Chapter 13 Operating System Administration

Question 1

Control Panel

pg.610

Answer 1

• Where you go to adjust PC settings

Question 2

Regional and Language Options Applet

pg.613

Answer 2

• Choose what format is used for numbers
• What the layout is for the keyboard
• Geographical Location
• The Language to be used for non-Unicode programs

Question 3

Unicode

pg.613

Answer 3

• Is a worldwide character-encoding standard

Question 4

Internet Option Applet

pg.613

Answer 4

• Internet Properties

- Used to configure the browser environment

Question 5

Folder Options Applet

pg. 613

Answer 5

• Changes the display settings of Windows Explorer

Question 6

System Control Applet

pg.615

Answer 6

- Used Configuration changes to Windows machine
Options...
- General
- Network Identification
- User Profiles

Question 7

Security Center Applet

pg. 620

Answer 7

• aka Action Center
• Manages firewall
• Auto updates
• Virus Protection

Question 8

Windows Firewall Applet

pg.620

Answer 8

• Manages Firewall included with the OS

Question 9

Power Options Applet

pg.620

Answer 9

• Allows you to configure a power plan dictating when devices will turn off or put to sleep

Question 10

Command Prompt

pg.620

Answer 10

• Helps you type and run MS‑DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System) commands and other computer commands
• Perform tasks on your PC without using a mouse or touch

Question 11

Networking Command-Line Tools

pg.621

Answer 11

• PING
• IPCONFIG
• NET

Question 12

OS Command-Line Tools

pg.631

Answer 12

• TASKKILL
• BOOTREC
• DEL
• FDISK

Question 13

Windows Registry

pg.639

Answer 13

• Database that stores configuration settings and options on Windows operating systems

Question 14

Virtual Memory

pg.641

Answer 14

• Uses paging or swap file

- Swap file is hard drive space into which idle pieces of programs are placed

Question 15

Task Manager

pg.642

Answer 15

• Lets you shut down non-responsive apps

Question 16

MMC

pg.644

Answer 16

• Microsoft Management Console

- Runs admin. tools

Question 17

Computer Management

Answer 17

Manages…

• Hardware devices
• Services

Question 18

Admin. Shares vs. Local Shares

pg.645-646

Answer 18

Admin. Shares
- Created on the servers running Windows
Local Shares
- Created locally and visible

Question 19

Services

pg.646

Answer 19

• Allows you to interact with the services running on the computer

Question 20

Performance Monitor

pg.646

Answer 20

• Displays performance counters

Question 21

Task Scheduler

pg.647

Answer 21

• Schedules the launch of programs or scripts at predefined times or after specified time intervals

Question 22

Configuration Tools

pg.648

Answer 22

• General
• Boot
• Services
• Startup
• Tools

Question 23

Power Management

pg.650

Answer 23

Main States of Power

• Hibernate
• Stand by
• Suspend/Sleep