MCTS 70-680 - Install, Migrate, or Upgrade to Windows 7 (Ch 1)

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What is the main limitation of the x86 version on Windows 7? It does not support more than 4GB of RAM What is the difference between Windows 7 Enterprise and Ultimate Edition? Licensing agreements. Windows 7 Enterprise can be used only by organizations that have enterprise licensing agreements with Microsoft. Ultimate uses a retail license. What is one advantage to using a USB device to install Windows 7? Faster and you can modify the image to include extra drivers, applications, etc. How can you access a network share as an installation source from the client computer? Boot the client computer into the Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) __________ is a minimally featured operating system that allows you to access diagnostic and maintenance tools as well as access network drives. Windows PE environment What should you do prior to performing an upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7? run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor Which Windows Easy Transfer method should you use when you want to perform a wipe-andload migration? External Hard Disk or USB Flash drives the only WET method that supports wipe-and-load migrations. ______ is a command-line utility that allows you to automate the process of user profile migration. USMT 4.0

Which USMT migration file contains rules about user profiles and user data? MigUser.xml Which USMT migration file contains information on the location of user documents? MigDocs.xml Which USMT migration file contains rules about migrating application settings? MigApp.xml Which USMT migration file is used to exclude features from the migration? Config.xml You would use _________ if you wanted to move all the files of one type, such as .avi files, that may have been stored in different places on the source computer to a specific folder on the destination computer. rerouting ___________ migration stores use a hierarchy of folders that mirror the user profile data being migrated and creates a duplicate of the backed-up files in another location. Uncompressed A __________ migration store is a single image file that contains all data being migrated and can be encrypted and password protected Compressed ___________ migration stores are used in wipe-and-load scenarios only. Hard-link

MCTS 70-680 - Install, Migrate, or Upgrade to Windows 7 (Ch 1)

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There are ___ different Windows 7 editions. Six

Windows 7 Starter and Home Basic require a processor that runs at ___ or better, _____ of memory, and a ____GB (x64)/____GB(x86) hard drive with ___GB of available space. 1GHz, 512MB, 20/16, 15 Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate, and Enterprise editions require a processor that runs at _____, ____ of memory, and a ____GB Hard Drive with ___GB of available space. 1GHz, 1GB, 40, 15 A USB storage device needs to be___ GB or larger if you want to use it as a Windows 7 installation source. 4 To use a USB drive as a Windows 7 installation source, it must use the _____ file system. FAT32 To access a network share as an installation source from the client computer, you need to boot the client computer into the ______________ environment. Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) ________, a role that is available to a computer running Windows Server 2008, allows for the automatic deployment of operating system images. Windows Deployment Services (WDS) To access a WDS server, a computer must have a _________ network card or boot from a WDS ______ image. PXE, discover There are two basic migration scenarios for migrating user profile data: the _____________ migration and the _____________ migration. side-by-side, wipe-and-load You use _________ migrations when you need to move user data from one computer to another. side-by-side

_____________ migrations involve exporting user data from a machine to an external location, such as a USB storage device or network share, removing the existing operating system, performing a clean installation of Windows 7, and then importing the user data from the external location. Wipe-and-load A ________ user profile is a profile stored on a server that is accessible from any computer running Windows 7 on a network. roaming _______________ is a utility that comes with Windows 7 that you can use to transfer user profile data from computers running Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 to new computers running Windows 7. Windows Easy Transfer ________ 4.0 is a command-line utility that allows you to automate the process of user profile migration. User State Migration Tool (USMT) The USMT is part of the _________________ and is a better tool for performing a large number of profile migrations than Windows Easy Transfer. Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) What are the four .xml migration files used with the USMT? MigApp.xml, MigUser.xml, MigDocs.xml, and Config.xml MigApp.xml, MigUser.xml, MigDocs.xml, and Config.xml What are the four .xml migration files used with the USMT? What USMT migration file contains rules about user profiles and user data? MigUser.xml What USMT migration file contains information on the location of user documents? MigDocs.xml What USMT migration file is used to exclude features from the migration? Config.xml

What USMT migration file contains rules about migrating application settings? MigApp.xml Running ScanState and LoadState with the ____ option creates a detailed log file /v:13 _________ is the USMT migration tool that runs on the destination computer. LoadState

Windows 7 Chapter 4 Managing Devices and Disks

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Which utility enables you to install and update drivers for hardware devices, change the hardware settings for those devices and troubleshoot problems? device manager What limitation does Device Manager have when working with a remote computer? read-only Where can you check the power allocations for a USB hub to detect situations in which too many devices are using the hub? Device Manager-Universal Serial Bus Controllers-USB Root Hub-Properties-Power tabAttached Devices list Where can you view the bandwidth allocations of a USB controller currently being used by each device? Device Manager-Universal Serial Bus Controllers-Host Controller-Properties-Advanced tabBandwidth Consuming Devices list If a device driver does not exist in the driver store, then an administrator needs to approve the device. What is this process called? Staging

What two ways can you start the driver update process in Device Manager? Right-click the device and choose Update Driver Software. Double-click the device. On the Driver tab, click Update Driver. Resource driver conflicts are becoming less common then they used to be, however they still occur and typically occur when two devices require the same resources? What two types of requirement in particular is the main reason why there is conflict? the interrupt requirement the input/output (I/O) requirement How can you determine resource usage of a driver? Resources tab of the device driver How can conflicts between PnP devices be solved temporarily? disable one of the devices How can conflicts between non-PnP devices be solved temporarily? stop the device Which tool allows you to view the I/O and IRQ requirements of each device? Msinfo32 What type of command prompt do you need to run Msinfo32? traditional command prompt, you do not need to run an elevated command prompt What command-line tool allows you the most detailed information concerning a device driver that is not functioning properly? Driver Verifier Monitor Which monitor enables you to determine when driver installation occurred and whether reliability was affected aversely? Reliability Monitor What tool would you use to troubleshoot DirectX-related issues? DXdiag

What tool should you use to scan your computer and identify any unsigned drivers? Sigverif (File Signature Verification) tool What has to occur before a device driver package is accepted? the certificate for the driver is in the Trusted Publishers certificate store a valid digital signature What utility allows you to stage a driver package in the driver store? PnP util What utility removes unneeded files, such as files that you downloaded to install programs, temporary Internet files, files in the Recycle bin, offline Web pages, hibernation files, setup log files, temporary files and thumbnails? Disk Cleanup On a stand-alone client computer, which utility enables you to prevent users from downloading data and running software stored on removable media? Local Group Policy Editor (LGPE) In an enterprise environment, which policy enables you to prevent users from downloading data and running software stored on removable media? domain Group Policy at a domain controller What must you remember about converting between partition styles? If there are no volumes on the disk then you can convert between MBR and GPT without consequence and convert Dynamic to MBR and GPT without consequence. Converting MBR or GPT to Dynamic may make the disk unbootable. What partition type enables you to have more than four partitions on each disk? GPT You have selected a volume using the Diskpart tool. What command tells you the maximum amount by which you can shrink it? shrink querymax What disk types and partition types are supported by Windows 7? basic disk dynamic disk MBR partition GPT partition

What RAID volumes are available in Windows 7? RAID-0 striped RAID-1 mirrored RAID-5 striped with parity What two ways can you shrink a volume? Disk Management console Diskpart How do you ensure the volume to be as large as possible? leave out the size parameter What type of disk retains its drive letter when moved from computer to computer? dynamic disk What do you need to supply to install a device that is not PnP? administrator credentials What needs to happen if you want non-administrators to have the ability to install device drivers? the administrator needs to prestage the device driver and if necessary digitally sign it. What are the five types of volumes supported by Windows 7? single spanned RAID-0 striped RAID-1 mirrored RAID-5 striped with parity What partition type enables you to have more than four partitions on each disk? GPT What disk type can be extended on the same disk, but is not fault tolerant? basic What volume joins areas of unallocated space disks into a single logical disk? spanned What volume maps stripes of data cyclically across the disks? striped

What type of disk is required for spanning? dynamic disk

How many disks can be combined into a single spanned volume? 32 What type of disk requires each disk space to be allocated identically? striped If given three disks with 300 GB each, what is the largest logical raid disk possible? 600 GB, with 300GB reserved for redundancy gpedit.msc Local Group Policy Editor msinfo32 system information dxdiag DirectX Diagnotstic sigverif File Signature Verification tool

Windows 7 Chapter 6 Network Settings

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Which command-line tool displays a computer's IPv4 and IPv6 settings? Ipconfig Which Ipconfig command provides details of the IPv4 and IPv6 settings? ipconfig /all

Which network service assigns IPv4 addresses to hosts that are set to receive their configurations automatically? DHCP Which network service resolves both local host names and fully qualified domain names (FQDNs) to IPv4 addresses? DNS Which network service configures an internal private network when DHCP is not provided? APIPA Which network service allows many devices on a private network to gain access to the Internet through one public IPv4 address? Network Address Translation (NAT) What are the three private address ranges? 10.0.0.1 - 10.255.255.254 172.16.0.1 - 172.31.255.254 192.168.0.1 - 192.168.255.255 Which command-line utility from an elevated command prompt if you want to configure the Local Area Connection interface with an IPv4 address and default gateway? Netsh command-line tool What Netsh command would you use to configure the Local Area Connection interface with an IPv4 address 10.0.0.1, a subnet mask 55.255.255.0, and a default gateway 10.0.0.11? netsh interface ipv4 set address "local area connection" static 10.0.0.11 255.255.255.0 10.0.0.11 What command would you use to set the DNS server address as 10.0.0.11? netsh interface ipv4 set dnsservers "local area connection" static 10.0.0.11 What Netsh command would you use if you wanted the interface to obtain its IPv4 configuration automatically (dynamically)? netsh interface ipv4 set address name="local area connection" source=dhcp netsh interface ipv4 set dnsservers name="local area connection" source=dhcp What are the command-line tools used for troubleshooting IP configuration? Ping Ipconfig tracert PathPing

What command in elevated command prompt would you use to force a computer's configuration it new settings in DNS? ipconfig /registerdns What command would you use if you needed to clear the DNS resolver cache manually? ipconfig /flushdns How would you apply the command universally across all interfaces? using the switch /allcompartments What automated assistance is provided if you fail to connect to a Web site Internet? Windows Network Diagnostics tool What command would you use at an elevated prompt to permit ICMPv4 through your firewall? netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="ICMPv4" protocol=icmpv4:any,any dir=in action=allow In Windows 7 can you ping other computers in your network by default? No, you have to permit it through your firewall using the Netsh command-line tool. Which command-line tool displays active connections, the ports on which the computer is listening, Ethernet statistics, the IP routing table, and IPv4 and IPv6 statistics? Netstat Which command-line tool returns network protocol statistics? Netstat Which command-line command displays the IP configuration of a computer's interfaces? Ipconfig What command would you use to examine the contents of both the IPv4 and IPv6 route table? route print netstat -r

How many times can "::" be used in the same IPv6 address? once What is it called when multiple subnet IDs can be assigned to the same link? multinetting What are the four types of IPv6 unicast addresses? global link-local site-local special Which IPv6 address type starts with "ff"? multicast addresses Which IPv6 address begins with "002" or "003"? global unicast address Which IPv6 address is equivalent to IPv4 APIPA? unicast link-local address Which IPv6 address is equivalent to the IPv4 private address? unicast site-local What is the IPv6 equivalent of the IPv4 loopback address (127.0.0.1)? ::1 What IPv6 address begins with "fec0"? Unicast site-local How many bits are in an IPv4 and IPv6 address, respectively? 32 128 What type of address enables IPv6 packets to be transmitted over an IPv4 network without the need to configure explicit tunnels? 6to4 address

Which type of address consists of a 32-bit prefix "2001::/32"? Teredo address Which type of address begins with "2002"? 6to4 Which IPv6 protocol is used to communicate between two nodes over an IPv4 intranet? Intra-Site Automatic Tunneling Addressing Protocol (ISATAP) Which command would you use to display the configuration of only the IPv6 interfaces on the local computer? netsh interface ipv6 show address If you were administering an enterprise network, which command would you use to obtain a site ID? netsh interface ipv6 show address level=verbose While verifying connectivity on a local network, what command would you use to as a first step when checking changes that involve address resolution? netsh interface ipv6 delete neighbors When verifying IPv6 connectivity on a local network, which command would you use to check the contents of the neighbor cache (only after you have flushed it to remove the possibility of a false result)? netsh interface ipv6 show neighbors When checking IPv6 connectivity to a host on a remote network, which command would you use to flush the destination cache? enter netsh interface ipv6 delete destinationcache When checking IPv6 connectivity to a host on a remote network, which command would you use to display the current contents of the destination cache? netsh interface ipv6 show destinationcache

What Netsh command could you use to identify the IPv6 address of your default router interface? netsh interface ipv6 show route What three "-cast" addresses are supported by IPv6? unicast - single multicast - multiple anycast - broadcast Which four types of wireless network technologies are in common use? 802.11b 802.11a 802.11g 802.11n Which type of wireless network uses the 5-GHz frequency? 802.11a 802.11n Which type of wireless network technologies uses the 2.4-GHz frequency? 802.11b 802.11g Which type of wireless technology has speeds up to 11 Mbps? 802.11b Which type of wireless technology has speeds up to 54 Mbps? 802.11a 802.11g From which dialog box can you add a new protocol, server service, or client service? The Local Area Connections Properties dialog box Which command-line utility allows you to manage wireless networks? netsh wlan What is the IPv6 unspecified address? :: Where is IPv6 address resolution stored in DNS? AAAA (quad A) DNS record

What address is identified by 5efe followed by an IP address? an ISATAP address What is ICS? Internet Connection Sharing

Windows 7 Chapter 8 BranchCache and Resource Sharing

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What happens when you click Caching on the Advanced Sharing dialog box? accesses the Offline Settings dialog box What determines whether programs and files hosted on the shared folder are available when the user, or the computer hosting them, is not available to the network. Offline settings What is the Shared Folders node of the Computer Management console purpose? manage all shared folders on a client Which command allows you to manage shared folders from the command line? net share Which net share command enables you to create a shared folder? net share sharename=drive:path Which net share command enables you to assign permissions to the shared folder? net share sharename /grant:user read/change/full Which netshare command enables you to view the properties of a shared folder? net share sharename

Which tool can you use to determine which files and folders that users are accessing remotely on a client running Windows 7 configured with shared folders? You can use the Shared Folders\Open Files node to determine which files and folders are being accessed remotely on a client running Windows 7 What is the term used to describe a virtualized collection of folders? a library What does the following process accomplish? Enable printer sharing in HomeGroup or in Advanced Sharing Setting and then locate the printer within Devices and Printers. enables you to share a printer What are the three available permissions when sharing a printer? print manage this printer manage documents Which permission allows a user to print to the printer and rearrange the documents that they have submitted to the printer? print permission Which permission allows the permitted to pause and restart the printer, change spooler settings, adjust printer permissions, change printer properties and share a printer? manage this printer permission Which permission enables the users or groups to pause, resume, restart, cancel or reorder the documents submitted by users that are in the current print queue? manage documents permission Which permission allows a group to manage their own documents, but not to manage other documents submitted to a shared printer? print permission What designation must the network have for HomeGroups to be used? Home network location designation How does sharing folders benefit users over sharing libraries? allows individual folders to be shared sharing options are more detailed

List the following six standard permissions that can be assigned to a file or a folder in order from most control to least control? read & execute modify write read list folder contents full control full control modify read & execute write read list folder contents Which permission should you assign when you want to allow a user to modify the contents of a file, but not delete that file? write permission Which additional permissions are assigned when you assign the Modify (Allow) permission? (every permission with less control then modify) read & execute list folder contents read write Which three permissions do not assign additional permissions? write read list folder contents What permissions are assigned to newly created files and folders? they inherit the permissions that are assigned to the folder in which they are created Which command-line utility allows to configure and view the NTFS permissions of files and folders on a computer running Windows 7? Icacls What keyword is used in Icacls to allow a permission? /grant What keyword is used in Icacls to disallow a permission? /deny Which of the following types of permissions overrides the other? Allow Deny Deny overrides Allow What tool enables you to calculate a user or group's effective permissions on a file or folder? Effective Permissions tool

What happens to the permissions status of a file or folder if it is copied from one folder to another whether on the same volume or different volumes? the file or folder inherits the permissions of the destination folder What happens to the permission status of a file or folder if it moved between folders on the same volume? the file or folder retains its original permissions What happens to the permission status of a file or folder if it moved between folders on different volumes? the file or folder inherits the permissions of the destination folder Which command-line utility allows you to copy or move files while retaining their existing NTFS permissions? Robocopy.exe What happens if you move a file or folder to a volume formatted with the FAT or FAT32 file system? all NTFS permissions are lost Which permission applies when both share and NTFS permissions are assigned on a file? the most restrictive permission How can you monitor which users and groups access specific files and folders? Auditing What is the only type of formatted file system on a volume that allows for auditing? FAT FAT32 NTFS NTFS Encrypting File System is only available on which editions of Windows 7? Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate Which technology allows you to encrypt individual files and folders? EFS

Which technology allows you to only encrypt full volumes? BitLocker To Go Which process is used by EFS to encrypt files and folders? public key encryption private key encryption public key encryption What is the public key commonly referred to? certificate Are you able to encrypt and compress a file? No. What happens if you encrypt a file while it is in a compressed folder? The file is uncompressed and then encrypted and remains uncompressed while encrypted. What do recovery agents do? allow the restoration of EFS encrypted files What command-line tool allows you to create an EFS recovery agent? Cipher.exe When you encrypt a file what is generated? EFS certificate and a private key What has to be present if you want to encrypt a file to another user's account? an existing EFS certificate Which editions of Windows 7 have BranchCache as a feature? Enterprise and Ultimate What version of Windows Server must also be present for BranchCache to cache data? Windows Server 2008 R2

What two modes can BranchCache operate in? Hosted Cache mode Distributed Cache mode Which BranchCache mode uses a centralized local cache that hosted on a branch office server running Windows Server 2008 R2? Hosted Cache What are the requirements when setting up the Hosted Cache mode server? install the BranchCache feature install SSL certificate, subject name = FQDN ensure all clients trust the certificate authority that issued the SSL certificate Which BranchCache mode uses peer caching to host the branch office cache among clients running Windows 7 on the branch office network? Distributed Cache mode What is the advantage of distributed cache mode? You don't need a Windows Server 2008 R2 in each branch office. What is the disadvantage of distributed cache mode? The contents of the cache available on the branch office LAN depend on which clients are currently online. What are the necessary steps when configuring BranchCache on clients running Windows 7? enabling BranchCache selecting either Hosted Cache or Distributed Cache mode configuring the client firewall to allow BranchCache traffic What predefined rules allow BranchCache traffic? BranchCache - Content Retrieval BranchCache - Peer-Discovery BranchCache - Hosted Cache Client What can you do to allow BranchCache traffic if the predefined rules are not available? Create rules that allow inbound and outbound traffic on TCP port 80. (content retrieval) Create rules that allow inbound and outbound traffic on UDP port 3702. (peer-discovery) Create rules that allow outbound traffic on TCP port 443. (Hosted Cache Client only)

Which command-line tool would you use to configure BranchCache? Netsh What command would you use to set BranchCache Distributed Cache mode in Netsh? netsh BranchCache set service mode=distributed Which command resets the current BranchCache configuration, disabling and stopping the service and disables any configured BranchCache firewall rules? netsh branchcache reset Which command displays the current service mode? netsh branchcache show status Which command sets the client to use the local cache mode and changes the startup mode to manual? netsh branchcache set service mode=local Which command sets the client to use the local cache mode and changes the startup mode to manual? netsh branchcache set service mode=local Which command sets the client to use the local cache mode and changes the startup mode to manual? netsh branchcache set service mode=local Which command sets the client to use the Hosted Cache mode? netsh branchcache set service mode=hostedclient location=hostedserver Which command allows you to set the size of the local cache? netsh branchcache set cachesize Which command allows you to set the location of the local cache? netsh branchcache set localcache

Where can you verify the state of the BranchCache service? The Services console (services.msc)

Windows 7 Chapter 9 Authentication and Account Control

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Which level do all users of clients running Windows 7 run with the rights of? administrator or standard What is term used to describe when a user's rights need to be raised from those of a standard user to those of an administrative user? privilege elevation What is the term used to describe the mode where an administrator must give explicit approval for elevation to occur by responding to the UAC prompt? Admin Approval mode What is the term given to query of the UAC prompting with clicking "yes"? prompting for consent What is the term given to the query of the UAC requesting a user name and password? prompting for credentials What feature ensures that malware is unable to alter the display of the UAC prompt as a method of tricking you into allowing administrative access? Secure Desktop What is the most secure setting that you can configure using the slider in the User Account Control Settings Dialog Box? always notify

Where are the UAC policies found in Group Policy? Local Group Policy Editor - Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options node Which mode once enabled, privilege elevation occurs automatically without a UAC prompt? UAC: Admin Approval Mode For The Built-In Administrator Account Which policy allows you to configure how intrusive UAC is for users that log on to a client running Windows 7 with administrative privileges? UAC: Behavior Of The Elevation Prompt For Administrators In Admin Approval Mode Which policy determines whether and how Windows prompts a user who does not have administrative privileges for privilege elevation? UAC: Behavior Of The Elevation Prompt For Standard Users Which policy determines whether an application installer is able to request an elevation of privilege? UAC: Detect Application Installations and Prompt for Elevation Which policy provides an elevation prompt only for executable files that have digital signatures from a trusted certificate authority? UAC: Only Elevate Executables That Are Signed and Validated Which policy dictates whether Windows provides UAC for users with administrative privileges when they perform a task that requires elevation? UAC: Run All Administrators in Admin Approval Mode Which policy determines whether the UAC prompt is displayed on the Secure Desktop when a user is prompted for elevation? UAC: Switch To The Secure Desktop When Prompting For Elevation Which policy, by default is enabled, allows applications to write data to protected locations? UAC: Virtualized File And Registry Write Failures To Per-User Locations

Which policy needs to be enabled when it is necessary for remote assistance helpers to respond to UAC prompts that occur during a remote assistance session? UAC: Allow UIAccess Applications To Prompt For Elevation Without Using Secure Desktop Which policy when enabled only allows applications that are installed in the Windows\System 32 folder and the Program Files\ folder and its subdirectories are able to request execution with this special integrity level? UAC: Only Elevate UIAccess Applications That Are Installed In Secure Locations Where is the Local Security Policy console (Secpol.msc) found? Administrative Tools section of the Control Panel What is the Local Security Policy console specifically focused on that gives it an advantage over the Local Group Policy Console? security settings If the UAC is configured to do so, what type of credentials must be provided by a standard user? credentials of a user that is a member of the local administrators group What feature stores credentials for network resources, including file servers, Web sites, and terminal services servers? Credential Manager Where does Credential Manager store the credentials? Windows Vault Can Credential Manager back up EFS certificates? No. What command-line utility enables you to run programs using the credentials of another user? Runas What does the following node in Group Policy allow you to do? Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Local Policies\User Rights Assignment configures the user rights

Where can you delete credentials that you stored when using the Runas command-line utility? Credential Manager What stores digital certificates that you can use for authentication? smart cards What is the term used to describe the event of a user required to authenticate using two or more separate methods? multifactor authentication Which security policy, when enabled, users are able to log onto the computer only using a smart card? Interactive Log On: Require Smart Card Which security policy, when enabled, allows you to determine how the computer reacts when a user removes his smart card? Interactive Logon: Smart Card Removal Behavior What two common methods can you use to deal with users who have forgotten their password? password reset disks resetting user account passwords What three tools are included in Windows 7 to back up EFS certificates? Certificates Console (Certmgr.msc) Manage File Encryption Certificates tool Cipher.exe command What type of file are EFS certificates backed up to or exported from? PFX file Which group can reset the passwords of users that have forgotten them? local administrators group Which security policy in conjunction with Interactive Logon: Smart Card Removal Behavior locks the screen if the user removes the smart card? Interactive Logon: Smart Card Removal Properties: Lock Workstation

Which security policy in conjunction with Interactive Logon: Smart Card Removal Behavior forcibly logs off the user if the user removes the smart card? Interactive Logon: Smart Card Removal Behavior Properties: Force Logoff Which security policy in conjunction with Interactive Logon: Smart Card Removal Behavior forces a disconnection from the Remote Desktop Services session when the user removes his smart card? Interactive Logon: Smart Card Removal Behavior Properties: Disconnect If a Remote Desktop Services Session What is the difference between the Always Notify Me and Dim My Desktop Until I Respond and Always Notify Me AUC settings? Dimming requires a response before continuing work on the desktop.

Windows 7 Chapter 13 Monitoring and Performance

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What command in the Start Menu search box would you type to enter the Performance Monitor utility? perfmon On which tab of the Performance Monitor Properties dialog box can you specify how often the graphs update? General tab - Graph Elements Group - Sample Every box Which rights does a user need to be able to monitor performance data remotely? a member of the Performance Log Users group on the remote computer a member of the Event Log Readers group on the remote computer What term is used to describe the gathering of system information, including configuration settings and performance data, and store it in a data file? data collector set (DCS)

What are the two DCS built into Windows 7? System Performance DCS System Diagnostics DCS Which DCS is used to troubleshoot a slow computer or intermittent performance problems by logging processor, disk, memory, and network performance counters and kernel trace data? System Performance DCS Which DCS can you use when troubleshooting reliability problems such as problematic hardware, driver failures, or STOP errors by logging all the information included in the other DCS, plus detailed system information? System Diagnostics DCS What are the four custom performance data sources? Performance Counter Data Collector, Event Trace Data Collector, Configuration Data Collector, Performance Counter Alert Which type of data collector enables you to collect performance statistics over long periods of time for later analysis including setting baselines and analyzing trends? Performance Counter Data Collector Which type of data collector enables you to collect information about system events and activities? Event Trace Data Collector Which type of data collector enables you to store information about registry keys, Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) management paths, and the system state? Configuration Data Collector Which type of data collector enables you to configure an alert that is generated when a particular performance counter exceeds or drops below a specific threshold value? Performance Counter Alert Which command-line utility enables you to create data collectors from an elevated command prompt? Logman

What command can you enter in the Search box of the Start Menu to view the system diagnostics report? perfmon /report What Windows 7 feature monitors your computer and reports problems with security, maintenance, and related services? Action Center What is the easiest way to open Reliability Monitor? perfmon /rel in the Start menu Search box What Windows 7 feature tracks a computer's stability enabling you to diagnose intermittent problems with hardware or application failures? Reliability Monitor What is the feature based on data collected over the lifetime of a system? stability index What would be a stability index of 10 indicate? The maximum value of the stability index is 10. The value indicates that the computer has been stable over the previous 28 days with no failures or reboots. It also indicates that no software updates and service packs that require a reboot have been applied during that time. What tab in Task Manager provides details about how a computer is using system resources? Performance tab How do you change the priority of a process on a computer? Open Task Manager. In the Processes tab, right-click the process and click Set Priority. you can choose Realtime, High, Above Normal, Normal, Below Normal, or Low. How do you start Resource Monitor from the Start Menu? resmon How do you start Event Viewer in the Start Menu Search box? eventvwr

What Windows 7 feature displays event logs, which are files that record significant events on a computer? Event Viewer What are the four categories in Event Viewer that events recorded fall into? Critical Error Warning Information What are the four logs that Event Viewer uses to track information? Application Security System Forwarded Events What Event Viewer log stores event programs? Application log What Event Viewer log stores security-related audit events? Security log What Event Viewer log stores system events that are logged by Windows 7 and system services? System log What Event Viewer log stores events that are forwarded by other computers? Forwarded Events log What Windows 7 feature enables you to transfer events that match specific criteria to an administrative (or collector) computer? Event Forwarding What protocol does Event Forwarding use? HTTP What is the term used when a computer on which an event is generated (the source computer) sends the event to the collector computer? source-initiated subscription

What command-line utility enables you to configure a computer running Windows 7 so that a collector computer can retrieve events from it? Winrm (Windows Remote Management) What command would you run from an elevated prompt to configure Windows Remote Management? winrm quickconfig or winrm qc What command would you use from an elevated prompt to configure a computer running Windows 7 to collect events (Windows Event Collector service)? wecutil quickconfig or wecutil qc What Windows 7 feature gives you a snapshot of resource usage and lets you manage applications, service, and protocols? Task Manager What Windows 7 feature lets you access and filter event logs and create custom views? Event Viewer What Windows 7 feature lets you access system management information and is designed to work across networks? Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) What feature handles the script interaction between consumers and providers? CIMOM Where does the CIMOM retrieve the provider and class information necessary to service consumer requests? CIM Repository Where would you find the schema, also called the object repository or the class store, which defines all data exposed by WMI? CIM Repository

What Windows 7 feature maintains the set of core and common base classes from which system and application software developers derive and create system-specific or application-specific extension classes? Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) What term is used to describe a script, an enterprise management application, a Web-based application, or some other administrative tool that accesses and controls management information available through the WMI infrastructure? WMI Consumer What WMI feature provides the set of automation objects through which scripting languages such as VBScript access the WMI infrastructure? WMI Scripting Library What WMI administrative tool enables you to view and edit classes, properties, qualifiers, and instances in a CIM repository; run selected methods; and generate and compile Managed Object Format (MOF) files? WMI Common Information Model (CIM) Studio What WMI administrative tool enables you to view objects, edit property values and qualifiers, and run methods? WMI Object Browser What WMI administrative tool enables you to configure permanent event consumers and to create or view instances of event consumers, filters, bindings, and timer system classes? WMI Event Registration Tool What WMI administrative tool enables you to display events for all instances of registered consumers? WMI Event Viewer What tool is used to troubleshoot the Windows startup process? MSConfig What command would you use in the Start menu Search box to initiate MSConfig? msconfig

What two Windows 7 utilities enable you to start or stop services on a computer running Windows 7 without rebooting the computer? Task Manager System Configuration How do you access the Services console from the Search box? services.msc What Windows 7 feature contains the following performance analysis tools? Xperf.exe Xperfview.exe Xbootmgr.exe Windows Performance Toolkit (WPT) What performance tool captures traces, processes them for use on a computer, and supports command-line trace analysis? The Trace Capture, Processing, and Command-Line Analysis tool (Xperf.exe) What performance tool presents trace content in the form of interactive graphs and summary tables? The Visual Trace Analysis tool (Xperfview.exe) What performance tool automates on/off state transitions and captures traces during these transitions? The On/Off Transition Trace Capture tool (Xbootmgr.exe) What command-line tool provides the following features? Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) trace control ETW trace merging and enhancements by including other events Executable image and symbol identification Trace dump capabilities Support for post-processing Xperf.exe What tool modifies which programs run at startup, edit configuration files, and enables you to control Windows services and access Windows Performance and Troubleshooting tools? System Configuration Tool What tool lets you configure visual effects and specify whether the system is adjusted for best performance of applications or background services? The Performance Options tool

Which program notifies users if there is a problem with the network firewall, antivirus, antispyware, or Windows Update on their computers running Windows 7? The Action Center How do you set priority levels for a process in the Task Manager of Windows 7? Right-click the process and click Set Priority. Which command is used to configure WinRM and is typically used on the source computer? Winrm Which command line tool is used to configure the Windows Event Collector service and is typically used on the collector computer? Wecutil

Windows 7 Chapter 14 Recovery and Backup

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What are the available types of backup destinations? second internal hard drive, external hard drive, DVD-ROM, USB flash drives, network location, a VHD What type of folder is a library? Can you add folders to libraries? Can you move folders to libraries? virtual folder yes no What two kinds of backup are supported by the Backup and Restore console? System Image Files and folders What format does Backup and Restore utility write System Image backups in? VHD format What tool would you use to mount a backup in the Disk Management console? Diskpart utility

What utility would you use to make the VHD bootable after it has been mounted? Bcdedit What command-line tool enables you to schedule System Image backups? Wbadmin What Wbadmin command would you use to initiate a System Image backup of the C: drive to the H: drive? wbadmin start backup -backuptarget:h: -include:c: -quiet What is created when a file and folder backup occurs? backup set What command would you use to start System Restore from the Search box? system restore Under what circumstances can you undo a system restore? If you boot Windows 7 normally or from Last Known Good Configuration (Advanced) and subsequently perform a system restore. What does a System Image restore rewrite? It rewrites the entire contents of a system volume. How do you access the Advanced Boot Options? F8 key while the computer boots What happens when you enter Safe Mode? This loads a minimal set of drivers. What happens when you enter Safe Mode with Networking? This loads the least number of drivers that will enable basic operation plus network connectivity. What mode loads a minimal set of drivers and starts Windows 7 with a command-line interface? Safe Mode with Command Prompt

Which mode logs details about the boot process, specifically a file named Ntbtlog.txt, which list all drivers that load during startup, including the last file to load before a failure occurs? Enable Boot Logging Which mode loads only the most basic default screen drivers? Enable Low Resolution Video Which mode boots the computer into the last configuration that is know to have worked? Last Known Good Configuration (Advanced) Which mode is not relevant to a client computer? Directory Services Restore Mode Which mode enables kernel debugging and System Image restore? Debugging Mode Which mode lets you read the information on the blue STOP screen, which otherwise disappears as the computer reboots? Disable Automatic Restart on System Failure Which mode allows you to load unsigned drivers? Disable Driver Signal Enforcement Which mode attempts to start Windows 7 normally? Start Windows Normally What System Recovery option automatically fixes problems that prevent Windows form starting? Startup Repair What System Recovery gives you another method of starting a system restore to a previous restore point? System Restore

What System Restore option enables you to implement a System Image restore? System Image Recovery What System Restore option analyzes the computer memory (RAM) for hardware problems? Windows Memory Diagnostic Which System Restore gives access to the file system, volumes, and files through a commandline interface? Command Prompt When you use the Enable Boot Logging option in Advanced Boot Option, what file does this create and what information is stored in this file? Enable Boot Logging creates a file named Ntbtlog.txt, which lists all drivers that load during startup, including the last file to load before a failure occurs. Which registry key is the configuration stored in that is used by Last Known Good Configuration (Advanced)? HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet What utility would you use to create, modify or remove a BCD store, list currently active settings, query entries of a particular type, apply a global change to all entires, change the default time-out value? Bcdedit What is the term used for restoring to a different location to test that your backup and restore procedures are working correctly without the risk of overwriting your current files and folders? dummy restore What has to be enabled for shadow copies to be a part of the restore point? system protection What information do you need to have to restore a renamed file or folder from a shadow copy? The location that the file or folder was saved to. What service manages and implements shadow copies? Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)

What type of file system needs to be used to be able to configure system protection on a hard disk? NTFS file system How can you restore a renamed or deleted file? By restoring a previous version of the folder in which the original file was saved. How can you restore user settings and user-related data such as desktop settings, contacts, and favorites? By restoring a user profile. What two originating entities are used to recover a previous version of a file or folder? shadow copies from a restore point backup sets Which Windows 7 editions enable you to boot from a system image? Windows Enterprise and Ultimate What is required of the file system and the VHD if it is to be used for a System Image Backup? file system needs to be NTFS the volume contains a VHD and it is mounted and the VHD is not backed up What contains information about registry setting and other system information? restore point What returns a computer system to a selected restore point, which does not alter user files? system restore What type of format must your file system use for System Protection? NTFS format Which type of restore rewrites the entire contents of a system volume? a system image restore

Which type of restore only restores the system environment? system restore What two items load/start when you initiate the Debugging Mode? Windows PE loads Windows RE starts What type of profile, on a domain-based enterprise network, enables a user to log on at any client computer in a domain? roaming profile