Exam 9: Performance Tuning and System Recovery

Zachary wants to use File History to create regular backups of the data on his laptop. He is using File History for the first time and is unaware of this feature, so he approaches his friend, Leah, who has experience using this feature. Assuming that Leah has good knowledge of File History, which of the following is Leah most likely to tell Zachary?

Rizwan, a data analyst, is generating a report by pulling data from multiple databases and analyzing it. The data processing application is resource-intensive, so Rizwan wants to ensure that other applications do not consume resources that this application needs. How can Rizwan boost the performance of the data processing application?

Glenda is using a speech-to-text program on her Windows 10 laptop to dictate notes. After completing this task, she switches to other tasks but leaves the speech-to-text application open in the background. When she tries dictating notes again after a couple of hours, she is unable to interact with the application. She opens Task Manager to check if the associated process for the application is still running or suspended. Under which header on the Details tab is Glenda most likely to find this information?

Chieh is changing the default configuration in Event Log to manage the logs that are created. She is altering the Log behavior when maximum log size is reached option. She chooses Do not overwrite events. Which of the following is true of this scenario?

Ahva, a graphic designer, uses a Windows 10 PC. Her PC recently crashed, so she wants to use the Reset this PC option to recover her PC. Which of the following items will Ahva be unable to restore with the Reset this PC option?

Ayaka's Windows 10 computer has slowed over time. She wants to enhance the performance of the computer by tuning her system. She begins by choosing to adjust the virtual memory settings in Performance Options. Her computer has two physical disks, and the paging file is currently placed on one of the disks on the same volume as the operating system. Which of the following should Ayaka do?

Which of the following best describes a set of performance indicators captured when system performance is acceptable, effectively defining normal performance?

Melita recently purchased a new Windows 10 laptop because her old laptop crashed. To ensure that her data is protected, she enables system protection on her laptop. Which of the following is true of this scenario?

Nikita downloaded software from the Internet and installed it on her computer. She suspects that the software has also installed malware onto her computer. She uses the Autoruns application to look for malware on her computer. Which of the following in Autoruns most likely indicates the presence of malware on her computer?

Guocheng, a system administrator, is testing the network at his organization to identify performance issues. He is using Resource Monitor on a Windows 10 system to identify whether the network subsystem is a bottleneck. Which of the following would indicate that the network connection between the local address and a remote address is oversaturated?

Yunha, a college student, uses a Windows 10 laptop to study and play games. During the past month, Yunha updated the operating system and drivers on his laptop. Some of the games began crashing after these updates. Which of the following tools should Yunha use to identify the underlying issue?

Odilon installs a VPN application on his Windows 10 computer. The application is configured by default to start automatically. This is impacting the boot time on his computer, so he wants to disable automatic startup. The application does not have a setting to disable this, and Odilon is unsure of the mechanism used by the application to start automatically. Which of the following tools can Odilon use to prevent the VPN application from automatically starting?

Howard's Windows 10 laptop is a few years old. Over time, his laptop has slowed down, causing performance issues, so he decides to use the Reset the PC recovery method to gain some performance improvement. If Howard chooses the Keep my files option, which of the following items is unlikely to be retained after the reset?

Yemi, a software developer, uses a Windows 10 PC at home. She usually runs several resource-intensive applications on her system. Her PC crashed and failed to restart, so she decided to use WinRE to troubleshoot and repair the PC. She has a recovery DVD that she wants to use to perform the recovery. Which of the following options in WinRE should Yemi select?

Trisha is configuring File History for the first time on her computer. She attaches an external hard drive and configures it as the drive for File History. Which of the following is most likely to occur in this scenario?

Which utility is used to browse events stored in system event logs?

Laila's browser continually hangs and appears to consume most of the resources on her Windows 10 system. Whenever she opens more than 10 tabs, the computer slows down and her browser eventually crashes. To understand the underlying issue, Laila wants to test how the browser's processes are impacting the processor. Which of the following should Laila do?

Which of the following is not part of the performance tuning process?

Samir is using an external hard disk with File History to back up files from his laptop. He needs to detach the hard disk for another task, so he configures an external SSD to be used with File History. Which of the following is most likely to occur in this scenario?

Which Advanced startup option in recovery settings is a small instance of Windows 10 that includes several options for troubleshooting and repairing Windows 10?