IT Essential Chapter 5 Windows Installations

Which of the following is a main function of an operating system?

• managing applications
• text processing
• flow chart editing
• program compilation

Which methods should a technician use to update a device driver?

• Insert the operating system installation media and load the driver from there

• Buy another operating system license

• Download the driver from the website of the manufacturer

• Perform a firmware update

What is the term for the ability of a computer to run multiple applications at the same time?

• multiuser
• multitasking
• multimedia
• multiprocessing

What is used by an operating system to communicate with hardware components?

• device driver
• BIOS
• CMOS
• Application Program Interface

Where can a technician look to determine if specific computer hardware or software has been tested to work with Windows 7?

• Microsoft Compatibility Center
• Microsoft Knowledge Base
• Windows 7 manual
• Windows Easy Transfer

The active partition may include the manufacturer recovery partition.

• recommended changes to hardware
• recommended changes to file systems
• recommended changes to user permissions
• recommended changes to directory structures

Which of the following is a feature of the active partition of a hard drive that is using Master Boot Records?

• The active partition must be a primary partition.
• ONLY 1 primary partitions can be marked as active.
• An active partition must be assigned C: as the drive letter.
• The active partition may include the manufacturer recovery partition.

What is the purpose of a recovery partition?

• to provide a copy of the C: partition and data from the last backup in case of failure
• to provide a backup copy of the BIOS
• to restore the computer to the factory state without deleting user files
• to restore the computer to its factory state

Where are the settings that are chosen during the installation process stored?

• in the recovery partition
• in BIOS
• in flash memory
• in the Registry

Which Windows tool is used to determine if a dynamic disk is corrupted?

• Disk Management
• Device Manager
• Microsoft System Preparation
• Bootmgr