Lesson 2

Question 1

Microsoft Management Consoles (MMCs)

Answer 1

provide a standard interface for advanced configuration and management of Windows desktops and servers

Question 2

Device Manager (devmgmt.msc)

Answer 2

allows you to view and edit the properties of installed hardware

Question 3

Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc)

Answer 3

console displays a summary of any fixed and removable disks—hard disk drives (HDDs), solid state drives (SSDs), and optical drives—attached to the system

Question 4

Fragmentation

Answer 4

over time as files grow, they become fragmented across non-contiguous clusters, reducing read performance

Question 5

Capacity

Answer 5

capacity can reduce over time. If the boot volume has less than 20% free space, performance can be impaired. When space drops below 200 MB, a Low Disk Space warning is generated

Question 6

Damage

Answer 6

the platters of the disk are easy to damage, especially if there is a power cut. If the disk does not recognize that a sector is damaged, files can become corrupted. SSDs can suffer from degradation of the memory circuitry, resulting in bad blocks, and can be damaged by impacts, overheating, and electrical issues

Question 7

Defragment and Optimize Drives tool (dfrgui.exe)

Answer 7

runs various operations to speed up the performance of HDDs and SSDs

Question 8

Disk Clean-up (cleanmgr.exe)

Answer 8

tool tracks files that can be safely erased to reclaim disk space

Question 9

Task Scheduler (taskschd.msc)

Answer 9

runs commands and scripts automatically

Question 10

Local Users and Groups (lusrmgr.msc)

Answer 10

console provides an advanced interface for creating, modifying, disabling, and deleting user accounts

Question 11

Certificate Manager console (certmgr.msc)

Answer 11

shows which certificates have been installed and provides a mechanism for requesting and importing new certificates

Question 12

rogue CA certificate

Answer 12

might allow a website to masquerade as a legitimate bank or other service and trick the user into submitting a password because the browser seems to trust the web server’s certificate

Question 13

Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc)

Answer 13

provides a more robust means of configuring many of these Windows settings than editing the registry directly

Question 14

Registry Editor (regedit.exe)

Answer 14

view or edit the registry

Question 15

five root keys

Answer 15

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, HKEY_USERS, HKEY_CURRENT_USER,

Question 16

Microsoft Management Console (MMC)

Answer 16

Is a container for one or more snap-ins