Question 1

Your company's Routing and Remote Access server has Windows Server 2003 R2 installed. Which of the following protocols can be used to connect to the VPN server?
A)SSTP
B)IKEv2
C)L2TP/IPsec
D)PPTP

Accepted Answer

L2TP/IPsec is the protocol used to connect to the VPN server.
Key Takeaway: To configure a L2TP IPSec dialer, open Control Panel > Network and Sharing Centre > Setup a New Network Connection. Select use my Internet connection (VPN) and type the IP Address of the VPN server and VPN dialer name. Type the user name and password.

Question 2

Which of the following tools should you use to determine the identification string assigned to a BitLocker-protected volume?
A)Cipher.exe
B)Bcdedit.exe
C)Manage-bde.exe
D)Sigverif.exe

Accepted Answer

You should use the manage-bde.exe to determine the identification string assigned to a BitLocker-protected volume.
Key Takeaway: The Manage-bde.exe command-line tool is designed to enable BitLocker Drive Encryption on one computer at a time and to assist with administration after BitLocker is enabled. To enable BitLocker by using Manage-bde.exe, click Start, type cmd in the Search programs and files box, right-click cmd.exe, and then click Run as administrator. If the User Account Control dialog box appears, confirm that the action it displays is what you want and then click Yes. At the command prompt, type manage-bde.exe -? to view the available parameters for the Manage-bde.exe command.

Question 3

You want to allow a computer without a TPM chip that is running Windows 7 Enterprise to utilize BitLocker to protect its hard disk drive. Which of the following policy should you configure?
A)Allow Enhanced PINs for Startup
B)Configure TPM Platform Validation Profile
C)Require Additional Authentication at Startup
D)Configure Minimum PIN Length for Startup

Accepted Answer

You should configure Require Additional Authentication at Startup to allow a computer without a TPM chip that is running Windows 7 Enterprise to utilize BitLocker to protect its hard disk drive.
Key Takeaway: If you want to use BitLocker without a TPM or to require an additional authentication method with the TPM, click Start, type gpedit.msc in the Search programs and files box, and then press ENTER. If the User Account Control dialog box appears, confirm that the action it displays is what you want and then click Yes. In the console tree under Local Computer Policy\Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\BitLocker Drive Encryption, click Operating System Drives. To configure authentication methods in addition to the TPM, in the details pane, double-click Require additional authentication at startup to open the policy setting and then click Enabled.

Question 4

You need to ensure that BitLocker to Go Reader is available on all FAT-formatted removable devices protected with BitLocker. Which of the following policies should you configure?
A)Configure Use Of Passwords For Removable Data Drives.
B)Choose How BitLocker-Protected Removable Drives Can Be Recovered.
C)Allow Access To BitLocker-Protected Removable Data Drives From Earlier Versions Of Windows.
D)Control Use of BitLocker on Removable Drives.

Accepted Answer

To ensure that BitLocker to Go Reader is available on all FAT-formatted removable devices protected with BitLocker, you need to configure the Allow Access To BitLocker-Protected Removable Data Drives From Earlier Versions Of Windows.
Key Takeaway: BitLocker protection on removable drives is known as BitLocker To Go. When a BitLocker-protected removable drive is unlocked on a computer running Windows 7, the drive is automatically recognized and the user is prompted for credentials to unlock the drive. With BitLocker to Go Reader, you can unlock the BitLocker-protected drives by using a password or a recovery password and gain read-only access to their data.

Question 5

Which of the following tools should you use to migrate a custom power plan from one computer running Windows 7 to another?
A)Powercfg.exe
B)Power Options
C)Gpedit.msc
D)Bcdedit.exe

Accepted Answer

You should use the powercfg.exe tool to migrate a custom power plan from one computer running Windows 7 to another.
Key Takeaway: You can use the Powercfg.exe tool to control power settings and configure computers to default to Hibernate or Standby modes. It can be used to expose potential power hogging drivers and configuration issues that lead to more power consumption. A file called energy-report.html will be created in the directory from where the powercfg.exe command is executed. This file gives a snapshot of the system energy consumption over a 60-second period.

Question 6

You want to generate a list of devices that are currently configured to wake the computer from any sleep state on a computer running Windows 7. Which of the following commands should you use?
A)powercfg.exe -devicequery wake_armed
B)powercfg.exe -devicequery all_devices
C)powercfg.exe -hibernate on
D)powercfg.exe -list

Accepted Answer

You should use the powercfg.exe -devicequery wake_armed command to generate a list of devices that are currently configured to wake the computer from any sleep state on a computer running Windows 7.
Key Takeaway: You can use the Powercfg.exe tool to control power settings and configure computers to default to Hibernate or Standby modes. Powercfg.exe has additional functionality to extend some settings that are not available in Control Panel.

Question 7

You want to ensure that all clients running Windows 7 are able to cache files on shared folders if the round-trip latency to the remote file server exceeds a specific value in milliseconds. This has to be done without having to specify that the file is available offline. Which of the following policies should you configure?
A)Configure Slow Link Speed
B)Transparent caching
C)Configure Slow Link Mode
D)Exclude Files From Being Cached

Accepted Answer

You should configure the Transparent caching policy to ensure that all clients running Windows 7 are able to cache files on shared folders if the round-trip latency to the remote file server exceeds a specific value in milliseconds.
Key Takeaway: With Transparent Caching, the first time a user opens a file in a shared folder, the file from the server is read and stored in a cache on the computer's hard drive. The second and subsequent times a user reads the same file, the file is retrieved from the hard drive. Transparent Caching is done by caching reads to remote files over a slow network in the Offline Files or CSC cache.

Question 8

You have a Windows 7 client that is configured using the default settings. Which of the following tasks can a standard user perform with respect to Windows Update?
A)Uninstall updates
B)Install updates
C)Change when updates are installed
D)Hide updates

Accepted Answer

A standard user can install updates on a Windows 7 client that is configured using the default settings.
Key Takeaway: A standard user can only install updates on a Windows 7 computer. Any other tasks related to an update will require administrator privileges. This will trigger a UAC prompt. UAC aims to improve the security of Microsoft Windows by limiting application software to standard user privileges until an administrator authorizes an increase or elevation.

Question 9

Which of the following can you use to determine if a particular software update is missing from a Windows 7 computer?
A)Microsoft Update
B)MBSA
C)WSUS
D)Group Policy Management Console

Accepted Answer

MBSA is used to determine if a particular software update is missing from a Windows 7 computer.
Key Takeaway: Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer, or MBSA, is a tool that lets you verify the security on your computer by detecting security issues based on a predetermined list of settings you should avoid. It will detect any security updates, service packs, and rollups that you don't have.

Question 10

John is visiting some third-party websites that provide content to a variety of websites. However, you do not want to keep a track of websites browsed during the browsing session. Which of the following should you do after starting Internet Explorer?
A)Start an InPrivate Browsing session
B)Disable Pop-up Blocker
C)Disable SmartScreen Filter
D)Enable InPrivate Filtering

Accepted Answer

John should enable InPrivate Filtering if you do not want to keep a track of websites browsed during the browsing session.
Key Takeaway: InPrivate Browsing in Windows Internet Explorer 8 helps protect data and privacy by preventing browsing history, temporary Internet files, form data, cookies, and usernames/passwords from being stored or retained locally by the browser. This leaves no evidence of the user's browsing or search history. You can start InPrivate Browsing in Internet Explorer 8 from the new Safety menu by selecting Start InPrivate Browsing from a New Tab page or at a command prompt.

Question 11

Which of the following should you use to determine when an application was installed on the computer?
A)Action Center
B)DCSs
C)Reliability Monitor
D)Performance Monitor

Accepted Answer

You should use the Reliability Monitor to determine when an application was installed on the computer.
Key Takeaway: The Reliability Monitor measures the hardware and software problems and other failures in the system. It calculates the stability index of your system and specifies results in the range from 1-10. This enables you to get an overview of the overall performance of your system.

Question 12

Which of the following commands should you use to configure the Event Collector service to run on the Windows 7 computer that is used to collect events?
A)winrm qc
B)winrm qc -q
C)wecutil qc
D)%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\gpedit.msc

Accepted Answer

You should use the wecutil qc command to configure the Event Collector service to run on the Windows 7 computer that is used to collect events.
Key Takeaway: The wecutil qc command initializes the Windows Event Collector on the Collector computer. This enables you to create and manage subscriptions to events forwarded from remote event sources that support the WS-Management protocol. All commands, options, and option values are case-insensitive for this utility.

Question 13

John wants to use Performance Monitor to display performance data captured in a DCS. He opens the tool and accesses the Performance Monitor Properties dialog box. Which of the following tabs should he choose to display current activity in real time or log files that he has saved using a DCS?
A)General
B)Data
C)Source
D)Graph

Accepted Answer

You should choose the Source tab to display current activity in real time or log files that he has saved using a DCS.
Key Takeaway: DCS provides two performance objects that you can use to capture information about the performance of the DCS infrastructure and DCS services: DCS Process Execution performance object and the DCS Service Model performance object. The DCS Process Execution performance object provides counters that assess the performance of the DCS infrastructure hosting the services. The DCS Service Model performance object provides counters that are used to monitor the performance of individual DCS services.

Question 14

You want to capture user and kernel traces and merge them to form a combined trace. Which of the following Windows Performance Analysis tools should you use?
A)Trace Capture, Processing, and Command-Line Analysis
B)Performance Analyzer
C)On/Off Transition Trace Capture
D)Visual Trace Analysis

Accepted Answer

The trace Capture, Processing, and Command-Line Analysis tool can be used to capture user and kernel traces and merge them to form a combined trace.
Key Takeaway: Trace Capture, Processing, and Command-Line Analysis, or the Xperf tool, enables events in the operating system by using groups and/or flags. These flags enable and disable events from providers in various parts of the operating system. You can then merge all traces into a single aggregate trace file that is commonly referred to as a merged trace file. When Xperf generates this file, it collects additional information from the operating system and adds it to the aggregate trace.

Question 15

Jack wants to view events generated by Windows Management. He also wants to view the event date and time, class, point of origin, and description. Which of the following WIM tools should he use?
A)WMI CIM Studio
B)WMI Event Viewer
C)WMI Object Browser
D)WMI Event Registration Tool

Accepted Answer

He should use the WMI Event Viewer to view events generated by Windows Management. He also wants to view the event date and time, class, point of origin, and description.
Key Takeaway: By default, WMI events are not traced. To use Event Viewer to enable WMI event tracing and locate WMI events, open Event Viewer. On the View menu, click Show Analytic and Debug Logs. Locate the Trace channel log for WMI under Applications and Service Logs > Microsoft > Windows > WMI Activity. Right-click Trace log and select Log Properties. Click the Enable Logging check box to start the WMI event tracing. WMI events appear in the event window for WMI-Activity. Double-click an event in the list to see the detailed information. You can view an event in XML View or in Friendly View format.

Question 16

Which tool helps you determine the applications that are responsible for activity on your hard disk, including the files and folders that are being accessed?
A)Process Explorer
B)Task Manager
C)Resource Monitor
D)Windows Experience Index

Accepted Answer

You should use the Resource Monitor to determine the applications that are responsible for activity on your hard disk, including the files and folders that are being accessed.
Key Takeaway: The Resource Monitor Tool helps you monitor your CPU, memory, and disks. On the primary tab of the Resource Monitor, you can find information about your CPU, memory, disk, and network and an overview of your performance. The remaining tabs list more details about each of the configuration parameters.

Question 17

Which of the following command-line utilities should you use to edit boot options in Windows 7?
A)Bcdedit.exe
B)Bootmgr.exe
C)Winload.exe
D)Winresume.exe

Accepted Answer

You should use the Bcdedit.exe command-line utility to edit boot options in Windows 7.
Key Takeaway: The Bcdedit.exe, or Boot Configuration Data Store Editor, command-line tool modifies the boot configuration data store. The boot configuration data store contains boot configuration parameters and controls how the operating system is booted. You can use Bcdedit.exe to add, delete, edit, and append entries in the boot configuration data store.

Question 18

You are troubleshooting instability problems that may be occurring due to hardware faults in RAM on a computer running Windows 7. Which of the following should you access in the System Recovery options?
A)Startup Repair
B)Windows Memory Diagnostic
C)System Restore
D)System Image Recovery

Accepted Answer

You should access the Windows Memory Diagnostic in the System Recovery options.
Key Takeaway: To run Windows Memory Diagnostic, click the Start button, type mem, and click on the Windows Memory Diagnostic. When the Windows Memory Diagnostic screen loads, click Restart now and check for problems. After the computer restarts, the memory diagnostic will run. Windows will restart and report any errors if they exist.

Question 19

Which of the following can be used to increase the physical memory and increase the speed of your computer?
A)PhysiRAM
B)ReadyBoost
C)Aero Glass
D)DirectAccess

Accepted Answer

ReadyBoost can be used to increase the physical memory and increase the speed of your computer.
Key Takeaway: ReadyBoost is a Windows 7 feature that helps you when your PC's memory is running low. Instead of using a hard drive line in virtual memory, Windows 7 uses Flash memory offers a speedier alternative. ReadyBoost works with most flash storage devices. Windows 7 supports flash memory up to 256 GB and with multiple devices.

Question 20

You want to ensure that some users can access Internet on your computer only during certain hours in a day. Which of the following option should you do to?
A)Access Parental Controls and then choose Time Limts.
B)Connect your computer to the domain.
C)Access User Profiles and then choose Time Restriction Settings.
D)Access Homegroup settings and then choose Offline Time Settings.

Accepted Answer

To ensure that some users can access Internet on your computer only during certain hours in a day, you should access Parental Controls and then choose Time Restrictions.
Key Takeaway: To turn on Parental Controls for a standard user account, open Parental Controls by clicking Start > Control Panel > User Accounts and Family Safety > Set up parental controls for any user. Click the standard user account that you want to set Parental Controls for. Under Parental Controls, click Enforce current settings. You should also set time limits to control when users can access Internet on your computer.

Quiz 1: Windows 7 Troubleshooting and Configuration

Your company's Routing and Remote Access server has Windows Server 2003 R2 installed. Which of the following protocols can be used to connect to the VPN server?

Which of the following tools should you use to determine the identification string assigned to a BitLocker-protected volume?

You want to allow a computer without a TPM chip that is running Windows 7 Enterprise to utilize BitLocker to protect its hard disk drive. Which of the following policy should you configure?

You need to ensure that BitLocker to Go Reader is available on all FAT-formatted removable devices protected with BitLocker. Which of the following policies should you configure?

Which of the following tools should you use to migrate a custom power plan from one computer running Windows 7 to another?

You want to generate a list of devices that are currently configured to wake the computer from any sleep state on a computer running Windows 7. Which of the following commands should you use?

You have a Windows 7 client that is configured using the default settings. Which of the following tasks can a standard user perform with respect to Windows Update?

Which of the following can you use to determine if a particular software update is missing from a Windows 7 computer?

John is visiting some third-party websites that provide content to a variety of websites. However, you do not want to keep a track of websites browsed during the browsing session. Which of the following should you do after starting Internet Explorer?

Which of the following should you use to determine when an application was installed on the computer?

Which of the following commands should you use to configure the Event Collector service to run on the Windows 7 computer that is used to collect events?

John wants to use Performance Monitor to display performance data captured in a DCS. He opens the tool and accesses the Performance Monitor Properties dialog box. Which of the following tabs should he choose to display current activity in real time or log files that he has saved using a DCS?

You want to capture user and kernel traces and merge them to form a combined trace. Which of the following Windows Performance Analysis tools should you use?

Jack wants to view events generated by Windows Management. He also wants to view the event date and time, class, point of origin, and description. Which of the following WIM tools should he use?

Which tool helps you determine the applications that are responsible for activity on your hard disk, including the files and folders that are being accessed?

Which of the following command-line utilities should you use to edit boot options in Windows 7?

You are troubleshooting instability problems that may be occurring due to hardware faults in RAM on a computer running Windows 7. Which of the following should you access in the System Recovery options?

Which of the following can be used to increase the physical memory and increase the speed of your computer?

You want to ensure that some users can access Internet on your computer only during certain hours in a day. Which of the following option should you do to?