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100

What are the highlights of personalization?

change backgrounds, accent colors, themes, start display, taskbar, and fonts
100

What are bottlenecks?

When system components are unable to keep up with demands.

100

What is disk thrashing?

CPU Overutilization

100

What is the difference between open source and proprietary software?

open source is free to the public and source code is purchased to be edited

proprietary is owned by a company for profit and source code is borrowed as is

100

What is the best tool for troubleshooting applications?

task manager

200

What is the function of Regedit?

View and change the registry

200

What program checks the system for bottlenecks?

Performance Monitor

200

What are the solutions to disk thrashing?

Unload unnecessary apps or add more RAM

200

What is DRM?

Legal access to digital content

200

Which troubleshooting utilities scans the operating system files and replaces corrupt files?

system file checker

300

What Windows settings app categories can you find reports on your devices health?

Update and Security

300
What is an advantage of dedicated video cards?

Relieves CPU from heavier graphical tasks

300

Which command lists all running processes on the system?

ps -e

300

What is an End User License Agreement?

A legal agreement of the conditions of use for digital software

300

What is the uses of scripting languages?

automation, updating and restarting machines, installing apps, and gathering system information

400

What does task manager do?

Monitor and troubleshoot whole Windows system

400

What is the disk queue length?

the number of read and write requests that are waiting to be processed

400

Which tool would you use to configure the paging file location and size on a Windows system?

Advanced system settings

400

What are the three copy protection methods?

fingerprinting, encryption, and digital watermark

400

What are the three common problems that can be introduced into a system or network with a script?

accidentally changed system settings, unintentional introduction of malware, and browser, app, or system crash

500

What tool provides an average user an interface to perform system admin tasks?

MMC

500

What is the commit charge?

the amount of memory that has been assigned to running processes

500

What happens in Windows when physical RAM is being used to its full capacity and a user runs a new application?

kernel moves the data for an app not currently being used from RAM to the paging file

500

Why would you get an enterprise license instead of a personal license?

An enterprise license is more cost effective for a business

500

Which troubleshooting tool lets you revert a system's files and data from a previously saved point in time without changing documents, pictures, or email?

system restore

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