ITN 106 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
a program that runs in the background to support or serve Windows or an application.
-- Answer ✔✔ Service
a collection of several patches or updates that is installed as a single update to an OS or
application -- Answer ✔✔ Service Pack
Located on the right side of the Vista desktop and displays Vista gadgets -- Answer ✔✔
Sidebar
The Windows 7/Vista user account type that can use software and hardware and make
some system changes, but cannot make changes that affect the security of the system or
other user -- Answer ✔✔ Standard account
a directory or folder contained in another directory or folder. also called a child
directory or folder -- Answer ✔✔ Subdirectory
,a Windows tool that provides details about a system, including installed hardware and
software, the current system configuration, and currently running programs. The
program file is Msinfo32.exe -- Answer ✔✔ System Information
a window that displays brief and important information about installed hardware and
software and gives access to important Windows tools needed to support the system --
Answer ✔✔ System Window
a bar normally located at the bottom of the Windows desktop, displaying information
about open programs and providing quick access to others -- Answer ✔✔ Taskbar
a Windows 7/Vista security feature that displays a dialog box when an event requiring
administrative privileges is about to happen -- Answer ✔✔ User Account Control
(UAC) dialog box
a primary partition that has been assigned a drive letter and can be formatted with a file
system such as NTFS. Compare to logical drive -- Answer ✔✔ Volume
a Windows 7/Vista feature that gives a summary index designed to measure the overall
performance of a system on a scale from 1.0 to 7.9 -- Answer ✔✔ Windows Experience
Index
a Windows server directory database and service that is used in managing a domain to
allow for a single point of administration for all shared resources on a network,
including files, peripheral devices, databases, web sites, users, and services -- Answer
✔✔ Active directory
, a text file that contains information that Windows requires in order to do an
unattended installation -- Answer ✔✔ Answer file
a text file containing a series of OS commands. autoexec.bat is a batch file -- Answer
✔✔ Batch file
a startup menu that gives the user the choice of which operating system to load, such as
Windows XP or Windows 7, which are both installed on the same system, creating a
dual boot -- Answer ✔✔ Boot loader menu
a group of settings that can be applied to older drivers or applications that might cause
them to work in Windows using a newer version of Windows than the one the
programs were designed to use -- Answer ✔✔ Compatibility mode
Primary Windows tool for managing hardware -- Answer ✔✔ Device Manager
Making an exact image of a hard drive, including partition information, boot sectors,
operating system installation, and application software to replicate the hard drive on
another system or recover from a hard drive crash. also called disk cloning or disk
imaging -- Answer ✔✔ Drive imaging
The overall structure that an OS uses to name, store, and organize files on a disk --
Answer ✔✔ File System
a Windows XP tool used to copy user data and settings from one computer to another
-- Answer ✔✔ Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
ANSWERS
a program that runs in the background to support or serve Windows or an application.
-- Answer ✔✔ Service
a collection of several patches or updates that is installed as a single update to an OS or
application -- Answer ✔✔ Service Pack
Located on the right side of the Vista desktop and displays Vista gadgets -- Answer ✔✔
Sidebar
The Windows 7/Vista user account type that can use software and hardware and make
some system changes, but cannot make changes that affect the security of the system or
other user -- Answer ✔✔ Standard account
a directory or folder contained in another directory or folder. also called a child
directory or folder -- Answer ✔✔ Subdirectory
,a Windows tool that provides details about a system, including installed hardware and
software, the current system configuration, and currently running programs. The
program file is Msinfo32.exe -- Answer ✔✔ System Information
a window that displays brief and important information about installed hardware and
software and gives access to important Windows tools needed to support the system --
Answer ✔✔ System Window
a bar normally located at the bottom of the Windows desktop, displaying information
about open programs and providing quick access to others -- Answer ✔✔ Taskbar
a Windows 7/Vista security feature that displays a dialog box when an event requiring
administrative privileges is about to happen -- Answer ✔✔ User Account Control
(UAC) dialog box
a primary partition that has been assigned a drive letter and can be formatted with a file
system such as NTFS. Compare to logical drive -- Answer ✔✔ Volume
a Windows 7/Vista feature that gives a summary index designed to measure the overall
performance of a system on a scale from 1.0 to 7.9 -- Answer ✔✔ Windows Experience
Index
a Windows server directory database and service that is used in managing a domain to
allow for a single point of administration for all shared resources on a network,
including files, peripheral devices, databases, web sites, users, and services -- Answer
✔✔ Active directory
, a text file that contains information that Windows requires in order to do an
unattended installation -- Answer ✔✔ Answer file
a text file containing a series of OS commands. autoexec.bat is a batch file -- Answer
✔✔ Batch file
a startup menu that gives the user the choice of which operating system to load, such as
Windows XP or Windows 7, which are both installed on the same system, creating a
dual boot -- Answer ✔✔ Boot loader menu
a group of settings that can be applied to older drivers or applications that might cause
them to work in Windows using a newer version of Windows than the one the
programs were designed to use -- Answer ✔✔ Compatibility mode
Primary Windows tool for managing hardware -- Answer ✔✔ Device Manager
Making an exact image of a hard drive, including partition information, boot sectors,
operating system installation, and application software to replicate the hard drive on
another system or recover from a hard drive crash. also called disk cloning or disk
imaging -- Answer ✔✔ Drive imaging
The overall structure that an OS uses to name, store, and organize files on a disk --
Answer ✔✔ File System
a Windows XP tool used to copy user data and settings from one computer to another
-- Answer ✔✔ Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
