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MIDTERM EXAM

Fall 2007

CS 266 – WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL

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FALL 2007 CS266____ - Windows XP Professional

Multiple Choice [50 points]

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

___D_ 1. How many products are in the Windows XP family?

a. 2 c. 4

b. 3 d. 5

__B__ 2. Windows XP ____ Edition is a version of Windows XP designed specifically for computers that
serve as multimedia operation centers.
a. Tablet PC c. Home

b. Media Center d. 64-Bit

_D___ 3. Which of the following is the first step in upgrading from XP Home to Professional?
a. Ensure that your hardware and software is compatible using the Upgrade Advisor.

b. Perform an antivirus scan on your system.

c. Back up any important data.

d. Verify that your computer system meets the minimum system requirements of Windows
XP Professional.

__C__ 4. ____ is the capability of a system to automatically detect the presence of new hardware and install
the appropriate device driver.
a. Pack and play c. Plug and Play

b. Auto-detect d. Multiprocessing

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__D__ 5. ____ is a processor-scheduling regime in which the OS maintains strict control over how long any
execution thread may take possession of the CPU.
a. Cooperative multitasking c. MS-DOS

b. Multithreading d. Preemptive multitasking

___A_ 6. If the Windows XP system is a domain client, ____ can be used so the user sees the same desktop
no matter what Windows XP system they logon to.
a. roaming profiles c. special scripts

b. standardized logins d. Autoplay

___B_ 7. What is the minimum amount of RAM required by Windows XP Professional?

a. 32 MB c. 128 MB

b. 64 MB d. 256 MB

____ 8. Microsoft’s ____ model for networking distributes resources, administration, and security
throughout a network.
a. Active Directory c. Workgroup

b. shared d. Domain

_A___ 9. What is another name for a workgroup model network?

a. Peer-to-peer c. Active Directory

b. Domain d. Centralized

__A__ 10. The domain ____ maintains the domain’s Active Directory, which stores all information and rela-
tionships about users, groups, policies, computers, and resources.
a. controller c. directory

b. server d. dispatcher

____B 11. The ____ insulates hardware and core system services from direct access by user applications.
a. user mode c. database

b. kernel d. DOS

___C_ 12. Which of the following operating systems will require a clean install of XP?
a. Windows 95 c. Windows 2000 Server

b. Windows 2000 d. Windows ME

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___B_ 13. In what folder of the installation CD can the WINNT32 executable be found?
a. \WINNT c. \SYSTEM

b. \I386 d. \WINDOWS

___B_ 14. A ____ is a space set aside on a disk and assigned a drive letter that can occupy all or part of the
disk.
a. drive c. driver

b. volume d. boot sector

____B 15. ____ is a new feature added to the installation process in Windows XP that enables Setup to down-
load updates and patches for Windows XP before installation actually begins.
a. Setup Wizard c. Download Manager

b. Dynamic Update d. Windows Update

___A_ 16. ____ and customized installation options are often used in enterprise network deployments.
a. Unattended c. Deployed

b. Automatic d. Manual

__B__ 17. The ____ works in conjunction with the answer file, allowing you to override some settings in the
answer file to further streamline the unattended installation process.
a. UFT c. Unattended.txt

b. UDF d. Dynamic Update

___D_ 18. ____ is a system duplication tool used to duplicate an entire hard drive.
a. RIPrep c. SMS

b. RIS d. SYSPREP

___D_ 19. What file system provides the best security?

a. FAT c. SecureFAT

b. FAT32 d. NTFS

___A_ 20. What is the minimum number of machines that can be covered by a volume license?
a. 5 c. 100

b. 20 d. 500

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_C___ 21. Once Windows XP Professional is installed, you need to update the ____ before installing a second
CPU into the system.
a. Driver database c. HAL

b. BIOS d. Registry

_A___ 22. ____ can be used to update, replace, or remove drivers for installed devices.
a. Device Manager c. Hardware Wizard

b. Utility Manager d. Add and Remove Programs applet

____C 23. ____ is the mode where the system goes into a lower power consumption mode.
a. Sleep c. Standby

b. Standdown d. Hibernate

___A_ 24. What is the most important Control Panel applet?

a. System c. Speech

b. Display d. Keyboard and Mouse

___C_ 25. On which tab of the System applet can you find CPU type, speed, and amount of physical RAM?
a. Settings c. General

b. System d. Properties

___C_ 26. The ____ Wizard is used to update or replace the current device drivers.
a. Device Manager c. Hardware Update

b. System Update d. System Update

__D__ 27. The ____ option for Driver Signing tells Windows to never install unsigned driver software.
a. Ignore c. Prevent

b. Warn d. Block

____C 28. Which tab of the System applet is used to join a domain/workgroup?
a. General c. Computer Name

b. Domains d. Network

____D 29. Which of the following operating systems supports dynamic storage?
a. Windows NT Workstation c. Windows ME

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 b. Windows NT Server d. Windows 2000

____A 30. Which of these Administrative Tools is used to create a partition?

a. Computer Management c. Performance

b. Component Services d. Services

____C 31. What is the largest possible partition in FAT32 under Windows XP?
a. 4 GB c. 32 GB

b. 12 GB d. 64 GB

____C 32. What is another name for a volume?

a. Dynamic storage c. Mount point

b. Partition d. Drive

_A___ 33. Which of the following is a name for all or part of a single drive?
a. Simple volume c. Mirrored volume

b. Spanned volume d. Striped volume

D____ 34. What Microsoft tool lets you access drives that are failed and are inaccessible?
a. DFS c. FSUTIL

b. NTFS d. FTONLINE

__A__ 35. You must have ____ over an object to compress or encrypt it.
a. Full Control c. Take Ownership

b. Read d. Write

__D__ 36. The ____ tab is used to define disk-use limitations on NTFS volumes and partitions.
a. General c. Limits

b. Size d. Quota

_B___ 37. The Auditing tab on the Access Control Settings dialog box is used to define events that result in
an audit detail being written to the Security log in the ____.
a. Audit Manager c. NTFS Manager

b. Event Viewer d. File Handler

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_D___ 38. What is the first step in resolving permission or access problems?
a. Attempt to access other resources with the user account from the same computer and a dif-
ferent computer.

b. Inspect the share’s permissions based on groups and the specific user and what actions are
set to Allow or Deny.

c. Inspect the user’s group memberships.

d. Determine what valid access the user should have.

_C___ 39. What is the recommended value for the Account lockout threshold item in the account lockout
policy?
a. 1 c. 3 to 5

b. 2 to 4 d. 5 to 10

__D__ 40. ____ groups exist throughout a domain.

a. Local c. Public

b. Network d. Global

_C___ 41. If the system is a domain member, ____ logon is the only logon method allowed.
a. Windows Welcome c. Classic

b. Automatic d. Domain

_D___ 42. ____ are used to give a specific level of access to multiple users through a single management ac-
tion.
a. Shares c. Administrators

b. Domains d. Groups

_A___ 43. ____ is used to move your data files and personal desktop settings from another computer to your
new Windows XP Professional system.
a. Files and Settings Transfer Wizard c. Upgrade applet

b. Migration Assistant d. User State Migration Tool

_C___ 44. A user whose profile is designated as ____ is able to log onto any Windows XP system on the net-
work and his or her profile is automatically downloaded to that system.
a. domain c. roaming

b. local d. global

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_B___ 45. What must a user supply to logon to a Windows XP system?
a. ACL c. UserID and access token

b. UserID and password d. Password

____ 46. Which of the following is the attention sequence used to initiate logon?
a. Ctrl+Alt+Delete c. Ctrl+WindowsKey+Alt

b. Ctrl+Shift+Delete d. Ctrl+Alt+Space

____ 47. What Registry key is used to prevent the display of the last logged-on user name?
a. DontDisplayLastUserName c. NameDisplay

b. LastUserNameDisplay d. DisplayLastUserName

____ 48. What version of Kerberos is used by Windows XP?

a. 3 c. 9

b. 5 d. 12

____ 49. A folder must be on a(n) ____ file system to be encrypted using EFS.
a. FAT c. NTFS

b. FAT32 d. SecureFS

____ 50. Once enabled, the audited events are recorded in the Security log in ____.
a. System Manager c. Log Manager

b. Event Viewer d. Audit Log

Short Answer

51. Describe the workgroup network model. [5 points]

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52. Explain how disk fragmentation occurs and what can be done to fix it. [5 points]

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53. What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of a roaming profile? [3 points]

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