Microsoft client operating systems chapter's 4-7

Question 1

What is the control panel used for

Answer 1

You can use the control panel to change settings for windows

Question 2

What are the parts of the windows 10 main screen

Answer 2

Icons, Taskbar and desktop background

Question 3

What does Mmc stand for and what is it used for

Answer 3

Microsoft management console is a component of Microsoft windows that provides system administrators and advanced users an interface for configuring and monitoring the system

Question 4

What are some of the specific settings for the power saver mode

Answer 4

Battery saver,change display settings for example set for shorter duration for active display, reduce your displays brightness, change power settings for example set for a shorter duration when your pc sleeps, disconnect from a wifi network when your pc sleeps, put a lid on it.
Change sync setting s for example syne your email less often and syne only the email ,calendars,and contacts you want.

Question 5

Difference between sleep mode and hibernate

Answer 5

Sleep mode is a power saving state that is similar to pausing a dvd movie. All the actions on the computer are stopped, any open documents and applications are put in memory while the computer goes into a low power state. Hibernate mode is very similar but instead of saving your open documents and applications to ram ,it saves them to your drive. This allows your computer to turn off entirely,which means once your computer is in Hibernate mode it uses zero power

Question 6

What is the registry used for

Answer 6

The registry helps windows manage and operate your computer, ensuring access to critical resources and helping important programs configure settings.

Question 7

What are all the security zones in internet explorer

Answer 7

Internet, local intranet, trusted sites or restricted sites

Question 8

How do virtual switches allow VMs communicated with each other

Answer 8

Private network

Question 9

What is hypervisor

Answer 9

Hyper-V is a hypervisor that let’s you run several, isolated guest operating systems on a hardware platform

Question 10

Which hyper v software package can help remedy compatibility issues

Answer 10

Guest integration services

Question 11

How is ram configured on vm

Answer 11

Each virtual machine consumes memory based on its configured size, plus overhead memory for virtualizeation

Question 12

How to capture a vm image

Answer 12

On the page for the VMs on the upper menu select capture

Question 13

What is a differing disk used for

Answer 13

A differing vhd is used to create a copy of an existing disk

Question 14

Know at least two methods to prevent software piracy

Answer 14

The product key must be successfully activated and the computer must have a product key

Question 15

The windows activation process

Answer 15

Verifies that your copy of windows is genuine and has not been used on more computers
microsoft software terms allows

Question 16

What is a multiple activation key used for

Answer 16

MAK activates systems on a one time basis, using microsoft’s hosted activation services

Question 17

What is adk used for

Answer 17

To provide a complete solution for evaluating overall computer performance and automating the deployment of the windows operating system to new pcs

Question 18

What is kms used for

Answer 18

A centralized repository that’s used to organize, store and share organizational knowledge with employees and customers

Question 19

Which windows versions can be activated from ad based activation

Answer 19

Windows 11,windows 10 and windows server 2022

Question 20

What vbs comand is used to change the product key

Answer 20

Slmgr

Question 21

Where is the ad database stored and run from

Answer 21

Is stored in the ntds and is ran form windows server

Question 22

What are the definitions for domains, forests and organizational units

Answer 22

Domains = a domain is a group of connected windows computers that share user account information and a security policy ,forests =the forest is a secure boundary that limits access to users ,computers, groups and other objects, organizational units = is a construct used to represent an organization whose resources are logically separate from those resources of other, similar organizations

Question 23

How are tokens used when uac is configured

Answer 23

Each application that requires the administrator access token must prompt the end user of constant

Question 24

What are the default settings for uac in windows 10

Answer 24

Criticdical prompt

Question 25

Which tools are contained in adk

Answer 25

Windows configuration designer, user state migration kit ,volume activation management tool,windows performance kit,windows assessment tool kit,windows user experience virtualizean and application virtualizean

Question 26

What does icd do

Answer 26

Streamlines the customizing and provisioning of a windows image

Question 27

what are the differences between ipv4 and ipv6

Answer 27

ipv4 uses a 32 bits address space ,ipv6 uses a 128 bits address space ,ipv4 must support DHCP or be configured manually ,IPv6 does not require DHCP or manual configuration ,it supports stateless auto configuration

Question 28

how to convert decimal to binary

Answer 28

one of the methods to convert decimal to binary is by dividing the given decimal by 2

Question 29

what are the IPv4 classes including the total of the number of networks and host for each class

Answer 29

class A: networks use a default subnet mask of 255.0.0.0 and have 0-127 as their first octet. the address 10.52.36.11 is a class A address =16,777,214.
class B =16,384 networks and 65,000 hosts
class C =2 million networks ,254 hosts

Question 30

what is the difference between a primary- and second-level domain

Answer 30

primary DNS servers contain all relevant resource records and handle DNS queries for a domain. By contrast ,secondary DNS servers contain zone file copies that are read only meaning they cannot be modified

Question 31

what do the fallowing commands do tracert, ping, and nslookup

Answer 31

tracert =determines the route to a destination by sending internet control massage protocol {ICMP} echo packets to the destination.
ping=the ping command is a commend prompt command used to test the ability of the source computer to reach a specified destination computer.
nslookup=nslookup is an abbreviation of name server lookup and allows you to query your DNS service

Question 32

how to identify a valid IPv6 address

Answer 32

an ipv6 normal address must have eight segments

Question 33

what is a global unicast

Answer 33

A global unicast address is similar to an ipv4 public address and unique across the internet a packet is delivered from single interface to another single interface.

Question 34

Know the different types of networks (home, work, domain, public, etc.) and for which is network discovery enabled by default.

Answer 34

homegroup =a group of PCs on a home network that can share files and printers
workgroup=is microsoft”s term for a peer-to peer local area network. computers running microsoft operating systems in the same work group may share files,printers or internet connection. domain=windows network technology enables you to create network domains . a domain is a group of connected windows computers that share user account information and a security policy. public = network profiles in windows 10 allows you to quickly change security and file-sharing settings

Question 35

Know the max data rates for 802.11g and 11n.

Answer 35

802.11g=54 MBPS and 802.11n =450 MBPS^3

Question 36

Know the difference between ad hoc and infrastructure mode

Answer 36

in ad hoc mode, each node transmits data directly to other nodes without access point.
in infrastructure mode ,all communication needs to go through the access point witch connects wireless devices to a wired network

Question 37

Understand the concept of inbound and outbound rules in the Windows Firewall

Answer 37

an outbound rule is where the client pc or laptop initiates a network connection with some other resource or system. an inbound rule is where some server or device initiates a network connection with this pc or laptop . for any connection ,be it inbound or outbound there is a source port and a destination port

Question 38

Know the max throughput for eSATA. Hint: Know the answer in Mbps.

Answer 38

up to 600 MB/s 6Gbps

Question 39

Know the max number of devices that can be connected to a single USB port.

Answer 39

255

Question 40

Know the tasks that become available after completing the setup of a storage space

Answer 40

repartitioning drives

Question 41

Know the difference between a 3-way and a 2-way mirror

Answer 41

a two way mirror can tolerate one physical disk failure ,while a 3 way mirror can tolerate up to two disk failures

Question 42

What does parity do to protect against drive failures?

Answer 42

by keeping multiple copies of your data with parity information

Question 43

Why are high-capacity removable disks and drives dangerous to enterprise networks

Answer 43

because malicious software can be easily be installed on USB flash drives and other storage drives

Question 44

Know what “hot pluggable” means

Answer 44

the device is added or removed without shutting down the operating system