Windows 7 Client Practice Exam

Front 1

What are the Hardware Requirements for installing Windows 7?

Back 1

- 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
- 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
- 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
- DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver

Front 2

What types of file systems are there and which is generally considered the best and why?

Back 2

FAT, FAT32, NTFS. NTFS is considered best because of added security and unlimited files sizes.

Front 3

What are the IPv4 address ranges and default subnet mask for a class A license? a class B? & a class C?

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A. 10.0.0.0, 255.0.0.0
B. 172.16.x.x, 255.255.0.0
C. 192.168.x.x. 255.255.255.0

Front 4

What are the tools for troubleshooting networks (6)?

Back 4

Ipconfig
Ping
Nslookup
Tracert
Pathping
Unified tracing

Front 5

What is an SSID?

Back 5

Broadcast ID for wireless network

Front 6

What is the strongest authentication type?

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WPA2

Front 7

What are 5 tasks a standard user can perform without receiving a UAC (User Access Control) prompt?

Back 7

Update software
Update drivers
Reset network adapters
Add or configure blue tooth devices
View windows settings
Network diagnostics

Front 8

What is GPO?

Back 8

Group Policy Object

Front 9

What is Windows 7 action center?

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Central location to view messages. Starting point for solving problems

Front 10

What does EFS (Encrypted File System) allow you to do?

Back 10

Share files via certificates.

Front 11

When in template form, what group policy in Windows7, is used to describe registry settings?

Back 11

.xml

Front 12

What are 2 general types of user groups?

Back 12

Standard and Administrator

Front 13

What is the built-in encryption tool for Windows file systems? EFS

Back 13

EFS (Encrypted File System)

Front 14

What is Bit locker and what does it do?

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Encryption tool. Encrypts the operating system

Front 15

What are 3 network locations, and when and where would you modify them?

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What: Home/Office, public, domain.
When: Adding a new user account.
Where: Under Network and Sharing in the Action Center.

Front 16

What are the 3 benefits of App Locker?

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Limits number and types of files, reduces Total Cost of Ownership, Reduces possibility of info leaking.

Front 17

What are the 3 layers, in order, of Local Group Policy objects?

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Local, Admin/non admin, user specific

Front 18

The resource monitor lists the use and real time performance of what items?

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CPU, Hard Disk, Memory

Front 19

What are 3 considerations for monitoring system performance in Windows 7?

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Visual representation of all resources, performance base-line comparison, plan monitoring carefully so that system performance is not affected.

Front 20

What are 3 things that Windows Diagnostic Tools can help solve?

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Unreliable Memory, Network related problems, Startup problems

Front 21

The startup repair tool can repair what types of problems?

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Incompatible drivers, missing or corrupted configuration settings, corrupted disk metadata

Front 22

Will the startup repair tool repair these things automatically or do you have to start it manually?

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Automatically

Front 23

What is the name of the command for backing up files? Back up

Back 23

Back up

Front 24

Where can you back up files to?

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External drive, optical, offsite storage, across the network

Front 25

What are System Restore Points?

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A snapshot of a given point in time of system configurations, settings, and files

Front 26

The System Restore backs up what components?

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Registry, important Windows files, and the programs you've installed into Windows.

Front 27

What is Windows Update?

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Updates, bug fixes, security holes, etc.

Front 28

What are 3 reasons to use Windows Updates?

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Improve security and reliability, improve how the computer works, help enhance computing experience.

Front 29

You have created a volume on a newly installed hard disk by using diskpart.exe. Now, you want to continue using diskpart.exe to perform the following tasks:
1. Format the volume for NTFS. 2. Assign the next available drive letter. 3. Assign a volume label of “sales-data”. What two commands must you use for these tasks?

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format fs=ntfs label=sales-data assign

Front 30

You recently upgraded to Windows 7 and are experiencing occasional problems with the shortcut keys on your keyboard. Describe the first action you might take to the resolve the issue and list
the steps to perform the action.

Back 30

Update the device driver for the keyboard.
1. Double-click the Keyboard category of devices.
2. Right-click the device and then click Update Driver Software.
3. Follow the instructions in the Update Driver Software wizard.

Front 31

Peter is an IT professional working at Fabrikam. He is having trouble accessing a particular
file and suspects it has something to do with his NTFS permissions associated with the file. How can he view his effective file permissions?

Back 31

From the file’s property sheet, Peter can click the Security tab and then click Advanced. From the Effective Permissions tab, he can enter his user alias and then view his effective permissions.

Front 32

You are troubleshooting a network-related problem. The IP address of the host you are
troubleshooting is 169.254.16.17. What is a possible cause of the problem?

Back 32

The DHCP server is unavailable to the host

Front 33

What does Windows Defender do to software that it quarantines?

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Windows Defender moves the software to another location on your computer, and then prevents the software from running until you choose to restore it or remove it from your computer.

Front 34

What are the 3 types of installs?

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- Clean
- Upgrade
- Mirror

Front 35

What are the types of Windows 7?

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Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate.