Question 1

Which of the following Web content zones prompts the user to download an unsigned ActiveX control by default?
A)Internet
B)Restricted Sites
C)Local Intranet
D)Trusted Sites

Accepted Answer

By default, sites that have been placed in the Trusted Sites zone prompt the user to download an unsigned ActiveX control.
Key Takeaway: Internet Explorer includes five predefined zones: Internet, Local Intranet, Trusted Sites, Restricted Sites, and My Computer. The Trusted Sites zone contains websites that you trust as safe. For example, trusted sites may include an organization's intranet or websites that belong to well-known companies. When you add a website to the Trusted Sites zone, you believe that files you download or that you run from the website will not damage your computer or data. By default, there are no websites that are assigned to the Trusted Sites zone, and the security level is set to Low.

Question 2

Abc)com is your favorite social networking website. One day, the website developer's closed down the site for a few days to revamp it. When the web service resumed, you notice that the website uses ActiveX controls to present many of its functionalities. You are not able to see more than half the content on the website. Which of the following is the easiest way to enable all the functionalities on the website?
A)Add the social networking URL to the list of Trusted sites through the Security tab in the Internet Options program located in the Control Panel.
B)Call the help desk and ask for help.
C)Ask the help desk to e-mail the ActiveX controls to you so you can manually install them on your computer.
D)Re-install the operating system.

Accepted Answer

To be able to access all the ActiveX controls on the social networking website, add the URL to the list of Trusted sites through the Security tab in Internet Options.
Key Takeaway: By default, sites in the Internet zone do not allow unsigned ActiveX controls. This can cause problems while viewing certain websites. If we add the website URL to the Trusted Sites zone that has Low Safety, all ActiveX controls will be automatically downloaded. Be extra careful while adding sites to this zone, since malicious files can be downloaded and run by Internet Explorer without your knowledge.

Question 3

You are using a Remote Desktop connection to send some data to a branch office using a dial-up connection. Which of the following Remote Desktop performance options must be enabled to optimize performance across slow dial-up connections?
A)Desktop Composition
B)Show Contents of Window While Dragging
C)Menu and Window Animation
D)Bitmap Caching

Accepted Answer

Bitmap Caching is a Remote Desktop feature that optimizes performance across slow dial-up connections.
Key Takeaway: Bitmap caching stores commonly-used graphical objects, such as bitmaps, on a local disk. A bitmap cache reduces the bitmap data transferred between the Remote Desktop Protocol client and the server. The RDP client creates an uncompressed, temporary bitmap cache file that contains bitmaps that are repeatedly sent from the terminal server to the client.

Question 4

You need to perform an unattended installation from a Windows XP Professional CD-ROM on a computer that does not currently have an operating system. You want to provide the computer name and Administrator password on a floppy disk. Which of the following would be your answer file name?
A)Answer.txt
B)Unattend.txt
C)Winnt.sif
D)Winnt32.sif

Accepted Answer

Winnt.sif has the same sections as the Unattend.txt file, and is to be used when performing unattended installations on computers that do not currently have an operating system.
Key Takeaway: Although Unattend.txt is the same as Winnt.sif, it is used for unattended installations where the computer currently has an operating system. During an unattended installation (either using Unattend.txt or Winnt.sif) , you would place this file on a floppy disk and insert the floppy disk into the computer immediately after the computer begins to boot from the CD-ROM.

Question 5

You want to install Windows XP with Service Pack 2 on twenty office computers through a network distribution point. The network distribution point has a copy of Windows XP without Service Pack 2. You want to save an additional step of manually installing Service Pack 2 on all systems by including Service Pack 2 in the network distribution point. Which is the appropriate command to update the distribution point to the one with Service Pack 2?
A)Update /integrate:\server\winxp
B)Update /copydir:\server\winxp
C)Update /syspart: \server\winxp
D)Update /o:\server\winxp

Accepted Answer

The /integrate:distribution_folder is the syntax for updating a Windows XP network distribution point. Hence, Update /integrate:\server\winxp is the appropriate command to update the network distribution point to the one with Service Pack 2.
Key Takeaway: When this command is issued, the update procedure identifies outdated files in the Windows XP setup files and replaces them with versions included in Service Pack 2. As installations are performed from this distribution point, the updated files are automatically used. This saves the additional step of installing Service Packs on every system.

Question 6

You are attempting to perform a new manual installation of Windows XP on a system that has Windows Me installed. During the setup, an error message is displayed on the screen. You clear the error message box before reading it. You later feel that you should have read the error message. Which of the following log files allows you to read the details of the error?
A)Comsetup.log
B)IIS6.log
C)Tsoc.log
D)Setuperr.log

Accepted Answer

Any errors that occur during setup are stored in a file named Setuperr.log.
Key Takeaway: A Setuperr.log created during the Windows XP installation adds a description of every error encountered in the process of installation. This file is located in the %systemroot% directory. This log file should be 0 bytes in size if no errors occurred during installation.

Question 7

You are trying to install Window XP Professional on a computer. After several failed attempts, you determine that you need to examine a debug log for the setup routine. You want the setup routine to create the most detailed debug log possible. Which of the following commands would you use?
A)Winnt32 /debug4:debug.log
B)Winnt32 /debug0:debug.log
C)Winnt32 /debug2:debug.log
D)Winnt32 /debug6:debug.log

Accepted Answer

The correct syntax used to setup a debug log is /debug[level]:[filename]. Since the highest debug level is 4, Winnt32 /debug4:debug.log is the appropriate command.
Key Takeaway: The different possible options defining the level of detail associated with the debug log varies from 0 to 4. 0 represents severe errors, 1 represents errors, 2 represents warnings, 3 represents informational messages, and 4 represents very detailed information. Each higher level of debugging includes information from all lower levels.

Question 8

You are moving files from the folder \BEFORE to the folder \AFTER on the same volume. The \ BEFORE folder is compressed using Windows XP NTFS compression, but the \ AFTER folder is not. What will the compression status of the files be after you have moved the folder?
A)The files are uncompressed.
B)The files are compressed.
C)The move operation returns an error since compressed files cannot be moved until they are decompressed.
D)The move operation returns an error since compressed files cannot be moved until the compression status of both files are the same.

Accepted Answer

The files in the\AFTER folder will be compressed after they are moved.
Key Takeaway: Compressing files, folders, and programs decreases their size and reduces the amount of space they use on your volumes or removable storage devices. Volume compression decreases the amount of space that is used by all of the files and folders that are stored on that volume. When files are moved within a single volume, the compression status of the files does not change. To compress files and folders on an NTFS volume, click Start and then click My Computer. Double-click the NTFS Volume that contains the folder or folders you want to compress. Right-click the file or folder you want to compress and then click Properties. On the General tab, click Advanced. Click to select the Compress contents to save disk space check box and then click OK. In the Properties dialog box, click OK. In Confirm Attribute Changes, click the option you want.

Question 9

You need to copy a configuration file that is compressed using NTFS compression to another volume. The file size of the log file is 3 GB, however it consumes only 500 MB of the file system because it is compressed. The destination volume has 2 GB of available space, so you enable compression on the folder that will receive the log file. During the file transfer, you receive an error indicating that there is not enough space to complete the copy. Which of the following could have happened?
A)Files copied between volumes are always written as uncompressed, regardless of the compression state of the source file or the destination folder.
B)Files copied between volumes are first written to the disk uncompressed. NTFS compresses the file only if the destination folder is compressed.
C)Files copied between volumes inherit the compression state of the base volume, not the destination folder.
D)Compressed files must be written to unfragmented areas of the disk. Although the destination disk might have sufficient free space, the free space is fragmented and therefore unusable for compressed files.

Accepted Answer

The files copied between volumes are first written to the disk uncompressed. Once the file transfer is complete, it is compressed.
Key Takeaway: Compression cannot occur on a file until the entire file has been received. Therefore, the file is written to the destination volume uncompressed. NTFS automatically compresses the file after the file transfer has completed. However, because the file is initially written uncompressed regardless of the compression state of the destination folder, the destination volume must have enough free space to store the entire uncompressed file.

Question 10

Which Windows XP Professional built-in user groups have permissions to create shared folders?
A)Administrators & Power Users
B)Administrators & Users
C)Backup Operators & Power Users
D)Power Users & Users

Accepted Answer

Administrators and Power Users, by default, can create shares on Windows XP Professional systems.
Key Takeaway: Administrator and Power Users privileges should be granted only to those who understand the security implications associated with sharing folders across a network.

Question 11

David has just installed a second IDE slave hard drive on the primary controller on his Windows XP system. However, he cannot find the hard drive when he clicks the My Computer icon. What could be the possible cause of this problem?
A)Hard drive drivers are not loaded.
B)Hard drive is not partitioned.
C)The floppy drive is not connected.
D)Appropriate drivers are not loaded.

Accepted Answer

If the hard drive is not visible after it has been installed, the most likely cause is that the hard drive is not partitioned. You need to partition the drive soon after it has been installed.
Key Takeaway: Many times, individuals who are installing a hard drive for the first time may detect a problem with the hard drive not being accessible after it has been installed. They tend to forget the formatting part of the hard drive installation.

Question 12

You have purchased ten new laptops for your employees. When you try to install Windows XP Professional on the laptops, you keep getting an error that the hard drive cannot be accessed. You restart the installation and get the same error. What action should you take?
A)Install the disk drivers using an XP driver from the hard drive manufacturer during the text-mode of the installation.
B)Enter the BIOS and verify that the UDMA for the hard drive is enabled.
C)Enter the BIOS and verify that the APM for the hard drive is disabled.
D)Allocate an IRQ for the hard drive in the system BIOS.

Accepted Answer

To fix this problem, you would need to request an XP driver from the hard drive manufacturer and install it during the text-mode of installation.
Key Takeaway: This is a command error that would most likely state, "Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer. Make sure any hard disk drives are powered on and properly connected to your computer and that any disk-related hardware configuration is correct. This may involve running a manufacturer-supplied diagnostic or setup program. Setup cannot continue. To quit Setup, press F3." This problem occurs when you have a SATA hard drive and you have RAID/SATA mode configured in BIOS. The two ways of fixing this problem include to change the SATA Mode to IDE in BIOS or download SATA RAID drivers from your motherboard manufacturer's website, extract the drivers to a floppy disk, and then insert the floppy to your computer during Windows XP installation.

Question 13

Your team has scheduled a specific program on a server to run as a scheduled task every day. When you log on as administrator, you can run the task, but when the scheduled task is supposed to run, it does not run. The server is configured with different user accounts and most of the users are also facing this issue. You have already verified that the Task Scheduler task is running. How should you fix this problem?
A)Verify if the Task scheduler is configured to run in unattended mode.
B)Make sure the users who are facing issues with the scheduled task have appropriate permissions to run the scheduler.
C)Make sure that all users have the time synchronized on their computer.
D)Make sure that all users have administrator rights to run Task scheduler.

Accepted Answer

For all users to run the Task Scheduler, appropriate permissions need to be configured for the program that is going to run as a scheduled task.
Key Takeaway: If you are using Task Scheduler and your jobs are not running properly, make sure that the Task Scheduler service is running and is configured to start automatically. Use the Set, view, change, or remove permissions on files and folders options to set appropriate permissions to users who need to have this task scheduled and run. In this scenario, typically all users should be able to run the scheduled task. Hence, all users should have permission or the file/folders of the program.

Question 14

You are hired as a security advisor in an organization. At this point in time, employees can connect to the network without having to enter a password. Passwords are automatically entered. In an attempt to mitigate a possible security breach, you want to ensure that an employee enters a valid password when he or she connects to the network-not use a stored password. Which of the following security options should you ask the IT team to configure?
A)Configure Do Not Allow Use of Cached Credentials in Security Policy Options.
B)In the Local Users and Groups utility, configure Tools, Security to disallow the use of cached credentials.
C)Open Internet Options, click the Security tab, and configure Content Advisor.
D)Configure Do Not Allow Stored User Names and Passwords to Save Passwords or Credentials for Network Authentication in Security Policy Options.

Accepted Answer

If you do not want users to be able to log onto a Windows XP domain, go to Security Policy Options, and configure Do Not Allow Stored User Names and Passwords to Save Passwords or Credentials for Network Authentication.
Key Takeaway: This option determines whether the Stored User Names and Passwords save the passwords or credentials for later use when they gain domain authentication. If it is enabled, this setting prevents the Stored User Names and Passwords from storing passwords and credentials.

Question 15

Jack has configured his computer with two hard drives, disk 1 and disk 2. He has configured a logical drive C: on disk 1 and D: on disk 2. He wants to install Windows 98 on C: and Windows XP on D:. Windows 98 allows him to install some of his favorite applications that will not run under XP and Windows XP allows encryption and compression. Which of the following specifies the right way of formatting the C: and D: drives?
A)Format logical drive C: as FAT32 and logical drive D: as NTFS.
B)Format both logical drives as FAT32.
C)Format both logical drives with NTFS.
D)Format logical drive C: as NTFS and logical drive D: as FAT32.

Accepted Answer

To be able to install Windows 98 on C: and Windows XP on D:, he must format C: with FAT32 and D: with NTFS.
Key Takeaway: FAT 32 is a version of the FAT file system available in Windows 95 OSR 2 and Windows 98. It increases the number of bits used to address clusters and reduces the size of each cluster. NTFS is the Windows NT equivalent of the Windows 95 file allocation table (FAT). It offers a number of improvements over FAT in terms of performance, extendibility, and security.

Question 16

Jack wants to install Windows XP Professional on forty computers in the Sales department. He wants to use RIS for the installation and fully automate the installation using an answer file. Which of these programs can be used to create an answer file via a GUI interface?
A)Device Manager
B)Setup Manager
C)Answer Manager
D)FAST

Accepted Answer

To create an answer file through a GUI interface, Jack should use the Setup Manager utility that comes with the XP CD.
Key Takeaway: To use the Windows Setup Manager included with Windows XP, you must install the Windows Deployment Tools from the Windows XP CD while logged on as a user with administrative rights to the machine. Browse to the \support	ools folder on the Windows XP CD, and then copy and extract the content deploy.cab file.

Question 17

You plan to upgrade your computer to Windows XP Professional. After the upgrade, you do not notice any device/device driver or display issues. However, one of the applications that was working well with the earlier OS is not working now. The display is garbled and the application window is not properly displayed. To add to your woes, no XP-compliant version has yet been released by the manufacturer. How would you fix this problem?
A)Lower the resolution of the monitor.
B)Lower the refresh rate to one that is compatible with the legacy application.
C)Change your monitor.
D)Run the Program Compatibility Wizard to configure the legacy applications display settings.

Accepted Answer

To be able to run a program that was working well with Windows 98, use the Program Compatibility Wizard.
Key Takeaway: If you are experiencing problems with a program that worked correctly on an earlier version of Windows, the Program Compatibility Wizard helps you select and test compatibility settings that may fix those problems. If a program does not work as expected, run the program in one of the compatibility environments, in this case the Windows 98 environment. To start the Program Compatibility Wizard, click Start, click Run, type hcp://system/compatctr/compatmode.htm, and click OK.

Question 18

Which of the following commands is used to create a RIS boot disk?
A)PXEBOOT
B)RIPREP
C)RISBOOT
D)RBFG

Accepted Answer

You can create an RIS boot disk from any Windows XP computer by attaching to \RIS_
Server\REMINST\ADMIN\i386 and running the Rbfg.exe command.
Key Takeaway: The computer that uses the RIS boot disk must be PCI compliant and must be listed through the Remote Boot File Generator utility.

Question 19

You are in the process of short-listing Windows 98 computers that have enough hardware to be upgraded to Windows XP Professional. Although all computers easily certify for an upgrade in terms of the hard drive space, some of them do not have enough RAM. What is the minimum amount of memory and processor speed required to upgrade to Windows XP Professional?
A)RAM 32 MB and processor 233 MHz
B)RAM 64 MB and processor 300 MHz
C)RAM 64 MB and processor 233 MHz
D)RAM 64 MB and processor 466 MHz

Accepted Answer

To install Windows XP Professional on a computer, you would need a minimum of 1.5 GB of hard drive space, 64 MB of RAM, and a processor rated at 233 MHz.
Key Takeaway: The recommended hardware is a 300 MHz processor and 128 MB of RAM. With 64 MB of RAM you will not be able to open and run other programs effectively on the computer. Hence it is always advisable to use the recommended hardware when installing XP.

Question 20

You are quite amazed by what your friend's laptop does when he closes the lid. His laptop goes to the standby mode and resumes when the lid is opened, whereas your laptop shuts down when the lid is closed. What should you to do to be able to put your laptop in standby mode when the lid is closed?
A)Go to the Power Scheme tab in Power Options Properties and choose Presentation.
B)Go to the Power Scheme tab in Power Options Properties and choose Max Battery.
C)Go to the Advanced Power Options and select Standby When I Close the Lid of My Portable Computer.
D)Go to the Hibernate tab and enable Hibernation When I Close the Lid of My Portable Computer.

Accepted Answer

To configure your laptop to go to standby mode when the lid is closed, go to the Advanced Power Options and select Standby When I Close the Lid of My Portable Computer.
Key Takeaway: Standby reduces the power consumption of your computer by cutting power to hardware components that you are not using. Standby can cut power to peripheral devices, your monitor, and even your hard drive, but maintains power to your computer's memory so you don't lose your work. Power buttons can be configured through the Advanced tab of Power Options Properties so that when you close the lid of the portable computer, either nothing happens, the computer goes into standby mode, or the computer is powered off.

Quiz 1: Mcsa -Xp

Which of the following Web content zones prompts the user to download an unsigned ActiveX control by default?

You are using a Remote Desktop connection to send some data to a branch office using a dial-up connection. Which of the following Remote Desktop performance options must be enabled to optimize performance across slow dial-up connections?

You need to perform an unattended installation from a Windows XP Professional CD-ROM on a computer that does not currently have an operating system. You want to provide the computer name and Administrator password on a floppy disk. Which of the following would be your answer file name?

You are trying to install Window XP Professional on a computer. After several failed attempts, you determine that you need to examine a debug log for the setup routine. You want the setup routine to create the most detailed debug log possible. Which of the following commands would you use?

You are moving files from the folder \BEFORE to the folder \AFTER on the same volume. The \ BEFORE folder is compressed using Windows XP NTFS compression, but the \ AFTER folder is not. What will the compression status of the files be after you have moved the folder?

Which Windows XP Professional built-in user groups have permissions to create shared folders?

David has just installed a second IDE slave hard drive on the primary controller on his Windows XP system. However, he cannot find the hard drive when he clicks the My Computer icon. What could be the possible cause of this problem?

You have purchased ten new laptops for your employees. When you try to install Windows XP Professional on the laptops, you keep getting an error that the hard drive cannot be accessed. You restart the installation and get the same error. What action should you take?

Jack wants to install Windows XP Professional on forty computers in the Sales department. He wants to use RIS for the installation and fully automate the installation using an answer file. Which of these programs can be used to create an answer file via a GUI interface?

Which of the following commands is used to create a RIS boot disk?

You are quite amazed by what your friend's laptop does when he closes the lid. His laptop goes to the standby mode and resumes when the lid is opened, whereas your laptop shuts down when the lid is closed. What should you to do to be able to put your laptop in standby mode when the lid is closed?