Hardware

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Question

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Answer

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True or false. Windows XP Professional includes support for Internet Connection Firewall.

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TRUE

Front 3

The minimum memory that is supported by Windows XP Professional is ________.

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64MB

Front 4

The minimum amount of disk space required by Windows XP Professional is ________.

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1.5GB

Front 5

True or false. Windows XP Professional can support up to four processors.

Back 5

False. Windows XP Professional supports computers with one or two processors.

Front 6

Define the system partition.

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The system partition contains the MBR and the system files needed to boot the Windows XP Professional operating system. This is the active partition by default, usually the C: drive.

Front 7

List the three file systems that are supported for hard drives by Windows XP Professional.

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File Allocation Table(FAT16), FAT32, and New Technology File System(NTFS)

Front 8

Which two options must be available on the network if you want to install Windows XP Professional into a Windows 2000 or Windows 2003 domain?

Back 8

A domain controller for the domain and a DNS server

Front 9

What is the purpose of product activation?

Back 9

Product activation is Microsoft's way of reducing software piracy.

Front 10

True or false. You use the F2 key to specify that you are using a third-party disk driver during the installation of Windows XP Professional.

Back 10

False. You would use the F6 key.

Front 11

List the two types of images that can be configured for an RIS server.

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A CD-based image and a Remote Installation Preparation(RIPrep) image.

Front 12

Which utility is used to create disk images for Windows XP Professional automated deployment?

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The System Preparation Tool, or Sysprep

Front 13

What is the primary purpose of the Setup Manager utility?

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To create answer files(automated installation scripts) that are used to answer the questions that appear during a normal Windows XP Professional installation

Front 14

List the three automated deployment options that can use unattended answer files.

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Windows XP unattended installation, Sysprep(disk imaging) install, and Remote Installation Services(RIS)

Front 15

True or false. The partition that will hold RIS installation images must be NTFS and must not contain the operating system files.

Back 15

TRUE

Front 16

List the three network services that are required by the RIS server.

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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol(DHCP)server,Domain Name System(DNS)server, and Active Directory

Front 17

Which two user rights must be configured for the RIS installation to work properly?

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Join a Computer to a Domain and Log On as a Batch Job

Front 18

Which Sysprep switch should you use to force the Setup program to run Plug and Play detection of hardware?

Back 18

#NAME?

Front 19

True or false. If you want to preserve Windows NT 4 Workstation users and groups, you should perform a clean install.

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False. If you want to preserve existing Windows NT 4 users and groups, you should perform an upgrade.

Front 20

True or false. You can directly upgrade to Windows XP Professional from Windows 95.

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False. There is no direct upgrade path to Windows XP Professional from Windows 95.

Front 21

List the four client upgrade paths to Windows XP Professional .

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Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4 Workstation, and Windows 2000 Professional

Front 22

True or false. You cannot upgrade to Windows XP Professional from any version of Windows NT Server.

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TRUE

Front 23

You need a ________ or higher processor to upgrade to Windows XP Professional.

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233MHz

Front 24

True or false. Any hardware that is supported by Windows 98 is also supported by Windows XP Professional.

Back 24

False. You should check the Windows XP HCL for hardware compatibility.

Front 25

Which switch can you use with the WINNT32 program to create a Windows XP Compatibility Report to be used with an upgrade?

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/checkupgradeonly

Front 26

True or false. Before you upgrade to Windows XP Professional, you should perform a disk scan, a current virus scan, and disk defragmentation.

Back 26

TRUE

Front 27

Which Windows XP Professional utility is used by administrators to migrate users from one computer to another via a command-line utility?

Back 27

The User State Migration Tool(USMT)

Front 28

Which Control Panel(Classic view) icon is used to allow you to install, remove, and troubleshoot your hardware?

Back 28

Add or Remove Hardware

Front 29

Which Control Panel(Classic view) icon is used to configure power schemes, hibernation, and ACPI(Advanced Configuration Power Interface)?

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Power Options

Front 30

What are the three main areas of configuration in Computer Management?

Back 30

System Tools, Storage, and Services & Applications

Front 31

Which utility allows you to view hardware resources, including the device's interrupt request(IRQ), I/O port address, memory address, and Direct Memory Access(DMA) settings?

Back 31

Device Manager

Front 32

True or false. The MMC provides a common environment for snap-ins, which are administrative tools developed by Microsoft or third-party vendors.

Back 32

TRUE

Front 33

List the five Registry keys that are available on all Windows XP Professional computers.

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HKEY_CURRENT_USER,HKEY_USERS,HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT,and HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG

Front 34

What is the primary purpose of Windows XP Professional driver signing?

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Driver signing is a way of ensuring that drivers are properly tested before they are released to the public.

Front 35

True or false. In order to set up multiple-display support, you must have a display adapter installed for each monitor, and you must use PCI or AGP display adapter cards.

Back 35

TRUE

Front 36

What is hibernation used for in Windows XP Professional?

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With hibernation, anything that is stored in memory is also stored on your hard disk.

Front 37

What is the primary purpose of Advanced Configuration Power Interface(ACPI)?

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ACPI allows you to reduce the power consumption of your computer which is important for laptops that are running from battery power.

Front 38

True or false. USB is an external bus standard that is used to connect USB devices through a USB port. USB supports transfer rates up to 12Mbps and can support up to 56 devices.

Back 38

False. A single USB port can support up to 127 devices.

Front 39

Which utility can you use to set processor affinity?

Back 39

Task Manager

Front 40

If you are using Windows XP Professional Multilanguage version, which utility do you use to switch between languages in the UI?

Back 40

MUISETUP.EXE

Front 41

How can you configure your computer to show Administrative Tools and Logoff in the Start menu?

Back 41

The Advanced tab of the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties dialog box(Start Menu Settings section) has options for configuring Start menu features such as Administrative Tools.

Front 42

True or false. Shortcuts can exist in various locations, including on the Desktop, on the Start menu, and within folders.

Back 42

TRUE

Front 43

What language support is offered by localized versions of Windows XP Professional?

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Localized versions include the ability to view, edit, and print documents in different languages

Front 44

What Control Panel icon is used to configure multilingual editing and viewing of documents?

Back 44

Regional Options through the Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options

Front 45

Which version of Windows XP Professional offers support for the user interface(UI) in different languages?

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Multilanguage Version Windows XP

Front 46

Which icon in Control Panel is used to configure keyboard, sound, display, mouse, and general properties of Windows XP Professional for users with limited sight, hearing, or mobility?

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Accessibility Options

Front 47

What is the purpose of FilterKeys?

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FilterKeys ignores brief or repeated keystrokes.

Front 48

What is the purpose of the Accessibility Wizard?

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The Accessibility Wizard configures a computer based on the user's vision, hearing, and mobility needs.

Front 49

What is the purpose of the Utility Manager?

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The Utility Manager allows you to start and stop accessibility utilities and determines whether these utilities are started with Windows XP or when the Utility Manager is started.

Front 50

What is a service?

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A service is a program, routine, or process that performs a specific function within the Windows XP operating system.

Front 51

List the five built-in user accounts created on a computer that is installed with Windows XP Professional in a workgroup.

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Administrator,Guest,HelpAssistant,Support_xxxxxxx,and Initial user

Front 52

List the two types of users supported by Windows XP.

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Local users and domain users

Front 53

True or false. Users must log on to a Windows XP Professional computer before they can use that computer.

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TRUE

Front 54

What keyboard sequence is used to access the logon dialog box if a computer is part of a domain?

Back 54

Ctrl+Alt+Delete

Front 55

Which utility is used to create users on a Windows XP Professional computer?

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Local Users and Groups

Front 56

Which two groups have permission to create users on Windows XP Professional computers?

Back 56

Administrators and Power Users

Front 57

True or false. A username and a group name can be the same on a Windows XP Professional computer.

Back 57

FALSE

Front 58

True or false. Usernames and passwords are case-sensitive.

Back 58

FALSE

Front 59

What is a logon script?

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Logon scripts are files that run every time a user logs on to the network. They are usually batch files, but they can be any type of executable file.

Front 60

Which password policy specifies a higher level of encryption for stored user passwords?

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Store Password Using Reversible Encryption for All Users in the Domain

Front 61

What are account lockout policies used for?

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The account lockout policies are used to specify how many invalid logon attempts should be tolerated.

Front 62

What audit policy tracks when a user logs on, logs off, or makes a network connection?

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Audit Account Logon Events

Front 63

Which user right allows a user to create a computer account on the domain?

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Add Workstations to the Domain

Front 64

Which security option automatically logs off users if they have limited logon hours and their logon time has expired?

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Automatically Log Off Users when Logon Time Expires

Front 65

True or false. The default groups on Windows XP Professional computers are considered local groups.

Back 65

TRUE

Front 66

Which default local group has permissions to back up and restore the file system, even if the file system is NTFS and the group members have not been assigned permissions to the file system?

Back 66

Backup Operators

Front 67

What is the primary purpose of the Guests group?

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The Guests group is provided so that you can give people who are not regular users access to specific network resources.

Front 68

True or false. The Power Users group can create, delete, and modify any user or group account.

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False. They can modify or delete only user and group accounts they have created.

Front 69

What is the primary purpose of the Replicator group?

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The Replicator group is intended to support directory replication, which is a feature used by domain servers.

Front 70

By default, which user is not a part of the Users local group?

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Guest

Front 71

What is the difference between an interactive user and a network user?

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An interactive user is someone who uses the computer's resources locally. A network user is someone who accesses the computer's resources over a network connection.

Front 72

True or false. Group names can be up to 256 characters.

Back 72

TRUE

Front 73

True or false. A renamed group keeps all of its properties, including its members and permissions.

Back 73

TRUE

Front 74

Which Group Policy setting forces the system to enable disk quota management on all NTFS volumes for the computer?

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Enable Disk Quotas

Front 75

Which Group Policy setting specifies that if users reach their quota limit, an entry will be added to the Event Viewer Application log?

Back 75

Log Event when Quota Limit Exceeded

Front 76

True or false. When configuring group policies through Start menu and Taskbar policies, you can configure users' Start menu and Taskbar options.

Back 76

TRUE

Front 77

True or false. The mouse driver that a user prefers can be configured as a part of the user's profile.

Back 77

FALSE

Front 78

True or false. By default, user profiles are created locally on the computer that the user account logs on to.

Back 78

TRUE

Front 79

What is the default location of local user profiles?

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The Documents and Settings folder

Front 80

What is the definition of a roaming profile?

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A roaming profile is stored on a network server and allows users to access their user profile, regardless of the client computer they have logged onto.

Front 81

Which icon in the Control Panel can you use to copy a user's profile?

Back 81

System, through the Performance and Maintenance option

Front 82

Which utility can you use to configure a user account to use a roaming profile?

Back 82

Local Users and Groups utility

Front 83

True or false. Roaming profiles are read-only profiles by default.

Back 83

FALSE

Front 84

True or false. Mandatory profiles can be configured exclusively with Windows XP Professional computers.

Back 84

FALSE

Front 85

How do you create a mandatory user profile?

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Rename NTUSER.DAT to NTUSER.MAN

Front 86

True or false. Only roaming profiles can be used as mandatory profiles. Mandatory profiles do not work for local user profiles.

Back 86

TRUE

Front 87

What properties can be configured for a hardware profile?

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A hardware profile can contain any hardware settings for the computer. Hardware profiles are typically used when a single computer uses different configurations.

Front 88

How do you select which hardware profile your computer will use?

Back 88

If more than one profile is configured, you see a selection menu during the Windows XP Professional boot process.

Front 89

Which Windows XP Professional file system supports encryption?

Back 89

NTFS

Front 90

What is the maximum volume size for a FAT32 partition?

Back 90

2TB or 32GB if created with Windows XP

Front 91

What command-line syntax can you use to convert your D:drive from FAT16 to NTFS?

Back 91

CONVERT D:/fs:ntfs

Front 92

Which two partition types are used with basic storage on a Windows XP Professional computer?

Back 92

Primary partition and extended partition

Front 93

True or false. Dynamic storage is recognized by Windows XP Professional and Windows NT 4 Workstations.

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False. Dynamic storage is used only with Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003.

Front 94

What is a spanned volume?

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A spanned volume consists of disk space on two or more dynamic drives; up to 32 dynamic drives can be used in a spanned volume configuration.

Front 95

What is the maximum number of drives supported by a striped volume?

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32

Front 96

True or false. A striped volume is fault tolerant.

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FALSE

Front 97

True or false. Only NTFS files and folders can be compressed.

Back 97

TRUE

Front 98

True or false. You cannot have a folder or file compressed and encrypted at the same time.

Back 98

TRUE

Front 99

What is the purpose of disk quotas?

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Disk quotas are used to specify how much disk space a user is allowed on specific NTFS volumes. You can specify disk quotas for all users, or you can limit disk space on a per-user basis.

Front 100

Which command-line utility can be used to encrypt files on NTFS volumes?

Back 100

CIPHER

Front 101

True or false. By default, the Show Hidden Files and Folders view is selected, so that files and folders with the Hidden attribute are listed.

Back 101

FALSE

Front 102

What is the File Types tab of the Folder Options dialog box in Windows Explorer used to configure?

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The File Types tab of the Folder Options dialog box is used to associate filename extensions with application file types.

Front 103

What is the purpose of offline files and folders?

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Offline files and folders allow network folders and files to be stored on Windows XP clients. Then, if the network location is not available, users can still access network files.

Front 104

True or false. You can access only the offline folders that are stored on Windows XP computers.

Back 104

FALSE

Front 105

Where in Windows Explorer do you configure your Windows XP Professional computer to use offline files and folders?

Back 105

Select Folder Options from the Tools pull-down menu.

Front 106

True or false. You can search for files and folders based on the filename or folder name, the text you are looking for, or the location that you want to look in.

Back 106

TRUE

Front 107

List the six levels of NTFS permissions.

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Full Control,Modify,Read & Execute,List,Read,and Write

Front 108

Who can create shared folders?

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To share a folder, you must be logged on as a member of the Administrators or Power Users group.

Front 109

The ________ shared folder option specifies how folders are cached when the folder is offline.

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Caching

Front 110

List three types of share permissions.

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Full Control,Change,and Read

Front 111

______________ is the default permission on shared folders for the Everyone group.

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Full Control

Front 112

The ________ command-line utility can be used to map a network drive.

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NET USE

Front 113

At logon, a(n) ____________ is created for the logon account.

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access token

Front 114

When a resource is accessed, Windows XP Professional checks the ____________ to see if the user should be granted access.

Back 114

discretionary access control list (DACL)

Front 115

True or false. Through General Network Adapter properties, you can configure the protocols your network adapter will use.

Back 115

FALSE

Front 116

Which network protocol is installed on Windows XP Professional computers by default?

Back 116

TCP/IP

Front 117

The ________ is used to specify which part of the IP address is the network address and which part is the host address.

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subnet mask

Front 118

You configure the _______ IP configuration option if the network contains routers.

Back 118

default gateway

Front 119

Which two options are used to resolve NetBIOS computer names to IP addresses?

Back 119

WINS server and LMHOSTS

Front 120

Dynamic IP configuration assumes that you have a ____________ server on your network.

Back 120

DHCP

Front 121

The ____________ command is used to send an ICMP(Internet Control Message Protocol) echo request and echo reply to verify if the remote computer is available.

Back 121

PING

Front 122

____________ is Microsoft's implementation of the Novell IPX/SPX(Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange) protocol stack.

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NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOS Compatible Transport

Front 123

________ are used to enable communication between your network adapter and the network protocols that are installed.

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Bindings

Front 124

How do you define a printer in Windows XP terminology?

Back 124

A printer is the software interface between the physical printer(the print device) and the operating system.

Front 125

In Windows XP terminology, what is the difference between a logical port and a physical port?

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A physical port is a port that the print device is directly attached to. A logical port is used when the print device is attached directly to the network through a network card.

Hint 125

Important

Front 126

Which groups can create printers by default?

Back 126

Administrators and Power Users

Front 127

What is a printer pool?

Back 127

Printer pools are used to associate multiple print devices with a single logical printer.

Front 128

How can you redirect a print job to another printer?

Back 128

To redirect print jobs, add a new port, highlight New Port, and choose New Port Type. In the Port Name dialog box, type the UNC name of the printer you want to redirect jobs to.

Front 129

When would you use printer priority?

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You use printer priority when you have multiple printers that are associated with a single print device and you want jobs from one printer to be serviced before jobs from another printer.

Front 130

Which print option would you configure if you did not want jobs to be deleted from the print queue after they are printed?

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Keep Printed Documents

Front 131

True or false. Windows XP provides a default separator page that can be used by all print devices.

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FALSE

Front 132

What can a user with the Manage Printers print permission do?

Back 132

A user or group with this permission can pause and restart the printer, change the spooler settings, share or unshare a printer, change print permissions, and manage printer properties.

Front 133

True or false. You can audit print events, including the Print, Manage Printers, Manage Documents, Read Permissions, Change Permissions, and Take Ownership events.

Back 133

TRUE

Front 134

Which print management option can you use to restart a print job that had already started printing?

Back 134

Restart

Front 135

Which print permission does a user need to attach to a network printer?

Back 135

Print

Front 136

True or false. When you configure modem properties, you can configure the speaker volume for the modem, maximum port speed, and dial control to wait for a dial tone before dialing.

Back 136

TRUE

Front 137

List the two connection methods that can be used with VPNs.

Back 137

Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol(PPTP)or Layer Two Tunneling Protocol(L2TP)

Front 138

What is a smart card used for in remote access?

Back 138

A smart card is special hardware used to ensure secure communications.

Front 139

True or false. Non-Microsoft clients are able to use the MS-CHAP protocol for dial-in user authentication.

Back 139

FALSE

Front 140

What is the advantage of a virtual private network(VPN)?

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A VPN allows you to connect your remote computer to a private network through a public network such as the Internet.

Front 141

True or false. You must specify the NetBIOS computer name of the server that you will connect to through a VPN connection when you set up the VPN client.

Back 141

FALSE

Front 142

True or false. With Internet Connection Sharing, multiple clients can share a single Internet connection.

Back 142

TRUE

Front 143

True or false. The computer that will host Internet connection sharing should use a static IP address.

Back 143

TRUE

Front 144

What are the two Internet services that are supported by IIS when IIS is installed on a Windows XP Professional computer?

Back 144

FTP and HTTP

Front 145

If you required access to a secure website, what request would you use instead of http:\\?

Back 145

https:\\

Front 146

Which protocol is used to support Internet printing services?

Back 146

Internet Printing Protocol(IPP)

Front 147

True or false. The Performance Monitor utility is used to monitor system performance in Windows XP.

Back 147

False. You use System Monitor.

Front 148

Which MMC snap-in is used to load the Windows XP System Monitor utility?

Back 148

The ActiveX utility is used to load the System Monitor utility.

Front 149

Which command-line utility shows the version of Windows you are using and whether or not any service packs have been applied?

Back 149

WINVER

Front 150

A __________ is a snapshot of how your computer is currently performing.

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baseline

Front 151

Which option in Performance Logs and Alerts is used to generate an event such as notification if a specific value is over or under the value you set?

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Alerts

Front 152

What is a trace log used for?

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Trace logs are used to measure data continuously.

Front 153

What value in the Memory>Available MBytes System Monitor counter indicates a memory bottleneck?

Back 153

A value less than 4MB indicates a memory bottleneck.

Front 154

Which System Monitor memory counter is used to track the number of times the requested information was not in memory and needed to be retrieved from disk?

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Memory>Pages/Sec

Front 155

The ________ utility shows all of the applications and processes that are currently running on the computer.

Back 155

Task Manager

Front 156

Which icon in Control Panel is used to configure application performance based on whether the application is being processed in the foreground or background?

Back 156

System

Front 157

Which icon in Control Panel is used to schedule tasks to occur at specified intervals?

Back 157

Scheduled Tasks

Front 158

Which Windows XP utility is used to track all of the information about your computer's software and hardware?

Back 158

Event Viewer

Front 159

List the five types of events that are tracked through Event Viewer.

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Information,Warning,Error,Success Audit,and Failure Audit

Front 160

What is the BOOT.INI file used for?

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The BOOT.INI file is used to build the operating system menu choices that are displayed during the boot process. It is also used to specify the location of the boot partition.

Front 161

What is the purpose of the BOOTSECT.DOS file?

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The BOOTSECT.DOS is an optional Windows XP boot file that is used to load an alternate operating system if the computer is configured for dual-booting or multi-booting.

Front 162

How can you create a Windows XP boot disk?

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Format the floppy disk through the Windows XP operating system, and then copy the NTLDR, NTDETECT.COM, NTBOTTDD.SYS(optional), and BOOT.INI files to the floppy disk.

Front 163

How do you access Windows XP Professional advanced startup options?

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Press F8 when prompted during the Windows XP boot sequence to bring up the Advanced Options menu.

Front 164

True or false. When you boot a Windows XP Professional computer in Safe Mode, the Windows XP configuration is simplified as much as possible.

Back 164

TRUE

Front 165

Which command-line utility would you use to access the System Configuration utility?

Back 165

Msconfig.exe

Front 166

What information can be backed up and restored using Automated System Recovery(ASR)?

Back 166

The system information that is backed up by ASR includes System State data, system services, and disk configuration information.

Front 167

Which utility ships with Windows XP and provides backup services?

Back 167

Backup

Front 168

What is Recovery Console used for?

Back 168

The Recovery Console allows limited access to the FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS volumes without starting the Windows XP Professional graphical interface.

Front 169

When you access the computer's setup program during bootup what are you really accessing?

Back 169

CMOS

Front 170

What is the purpose of the flash bios?

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old BIOS could not be altered. Flash uses a disk to electronically upgrade bios to communicate with new device.

Front 171

SIMM, DIMM and RIMM are part of what?

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memory

Front 172

What does IDE stand for?

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Integrated Drive Electronics

Front 173

What does SVGA stand for?

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Super Virtual Graphics array

Front 174

What does ANSI stand for?

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American National Standards Institute.

Front 175

What processors use ZIF?

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all 80486 etc and Pentiums up to Pentium II but not including Pentium II. Pentium two uses SEC

Front 176

Active matrix displays use what technology?

Back 176

Thin Film TFT

Front 177

How many color can be diplayed at once with an SGVA monitor?

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16 million + but only 32 bit true colors

Front 178

Can computer systems support ATA and IDE devices at the same time?

Back 178

Yes, they support a mixture

Front 179

How do you know the P8 and P9 wires were attached to the system board correctly?

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The black wires should touch each other.

Front 180

workgroup

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user are saved locally to each computer

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active directory

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a centralized database for managing a network

Front 182

what two user accounts are created during intial setup

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adminstrator guest

Front 183

/duprepare ?

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prepares downloaded update files to be used during an installation

Front 184

/dushare\\\\ location of updates

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update wizard is not shown to user and no attempt is made to connect to win update

Front 185

98 to xp upgrade do it from boot or in 98?

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from win 98 to upgrade and keep settings

Front 186

RIS bootable floppy supports ISA or PCI network cards?

Back 186

Only PCI

Front 187

Default password expriation for workgruop?

Back 187

42 days

Front 188

system/system calls/sec

Back 188

the number of calls made to the OS service routines

Front 189

processor\\interrupts/sec

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number of hardware interrupts per second

Front 190

system \\processor queue length

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how many operations are waiting for the processor at any time >10 bad

Front 191

when we create a user account what is really created?

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SID Security Identifer

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built in Groups

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Adminstrators guest users power users

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by default all users are members of the BLANK gourp

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everyone

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Backup Operators

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can bu and restore files, log on locally and shutdown the sytem. Member cannot change security settings

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Administrators

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complet unrestricted access to the computer

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backup operators

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back up and restore files. Log on and shutdown computer.

Front 197

Network configuration operators

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can configure networking settings

Front 198

power users

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can create/modify user accounts they create, same with groups, cannot some group memberships, bu or restore files, device drivers, security logs

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users

Back 199

can logon/lock/shutdown computer. Cannot groups/users, cannot share.

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Question

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Answer

Front 201

Name some of the features of Automatic Update

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AU allows users with admin. privileges to automatically download and install critical O.S. updates Updates are downloaded and installed in the background It uses bandwidth throttling

Front 202

How many users can run the AU client at one time?

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Only one administrative user at a time can run the AU client

Front 203

What is new in Windows XP with regards to CD creation?

Back 203

Users can save files to CD without using third-party software

Front 204

What is necessary for a CD creation to complete successfully?

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The user must have enough space on the hard drive to temporarily hold the files for the CD

Front 205

What is ClearType?

Back 205

ClearType triples the horizontal resolution available for rendering text for clearer text display on LCD monitors

Front 206

How is ClearType specified?

Back 206

In Display Properties click the Apperance tab. Under Effects choose ClearType under Use The Following Method To Smooth Edges Of Screen Fonts

Front 207

By default, how often is the Desktop Cleanup Wizard run?

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The Desktop Cleanup Wizard is by default run every 60 days.

Front 208

What is new with the Start Menu?

Back 208

The new Start Menu lists the programs most frequently used

Front 209

What does the Windows XP Pro fax support enable users to do?

Back 209

The Windows XP Pro fax support enables users to send faxes over a network from a computer with a an attached fax modem or fax board or with a LAN connection

Front 210

What is possible with the Fast User Switching feature?

Back 210

The Fast User Switching feature allow multiple users to simultaneously share a computer without closing all applications first

Front 211

What does the Auto-Configuration for Multiple Networks feature provide?

Back 211

The Auto-Configuration for Multiple Networks feature provides easy access to network devices and the Internet. It also allows mobile computer users to seamlessly operate both office and home networks without manually reconfiguring TCP/IP settings

Front 212

What is provided with Internet Explorer 6.0?

Back 212

IE 6.0 provides visual refresh and enhanced support for Document Object Model (DOM) level 1 and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) level 1. Native support for Macromedia Flash and Macromedia Shockwave Player files Automatic Image resize (if the image is not embedded within HTML pages

Front 213

What is the difference between Remote Desktop and Remote Desktop Connection?

Back 213

Remote Desktop provides access to a desktop from any Terminal Services client. Remote Desktop Connection is the end-user tool for establishing connections to computers running Terminal Services including Remote Desktop

Front 214

What does My Computer Information in Help and Support Center provide?

Back 214

My Computer Information provides an easily understood, highly accessible view of personalized software and hardware information about your computer or another computer for which you have administrative permissions.

Front 215

What is shown in the My Computer Information - Hardware category?

Back 215

The Hardware category allows users to examine descriptive information about the computers hardware.

Front 216

What is shown in the My Computer Information - Software category?

Back 216

The Software category allows users to view a list of Microsoft products that are installed and registered by a Product Identification Number (PID). It also shows information about any software that crashed.

Front 217

How many sessions of the Help and Support Center can be opened at the same time?

Back 217

It is possible to open 2 sessions of the Help and Support Center at the same time

Front 218

What is possible with the Remote Assistance feature?

Back 218

The Remote Assistance feature allows users to remotely view and control a computer for any support task.

Front 219

Name the two network environments Windows XP support?

Back 219

Windows XP supports workgroups and domains.

Front 220

What is a workgroup also called?

Back 220

A workgroup is also called a peer-to-peer network because all computers in the workgroup can share resources as equals (peers) without a dedicated server

Front 221

Name some of the features of workgroups

Back 221

Each computer maintains a local security database. Decentralized administration of user accounts and resource security. A user must have a user account on each computer to which he or she wants to gain access. Any changes to user accounts must be made on each computer in the workgroup.

Front 222

Can a computer running a Server operating system be part of a workgroup?

Back 222

A workgroup can contain computers running one of the Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 2000 Server products as long as the server is not configured as a domain controller.

Front 223

Name some of the advantages of a workgroup.

Back 223

It does not require inclusion of a domain controller in the configuration. It is simple to design and implement. It is a convenient networking environment for a limited number of computers in close proximity (no more than 10 computers)

Front 224

What is a domain?

Back 224

A domain is a logical grouping of network computers that share a central directory database

Front 225

Where in a domain does the directory reside?

Back 225

The directory resides on computers that are configured as domain controllers.

Front 226

What is a domain controller?

Back 226

A domain controller is a server that manages all security-related aspects of user and domain interactions, centralizing security and administration.

Front 227

Name some of the benefits of a domain.

Back 227

Centralized administration. A single logon process for users to gain access to network resources. Scalability, so that you can create very large networks

Front 228

What kind of computers are included in a typical domain?

Back 228

A typical domain includes the following types of computers: Domain controllers running a server O.S. Member servers running a server O.S. Client computers running Windows XP Pro, Windows 2000 Pro or one the the other Microsoft Windows client O.S.

Front 229

Name the two options for logging on locally offered by Windows XP Pro.

Back 229

The two options are: The Welcome screen and The Log On To Windows dialog box

Front 230

What is the default logon method used by Windows XP Pro?

Back 230

By default, Windows XP Pro uses the Welcome screen to allow users to log on locally.

Front 231

Why would anyone press CTRL+ALT+DEL in the Welcome screen?

Back 231

Pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL in the Welcome screen twice enables the user to log on with the Log On To Windows dialog box.

Front 232

Which account is not displayed in the Welcome screen?

Back 232

The Administrator account is not displayed in the Welcome screen when other user accounts have been created.

Front 233

To what can a user log on locally?

Back 233

A user can log on locally to either a computer that is a member of a workgroup or a computer that is a member of a domain but is not a domain controller.

Front 234

What is included in the User Accounts program in Control Panel?

Back 234

The User Accounts program in Control Panel includes a Change The way Users Lon On Or Off task, which allows users to configure Windows XP Pro to use the Lon On To Windows dialog box instead of the Welcome screen.

Front 235

Who authenticates a user logging on?

Back 235

Windows XP Pro authenticates users who log on locally to the computer at which they are seated and one of the domain controllers in a Windows 2000 domain authenticates users who log on to a domain

Front 236

Name the options in the Log On To Windows dialog box.

Back 236

The options are: User name, Password, Log On To, Log On Using Dial-Up Connection, Shutdown, Options.

Front 237

Which option in the Log On To Windows dialog box is not shown if the computer is not part of a domain?

Back 237

If the computer is not part of a domain, the user will not get the Log On To option

Front 238

Name the authentication process.

Back 238

The user logs on by providing logon info. Windows XP Pro compares the logon info with the user info in the local security database. Of the info matches and the user account is valid, Windows XP Pro crates an access token for the user.

Front 239

What is an access token?

Back 239

An access token is the user's identification for the local computer. It contains the user's security settings, which allow the user to gain access to the appropriate resources on that computer and to perform specific system tasks.

Front 240

What happens if a user logs on to a domain?

Back 240

If a user logs on to a domain, Windows XP Pro contacts an available domain controller in the domain. The domain controller compares the logon info with the user info that is in the directory for the domain

Front 241

How is the Windows Security dialog box accessed?

Back 241

The Windows Security dialog box is accessed by pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL if the computer is joined to a domain or the Welcome screen is disabled. Otherwise the Task Manager will be activated.

Front 242

Name the options in the Windows Security dialog box.

Back 242

The options are: Lock Computer, Log Off, Shut Down, Change Password, Task Manager, Cancel.

Front 243

What are the minimum hardware requirements for installing Windows XP Pro?

Back 243

The minimum hardware requirements are: Pentium 233MHz CPU, 64MB RAM (128 MB recommended) 1.5GB on a 2GB harddisk, VGA monitor, NIC and related cable for networking 12X CD-ROM for CD-installation Keyboard and mouse

Front 244

Which partitions should be made during installation?

Back 244

Although Setup can create other partitions, only the partition on which Windows XP Pro will be installed should be created.

Front 245

When should the NTFS file system be used?

Back 245

Use NTFS when the partition on which Windows XP Pro will reside requires any of the following features: File- and Folder-level security, Disk compression, Disk quotas, Encryption

Front 246

When should FAT or FAT32 be used on the system partition?

Back 246

FAT or FAT32 should be used on the system partition when dual boot with a O.S that requires FAT or FAT32 is required.

Front 247

Name the command to convert a FAT or FAT32 drive to NTFS.

Back 247

In a command prompt type: convert volume /FS:NTFS where volume is the drive letter eg. D:

Front 248

What is required when joining a domain?

Back 248

Joining a domain requires: A domain name, A computer account (can be created during setup) An available domain controller and a DNS server

Front 249

What is required when joining a workgroup?

Back 249

Joining a workgroup requires: A new or existing workgroup name

Front 250

Name the 4 stages of installing Windows XP Pro from a CD-ROM.

Back 250

The 4 stages are: Running the Setup program, Running the Setup Wizard, Installing Windows XP Pro networking components, Completing the installation

Front 251

Name the 6 steps involved in running the Setup program.

Back 251

The 6 steps are: Load Setup program into memory, Start text-based Setup program, Create the Windows XP Pro partition, Format the Windows XP Pro partition, Copy setup files to the hard disk, Restart the computer.

Front 252

When is the License Agreement shown for acceptance?

Back 252

After the Setup program has restarted the computer and starts the text-mode portion of Setup, the license agreement is shown for acceptance.

Front 253

What information does the Setup Wizard gather?

Back 253

The Setup Wizard gathers the following information: Regional Settings, Name and organization, Computer name, Password for the Administrator account, Time and date

Front 254

Name the 4 steps in installing Windows XP Pro networking components.

Back 254

The 4 steps are: Detect network adapter cards, Select networking components, Join a workgroup or domain Install components.

Front 255

What are the typical networking components when installing Windows XP Pro?

Back 255

The typical networking components are: Client For Microsoft Networks, File And Printer Sharing For Microsoft Networks, QoS Packet Scheduler, Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).

Front 256

Name the final 5 steps in completing the installation.

Back 256

The 5 steps are: Copy files, Configure the computer, Save the configuration, Remove temporary files, Restart the computer.

Front 257

Where are the installations files located in a network installation of Windows XP Pro?

Back 257

In a network installation the installation files are located in a shared location on a network file server, which is called a distribution server

Front 258

What are the requirements for a network installation of Windows XP Pro?

Back 258

The requirements are: A Distribution server, A FAT partition on the target computer, A Network client

Front 259

Name the 4 steps in a network installation of Windows XP Pro.

Back 259

The 4 steps are: Boot the network client, Connect to the distribution server, Run WINNT.EXE or WINNT32.EXE, Install Windows XP Pro.

Front 260

Name the three types of user accounts.

Back 260

The three types of user accounts are: Local user accounts, Domain user accounts, Built-in user accounts

Front 261

What does a local user account allow a user to do?

Back 261

A local user account allows the user to log on to a specific computer to access resources on that computer.

Front 262

What does a domain user account allow a user to do?

Back 262

A domain user account allows a user to log on to the domain to access network resources

Front 263

What does a built-in user account allow a user to do?

Back 263

A built-in user account allows a user to perform administrative tasks or access local or network resources

Front 264

Where does Microsoft recommend to use local user accounts?

Back 264

Microsoft recommends that local user accounts only should be used in workgroups.

Front 265

What does a domain controller do to a newly created domain user account?

Back 265

The domain controller replicates the new user account information to all domain controllers in the domain.

Front 266

Name the two commonly used built-in user accounts.

Back 266

The two commonly used built-in accounts are Administrator and Guest

Front 267

For what should the built-in Administrator account be used?

Back 267

Use the built-in Administrator account to manage the overall computer.

Front 268

What is possible to do with the built-in Administrator account?

Back 268

The built-in Administrator account cannot be deleted, but it can be renamed and disabled.

Front 269

When should the built-in Guest account be used?

Back 269

Use the built-in Guest account to allow occasional users to log on and access resources.

Front 270

What is possible with the built-in Guest account?

Back 270

The built-in Guest account cannot be deleted, but it can be renamed or disabled.

Front 271

How many characters can a user name consist of?

Back 271

The user name can be up to 20 characters long.

Front 272

Are user names case sensitive?

Back 272

User names are not case sensitive, but Windows XP Pro preserves the case for display purposes

Front 273

Which characters are not allowed in a user name?

Back 273

The characters are: / \\ [ ] : ; | = , + * ? < >

Front 274

How many characters can a password consist of?

Back 274

A password can consist of up to 128 characters, but it can also be 0 characters.

Front 275

Name the two ways to create, modify and delete user accounts in Windows XP Pro.

Back 275

The two ways are: The user Accounts tool in the Control Panel and The Computer Management snap-in.

Front 276

Which tasks are available after selecting Pick A Task in User Accounts tool in Control Panel?

Back 276

The tasks are: Change an account, Create a new user account, Change the way users log on or log off.

Front 277

Which tasks are available under Change An Account in the User Accounts tool in Control Panel (only available for Administrators)?

Back 277

The tasks are: Change the name, Create a password/Change the password, Remove the password, Change the picture, Change the account type, Setup My account to use a .NET Passport, Delete the account.

Front 278

What happens when clicking Keep Files after deleting a local user account?

Back 278

The users desktop and My Documents are saved on the administrators desktop in a folder called Local_User_Name.

Front 279

Who can create new user accounts?

Back 279

Only administrators can create new user accounts.

Front 280

What is possible to do with a users own local user account when the user has a limited account type?

Back 280

The user can change his or hers own picture and create, change or remove the users password.

Front 281

Who can change the way users log on or log off?

Back 281

Only administrators can change the way users log on or log off.

Front 282

What does the MMC allow the user to do, when the user has administrative privileges?

Back 282

The MMC allows the user to: Administer tasks and troubleshoot problems locally, Administer tasks and troubleshoot problems remotely, Centralize administration.

Front 283

How is a customized MMC console created?

Back 283

A customized MMC console is create by typing MMC in the Start/Run field. On the File menu click Add/Remove Snap-In. In the Standalone tab, click Add. Select the snap-ins to use and save the console.

Front 284

How is a local user account created in the Computer Management Snap-In?

Back 284

Open the Computer Management Snap-In, In the console pane double-click System Tools, and then click Local Users And Groups, In the details pane right-click Users, and then click New User.

Front 285

What happens to other options in the users account properties if The User Must Change Password At Next Logon option is checked in a users account properties?

Back 285

The User Cannot Change Password option and the Password Never Expires option are no longer available.

Front 286

Name the three tabs a users account properties are grouped under.

Back 286

The three tabs are: General, Member Of, Profile.

Front 287

What is a user profile?

Back 287

A user profile is a collection of folders and data that stores the users current desktop environment, application settings and personal data. It also contains all the network connections that are established when the user logs on to a computer.

Front 288

When is a user profile created?

Back 288

Windows XP Pro creates a user profile the first time the user logs on to a computer and stores the profile on that computer.

Front 289

What is a logon script?

Back 289

A logon script is a file that can be assigned to a user account to configure the user's working environment.

Front 290

What are the advantages in storing all home folders on a file server?

Back 290

The advantages are: Users can access their home folders from any client computer on the network. Backup and administration can be centralized to one of the network backup operators.

Front 291

What happens when naming a folder on an NTFS volume with the %username% variable?

Back 291

The NTFS Full Control permission is assigned to the user and all other permissions are removed, including those for the Administrator account.

Front 292

What is a group?

Back 292

A group is a collection of user accounts.

Front 293

Why are groups used?

Back 293

Groups simplify administration by allowing an administrator to assign permissions and rights to a group of users rather that to each user account individually.

Front 294

What are permissions?

Back 294

Permissions control what users can do with a resource such as a folder, file or printer

Front 295

What are rights?

Back 295

Rights allow users to perform system tasks, such as changing the time on a computer and backing up or restoring files.

Front 296

When are local groups used?

Back 296

Use local groups to assign permissions to resources residing on the computer on which the local group is created.

Front 297

What are the membership rules for local groups?

Back 297

Local groups can contain local user accounts from the computer on which the local groups are created. Local groups cannot belong to any other group.

Front 298

How is a local group created?

Back 298

In Computer Management, expand Local Users And Groups. Right-click Groups and then click New Group.

Front 299

When should the Member Of tab in the users Properties dialog box be used?

Back 299

The Member Of tab should be used when quickly adding the user account to multiple groups.

Front 300

What happens to the user accounts, that are members of a group, when the group is deleted?

Back 300

Deleting the group does not delete the user accounts that are members of the group.

Front 301

Which computers have built-in local groups?

Back 301

All stand-alone servers, member servers and computers running Windows XP Pro have built-in local groups.

Front 302

What are the built-in local groups for?

Back 302

The built-in local groups give rights to perform system tasks on a single computer.

Front 303

Where does Windows XP Pro place the built-in groups?

Back 303

Windows XP Pro places the built-in groups in the Groups folder in Computer Management.

Front 304

Name the built-in local groups in Windows XP Pro.

Back 304

The built-in local groups are: Administrators, Backup Operators, Guests, Power Users, Replicator, Users

Front 305

Where does built-in system groups exist?

Back 305

Built-in system groups exist on any computer running one of the Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows XP operating systems.

Front 306

Which user accounts are members of the built-in system groups?

Back 306

System groups do not have specific memberships that can be modified, but they can represent different users at different times, depending on how a user gains access to a computer or a resource.

Front 307

Name the built-in System Groups.

Back 307

The built-in system groups are: Everyone, Authenticated users, Creator Owner, Network, Interactive, Anonymous Logon, Dialup.

Front 308

Which users are no longer members of the Everyone group?

Back 308

The users that Windows XP Pro cannot authenticate are members of the Anonymous Logon group and no longer member of the Everyone group.

Front 309

Name the 4 layers of the TCP/IP networking model.

Back 309

The 4 layers are: Network Interface, Internet, Transport, Application.

Front 310

Name the 4 Internet layer protocols.

Back 310

The 4 protocols are: IP, ARP, ICMP, IGMP.

Front 311

Name the 2 transport layer protocols.

Back 311

The 2 protocols are: TCP, UDP

Front 312

Name some of the standard TCP/IP tools and services from the Application layer.

Back 312

Some tools and services are: FTP, Telnet, SNMP, DNS.

Front 313

Name the two interfaces for network applications to use the services of the TCP/IP protocol stack.

Back 313

The two interfaces are: Winsock and NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NetBT)

Front 314

What does TCP/IP enable a host to use?

Back 314

TCP/IP enables a host to use a static IP address or to obtain an IP address automatically from a DHCP server. It also supports automatic assignment of IP addresses on networks without a DHCP server

Front 315

What does an IP address consist of?

Back 315

An IP address consists of a network ID and a host ID.

Front 316

What are IP addresses?

Back 316

IP addresses are logical 32-bit numbers that are broken down into four 8-bit fields known as octets.

Front 317

What address classes does Microsoft TCP/IP support?

Back 317

Microsoft TCP/IP supports class A, B and C addresses

Front 318

What are the range of class A, B and C TCP/IP addresses?

Back 318

Class A: 1.0.0.0 to 126.0.0.0 Class B: 128.0.0.0 to 191.255.0.0 Class C: 192.0.0.0 to 223.255.255.0

Front 319

What are the standard subnet masks for class A, B and C TCP/IP addresses?

Back 319

Class A: 255.0.0.0 Class B: 255.255.0.0 Class C: 255.255.255.0

Front 320

How is a static IP address assigned to a network adapter?

Back 320

In the network adapters properties dialog box, select properties for TCP/IP. Assign at least an IP address and a subnet mask.

Front 321

What happens if duplicate IP addresses exist on a network?

Back 321

IP communications can fail if duplicate IP addresses exist on a network.

Front 322

How is a DHCP client configured?

Back 322

In the network adapters Properties dialog box, select Obtain An IP Address Automatically.

Front 323

What is Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA)?

Back 323

This addressing mechanism is an extension of dynamic IP address assignment for LAN adapters, enabling configuration of I addresses without using static IP address assignment or installing the DHCP Service

Front 324

What is the range of APIPA addresses?

Back 324

The range is from 169.254.0.0 to 169.254.255.255

Front 325

How long is an APIPA address in function?

Back 325

The computer continues to use the APIPA address until it detects and receives configuration information from a DHCP server.

Front 326

What is the time interval an APIPA configured network adapter tries to locate a DHCP server?

Back 326

An APIPA configured network adapter tries every 5 minutes to locate a DHCP server.

Front 327

How is APIPA disabled?

Back 327

APIPA can be disabled by specifying an alternate IP configuration in the network adapters IP Properties.

Front 328

Name some of the tools used to trobleshoot TCP/IP.

Back 328

The tools are: Ping, Arp, Ipconfig, Nbtstat, Netstat, Route, Hostname, Tracert

Front 329

Name some of the tools used to troubleshoot TCP/IP connectivity.

Back 329

The tools are: FTP, TFTP, Telnet, RCP, RSH, REXEC, Finger

Front 330

For what is Ipconfig used?

Back 330

Ipconfig is used to verify the TCP/IP configuration parameters on a host.

Front 331

What does Ipconfig reply if a host has a duplicate IP address?

Back 331

Ipconfig will show the IP address but the subnet mask will be displayed as 0.0.0.0

Front 332

What is the name of Microsoft's implementation of Novell's IPX/SPX protocol.

Back 332

The name of Microsoft's implementation of the IPX/SPX protocol is NWLink.

Front 333

Where is NWLink most commonly used?

Back 333

NWLink is most commonly used in environments in which clients running Microsoft O.S. are used to access resources on NetWare servers, or in which clients running NetWare are used to access resources on computers running Microsoft O.S.

Front 334

What is binding with regards to networking?

Back 334

Binding is the process of linking network components on different levels to enables communication among network adapter card drivers, protocols, and services.

Front 335

Who can select which protocols are bound to the network adapter card?

Back 335

It is possible to select which protocols are bound to the network adapter cards if the user is a member of the Administrators group.

Front 336

What happens when adding network software?

Back 336

When adding network software, Windows XP Pro automatically binds all dependent components accordingly.

Front 337

Where are bindings configured?

Back 337

In Network Connections click Advanced and select Advanced Settings

Front 338

What is DNS?

Back 338

DNS (Domain Name System) is a naming system based on a distributed database used in TCP/IP networks to translate computer names to IP addresses.

Front 339

What are the benefits of DNS?

Back 339

DNS names are user-friendly, DNS names remain more constant that IP addresses. DNS allows users to connect to local servers using the same naming convention as the Internet.

Front 340

What is the Domain Namespace?

Back 340

The Domain Namespace is he naming scheme that provides the hierarchical structure for the DNS database

Front 341

What does DNS use to resolve a name to an IP address?

Back 341

DNS uses a host's Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) to resolve a name to An IP address.

Front 342

How is a host name configured on a Windows XP Pro client?

Back 342

By default, TCP/IP setup uses the computer name for the host name, replacing illegal characters with hyphen (-).

Front 343

How long can domain names be?

Back 343

Domain names can be up to 63 characters long, including periods.

Front 344

What are DNS zones?

Back 344

Zones provide a way to partition the domain namespace into manageable sections.

Front 345

What kind of computer stores the zone database file?

Back 345

A DNS server stores the zone database file.

Front 346

What is name resolution?

Back 346

Name resolution is the process of resolving names to IP addresses

Front 347

What are forward lookup queries and what are reverse lookup queries?

Back 347

Forward lookup queries resolve a name to an IP address, and a reverse lookup query resolves an IP address to a name.

Front 348

What are the two options for configuring DNS server addresses on a Windows XP Pro client?

Back 348

The two options are: Obtain DNS Server Address Automatically, Use The Following DNS Server Addresses.

Front 349

What happens if the user specifies a DNS suffix?

Back 349

If the user specifies a DNS suffix, it is used instead of one assigned by a DHCP server

Front 350

How is a DNS suffix specified?

Back 350

A DNS suffix is specified in the DNS Suffix For This Connection text box in the Advanced TCP/IP settings dialog box.

Front 351

What are the limitations when domains are listed in Append These DNS Suffixes (In Order) in Advanced TCP/IP Settings?

Back 351

Queries for unqualified names are limited to the domains that are listed in Append These DNS Suffixes (In Order) in Advanced TCP/IP Settings

Front 352

What happens when selecting the Register This Connection's Addresses In DNS check box?

Back 352

Selecting the Register This Connection's Addresses In DNS check box causes the computer to attempt to dynamically register the IP addresses (through DNS) of this computer with its full computer name

Front 353

What is included in Active Directory?

Back 353

Active Directory includes the directory of data store, which is a structured database that stores information about network resources, as well as all the services that make the information available and useful.

Front 354

What are objects?

Back 354

The resources stores in the directory, such as user data, printers, servers, databases, groups, computers and security policies, are known as objects.

Front 355

How is administration simplified with domain controllers?

Back 355

To simplify administration, all domain controllers are peers.

Front 356

How does Active Directory simplify administration?

Back 356

Active Directory simplifies administration by providing a single point of administration for all objects on the network

Front 357

Name some of the open standards that Active Directory supports.

Back 357

Active Directory uses DNS for its name system and can exchange information with any application or directory that uses LDAP (also version 2 and 3) or HTTP

Front 358

What kind of DNS does Windows 2000 use?

Back 358

Windows 2000 uses Dynamic DNS (DDNS)

Front 359

What does DDNS eliminate?

Back 359

DDNS eliminates the need for other Internet naming services, such as WINS, in a homogeneous environment.

Front 360

Name the standard name formats supported by Active Directory.

Back 360

The standards are: RFC 822: name@domain, HTTP URL: HTTP://domain/path-to-page UNC: \\\\server\\share\\document-name LDAP URL: LDAP://server/CN=name,OU=users,DC=devel

Front 361

What is an OU?

Back 361

An OU is a container used to organize objects within a domain into logical administrative groups

Front 362

How many objects can a domain directory contain?

Back 362

Theoretically, a domain directory can contain up to 10 million objects, but 1 million objects per domain is a more practical amount

Front 363

What are sites?

Back 363

A site is a combination of one or more IP subnets connected by a highly reliable, fast link to localize as much network traffic as possible

Front 364

How does a site manage replication?

Back 364

Within a site, Active Directory automatically generates a ring topology for replication among domain controllers in the same domain.

Front 365

What does the Active Directory Schema define?

Back 365

The Active Directory schema defines objects that can be stored in Active Directory.

Front 366

Name the two types of definition objects the schema contains.

Back 366

The two types are: schema class objects and schema attribute objects

Front 367

What happens with regards to schema when installing AD on the first DC?

Back 367

Installing AD on the first DC in a network creates a default schema that contains a set of basic schema class attributes.

Front 368

Can the schema be extended?

Back 368

The schema can be extended by using the Schema Manager snap-in or the Active Directory Services Interface.

Front 369

What does Global Catalog contain?

Back 369

Global Catalog is the catalog service provided by AD. Global Catalog contains selected information about every object in all domains in the directory

Front 370

In which server does Global Catalog reside?

Back 370

By default, a Global Catalog is created automatically on the first domain controller in the first domain in the forest.

Front 371

How is it defined what attributes are included in the Global Catalog replication?

Back 371

Using the Schema Manager snap-in, an administrator can define what attributes in included in the Global Catalog replication.

Front 372

Can additional Global Catalog servers be designated?

Back 372

To designate additional DC's as Global Catalog servers, use the Active Directory Sites and Services Management snap-in.

Front 373

Where should a Global Catalog server be in the enterprise?

Back 373

Every major site in the enterprise should have a Global Catalog server.

Front 374

What is a Distinguished name (DN)?

Back 374

Every object in AD has a DN, which uniquely identifies an object and contains sufficient information to retrieve the object from the directory. DNs must by unique, because AD does not allow duplicate DNs

Front 375

When are GUIDs assigned to objects?

Back 375

GUIDs are assigned to objects when they are created.

Front 376

Name the terms used for printing by Windows XP Pro.

Back 376

The terms are: Printer: The hardware device Printer port: The software interface Print Server: The computer that manages printers Printer driver: set of files to convert print commands into a printer language

Front 377

What kind of printers does Windows XP Pro support?

Back 377

Windows XP Pro supports: Local printers and Network interface printers

Front 378

What kind of printer ports does Windows XP Pro support?

Back 378

Windows XP Pro supports: LPT, COM, USB, IEEE1394, and network attached devices such as HP JetDirect and Intel NetPort.

Front 379

What are the limitations on Windows XP Pro used as a print server?

Back 379

The limitations are: Up to 10 concurrent connections can be made. Macintosh and NetWare are not supported

Front 380

What happens if a print server does not have sufficient RAM?

Back 380

If a print server has insufficient RAM, printing performance deteriorates.

Front 381

What happens if a print server does not have sufficient hard disk space?

Back 381

If a print server has insufficient hard disk space to hold all documents, users get error messages and are unable to print

Front 382

What is the limit of local printers that can be connected to a print server through physical ports?

Back 382

The number of local printers that can be connected to a print server through physical ports depends on the hardware configuration.

Front 383

How is a network interface printer added to a Windows XP Pro computer?

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To add a network interface printer, select Local Printer Attached To This Computer on the Local Or Network Printer page of the Add Printer Wizard

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How is additional port information provided to a TCP/IP printer port?

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For TCP/IP, additional port information must be provided in the Add Standard TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard

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What must be entered in the Printer Name Or IP Address text box in the Add Printer Wizard when adding a network interface printer?

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Either the DNS name or the IP address of the printer must be entered.

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For which operating systems does Windows XP Pro automatically download a printer driver to a client?

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Windows XP Pro automatically downloads a printer drivers to clients running: Windows XP Pro and Home, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows ME, Windows 98, Windows 95

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What must be provided for Windows XP to automatically download a printer driver to a client?

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The correct printer driver for the operating system must be installed on the print server.

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How is a connection to a print server made on a Windows XP Pro client?

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In the Add Printer Wizard, select A Network Printer Or A Printer Attached To Another Computer

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What happens when a printer is taken offline?

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Taking a printer offline causes documents that are send to this printer to be held on the computer while the printer is not available.

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Which operating systems can use a Web browser to connect to a shared printer?

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Clients running Windows XP Pro, Windows XP Home and Windows 2000 can use a Web browser to connect to a shared printer

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What methods are available for connection to a network printer in the Add Printer Wizard on clients running Windows XP and Windows 2000?

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The methods are: Using the UNC name, Browsing the network, Using the URL name, Searching Active Directory

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Which methods are available to connect to a network printer on clients running Windows NT, Windows ME, Windows 98 and Windows 95?

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Client computers running Windows NT, Windows ME, Windows 98 and Windows 95 can only use the UNC name or browsing Network Neighborhood to locate a printer.

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How is a connection made to a printer with the Run command on the Start Menu?

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Type the UNC name of the printer on the Open text box and click OK to connect to a printer.

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Which command can be used on any Windows based client to connect to a printer?

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The command Net Use can be used on any Windows based client to connect to a printer

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On which operating systems is the Net Use command the only way to connect to a network printer?

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The Net Use command is the only method available for making a connection to a network printer from clients running MS-DOS or OS/2 with Microsoft LAN Manager client software installed

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What must be installed to use Internet printing?

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To use Internet printing, IIS must be installed on the print server

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What is a printer pool?

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A printer pool is two or more identical printers that are connected to one print server and act as a single printer

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What kind of printers can be used to printer pools?

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The printers can be local or network interface printers

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Can the printers in a printer pool be different from each other?

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Although the printers should be identical, other printers can be used if they use the same printer driver

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How is a printer pool created?

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To create a printer pool, use the Ports tab of the Properties dialog box for a printer that should be part of the pool

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What are the advantages of a printer pool?

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The advantages are: In a network with a high volume of printing, it decreases the time that documents wait on the print server. It simplifies administration because multiple printers can be administered simultaneously

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What is possible by setting priorities among printers?

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Setting priorities among printers makes it possible to set priorities among groups of documents that all print on the same physical printer

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Who has by default the Manage Printers permission?

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By default, members of the Administrators and Power Users groups have the Manage Printers permission for all printers

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Name the three levels of printer permissions in Windows XP Pro.

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The three levels are: Print, Manage documents, Manage printers

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What is possible with the Print permission for a printer?

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With the Print permission it is possible to: Print documents, Pause, resume, restart and cancel the users own document, Connect to a printer

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What is possible with the Manage Documents permission for a printer?

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With the Manage Documents permission it is possible to all from the Print permission and: Pause, resume, restart and cancel all documents, Control job settings for all documents

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What happens of both allow and deny permissions exist for a printer?

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Deny permissions always override allowed permissions

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Who has by default the Print permission for all printers?

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By default, Windows XP Pro assigns the Print permission for each printer to the built-in Everyone group

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Where are printer permissions set?

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To assign printer permissions, right-click the appropriate printer icon, select Properties and click the Security tab

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If a user does not have the Security tab under a printers Properties, how is that resolved?

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By clearing the Use Simple File Sharing check box in Folder Options, the Security tab becomes available.

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What functions does a separator page have?

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Separator pages have two functions: To identify and separate printed documents, To switch printers between print modes

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Where are the included separator pages placed?

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Windows XP includes four separator pages, that are placed in the %systemroot%\\System32 folder.

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Name the four separator pages included in Windows XP Pro.

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The four separator pages are: sysprint.sep, pcl.sep pscript.sep, sysprtj.sep

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Where is a separator page selected for a printer?

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In the Advanced tab in the printer's Properties dialog box a separator page can be defined

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How is a printer taken offline?

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To take a printer offline, open the printer windows and on the Printer menu, click Use Printer Offline

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What are the rules with redirecting print jobs?

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It is possible to redirect all print jobs from one printer to another as long as both printers use the same driver. It is not possible to redirect specific documents

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Who is by default the owner of a printer?

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By default, the user who installed the printer is the owner

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What is possible when a user has taken ownership of a printer?

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Taking ownership of a printer enables the user to change administrative responsibility for it

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Who can take ownership of a printer?

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A user or a member of a group who has the Manage Printer permission for the printer, members of the Administrators and Power Users group can take ownership of a printer

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Who can by default pause, resume, restart and cancel a users documents on a printer?

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Because the creator of a document by default has the Manage Documents permission, users can perform these actions on their own documents

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What permission is required for setting notification, priority and printing time?

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For these actions the Manage Documents permission is required

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Where is the notification, priority and printing time set for a document?

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The notification, priority and printing time is set in the General tab of the Properties dialog box for a document

Front 423

From which computers can a user manage printers from a Web browser?

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Windows XP Pro enables a user to manage printers from any computer running a Web browser

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What must be installed on a print server running Windows XP Pro or Windows 2000 Server to enable a user to manage printers on the print server from a Web browser?

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To access a printer using a Web browser, a print server running Windows XP Pro or Windows 2000 Server must have Microsoft IIS installed

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What is visible from a printers URL page?

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From a printers URL page the user can view information about the printer, such as its model, its location, and the number of documents waiting to print

Front 426

For what are NTFS permissions used?

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NTFS permissions are used to specify which users and groups can access files and folders and what they can do with the contents of the files or folders

Front 427

On which volumes are NTFS permissions available?

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NTFS permissions are only available on volumes formatted with NTFS file system

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In which situations are NTFS permissions effective?

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NTFS security is effective whether a user accesses the file or folder at the local computer or over the network

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Name the standard NTFS folder permissions.

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The standard NTFS folder permissions are: Read, Write, List Folder Contents, Read & Execute, Modify, Full Control

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When are folder permissions assigned?

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Folder permissions are assigned to control the access that users have to folders and the the files and subfolders that are contained within the folders

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When are file permissions assigned?

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File permissions are assigned to control the access that users have to individual files

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Name the standard NTFS file permissions.

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The standard NTFS file permissions are: Read, Write, Read & Execute, Modify, Full Control

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What are a user's effective permissions?

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A user's effective permissions for a resource are the sum of the NTFS permissions that are assigned to the individual user account and to all of the groups which the user belongs

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When both NTFS folder permissions and NTFS file permissions are assigned, what takes priority?

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When both NTFS folder permissions and NTFS file permissions are assigned, NTFS file permissions take priority

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Is it possible to access a file even if the user has no access to the folder where the file is placed?

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If the user has the Bypass Traverse Checking user right, it is possible to access a file even if the user has no access to the folder where the file is placed

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Who has by default the Bypass Traverse Checking user right?

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Be default, the Everyone group has the Bypass Traverse Checking user right

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What happens by default with NTFS permissions assigned to a parent folder?

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By default, permissions that are assigned to the parent folder are inherited by and propagated to the subfolders and files contained in the parent folder

Front 438

What permissions are assigned when a volume is formatted with NTFS?

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By default, when a volume is formatted with NTFS, the Full Control permission is assigned to the Everyone group

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Who can assign permissions to files and folders?

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Administrators, users with the Full Control permission and the owners of files and folders can assign permissions to user accounts and groups

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Where are NTFS permissions assigned?

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NTFS permissions are assigned in the Security tab of the file's or folder's Properties dialog box

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How are special NTFS permissions assigned?

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Special NTFS permissions are assigned by clicking the Advanced button on the Security tab in the file's or folder's Properties dialog box

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Who can take ownership of a file or folder?

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Users with the Full Control standard NTFS permission or the Take Ownership special NTFS permission can take ownership of a file of folder

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Can an administrator take ownership of a file or folder the administrator hos no access to?

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An administrator can take ownership of a folder or file, regardless of assigned permissions

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What happens if an administrator takes ownership of a file or folder?

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If an administrator takes ownership of a file or folder, the Administrators group becomes the owner and any member of the Administrators group can change the permissions and assign the Take Ownership permissions to other user accounts and groups

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Where can a user take ownership of a file or folder?

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To take ownership of a file or folder, click the Advanced button in the Security tab of the file's or folder's Properties dialog box. Then click the Owner tab

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How is permission inheritance prevented?

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To prevent a subfolder or file from inheriting permissions, clear the check box labeled Inherit From Parent The Permission Entries That Apply To Child Objects in the Advanced Security Settings dialog box

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Name the three Preventing Permissions Inheritance options.

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The options are: Copy, Remove, Cancel

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What happens to NTFS permissions when a file or folder is copied?

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A copy is treats as a new file or folder, and will inherit the permissions from the destination folder. The user that made the copy will be the Creator Owner of the copy.

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What permissions must be in place for a user to copy a file or a folder?

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The user must at least have the Read permission for the source folder or file and at least the Write permission for the destination folder

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What happens to the NTFS permissions when copying or moving a folder or a file to a FAT volume?

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When copying or moving a folder or a file to at FAT volume, the NTFS permissions are lost

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What happens to a folder's or a file's permissions when moving the file or folder within a single NTFS volume?

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The permissions are retained when moving a file or folder within a single NTFS volume

Front 452

What permissions must be in place for a user to move a file or folder?

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For a user to move a folder or file, the user must at least have the Write permission for the destination folder and at least the Modify permission for the source file or folder

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What happens to a folder's or a file's permissions when moving the folder or file between NTFS volumes?

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When a folder or file is moved between NTFS volumes, the permissions are inherited from the destination folder. The user who made the move becomes the Creator Owner

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For what are shared folders used?

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Shared folders are used to provide network users with access to file resources

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What can shared folders contain?

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A shared folder can contain applications, data, or a user's personal data, called a home folder

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Name some of the characteristics of shared folder permissions.

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Shared folder permissions apply to folders, not individual files. Shared folder permissions are the only way to secure network resources on a FAT volume. The default shared folder permission is Read, and it is assigned to the Everyone group when you share the folder.

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Name the three levels of shared folder permissions.

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The three levels are: Read, Change, Full Control

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What are the effective shared folder permissions for a shared folder?

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The user's effective permissions are the combination of the user and group permissions

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What is needed for a user to gain access to a shared folder on an NTFS volume?

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When users gain access to a shared folder on an NTFS volume, they need the shared folder permission and also the appropriate NTFS permissions for each file and folder to which they gain access

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What are a user's effective permissions for a shared folder on an NTFS volume?

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A user's effective permission for a shared folder on an NTFS volume is the more restrictive of the shared and NTFS permissions

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What happens when a shared folder is copied, renamed or moved?

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Wen a shared folder is copied, the original folder is still shared, but the copy is not. When a shared folder is renamed or moved, it is no longer shared

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What is the share name length?

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The share name length is 80 characters for Windows XP and Windows 2000, 12 characters for Windows NT, Windows 98 and Windows 95, and 8.3 characters for MS-DOS and Windows 3.X

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Who can share a folder in a Windows 2000 domain?

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In a Windows 2000 domain the Domain Admins group can share folders residing on any machines in the domain. The Power Users group is a local group that can share folders residing only on the stand-alone server or the computer running Windows XP Pro where the group is located

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Who can share a folder in a Workgroup?

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In a workgroup, the Administrators and Power Users groups can share folders on the Windows 2000 stand-alone server or the computer running Windows XP Pro on which the group exists

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What NTFS permission is needed for a user to share the folder?

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If the folder to be shared resides on an NTFS volume, users must have at least the Read permission for that folder to be able to share it

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Name the administrative shares on a Windows XP Pro computer.

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The root of each volume, the system root folder and the location of the printer drivers are hidden shared volumes, also known as administrative shares

Front 467

What are the permissions for the administrative shares C$, D$ and so on and Admin$?

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The administrative shares C$, D$ and so on and Admin$ all have the Full Control permissions assigned to the Administrators group

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What are the shared folder permissions for the administrative share Print$?

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The administrative share Print$ has the Full Control permission assigned to the Administrators and Power Users group. The Everyone group has the Read permission

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How is a hidden share created?

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Adding a $ sign at the end of the share name makes the share hidden

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How is a folder shared?

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Right-click the folder to share and then click Properties. In the Sharing tab of the Properties dialog box, click Share This Folder and configure the options

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How are shared folder permissions assigned to users?

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In the Sharing tab of the Properties dialog box of the shared folder, click the Permissions button

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What is the default cache size for caching shared folders?

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By default, the cache size is set to 10% of the available disk space

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Where can the cache size be set for caching shared folders?

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The cache size can be set in the Folder Options dialog box using the Offline Files tab

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How is a shared folder made available for caching?

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When a folder is shared,it is possible to make it available offline by clicking Caching in the folder's Properties dialog box

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Name the three options for caching?

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The three options are: Manual Caching Of Documents, Automatic Caching Of Documents, Automatic Caching Of Programs And Documents

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For what is the Automatic Caching Of Programs And Documents recommended?

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The Automatic Caching Of Programs And Documents options is recommended for folders containing read-only data or applications that are run from the network

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How is a share with multiple share names created?

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To share a folder with multiple names, click New Share in the folder's Properties dialog box

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How is a connection to a shared folder made?

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To access a shared folder, use: My Network Places, My Computer, Add Network Place Wizard or the Run command