Performance Tools
What Windows tool provides real-time info about running apps and processes?
Task Manager
A system running at 90% CPU utilization is suffering from what kind of bottleneck?
CPU bottleneck
What command opens Event Viewer?
eventvwr.msc
What scale is used in the Reliability Monitor’s Stability Index?
1–10
What Task Manager setting controls how much CPU time a process gets?
Process priority
What tool lets you view system events like errors and warnings?
Event Viewer
What’s one fix for a CPU bottleneck?
Upgrade CPU or close unnecessary apps
What is a Custom View in Event Viewer?
A saved filter for specific logs or criteria
What does a stability score of 1 mean?
The system is completely unstable
What might cause your system to slow if a background process has too high a priority?
The system becomes unresponsive to user tasks
What tool provides detailed performance analysis and graphs of system resources?
Performance Monitor
Adding more RAM can help relieve what type of bottleneck?
Memory bottleneck
What can you attach to an event to trigger an alert or script?
A task
Which Windows tool monitors system health and maintenance messages?
Action Center
What does Resource Monitor’s “Analyze Wait Chain” do?
Shows which processes are waiting on others
What toolkit helps analyze a wide range of performance issues in Windows?
Windows Performance Toolkit
Upgrading to a faster drive interface helps fix what bottleneck?
Disk bottleneck
True or False: You can export both the events and the criteria in a Custom View.
False — only the criteria are exported
Name two types of events tracked by Reliability Monitor.
Software installs/uninstalls, app/hardware/OS failures
What type of admin role tries to prevent issues before they occur?
Proactive admin
What tool can you download from Sysinternals to view file handles and DLLs?
Process Explorer
What are the four major types of bottlenecks monitored?
CPU, Memory, Disk, Network
What are the five types of event entries?
Error, Warning, Information, Success Audit, Failure Audit
The Action Center relies on what Windows service to function?
Security Center (WSCSVC)
What type of admin role responds to issues after they happen?
Reactive admin