Tests 9-12

Question 1 1 out of 1 points

Tabbed browsing is a new feature to Internet Explorer 7.

Selected Answer: True


__________ is a distributed discussion forum that is freely available to users

around the world.

Selected Answer: A newsgroup


Windows Mail can use POP3 servers to retrieve incoming mail.



__________ connects to either a wired or wireless standard computer network

and a TV set and enables Media Center, running on a computer placed in any

location with network access, to send signals to the television.

Selected Answer: Media Center Extender


Which type of email server stores your messages on its drives and lets you

preview, delete, and organize them directly without downloading them to your

computer first?

Selected Answer: IMAP


When configuring junk email protection in Windows Mail, which option moves

the most obvious junk email to the Junk E-mail folder and is the default setting?

Selected Answer: Low


Windows Meeting Space enables two users at different locations to edit the same

document at the same time.

Selected Answer: False


You do not need a television connected to your computer to run Windows Media

Center.



What versatile application used by Windows Mail can store information about the

people you communicate with on a regular basis?

Selected Answer: Windows Contacts


The fact that Internet Explorer 7 runs in protected mode means that it has a low

integrity access level.



What collaboration tool can be used by people at distant locations to conduct a

discussion or work on a single document?

Selected Answer: Windows Meeting Space


Unlike Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7 has only __________ row(s) of

controls.

Selected Answer: two


What technique uses convincing-looking Websites that urge users to supply

personal information, such as passwords and account numbers?

Selected Answer: Phishing


To subscribe to an RSS feed, you must pay a fee to the Internet Engineering

Task Force.



Phishing is a method for extracting personal information from the data packets

transmitted by Internet Explorer.



What Windows Vista feature assigns various integrity access levels to processes

that are running on the computer?

Selected Answer: Mandatory Integrity Control


Windows Media Player is capable of enhancing the user experience with content

downloaded from the Internet, but you must first configure __________ options.

Selected Answer: privacy


In Internet Explorer 7, what mode is an operational state designed to prevent

attackers that penetrate the computer’s defenses from accessing vital system

components

Selected Answer: Protected Mode


What popular type of email server holds your email messages until you transfer

them to your computer, after which the server deletes them?

Selected Answer: POP3


To publish a calendar with Windows Calendar, you must have an ISP with a

Web server that supports the application.



What Windows Vista application enables you to send and receive faxes using a

scanner and a modem with faxing capabilities?

Selected Answer: Windows Fax And Scan


__________ is designed to replace other home entertainment appliances, such as

digital video recorders, but requires specialized hardware to reach its full

potential.

Selected Answer: Windows Media Center


In Internet Explorer 7, sites moved into the __________ zone do not run in

protected mode and receive elevated privileges.

Selected Answer: Trusted Sites


What method do media providers use to ensure that the media files they rent or

sell are not misused?

Selected Answer: Digital Rights Management (DRM)


Internet Explorer 7 has the capability to display the contents of multiple tabbed

Web pages as thumbnails called __________.

Selected Answer: Quick Tabs


To use Media Center’s digital video recording capabilities, the computer must

have what piece of hardware with a connection to a television provider?

Selected Answer: Digital cable tuner


What simple scheduling program can also share its data with other users on a

network?

Selected Answer: Windows Calendar


Windows Mail is considered the replacement to what other application?

Selected Answer: Outlook Express


__________ is a means of pushing frequently changing content to Internet

subscribers.

Selected Answer: RSS feeds


Windows Mail is able to access newsgroups, but only if you have access to a

news server.



ReadyBoost uses non-volatile memory for a memory cache, in coordination with the

system’s SuperFetch mechanism.



What MMC snap-in provides a real-time view of your computer’s performance?

Selected Answer: Reliability And Performance Monitor


The primary function of the Windows Eventing engine, as always, is to record information

about system activities as they occur and package that information in individual units

called __________.

Selected Answer: events


What is a cumulative set of all updates for a particular operating system version since its

original release?

Selected Answer: Service pack


SuperFetch stores copies of your most frequently used applications in a cache in system

memory, thus virtually eliminating paging delays.



Which of the following is reported by the Resource Overview screen in the Reliability And

Performance monitor?

Selected Answer: All of these choices


From what window in the control panel can you configure Windows Update?

Selected Answer: System And Maintenance


What HTTP-based file transfer service downloads files using only the network’s idle

bandwidth?

Selected Answer: BITS


Which of the following is not a log found in the Windows Vista Event Viewer?

Selected Answer: Network


ReadyBoost requires a computer with a USB 1.0 interface and a 256 MB or larger flash

drive or SD card that is fast enough to be useful.



ReadyBoost is a new Windows Vista feature that enables you to use the storage space

on a USB flash drive to free up system memory for other uses.



Which event log contains information about events generated by the operating system,

such as services and device drivers?

Selected Answer: System


What tool displays hundreds of different statistics (called performance counters) and

allows you to create a customized graph containing any statistics you choose?

Selected Answer: Performance Monitor


What comprehensive network management tool can be used by administrators to

deploy all types of software products, including operating system updates?

Selected Answer: SMS


Aside from the control panel, from where else can Windows Update be configured?

Selected Answer: Group Policy


Which type of event warns of a problem that is not likely to affect the performance of

the component or process where the problem occurred, but could affect the

performance of other components or processes on the system?

Selected Answer: Error


What update consists of one or more files designed to address a specific problem or

issue with the operating system?

Selected Answer: Hotfix


Microsoft only releases security updates on the 12th of each month.



What Microsoft updates address less important issues or updates that apply only to

certain users?

Selected Answer: Recommended Updates


A security update is a hotfix designed to address a particular vulnerability in Windows

Vista security.



What free product conserves bandwidth by downloading updates from the Internet

once and then providing them to Windows Update clients on the local network?

Selected Answer: WSUS


What updates address important issues requiring immediate attention that all users

should install?

Selected Answer: Critical Updates


What new Windows Vista feature enables you to use the storage space on a USB flash

drive to free up system memory for other uses?

Selected Answer: ReadyBoost


What caching routine enables Windows Vista to restore user access to applications

much faster than Windows XP?

Selected Answer: SuperFetch


In which troubleshooting step do you isolate the hardware or software component that is

the source of the problem?

Selected Answer: Identify the affected area.


What provides basic controls that enable you to configure the Windows Vista startup

process by modifying the BCD registry file?

Selected Answer: Startup And Recovery dialog box


The Remote Desktop client communicates with a host computer by using what protocol?

Selected Answer: Remote Desktop Protocol


The boot.ini file has been replaced in Windows Vista by __________.

Selected Answer: Boot Configuration Data registry file


What tests a computer’s memory for hardware errors?

Selected Answer: Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool


User error is a common cause of problems that might at first seem to be hardware

related.



When booting Windows Vista, what option reverses all of the system configuration,

driver, and registry changes you made since the computer last booted successfully?

Selected Answer: Last Known Good Configuration


Boot logging gathers information about the most recent startup process and saves it to a

text file for later examination. Boot logging is disabled by default.



Boot logging is disabled by default.



What phase of Windows Vista startup initiates the memory paging process and loads

various operating system elements into memory, such as the Windows kernel and the

hardware abstraction layer?

Selected Answer: Windows Boot Loader phase


The Problem Reports and Solutions control panel is a tool that enables Microsoft to

provide assistance when your own troubleshooting attempts fail to correct a problem.



The Last Known Good Configuration option reverses all of the system configuration,

driver, and registry changes you made since the computer last booted successfully.



What key can be pressed during Windows Vista startup to access the advanced boot

options menu?

Selected Answer: F8


What tool enables Microsoft to provide assistance when your own troubleshooting

attempts fail to correct a problem?

Selected Answer: Problem Reports And Solutions control panel


Hardware-related error is a common cause of problems that might at first seem to be

user-related.



The Windows Error Reporting engine in Windows Vista can enable enterprise

administrators to redirect the client problem submissions to an internal management

server so that administrators can evaluate the submitted problems and decide which

ones should be forwarded to Microsoft.



From what tab can you enable Remote Desktop in the System Properties sheet?

Selected Answer: Remote


If a startup problem occurs after the progress bar appears, one of the ways you might

be able to get the system started is to press F8 repeatedly, immediately after the POST

completes and before the progress bar appears. This action displays the Advanced Boot

Options menu, from which you can select the Last Known Good Configuration or, if that

does not work, one of the Safe Mode options.



Which of the following is a reason that Remote Assistance is a viable option?



A well-organized technical support organization should have a system in place in which

each problem call is registered as a trouble ticket that eventually contains a complete

record of the problem and the steps taken to isolate and resolve it.



What is the first procedural step of troubleshooting?

Selected Answer: Establish the symptoms.


Boot logging gathers information about the most recent startup process and saves it to

a text file for later examination. Boot logging is enabled by default.



What is the final procedural step of troubleshooting?

Selected Answer: Document the solution.


Because Remote Desktop is essentially an implementation of the Terminal Services

technology built into the Windows server operating systems, you must purchase

licenses to use any connections with Remote Desktop on Windows Vista.



Which of the following is not a procedural troubleshooting step?

Selected Answer: Question the user.


If a startup problem occurs after the progress bar appears, one of the ways you might

be able to get the system started is to press F8 repeatedly, immediately after the POST

completes and before the progress bar appears. This action suppresses drivers,

services, and startup applications.



When booting Windows Vista, what option starts the computer with a minimal set of

generic drivers that are just those needed to run the system?

Selected Answer: Safe Mode


What Windows Vista feature enables an administrator, trainer, or desktop technician at

one location to connect to a distant user’s computer, chat with the user, and either

view all of the user’s activities or take complete control of the system?

Selected Answer: Remote Assistance


Remote Assistance is designed to minimize the dangers of any person who takes control

of a computer.



What administrative feature enables users to access computers from remote locations,

with no interaction required at the remote site?

Selected Answer: Remote Desktop


Remote Assistance is not designed to minimize the dangers of any person who takes

control of a computer.



To troubleshoot a Windows Vista computer that fails to start, it helps to have an

understanding of the startup procedure’s phases, and of the tools that are available

during startup.



What is the Windows Vista replacement for the Dr. Watson error handler in earlier

versions of Windows?

Selected Answer: Windows Error Reporting


What gathers information about the most recent startup process and saves it to a text

file for later examination?

Selected Answer: Boot logging


__________ provides access to a collection of recovery tools that can identify and even

repair many of the problems that can prevent the system from starting.

Selected Answer: Windows RE


To request a Remote Assistance session, a client must issue an invitation and send it to

a particular expert.



What wireless security protocol helps protect transmitted information by using a security

setting, called a shared secret or a shared key, to encrypt network traffic before sending

it?

Selected Answer: WEP


WPA-AES is the most secure type of wireless network encryption available today.



What combination of power management settings provides a balance between power

consumption and system performance?

Selected Answer: Power Plan


What shell application provides a central point of access for many of the configuration

settings that mobile computer users need frequently?

Selected Answer: Windows Mobility Center


What application functions as a central control panel for all of a Windows Vista

computer’s synchronization partnerships, including those with network drives and

mobile devices?

Selected Answer: Sync Center


Wireless networking products conforming to the IEEE 802.11g specification have the

fastest transmission rates of any wireless LAN products on the market.



What was created by the Wi-Fi Alliance to address the lingering weaknesses with WEP?

Selected Answer: WPA


WEP is considered a more secure alternative to WPA.



The Connect To A Network Projector Wizard allows you to open a port in Windows

Firewall, which is necessary for this communication to take place.



The 802.1X standard defines a high-speed wireless networking standard.



WEP is a relatively insecure protocol because there is no way to dynamically change the

shared secret keys it uses to encrypt data.



__________ is when attackers can jam wireless frequencies by using a transmitter,

preventing legitimate users from successfully communicating with a WAP.

Selected Answer: Denial of service


What mobile device looks like a standard laptop, except that the screen is reversible so

that it faces outward when the user closes the lid?

Selected Answer: Tablet PC


The Sync Center application in Windows Vista enables users to synchronize data with

handheld devices and manage offline files.



The only way to configure power settings in Windows Vista is through the Power

Options control panel.



__________ is a process in which Windows Vista compares the offline version of a file

with the network version and makes sure that the most recent revisions are present in

both places.

Selected Answer: Synchronization


In Windows Mobility Center, which option, when turned on, prevents presentations

from being interrupted by screen savers, alarms, and attempts to put the computer to

sleep?

Selected Answer: Presentation Settings


WPA-TKIP is the most secure type of wireless network encryption available today.



Wireless networking products conforming to the IEEE 802.11n specification have the

fastest transmission rates of any wireless LAN products on the market.



What new feature in Windows Vista is designed to accommodate a new secondary

display technology that is currently being integrated into a wide variety of products?

Selected Answer: Windows SideShow


The Windows Vista power icon can monitor which of the following settings?



What standards published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)

dictate the frequencies, transmission speeds, and ranges of wireless networking

products?

Selected Answer: 802.11

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