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ITN 106 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS, Exams of Computer Networks

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ITN 106 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
a tool in windows 7 that lists errors and issues that need to be addressed -- Answer
โœ”โœ” Action center
In Windows, a user account that grants to the administrator(s) rights and privileges to
all hardware and software resources, such as the right to add, delete, and change
accounts and to change hardware configurations -- Answer โœ”โœ” Administrator Account
a Windows 7 feature that gives you a peek at the desktop when you move the mouse
over the rectangle to the far-right side of the taskbar -- Answer โœ”โœ” Aero Peek
a Windows 7 feature that minimizes all other windows except the one you shake --
Answer โœ”โœ” Aero Shake
a Windows 7 feature that automatically maximizes a window when you drag it to the
top of the desktop or snaps the window to the side of the screen when you drag it to a
side. -- Answer โœ”โœ” Aero Snap
The Windows 7/Vista 3D user interface that gives a glassy appearance. also called aero
glass. -- Answer โœ”โœ” Aero User Interface
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ANSWERS

a tool in windows 7 that lists errors and issues that need to be addressed -- Answer โœ”โœ” Action center In Windows, a user account that grants to the administrator(s) rights and privileges to all hardware and software resources, such as the right to add, delete, and change accounts and to change hardware configurations -- Answer โœ”โœ” Administrator Account a Windows 7 feature that gives you a peek at the desktop when you move the mouse over the rectangle to the far-right side of the taskbar -- Answer โœ”โœ” Aero Peek a Windows 7 feature that minimizes all other windows except the one you shake -- Answer โœ”โœ” Aero Shake a Windows 7 feature that automatically maximizes a window when you drag it to the top of the desktop or snaps the window to the side of the screen when you drag it to a side. -- Answer โœ”โœ” Aero Snap The Windows 7/Vista 3D user interface that gives a glassy appearance. also called aero glass. -- Answer โœ”โœ” Aero User Interface

a folder with a .zip extension that contains compressed files. When files are put in the folder, they are compressed. When files are moved to a regular folder, the files are decompressed. -- Answer โœ”โœ” Compressed folder a window containing several small utility programs called applets that are used to manage hardware, software, users, and the system -- Answer โœ”โœ” Control Panel The initial screen that is displayed when an OS has a GUI interface loaded -- Answer โœ”โœ” Desktop Small programs stored on the hard drive and installed in Windows that tell Windows how to communicate with a specific hardware device such as a printer, network, port on the motherboard, or scanner. -- Answer โœ”โœ” Device Driver The properties assigned to a file. -- Answer โœ”โœ” File Attributes a portion of the name of a file that indicates how the file is organized or formatted, the type of content in the file, and what program uses the file -- Answer โœ”โœ” File extention The first part of the name assigned to a file, which does not include the file extension. In DOS, the filename can be no more than eight characters long and is followed by the file extension. In Windows, a filename can be up to 255 characters. -- Answer โœ”โœ” Filename The properties assigned to a folder -- Answer โœ”โœ” Folder attributes

a minor update to software that corrects an error, adds a feature, or addresses security issues. also called an update -- Answer โœ”โœ” Patches a drive and list of directories pointing to a file such as C:\Windows\System32 -- Answer โœ”โœ” Path The main directory, at the top of the top-down hierarchical structure of subdirectories, created when a hard drive or disk is first formatted -- Answer โœ”โœ” Root directory The number of dots or pixels on the monitor screen expressed as two numbers such as 1680 x 1050 -- Answer โœ”โœ” Screen resolution a program that runs in the background to support or serve Windows or an application. -- Answer โœ”โœ” Service a collection of several patches or updates that is installed as a single update to an OS or application -- Answer โœ”โœ” Service Pack Located on the right side of the Vista desktop and displays Vista gadgets -- Answer โœ”โœ” Sidebar The Windows 7/Vista user account type that can use software and hardware and make some system changes, but cannot make changes that affect the security of the system or other user -- Answer โœ”โœ” Standard account

a directory or folder contained in another directory or folder. also called a child directory or folder -- Answer โœ”โœ” Subdirectory a Windows tool that provides details about a system, including installed hardware and software, the current system configuration, and currently running programs. The program file is Msinfo32.exe -- Answer โœ”โœ” System Information a window that displays brief and important information about installed hardware and software and gives access to important Windows tools needed to support the system -- Answer โœ”โœ” System Window a bar normally located at the bottom of the Windows desktop, displaying information about open programs and providing quick access to others -- Answer โœ”โœ” Taskbar a Windows 7/Vista security feature that displays a dialog box when an event requiring administrative privileges is about to happen -- Answer โœ”โœ” User Account Control (UAC) dialog box a primary partition that has been assigned a drive letter and can be formatted with a file system such as NTFS. Compare to logical drive -- Answer โœ”โœ” Volume a Windows 7/Vista feature that gives a summary index designed to measure the overall performance of a system on a scale from 1.0 to 7.9 -- Answer โœ”โœ” Windows Experience Index a Windows server directory database and service that is used in managing a domain to allow for a single point of administration for all shared resources on a network,

a Windows XP tool used to copy user data and settings from one computer to another -- Answer โœ”โœ” Files and Settings Transfer Wizard a type of peer-to-peer network where each computer shares files, folders, libraries, and printers with other computers in the homegroup. access to the homegroup is secured using a homegroup password -- Answer โœ”โœ” Homegroup a program included in the Windows automated Installation Kit that is used to create and modify standard images -- Answer โœ”โœ” ImageX a file format that has an .iso file extension and holds an image of all the data, including the file system that is stored on an optical disc. ISO stands for International Organization for Standardization -- Answer โœ”โœ” ISO Image a command used by the User State Migration Tool (USMT) to copy user settings and data temporarily stored on a server or removable media to a new computer. also see scanstate -- Answer โœ”โœ” loadstate a division of a hard drive that can hold a volume -- Answer โœ”โœ” partition as applied to networking, a network of computers that are all equals, or peers. Each computer has the same amount of authority, and each can act as a server to the other computers -- Answer โœ”โœ” peer-to-peer Programming contained in the BIOS code on the motherboard used to start up the computer and search for a server on the network to provide a bootable operating system -- Answer โœ”โœ” Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)

a window within the Control Panel that lists the programs installed on a computer where you can uninstall, change, or repair programs -- Answer โœ”โœ” Programs and Features a Windows installation that requires the local user to start the process -- Answer โœ”โœ” pull automation an installation where a server automatically pushes the installation to a computer when a user is not likely to be sitting at the computer -- Answer โœ”โœ” push automation a command used by the User State Migration Tool (USMT) to copy user settings and data from an old computer to a server or removable media. also see loadstate -- Answer โœ”โœ” Scanstate a Windows utility that helps you migrate user files and preferences from one computer to another to help a user make a smooth transition from one computer to another -- Answer โœ”โœ” User State Migration Tools a Windows tool used to transfer Windows 7/Vista/XP user data and preferences to the Windows 7/Vista/XP installation on another computer -- Answer โœ”โœ” Windows Easy Transfer a minimum operating system used to start the Windows installation -- Answer โœ”โœ” Windows Preinstallation Environment

a computer that has an operating system, but has little computer power and might only need to support a browser used to communicate with a virtualization server -- Answer โœ”โœ” Thin client an entry in a call-tracking system made by whoever receives a call for help and used to track and document actions taken. The ticket stays open until the issue is resolved -- Answer โœ”โœ” ticket a computer that serves up virtual machines to multiple client computers and provides a virtual desktop for users on these client machines. -- Answer โœ”โœ” Virtualization server an * or? character used in a command line that represents a character or group of characters in a filename or extension -- Answer โœ”โœ” wildcard The group of folders and subfolders in the C:\Users folder that belong to a specific user account and contain the user profile -- Answer โœ”โœ” User profile namespace a collection of files and settings about a user account that enables the user's personal data, desktop settings, and other operating parameters to be retained from one session to another -- Answer โœ”โœ” User profile a Windows utility used to restore the system to a restore point. -- Answer โœ”โœ” System Restore Wasted space on a hard drive caused by not using all available space at the end of a cluster. -- Answer โœ”โœ” Slack

a copy of open files made so that open files are included in a backup -- Answer โœ”โœ” Shadow copy On a hard disk drive or SSD, the smallest unit of bytes addressable by the operating system and BIOS. On hard disk drives, one sector equals 512 bytes; SSD drives might use larger sectors. -- Answer โœ”โœ” Sector a database that Windows uses to store hardware and software configuration information, user preferences, and setup information. -- Answer โœ”โœ” Registry The Windows swap file that is used to hold the virtual memory that is used to enhance physical memory installed in a system -- Answer โœ”โœ” Pagefile.sys a utility that allows users to work with files in the folder when the computer is not connected to the corporate network -- Answer โœ”โœ” Offline files a volume that can be accessed by way of a folder on another volume so that the folder has more available space. also see mount point -- Answer โœ”โœ” Mounted drive The first sector on a hard drive, which contains the partition table and a program the BIOS uses to boot an OS from the drive -- Answer โœ”โœ” Master Boot Record (MBR) a file that has been written to different portions of the disk so that it is not in contiguous clusters. -- Answer โœ”โœ” Fragmented files

The low-level part of Windows, written specifically for each CPU technology, so that only the HaL must change when platform components change. -- Answer โœ”โœ” Hardware Abstraction Layer (HaL) The portion of an OS that is responsible for interacting with the hardware. -- Answer โœ”โœ” Kernel a Windows utility to build customized consoles. These consoles can be saved to a file with an .msc file extension -- Answer โœ”โœ” Microsoft Management Console a Windows 7 utility that provides information to evaluate the performance of a system and to adjust Windows for best performance. -- Answer โœ”โœ” Performance information and tools a Microsoft Management Console snap-in that can track activity by hardware and software to measure performance. -- Answer โœ”โœ” Performance Monitor a program that is running under the authority of the shell, together with the system resources assigned to it. -- Answer โœ”โœ” Process a Windows 7/Vista utility that uses a flash drive or secure digital (SD) memory card to boost hard drive performance. -- Answer โœ”โœ” ReadyBoost a Vista utility (Perfmon.msc) that collects, records, and displays events, called Data Collector Sets, that can help track the performance and reliability of Windows. In Windows XP, this monitor is called the Performance Monitor or the System Monitor. -- Answer โœ”โœ” Reliability and Performance Manager

a Windows 7 utility that provides information about problems and errors that happen over time. -- Answer โœ”โœ” Reliability Manager a Windows tool that monitors the performance of the processor, memory, hard drive, and network. -- Answer โœ”โœ” Resource Monitor a console used by Windows to stop, start, and manage background services used by Windows and applications -- Answer โœ”โœ” Services Console The portion of an OS that relates to the user and to applications -- Answer โœ”โœ” Shell a Windows utility that can be installed in a console window by Microsoft Management Console. -- Answer โœ”โœ” Snap-ins a Windows utility that lets you view the applications and processes running on your computer as well as information about process and memory performance, network activity, and user activity -- Answer โœ”โœ” Task Manager a Windows tool that can set a task or program to launch at a future time, including at startup. -- Answer โœ”โœ” Task Scheduler Each process that the CPU is aware of; a single task that is part of a longer task or request from a program -- Answer โœ”โœ” Thread

a command that returns the process identifier (PID), which is a number that identifies each running process. -- Answer โœ”โœ” Tasklist File extensions -- Answer โœ”โœ” By default, Windows does not display _____________ in Windows Explorer Compressed -- Answer โœ”โœ” A(n) _______ folder is often used to compress files to a smaller size so they can more easily be sent by e-mail. Control Panel -- Answer โœ”โœ” The ____________________ is a window containing several small utility programs called applets that are used to manage hardware, software, users, and the system System Information Utility -- Answer โœ”โœ” The ____________________ gives a wealth of information about installed hardware and software, the current system configuration, and currently running programs A tool that lists errors and issues that need attention -- Answer โœ”โœ” Action Center Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor -- Answer โœ”โœ” The simplest way to find out if a system can be upgraded to Windows 7 is to download, install, and run the ____________________. Dual boot -- Answer โœ”โœ” A(n) ____________________ allows you to install the new OS without disturbing the old one so you can booth to either OS.

Drive imaging -- Answer โœ”โœ” The process of copying an entire hard drive to another bootable media device is called __________________. A network where resources are managed by centralized computers -- Answer โœ”โœ” Client/server network Overall structure an OS uses to name, store, and organize files on a volume -- Answer โœ”โœ” File system PC Service -- Answer โœ”โœ” A ____________________ technician goes to a customer site in response to a service call. CompTIA -- Answer โœ”โœ” _________________ sponsors the A+ Certification Program and manages the exams. paperwork -- Answer โœ”โœ” The job isn't finished until the ___________________ is done. HTPC -- Answer โœ”โœ” A _________________ PC is designed to play and possibly record music, photos, movies, and video on a TV or large monitor screen. HAV -- Answer โœ”โœ” a technology that enhances the processor support for VMs Fragmentation -- Answer โœ”โœ” ____________________ happens over time as Windows writes files, deletes files, and writes new files to your drive.

Service -- Answer โœ”โœ” If a _____________ that an application relies on has failed to start, make sure it has an Automatic or Manual startup setting. System Restore -- Answer โœ”โœ” If you can identify the approximate date the error started, you may be able to use _________________ to revert the system to a state before the problem occurred. Blue screen -- Answer โœ”โœ” To solve ____________________ stop errors after Windows startup, use the web to research the error message. A Windows utility that protects system files and keeps a cache of current system files in case it needs to refresh a damaged file -- Answer โœ”โœ” System File Checker