\test1
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Write and test commands to do the following: Move Notepad.exe from the test1 folder to the test2 folder
move c:\data\test1\notepad.exe "c:\data\test2\"
83
Write and test commands to do the following: Make C:\ the default folder
cd C:\
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Write and test commands to do the following: Without changing the default folder, list all files in the test2 folder
dir C:\data\test2\*
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Write and test commands to do the following: Delete the test2 folder
rd "c:\data\test2\"
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Write and test commands to do the following: Delete the C:\data folder
rd c:\data\
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You are trying to clean up a slow Windows 8 system that was recently installed in place of the old Windows 7 installation, and you discover that the 75-GB hard drive has only 5 GB of free space. The entire hard drive is taken up by drive C:. What is the best way to free up some space? a. Compress the entire hard drive. b. Move the /Program Files folder to an external hard drive. c. Delete the Windows.old folder. d. Reduce the size of the paging file.
Delete the Windows.old folder.
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Which is the best first step to protect important data on your hard drive? a. Use dynamic disks to set up a striped volume so that the data has redundancy. b. Back up the data to another media. c. Compress the folder that holds the data. d. Put password protection on the data folder.
b. Back up the data to another media.
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What is the program file name for: Command prompt
cmd
90
What is the program file name for: System Information
msinfo32
91
What is the program file name for: System Restore
rstrui
92
What is the program file name for: Device Manager
devmgmt.msc
93
What is the program file name for: Disk Cleanup
cleanmgrf
94
What is the program file name for: Disk Management
diskmgmt.msc

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