IT Essentials Version 6 Chapter 5 Exam – Online Test

What are two functions of an operating system? (Choose two.)

Which two methods should a technician use to update a device driver? (Choose two.)

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

What is provided by an operating system that has multiprocessing capability?

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

Which application interface is comprised of multiple APIs that support multimedia tasks in Windows operating systems?

Which version of Windows introduced the Metro user interface, which can be used on desktops, laptops, mobile phones, and tablets?

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

What is critical to consider when determining the version of Windows to install on a desktop computer?

A user downloads and uses the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor to generate a report on a PC that is being considered for an operating system upgrade. What information would the report contain?

What are two features of the active partition of a hard drive that is using MBR? (Choose two.)

A computer with the Windows 7 operating system fails to boot when the system is powered on. The technician suspects that the operating system has been attacked by a virus that rendered the system inoperable. What measure could be taken to restore system functionality?

What is the purpose of a recovery partition?

What Windows 8 tool allows the computer to be rolled back to its factory state without losing any user files?

A Windows 8 computer locks up with a stop error during startup and then automatically reboots. The automatic restart setting is making it difficult to see any error messages. What can be done so that the error messages can be viewed?

A user installs a new video driver on a computer that was working properly. After the new driver is installed and the computer is restarted, the computer fails to boot. How can the user quickly return the computer to a working state?

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

Why is it important to register a DLL file in Windows?

A Windows 8.1 system is unable to boot properly. What is the procedure to boot this system into Safe Mode?

A technician has installed a new video driver on a Windows 8.1 computer and now the monitor shows distorted images. The technician needs to install a different video driver that is available on a network server. What startup mode should the technician use to access the driver on the network?

A technician is considering implementing RAID 5 before installing Windows. Which technology does RAID 5 use?

What is a characteristic of a spanned volume?

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

A user has upgraded a PC to Windows 7 but still needs to use an application that is created for the earlier version of Windows. Which mode of operation within Windows 7 can be used to run the application?

Within which folder would a user of 64-bit Windows 8 find 32-bit programs?