Deck 2: Modern Client and Server Operating Systems

Question 1

If you suspect that a Windows problem is related to the database that stores hardware and software configuration information, which Windows component should you investigate?

A) ActiveX
B) Plug and Play
C) Component Object Model
D) Registry

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which Windows Server feature, first introduced in Windows Server 2012, provides administrators with the ability to manage storage of different sizes and interfaces, creating virtual disks that can be anything from a simple volume to a fault-tolerant RAID 5?

A) File Server Resource Manager
B) Server Core
C) Storage Spaces
D) Resilient File System

Answer 2

C

Question 3

What feature in Windows 10 allows you to expand your sign-in options by using your facial features or fingerprint if your hardware supports it?

A) Cortana
B) Quick access
C) Windows Hello
D) Microsoft Edge

Answer 3

C

Question 4

In which Windows client OS was the Start button replaced by the Start screen?

A) Windows 8
B) Windows 10
C) Windows 7
D) Windows 9

Question 5

macOS allows multiple users to access the OS in their own workspaces.

A) True
B) False

Question 6

Windows 98 was the first Windows OS to use the Kerberos authentication protocol.

A) True
B) False

Question 7

What operating system feature enables the OS to automatically detect newly installed hardware?

A) ActiveX
B) plug and play
C) the registry
D) component object

Question 8

Which tool, first introduced in Windows Server 2008 but remains in Windows Server 2019, provides one location to set up, deploy, and manage servers and server roles?

A) Server Manager
B) Server Core
C) Active Directory
D) File Explorer

Question 9

You are the administrator for a company that has users that must access the network remotely on a regular basis. You want users to be able to access the company's network resources securely wherever they have an Internet connection. What should you deploy on your server?

A) VPN
B) Kerberos
C) PDC
D) MMC 3.0

Question 10

Which Windows Server installation option has a very small footprint, does not support a local logon?

A) Nano Server
B) Server Core
C) Foundation Server
D) Windows Containers

Question 11

The first 32-bit operating system developed by Microsoft was Windows 3.1.

Question 12

What feature of UNIX provides the GUI and is network-enabled?

A) BSD
B) Aero
C) Aqua
D) X Window

Question 13

Which Windows Server installation option was introduced in Windows Server 2008 that has a limited GUI and smaller footprint?

A) Server Manager
B) Server Core
C) Active Directory
D) Hyper-V

Question 14

You need to set up a new network with 15 workstations. You must provide access to network services for all 15 stations simultaneously and you have been told to use Active Directory in this network. Which OS can provide Active Directory services?

A) Windows 10 Pro
B) Windows 2016 Server
C) Fedora Linux
D) mac OS Server

Question 15

On your Windows Server system, you want to be able to assign permissions to files based on the content of the files as well as certain properties of user accounts. What should you deploy?

A) Storage Spaces
B) Resilient File System
C) PowerShell
D) Dynamic Access Control

Question 16

Which of the following is NOT a feature of the Windows NT security model?

A) file and folder protection
B) user accounts and passwords
C) all network data is encrypted
D) support for domains

Question 17

Which of the following is true about the Linux OS?

A) It is a proprietary OS, developed by Novell.
B) It is at the heart of many embedded and real-time systems.
C) There is no GUI option for any of the distributions.
D) The command line interface is called PowerShell.

Question 18

You are running an OS that allows you to switch between tasks loaded in memory but while one task is running, the other tasks cannot run. Which OS must you be running?

A) Mac OS 7
B) Windows 95
C) Linux
D) UNIX

Question 19

Which of the following was a major change in macOS that first occurred with Snow Leopard?

A) support for TCP/IP
B) support for only Intel-based processors
C) a new protocol called AppleTalk
D) Split View was introduced

Question 20

With what technique are two or more servers linked to share the server processor load?

A) failover clustering
B) teaming
C) virtualization
D) NLB clustering

Question 21

A new member of your IT department asked when Windows 10 was first released and you tell her that it was released in July 2015. She suggests that Microsoft must not have made any big changes to their client OS since Windows 11 has not been released. Is she correct?

A) Yes, Microsoft stopped developing Windows 10 in 2016 and focuses on Windows Server instead.
B) No, Microsoft changed the name of the client to Windows Client 2019.
C) No, Microsoft makes major changes to Windows 10 periodically but calls them feature releases instead of changing the version number.
D) Yes, Microsoft only provides cloud-based operating systems called Azure Client and Azure Server.

Question 22

Which Windows 10 feature lets users better organize open applications, allowing them to switch between a set of open applications using the Windows+Ctrl+D key combination?

A) Virtual desktops
B) Hyper-V
C) Windows Sandbox
D) Cortana

Question 23

A colleague has downloaded a network interface driver and is trying to install it on her Windows computer to update the existing driver. Windows does not allow her to install the device driver. What is the most likely reason she cannot install the device driver?

A) Active Directory is not enabled.
B) The driver is not signed.
C) Multitasking is not supported.
D) The NIC does not require a driver.

Question 24

Windows 95 and Windows 98 suffered from occasional crashes and freezes due to misbehaving 16-bit applications. What feature, eventually added to Windows OSs, helped to solve this problem?

A) multithreading
B) WOW
C) PnP
D) COM

Question 25

Which of the following is a feature first introduced in Windows 95?

A) Active Desktop
B) USB support
C) NTFS
D) the Start button

Question 26

Which CPU operating mode allows a process to execute restricted CPU instructions and access all memory locations?

A) user mode
B) privileged mode
C) system mode
D) secure mode

Question 27

Which technology goes beyond virtual machines and extends to virtual storage networks and virtualized networking?

A) WAC
B) VPN
C) containers
D) HCI

Question 28

Which of the following statements is true about Windows 3.1?

A) Windows 3.1 was built upon MS-DOS.
B) It supported true multitasking.
C) It had built-in networking.
D) It was released in 1995.

Question 29

What is the primary goal of the Kerberos protocol?

A) to secure data as it travels across the network
B) to encrypt sensitive files on the hard disk
C) to securely access a network through the Internet
D) to prevent unauthorized users from accessing resources

Question 30

Your colleague who is a programmer has written an application that must be able to monitor several sensors while performing calculations on the data read from the sensors. Both parts of the application must run simultaneously. What CPU and OS feature is required to properly run his application?

A) multithreading
B) cooperative multitasking
C) clustering
D) privileged mode

Question 31

In which version of Windows did Microsoft first introduce Internet Explorer?

A) Windows 3.11
B) Windows XP
C) Windows 95
D) Windows NT 3.1

Question 32

You have been asked to test a Linux application running on Fedora Linux. You don't currently have a Fedora Linux computer available, but you do have a computer you use for testing that runs Windows Server 2016. You want to be able to test the application without uninstalling Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2016 must continue to run while you are testing the application. What can you do?

A) Create a dual-boot installation with Windows Server 2016 and Fedora Linux.
B) Use Hyper-V to create a Fedora Linux VM and install the application in the VM.
C) Use a Windows container on Windows Server 2016 to run the Linux application.
D) Install the Linux application in Windows Sandbox.

Question 33

You have been asked to ensure that data traveling between the accounting department client computers and the accounting server is authenticated and encrypted. What can you deploy to accomplish this?

A) IPsec
B) UAP
C) Windows Defender
D) Windows Firewall

Question 34

You have three Windows servers running a directory service. Directory changes can only be made on one of the three services, while the other two serve as read-only backups. What version of Windows must you be running?

A) Windows NT Server 4.0
B) Windows 2003 Server
C) Windows Server 2016
D) Windows 2000 Server

Question 35

You have been asked to sign into a Windows Server to create new user accounts for some of the company's new employees and configure security policies that will affect the new employees' client computers. What service will you use to perform these tasks?

A) Kerberos
B) Intellimirror
C) Active Directory
D) Distributed File System

Question 36

You have been asked to test a new application on your Windows 10 computer but the application is experimental and you are unsure of its reliability. You don't want to risk damaging your existing Windows 10 installation and you don't have enough resources to use a hypervisor. What can you use to test the application?

A) Virtual desktops
B) Hyper-V
C) Windows Sandbox
D) Quick access

Question 37

Your company is opening a branch office with twenty employees that require computers. The Windows 10 computers are joined to the company domain and authentication must occur within the branch office. You have been asked to configure a server to meet these requirements, but domain changes cannot occur on the server in the branch office. What should you deploy?

A) a DC
B) a PDC
C) an RODC
D) a BDC

Question 38

You are reading an old case study about an application running on Windows 95. The application became unresponsive and caused the OS to freeze, prompting a restart of Windows 95. What is the most likely reason Windows 95 froze and had to be restarted?

A) Windows 95 was a single-tasking operating system.
B) Windows 95 used preemptive multitasking instead of cooperative multitasking.
C) Preemptive multitasking is only enabled on 64-bit processors.
D) The application was 16-bit and used cooperative multitasking.

Question 39

A new client needs to tightly integrate Linux into their Windows environment. What Windows Server 2019 feature can best support this requirement?

A) Windows Subsystem for Linux
B) Linux VMs in Hyper-V
C) Network File System (NFS)
D) Linux Sandbox for Windows

Question 40

Which version of Windows set the standard of all Windows OSs to come with respect to the user interface, Plug and Play, and the registry?

A) Windows for Workgroups
B) Windows 8
C) Windows 95
D) Windows NT 3.5

Question 41

Which of the following is true about the Linux operating system?

A) It is multiuser.
B) It is single tasking.
C) It is a proprietary OS.
D) It runs only on Intel CPUs.

Question 42

You want to learn more about cybersecurity and forensic tools. You would like to install an OS that specializes in cybersecurity tools and learning. What should you install?

A) Windows 10
B) Kali Linux
C) Fedora Linux
D) macOS

Question 43

A software developer describes his computer which comes preinstalled with Python and a C compiler, along with several other programming tools. What OS is most likely running on his computer?

A) Windows Server 2019
B) macOS
C) MS-DOS
D) Linux

Question 44

What operating system is the basis of macOS?

A) QNX
B) iOS
C) Darwin
D) VxWorks

Question 45

Your boss is concerned about security on your Windows Server 2019 domain controller. He would like an alert sent to an administrator and the server to be locked down if an attack is detected. What do you suggest to meet this requirement?

A) Deploy Server Core.
B) Use connection security rules.
C) Configure Exploit Guard.
D) Enable Windows Firewall.