Applications and Software

Question 1

A graphical or command-line tool used to perform some aspect of system configuration.

Answer 1

Management Interface

Question 2

A Microsoft Windows tool that allows users to manage their computer’s hardware, software, and user accounts.

Answer 2

Computer Management

Question 3

What are SNAP-INS?
Give two examples.

Answer 3

Snap-ins are modular management components that plug into the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) to provide specific administrative tools.

They let an admin build a custom management console instead of opening a dozen separate tools like some kind of digital scavenger hunt.

Two examples:
• Event Viewer
• Device Manager

Other common ones include Disk Management, Group Policy Object Editor, and Services.

Question 4

A customizable computer management console where SNAP-INS can be added and taken away from.

Answer 4

mmc.exe

Microsoft Management Console (MMC)

It’s the customizable administrative framework in Windows that lets you add or remove snap-ins like Event Viewer, Device Manager, Disk Management, and so on.

Question 5

Two things about “regedit”.

Answer 5

1. Registry Editor.
2. Registry Editor is a tool used to modify the settings in Windows Registry.

Question 6

What is WINDOWS REGISTRY?

Answer 6

A database that stores settings for the Windows operating system and applications.

Question 7

Tell me three things about a
CONTEXT MENU

Answer 7

1. The most useful system admin tools can be accessed here.
2. Right-click the START menu.
3. Windows key + X.

Question 8

What is a THREAD?

Answer 8

A sequence of instructions given to the CPU by a program or application

Question 9

Four things about “taskmgr”.

Answer 9

1. Task Manager.
2. Task Manager allows me to shut down processes that aren’t responding.
3. Administrative rights are required to end processes that were stared by the system instead of the user.
4. Ending a task in Task Manager is called “killing” it. The command line option for “killing” a task is called “taskkill”.

Question 10

Four ways to open TASK MANAGER?

Answer 10

1. CTRL+SHIFT+ESC.
2. Right-clicking the taskbar.
3. Right-clicking the Start menu.
4. Windows key + X.

Question 11

What is a SERVICE?

Answer 11

A Windows process that does not require any sort of user interaction and thus runs in the background (without a window).

Question 12

Tell me what a ‘service’ does then give three examples.

Answer 12

It provides functionality to many parts of the Windows OS.
1. Allowing sign in.
2. Browsing a network.
3. Indexing file details to optimize searches.

Question 13

What do you call a text file that contains a series of commands that are executed in order.

Answer 13

batch file

Question 14

What is ‘Task Scheduler’?

Answer 14

Task Scheduler is an application that sets tasks to run at a particular time.

Question 15

How do I access Task Scheduler?

Answer 15

Windows key + X then select Computer Management, then select Task Scheduler.

Question 16

What are the two main types of storage?

Answer 16

System memory and mass storage (or fixed disk storage).

Question 17

Does the CPU have it’s own memory?

Answer 17

Yes, but very limited.

Question 18

Explain ‘System Memory’.

Answer 18

This type of memory is volatile, meaning it is lost when the PC is turned off. System memory is provided by RAM modules.

Question 19

Three things about ‘Mass Storage’?

Answer 19

1. It’s stored on a hard disk drive or SSD.
2. It is written as files.
3. It’s preserved even when the PC is turned off.

Question 20

What is another name for ‘pagefile’?

Answer 20

‘Virtual Memory’

Question 21

What is a pagefile?

Answer 21

If an OS loads more data than there is installed RAM, a pagefile (or ‘Virtual Memory’) can be created by the user or by the OS. It’s generally better to let the OS do this. A pagefile is created one the hard drive and acts as part of the system memory (RAM).

Question 22

What is ‘least privilege’?

Answer 22

The principle that users only have permission to perform the necessary tasks and no more.

Question 23

What is UAC?

Answer 23

1. User Account Control.
2. Windows solution the issue of elevated privileges.
3. Runs accounts in a protected ‘sandbox’.
4. Credentials or clicking through an authorized dialog is required to exercise administrative rights.
5. The desktop darkens into a special secure mode to prevent third-party software form imitating the authorized dialog.

Question 24

What are the two types of user accounts?

Answer 24

1. Local accounts.
2. Microsoft accounts.

Question 25

Define 'Local accounts'.

Answer 25

These are defined as one computer only.

Question 26

Define 'Microsoft accounts'.

Answer 26

These are connected to Microsoft's cloud services. A Microsoft account can be used to sign in on multiple devices. A Microsoft account can be used to sign in on multiple devices and synchronize settings, apps, and data between them. (2 examples of this would be my work account and my personal account. As long as I have my login credentials I can login anywhere).

Question 27

How do I create a new account?

Answer 27

Settings - Accounts - Family & other people - Add someone else to this PC. If I'm adding someone who doesn't need admin. access. I enter their email then select I DONT HAVE THIS PEROSONS SIGN-IN INFORMATION. That person will have to complete the signing in process themselves.

Question 28

Why might one use the MMC Services snap-in to manage background processes rather than Task Manager?

Answer 28

Because Task Manager allows you to start and stop services but the Services snap-in also allows you to configure service properties.

Question 29

MMC is an anacronym for what?

Answer 29

Microsoft Management Console.

Question 31

What measurement is the size of a file measured in?

Answer 31

Byes

Question 32

What allows multiple people to use their cellphones w/o their signals

Answer 32

CDMA code division multiple access