CompTIA 220-902 A+ Pop Quiz Online – Quiz #2← Back to the Pop Quiz Online indexLearn every important topic from the CompTIA exam objectiveswith my downloadable PDF Course Notes! Step 1 of 205%You have booted your computer into Windows 7 , but now you'd like to check the revision of BIOS on your computer. Which of these methods would be the best way to determine the current BIOS version? Use a LiveCD utility to determine the BIOS version Check the System Summary of the System Information utility Use another computer to query the computer BIOS version using WMI Use the "ver" command at the Windows XP Command Prompt Which of these utilities would be the best choice to help you increase the read and write time of files to a traditional hard drive? ntbackup fixmbr chkdsk defrag format Which of these utilities allow you to "back in time" to automatically revert your computer to a previous configuration without changing any of your documents and personal files? Recovery Console System Restore System Information Backup and Restore Task Scheduler Which of these would not meet the minimum requirements for Windows 7 Professional x64? 16 GB free disk space 2 GB RAM DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver 2 GHz processor Which of the following should be used to repair problems with a file system? chkdsk format defrag ntbackup fixmbr You need to modify the login credentials for a Linux user. Which of the following commands would be the best choice? passwd pwd password userpass What does the /r option of the CHKDSK command provide? Fixes file system errors and locates and recovers data from bad drive sectors Fixes any logical file system errors Runs CHKDSK in safe mode Scans and reports on file system errors, but does not perform the fix Runs CHKDSK and reports any errors, but does not make any changes During your Windows installation you have the option to define file system types for your data. Which of these file systems would provide the most compatibility with other operating systems? NTFS CDFS EFS WIN32 FAT32 Your company has just digitally imaged a year of corporate tax documents. Which of these would be the best way to dispose of the paper copies? Shred the paper documents Personally take the paper copies to the garbage bin Ship the paper back to the tax preparer Dispose of the paper at an off-site garbage facility Include the documents with the other building refuse In which of these situations would you make use of UAC? Convert IP addressing from a public address to private addresses Force periodic updates to a Windows Domain password  Limit applications from making changes to network settings On login, always default to a particular network printer Prevent write access to a network share Which of these tasks would be the best use of the Performance Monitor? Run a report on memory utilization Test Internet bandwidth utilization Determine which applications launch during the Windows startup process Run a comprehensive memory diagnostic View the details of a BSOD that occurred yesterday afternoon Which of these threats would be the best description of a fake email or web site that convinces users to willingly provide private information? Zero-day exploit Malware Vulnerability Spyware Phishing In which of these cases would you be most likely to use DISKPART? Copy part of the registry from one disk to another Delete duplicate files Remove temporary Internet files Add a new partition to a drive Check a drive for logical drive errors In which of these cases would you be most likely to use MSTSC? Update the operating system files Check a disk for physical errors Modify the network adapter settings View the system configuration details View the desktop of a remote device Which of these is responsible for managing virtual operating system resources? Virtual System Administrator (VSM) Group Policy Hypervisor Hyperthreading Virtualization Technology (VT) Which of these Windows features would be the best choice for allowing or restricting network communication? Windows Registry Computer Management Windows Firewall Performance Monitor Which of these security threats is effectively invisible to the operating system? Malware Ransomware Virus Rootkit Worm When would you use SFC? To perform an integrity scan of operating system files To check service permissions To check the physical sectors of a hard drive To check the master boot record To perform a logical check of the file system Which of these issues would be resolved through defragmentation? Bad drive sectors MBR missing Lengthy file access times No boot device found Which of these would be the best reason for grounding your equipment? Brace against earthquakes and tremors Increase network throughput Allows the building of larger virtualization servers Prevent electrical shocks Protect against overclocking failures ← Back to the Pop Quiz Online index