Deck 1: Introduction to Windows 10

Question 1

Which of the following is not one of the five mainstream versions of Windows 10?

A) Windows 10 Home
B) Windows 10 Business
C) Windows 10 Enterprise
D) Windows 10 Pro for Workstations

Answer 1

Windows 10 Business

Question 2

Which of the following statements about domains is true?

A) A computer can be a member of both a workgroup and a domain at the same time.
B) Only one domain can exist on a network.
C) If a domain user account needs to be removed, it has to be removed only from the domain database on the domain controller and not each domain member computer.
D) The computer and the domain do not need to be identified by unique names.

Answer 2

If a domain user account needs to be removed, it has to be removed only from the domain database on the domain controller and not each domain member computer.

Question 3

Jack is looking to buy a new computer and asks his friend Antonio, a software developer, for advice. Jack wants to know if the choice of operating system will impact the applications he uses or whether he can ignore this aspect and focus on the other specifications.
How should Antonio respond?

A) Different operating systems use different application programmer interfaces, so an application written for one operating system will not run on another operating system.
B) Operating systems are only an improvement to the user interface, and their use in computers is optional, so the choice of operating system is irrelevant.
C) Operating systems typically use the same application programmer interfaces (APIs), so the same applications can be used across different operating systems.
D) Applications are written to directly communicate with hardware, so the choice of an operating system is irrelevant from the perspective of a non-developer.

Answer 3

Different operating systems use different application programmer interfaces, so an application written for one operating system will not run on another operating system.

Question 4

In the context of management features included in Windows 10, which of the following statements is true of Active Directory?

A) It allows administrators to control authentication to Windows 10 clients without manually configuring user accounts.
B) It allows administrators to configure thousands of operating system settings on Windows 10 computers.
C) It contains information about Windows 10 updates that are provided by Microsoft for free.
D) It is used by application developers to perform common functions like opening and writing to a file.

Question 5

A firm purchases five hundred computers for its new office. A system administrator installs Windows 10 on all the computers. The administrator wants all the computers in the new office to have a consistent configuration.
Which of the following features included in Windows 10 would be appropriate to complete this task?

A) Multiple Activation Key
B) Group Policy
C) Automatic updates
D) Application programmer interface

Question 6

Leo, an engineer at a construction firm, installs Windows 10 Home on a new laptop. He wants to connect 4 physical processors to the laptop to meet the high-speed processing requirements of his work. However, when he tries to connect the processors, his operating system does not support all the processors.
Which of the following is the most likely reason that the operating system does not support the additional processors?

A) Windows 10 Home does not include BitLocker drive encryption.
B) Windows 10 Home requires a minimum of 6 physical processors.
C) Windows 10 Home does not include Active Directory.
D) Windows 10 Home provides for only 1 physical processor.

Question 7

Primewall Informatics is an IT consulting firm that provides IT services to other companies. On one of its projects, the client requires the entire team to use computers with newly installed operating systems. The client wants to retain control over the applications that will be allowed to run on these computers.
Which of the following editions of Windows 10 should Primewall choose?

A) Windows 10 Home
B) Windows 10 Pro Education
C) Windows 10 Pro for Workstations
D) Windows 10 Enterprise

Question 8

Hung, a travel blogger, documents his travels across the world on his blog. On a trekking vacation in Europe, his Windows 10 laptop falls out of his backpack and breaks, so he buys a new laptop with Windows 10 preinstalled on it. When he tries to play a movie from his hard disk, the movie file does not open. He notices that the laptop does not have Windows Media Player. He's able to play the file after downloading and installing the Media Feature Pack from Microsoft.
Which of the following editions of Windows 10 is most likely installed on this new laptop?

A) Windows 10 Pro KN
B) Windows 10 Home N
C) Windows 10 Pro
D) Windows 10 Home

Question 9

Venona Inc., a food processing company, buys laptops that have the 64-bit version of Windows 10 preinstalled. On the first day of use, employees run into issues with the new laptops. They are unable to use a critical 16-bit business application that they were using without issues on their previous computers.
Which of the following is the most likely reason the employees are not able to run the business application?

A) 16-bit software can run only on a 16-bit version of Windows 10.
B) 16-bit software cannot run on a 64-bit version of Windows 10.
C) 64-bit versions of Windows 10 support only 64-bit software.
D) 16-bit software is not supported on any edition of Windows 10.

Question 10

The engineering department of a neighboring university is looking to upgrade the operating systems used in its laboratory computers. These computers have many 16-bit engineering applications installed. The university does not have the funding to replace or upgrade the existing 16-bit software.
Which of the following versions of Windows 10 Pro should the university buy for the lab computers?

A) The 16-bit version
B) The 32-bit version
C) The 64-bit version
D) The 128-bit version

Question 11

Diane wants to install the 32-bit version of the Windows 10 Home edition on a computer. The computer has a 64-bit processor, 1 GB RAM, 128 GB SSD, and a DirectX 8.1 graphical processor. Diane is unable to proceed with the installation because one of the components does not meet the required installation criteria.
Which of these components is causing the issue?

A) The 64-bit processor
B) The 1 GB RAM
C) The 128 GB SSD
D) The DirectX 8.1 graphical processor

Question 12

Luis, a computer support specialist of a small tax consultancy, is manually installing Windows 10 on all the new computers in the company using the DVD boot installation method.
At what point during the installation should Luis insert the installation DVD in the DVD drive?

A) Before starting the computer
B) Immediately after starting the computer
C) After the BIOS loading is complete
D) When the computer prompts Luis to insert the DVD

Question 13

Which of the following is a disadvantage of using the DVD boot installation method to install Windows 10?

A) It is not suitable for small organizations that have less than 20 computers.
B) It offers a low degree of customization.
C) It does not allow the addition of drivers using USB storage.
D) It requires the computer to boot from the DVD.

Question 14

Ksenia is using the DVD boot installation method to install Windows 10 on her computer. She realizes that she needs to install additional drivers during the installation of the operating system.
How can Ksenia achieve this?

A) Ksenia can copy these additional drivers to the DVD before beginning the installation.
B) Ksenia can use a USB storage device to load and install these additional drivers.
C) Ksenia can only install additional drivers after completion of the Windows 10 installation process.
D) Ksenia can place the Windows 10 installation files on faster media such as flash storage.

Question 15

Igneta intends to install Windows 10 on her personal computer using a DVD boot installation. She wants to speed up the DVD boot installation process.
How can Igneta do this?

A) Igneta can configure the computer to boot from the DVD.
B) Igneta can install the operating system on a hard disk drive instead of a solid-state drive.
C) Igneta can start the computer with the DVD inserted.
D) Igneta can place the Windows 10 installation files on faster media such as flash storage.

Question 16

Gerrit installs Windows 10 Home edition on his personal computer. Previously, his computer was running Windows 8.1. After installing Windows 10, Gerrit attempts to run one of the applications that was previously installed on the Windows 8 system.
If the application fails to run, which of the following is the most likely reason?

A) Gerrit chose a new installation instead of upgrading his operating system.
B) The application is not compatible with Windows 10.
C) During the upgrade, files and settings from Windows 8.1 were not moved to Windows 10.
D) Windows 8.1 cannot be upgraded to Windows 10.

Question 17

Josephine wants to upgrade the operating system on her personal computer to Windows 10 Home.
Which of the following operating systems must be currently installed on her computer for the upgrade?

A) Windows 8.0 Home
B) Windows 7 Pro
C) Windows 7 Home
D) Windows 8.1 Pro

Question 18

Trang wants to upgrade her personal computer to Windows 10 Pro. Trang completes the upgrade without doing an installation from DVD and only by entering the Windows 10 Pro product key.
From which of the operating systems did Trang upgrade to Windows 10 Pro?

A) Windows 8.1 Home
B) Windows 8.0 Home
C) Windows 7 Home
D) Windows 10 Home

Question 19

Marquez Consulting has a hiring plan for 20 software developers. To prepare for this, the IT team is tasked with procuring 20 new desktops. The vendor contracted by Marquez delivers 20 desktops without any operating system installed. The IT team considers using volume licensing to activate Windows 10 Pro on these laptops.
What will be the outcome in this scenario?

A) The IT team will be able to activate Windows 10 Pro successfully.
B) The IT team will not be able to activate Windows 10 Pro.
C) The IT team will be able to activate the license using Microsoft Azure AD.
D) The IT team will need to purchase OEM licenses from a retail store.

Question 20

Xena is using a 3-year-old desktop with Windows 10 installed. When she set up the computer previously, she intended to use it for purposes that are not resource-intensive such as browsing and watching movies. Recently, she has taken a liking to gaming that requires more power and better specifications for a good gaming experience. She decides to upgrade her desktop. After upgrading the desktop, she notices that the OS needs to be reactivated.
Which of the following new components most likely caused this?

A) The motherboard
B) The portable solid-state drive
C) The additional hard disk drive
D) The additional RAM

Question 21

Mei, a system administrator, has installed Windows 10 on 15 computers in her company. She needs to activate the license using the Multiple Activation Key (MAK) activation method. However, the new computers do not have access to the Internet because of certain infrastructure issues.
Which of the following methods should Mei use to activate the licenses without having to spend much time?

A) Configure proxy activation by using the Volume Activation Management Tool
B) Use phone-based activation
C) Authenticate Active Directory
D) Create a service (SRV) record in the domain name system (DNS)

Question 22

Talal, an IT administrator, sets up a KMS server in his organization to enable KMS activation of Windows 10 licenses. The organization buys 20 new computers with generic volume license keys (GVLK) configured. Two days after the purchase, Talal tries to activate these 20 computers using the KMS server, but the licenses are not activated.
Which of the following is a reason for the activation failure?

A) A KMS activation is only possible after 180 days of the purchase.
B) A KMS server has a minimum activation threshold of 25 instances for Windows 10.
C) A KMS server cannot activate Windows 10 on computers with generic volume license keys.
D) A KMS is only possible when the client computers are connected to the Internet.

Question 23

Lorena has multiple windows open on her desktop. She wants to minimize all the windows except the currently active window.
Which of the following features of Windows 10 should Lorena use?

A) The Snap feature
B) The Task View feature
C) The Shake feature
D) The Virtual Desktop feature

Question 24

Jordana, a PhD student, is using her Windows 10 laptop to write her thesis. As part of her research, she must refer to multiple documents and applications open in different windows, which makes her writing process cumbersome.
Which of the following options will help Jordana preview other windows without having to switch between them?

A) The Peek feature
B) The Search box
C) The Shake feature
D) The Snap feature

Question 25

Layla is a freelance data engineer and musician. On her laptop, she uses various software to aid her work as a data engineer as well as to record and produce music. At times, she switches back and forth between both roles. For example, while she waits for her code to complete execution, she switches to editing a music track. This creates a maze of open applications. She wants to organize the workspace on her laptop in a better manner so that she can separate her data engineering workspace from her music workspace.
Which of the following options in Windows 10 is a solution to Layla's requirement?

A) Application programmer interface
B) The Action Center
C) Active Directory
D) Virtual Desktop

Question 26

Stephanie is a wedding planner with a small home-based wedding planning business, which she runs with the help of one assistant. When she decides to expand her business and hire two more assistants, she buys two Windows 10 desktop computers in addition to the one her current assistant uses. She sets up local user accounts for each assistant on each computer, which allows her assistants to access information stored on each other's computers using unique user IDs and passwords.
Which of the following Windows 10 networking models does Stephanie's business use?

A) The Open Systems Interconnection model
B) Azure AD join
C) The workgroup model
D) The domain model

Question 27

Akosua, a system administrator, is configuring Windows 10 systems purchased from a vendor for the marketing department. Akosua is unable to join the computers to the Marketing domain. Other older computers have no problems in joining the domain.
Which of the following editions of Windows 10 is installed on the new computers?

A) Windows 10 Pro
B) Windows 10 Education
C) Windows 10 Enterprise
D) Windows 10 Home

Question 28

Cryopact, a research laboratory, has distributed laptops to its employees. The employees can access work files even when they are outside the office and collaborate with the office network through the services available in Office 365.
Which of the following Windows 10 networking models is Cryopact most likely using?

A) Azure AD join
B) Active Directory
C) The workgroup model
D) The domain model