Final Review 3

Final R 3.1

100

Which type of memory device cannot be written to? a. CMOS b. RAM c. ROM d. DRAM

What is c. ROM

200

What system file contains information about the boot process in Windows XP? a. IO.SYS b. NTLDR c. NTDETECT.COM d. BOOT.INI

What is d. BOOT.INI

300

What system file contains information about the boot process in Windows XP? a. IO.SYS b. NTLDR c. NTDETECT.COM d. BOOT.INI

What is b. NTLDR

400

An important computer in your office has been destroyed in a fire. Which backup system will allow you to create a machine containing the same data as before the fire? a. Recovery CD b. ASR c. A backup copy of the data. d. Recovery Console

What is c. A backup copy of the data.

500

Why would you want to use a signed driver? a. It helps to prevent the formation of malware within the computer. b. Most likely, it has been more thoroughly tested than an unsigned driver. c. It is a system protocol that transfers Windows commands to the computer. d. It is the firmware in a hardware device that communicates with Windows.

What is b. Most likely, it has been more thoroughly tested than an unsigned driver.

Final R 3.2

100

60. Your computer has been randomly locking up, no mouse, keyboard, or screen activity. You have even tried upgrading from Windows 2000 to Windows XP, but the problem continues. What is the most helpful thing to tell the repair technician? a. When you last updated the mouse and keyboard drivers. b. How often you defrag the hard drive. c. That a new OS installation did not help. d. How safely you surf the Internet.

c. That a new OS installation did not help.

200

What is one way to increase the security of your windows system? a. Disable the Administrator account. b. Use only Guest accounts. c. Rename the Administrator account. d. Rename the Guest account

What is c. Rename the Administrator account.

300

When you read about authentication, what does that mean with regards to Windows? a. It is the process of verifying the user is who they say they are. b. It is method used by the BIOS to verify the operating system is good. c. It is the process for configuring a user profile. d. It is only performed the first time the Windows operating system is installed.

What is a. It is the process of verifying the user is who they say they are.

400

Your Inbox contains a message stating that your bank account has been compromised. The message contains links where you can go to resolve the issue if you have your account information handy. You should immediately consider this message as: a. legitimate. b. spyware. c. adware. d. phishing.

What is d. phishing.

500

Your CAD program causes Windows to crash with a blue-screen-of-death when you re-size a drawing window. It does not happen every time, on any particular drawing, but it is becoming more frequent. Which of the following is NOT an important symptom to report: a. blue-screen-of-death. b. name of the drawing that last crashed. c. intermittent CAD crash. d. during re-sizing of a drawing window.

What is b. name of the drawing that last crashed.