Networking 2 Chapter 7.1-7.3 Test Review

Which tool can you use to display hardware utilization statistics that tell you about your computer's operation?

• Resource Monitor

• Advanced System Settings

• Event Viewer

• Computer Management

You have a new employee that is left-handed and needs the mouse for her computer to have the right button be the primary button for ease of use. Under which of the following Windows 10 Settings app categories can you change the mouse settings to make the right button the primary button?

• Personalization

• Systems

• Devices

• Ease of Access

You recently installed several applications on a Windows system. After doing so, you notice that the system takes much longer to boot up. You suspect that the new applications include one or more helper applications that are automatically loaded when the system boots. To improve performance, you want to identify any such helper applications and disable them. Click on the tab in Task Manager that you would use to do this. (Click the circle below the tab to choose your answer)

Answer explanation

On the actual test, you will be clicking on the tab itself.

Which utility allows you to choose Selective Startup in Windows?

• Performance Monitor

• Msconfig (System Configuration)

• Regedit

• Event Viewer

• Msinfo32

If you want to change your taskbar from appearing on the bottom of the screen to the right side, under which of the following Windows 10 Settings app categories would you find the setting to change this?

• Ease of Access

• Systems

• Personalization

• Devices

You have just installed a new video card in your friend Mark's computer. When you power on the computer, Windows automatically detects the new device and tries to locate an applicable device driver. Unfortunately, Windows cannot locate the required driver. Which of the following is the BEST Control Panel administrative tool to fix Mark's computer?

• System Configuration

• Computer Management

• Component Services

• Resource Monitor

You have an application that renders videos for your online business. You want to make sure that the application continues to receive adequate attention from the system CPU, even if you open other applications. How can you adjust the amount of attention given to that application?

• Use Task Manager to switch to the running application.

• Use Task Manager to modify the process priority.

• Use the Services console to change the startup type to Automatic.

• Use Task Manager to modify the processor affinity.

Your computer is not performing properly; an update was recently installed. Which of the following actions from the Windows 10 Settings app is the BEST troubleshooting choice to try first for this situation?

• Reset your PC.

• Use the Startup Repair function.

• Go back to a previous version of Windows.

• Remove the installed Windows update.

You are an IT technician for your company. Jodie, a receptionist, thinks that her Windows 11 machine is running slowly today and calls you to see if you can speed it up. None of the other employees have called regarding any related issues, so you suspect it is an issue with Jodie's computer, perhaps a malfunctioning application. To help troubleshoot Jodie's computer, you run Task Manager. Which of the following tabs are MOST helpful for getting an overall view of how Jodie's computer is running? (Select two.)

• Processes

• Details

• Services

• Performance

• App history

Under which Windows 10 Settings app category can you choose battery options when you want to watch movies and videos on battery power?

• Apps

• System

• Personalization

• Gaming