Exam Prep Ch.4 Windows 7

Survey of Operating Systems, 6e (Holcombe)

Chapter 4 Windows 7

1) When a company needs identical installations of Windows installed on many desktops, technicians may create a/an ________, which is an exact replica of the entire hard drive contents, including the OS and all installed apps.

A) Jump list

B) Image

C) Clean installation

D) Restore point

2) This feature allows you to place icons for applications and destinations on the taskbar and Start menu.

A) Jump lists

B) Pinning

C) Aero Shake

D) Action Center

3) When you right-click on a program on the taskbar in Windows 7, you see this feature.

A) Jump lists

B) Pinning

C) Show Hidden Icons

D) Action Center

4) Take this action on an item that was automatically added to a program's jump list and it will remain in the list until you decide to remove it.

A) Double-click on it

B) Right-click on it

C) Drag it to the Start menu

D) Pin it

5) This taskbar feature, introduced in Windows 7, displays a flag in the notification area, and when there is a problem with security programs or backup, it briefly displays a message box on the desktop.

A) Jump lists

B) Pinning

C) Show Hidden Icons

D) Action Center

6) This Windows 7 feature eliminates the problem of a crowded notification area.

A) Jump lists

B) Pinning

C) Show Hidden Icons button

D) Action Center

7) To which edition of Windows 7 can you upgrade from all the retail editions of Windows Vista?

A) Home Premium

B) Professional

C) Enterprise

D) Ultimate

8) What is the minimum RAM required for 64-bit Windows 7?

A) 8 GB

B) 4 GB

C) 2 GB

D) 1 GB

9) Create one of these on your Windows 7 Start menu and use it to quickly open a folder, data file, program, or other object.

A) Gadget

B) Shortcut

C) Library

D) Image

10) What installation type will you select from the Windows 7 Setup program in order to install Windows 7 on a Windows Vista computer, preserve the existing OS, and create a multiboot installation between the two OSs?

A) Clean

B) Custom

C) Upgrade

D) In-place installation

11) What installation type will you select from the Windows 7 Setup program in order to do a clean installation of Windows 7?

A) Clean

B) Custom

C) Upgrade

D) In-place installation

12) What type of network connection is indicated in the notification area by a network icon with five vertical bars in graduated sizes?

A) Ethernet

B) USB

C) wireless

D) Bluetooth

13) What utility will help you to move your data, e-mail, applications, and settings from your old Windows computer to your new Windows 7 computer?

A) Windows Easy Transfer (WET)

B) Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor

C) Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor

D) Windows PE

14) This scaled-down Windows operating system runs when you start the Windows 7 Setup program.

A) Windows Easy Transfer (WET)

B) Windows Update

C) Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor

D) Windows PE

15) In what folder does 64-bit Windows 7 store 64-bit programs?

A) Windows

B) Users

C) Program Files

D) Program Files (x86)

16) In what folder does 32-bit Windows 7 store all program files?

A) Windows

B) Users

C) Program Files

D) Program Files (x86)

17) When burning files to a new optical disc, select this format if you plan to use the CD or DVD in a conventional CD or DVD player or an older Apple Mac or PC.

A) FAT32

B) NTFS

C) Mastered

D) Live File System

18) When burning files to a new disc, The Windows 7 Burn a Disc dialog asks, "How do you want to use this disc?" Which of the following will select the Live File System?

A) Like a USB flash drive

B) With a CD/DVD player

C) As a data disc

D) For multimedia

19) You are working on a project for which you have files in many locations—both on your desktop PC and on network servers. Which feature introduced in Windows 7 will best help you to organize these files?

A) Pinning

B) Libraries

C) Jump lists

D) Flip 3D

20) With a very high screen resolution, you may need to take this action to make text and desktop objects more visible

A) Add gadgets

B) Change the colors

C) Shrink them

D) Enlarge them

21) You are setting up a Windows 7 system with two displays to have a larger work area. Which Multiple Display setting should you select?

A) Extend these displays

B) Duplicate these displays

C) Show desktop only on 1

D) Show desktop only on 2

22) A user is logged on to Windows 7 with the user name Jade. Which of the following is the most likely location for this user's personal folders?

A) C:\Jade

B) C:\Allusers\Jade

C) C:\Users\Jade

D) C:\Personal\Jade

23) What file system allows you to continue to add files to a CD or DVD disc after the initial burn if there is room on the disc?

A) FAT32

B) NTFS

C) Mastered

D) Live File System

24) Where do local user accounts reside?

A) In the local accounts database

B) In an Active Directory database

C) In memory

D) In the Users folder

25) You can only do this when logged on with an account that is a member of the Administrator's group.

A) Open the User Accounts applet.

B) Open the Manage Accounts folder.

C) Manage and create other local accounts.

D) Change your password.

26) If you do not want permissions to be inherited from a parent folder, you should take this action.

A) Ignore

B) Block inheritance at the child folder

C) Assign new permissions

D) Block inheritance at the parent folder

27) What is the primary Windows 7 tool for managing files?

A) Internet Explorer

B) Microsoft Word

C) Microsoft Office

D) Windows Explorer

28) Each folder and file on an NTFS volume has an associated table of users and/or groups and their permissions. What is this table called?

A) Access Control List (ACL)

B) Access Control Entry (ACE)

C) permissions list

D) rights database

29) This is a record in a tiny database that contains just one user or group account name and the permissions assigned to this account.

A) Access Control List (ACL)

B) Access Control Entry (ACE)

C) permissions list

D) rights database

30) Full Control, Modify, Read and Execute, Read, and Write are the NTFS ________.

A) Special file permissions

B) Standard folder permissions

C) Standard file permissions

D) Special folder permissions

31) Each edition of Windows 7 has a unique kernel.

32) BitLocker To Go is a new feature in Windows 7.

33) Use Aero Snap to quickly maximize a window.

34) If you do not provide a product key while installing a retail edition of Windows 7 it will not run.

35) You do not need to install a driver for a network printer because it does not directly connect to your computer.

36) BitLocker encrypts the entire contents of a drive, storing an encryption and decryption key on the same drive.

37) Windows Defender is free antivirus software included with Windows 7.

38) Security implemented solely on a desktop or laptop computer is local security.

39) By default, both the Guest account and the Administrator accounts are enabled.

40) By default, BitLocker Drive Encryption is turned on for the drive on which Windows is installed.

41) What are the three retail editions of Windows 7?

42) Explain the difference between BitLocker and BitLocker To Go in Windows 7.

43) Describe a benefit of doing an upgrade installation (also called an in-place installation) of Windows.

44) Near the end of Windows 7 Setup, if your computer is connected to a network, you are asked to select the location of your computer. List the three choices you have for locations.

45) You installed an app for editing graphics, and you have decided to uninstall it. Describe how you will do this, based on the method recommended in the chapter.

46) Consider that a library points to many locations and describe where a file is placed if you save it into a library.

47) Explain the difference between Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) and Windows Defender in Windows 7, including what happens to Windows Defender when you install WSE.

48) Describe a scenario in which the Windows 7 local Administrator account is automatically enabled on a computer during installation.

49) Explain what is so unique about the local Administrator account that it would be disabled by default in Windows 7.

50) Identify and contrast the Windows file system intended for use with solid-state storage devices with the Windows file system recommended for hard disks.