Deck 9: Performance Tuning and System Recovery

Question 1

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

A) Event Viewer
B) Shared Folders
C) Device Manager
D) Resource Monitor

Answer 1

Event Viewer

Question 2

Which term best describes a snapshot of system files and settings created at a specific point in time?

A) System Restore
B) Restore point
C) Recovery point
D) Steps Recorder

Answer 2

Restore point

Question 3

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

A) Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE)
B) System Reset
C) Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE)
D) Recovery Drive

Answer 3

Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE)

Question 4

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

A) A counter
B) A restore point
C) An alert
D) A baseline

Question 5

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

A) Identifying and verifying users
B) Establishing a baseline
C) Recognizing bottlenecks
D) Tuning performance

Question 6

Which of the following is bootable media that you can use to repair or reinstall Windows 10?

A) A restore drive
B) A recovery drive
C) Reset this PC drive
D) WinRE drive

Question 7

Saeju is using video editing software to edit large video files to create a short movie. The application keeps freezing on his Windows 10 computer. Upon investigating the issues, he finds that the paging file is huge, and reading it from the SSD takes a lot of time.
What should Saeju do to resolve this issue?

A) He should implement ReadyBoost using a USB drive.
B) He should replace the SSD with a hard disk drive.
C) He should increase the amount of physical memory.
D) He should run the application on a virtual machine on his computer.

Question 8

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?

A) Name
B) PID
C) UAC virtualization
D) Status

Question 9

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?

A) He can raise the priority of the application using the Details tab in Task Manager.
B) He can set the processor affinity for the application to run on a specific core.
C) He can enable UAC virtualization for the application using Task Manager.
D) He can increase the virtual memory and decrease the physical memory.

Question 10

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?

A) She should suspend the browser's processes using the CPU tab in Resource Monitor.
B) She should select the browser's processes and view the Associated Handles section in Resource Monitor.
C) She should select the browser's processes and view the Associated Modules section in Resource Monitor.
D) She should sort the active processes by PID using the Disk tab in Resource Monitor.

Question 11

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?

A) Low latency
B) High packet losses
C) Low Send (B/sec)
D) High Receive (B/sec)

Question 12

Jordan installs Windows 10 on a laptop with low-end specifications. The laptop does not have a dedicated graphics card as well. In order to improve the performance of Windows 10, he wants to adjust the appearance of Windows by reducing most OS animations.
Which of the following options in the Performance Options dialog box should Jordan use to achieve this?

A) He should select the Adjust for best performance option on the Visual Effects tab.
B) He should edit the Processor scheduling option on the Advanced tab.
C) He should change the size of the virtual memory on the Advanced tab.
D) He should choose Turn on DEP for essential Windows programs and services only on the Display tab.

Question 13

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?

A) She should specify that no paging file is to be used.
B) She should move the paging file to another volume on the same disk.
C) She should spread the paging file over both disks.
D) She should reduce the maximum size of the paging file.

Question 14

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?

A) Performance Monitor
B) Resource Monitor
C) Task Manager
D) Registry Editor

Question 15

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?

A) The application publisher is verified.
B) There is a file in a nonstandard location.
C) The description for an application is empty.
D) There is a time stamp that is 10 years old.

Question 16

Ablorde, a programmer, installed a new code editor on his laptop. After the installation, he is prompted to restart the laptop. He notices that the code editor has a registry key in the following location: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce.
What does this most likely indicate?

A) The code editor will start automatically for all users after a system restart.
B) The code editor will start automatically only for the current user whenever the system restarts.
C) The code editor will run a configuration routine after the next restart.
D) The code editor will not start automatically for any user.

Question 17

Parth is using Steps Recorder to capture the steps that are causing an application to malfunction. After capturing the necessary steps, he can send the report to the IT team so that they can troubleshoot the issue. He is not sure if Steps Recorder will capture all of his actions that are causing the application to fail.
Which of Parth's interactions with the application is unlikely to be captured by Steps Recorder?

A) Parth scrolling within the application
B) Parth using arrow keys to navigate the application
C) Parth typing text in the application
D) Parth closing the application

Question 18

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?

A) Resource Monitor
B) Steps Recorder
C) Performance Monitor
D) Reliability Monitor

Question 19

Malaika is troubleshooting an issue on a Windows 10 computer using Event Viewer. In the application log, she can find several entries for several events. She wants to limit this and only see errors.
Which of the following filter options should Malaika use?

A) Filter by Event source
B) Filter by Event level
C) Filter by Event ID
D) Filter by Computer(s)

Question 20

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?

A) New events will not be recorded when the log is full.
B) The log will be archived automatically when it is full.
C) Older events will be replaced by new events.
D) The C: drive will run low on space.

Question 21

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?

A) File History cannot back up data to a network location.
B) File History can perform a complete system backup.
C) File History is disabled by default.
D) File History was introduced with Windows 7.

Question 22

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?

A) The hard drive will be formatted before being used by File History.
B) Backup data will be added to the free space on the hard drive.
C) Any files on the hard drive will be overwritten by backup files and folders.
D) Trisha will have to specify a folder that is not at the root of the drive for backup.

Question 23

Jin has configured File History on his Windows 10 computer using an external hard disk. Some of the files on the computer that are selected for backup are EFS-protected.
For the backup to proceed smoothly, which of the following conditions should be met?

A) The EFS-protected files should be placed in a separate folder.
B) The hard disk should be encrypted using BitLocker.
C) The hard disk should be formatted with NTFA.
D) The source files should not include media files such as images or videos.

Question 24

Frida, a travel blogger, configures File History on her Windows 10 laptop because she often works while traveling. She often works from remote locations without access to charging points for her laptop. She wants to know the frequency with which her laptop can back up files with the default settings.
How often are files being backed up on Frida's laptop?

A) Instantaneous backup with each modification
B) Every 10 minutes
C) Every hour
D) Every 24 hours

Question 25

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?

A) Both drives can be used simultaneously with File History.
B) The backed-up data on the hard disk will not be deleted.
C) The SSD will be formatted with NTFS for use with File History.
D) Samir will not be able to save other files on the SSD.

Question 26

Kathryn has the latest version of Windows 10 installed on her laptop. She configures File History on her computer but wants to use Backup and Restore (Windows 7) to create a system image.
Which of the following is a caveat to using the System Image Backup option?

A) Backup and Restore (Windows 7) is not supported on Windows 10 systems.
B) The System Image Backup option does not back up applications and data.
C) The System Image Backup option can only be used on Windows 7 systems.
D) The System Image Backup option is deprecated beginning in Windows 10 version 1709.

Question 27

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?

A) Data files
B) Application files in AppData
C) User accounts and profiles
D) Multimedia files

Question 28

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?

A) Apps and settings that came with the PC when she purchased it
B) Her personal files stored on the PC
C) Apps that she installed on the PC after purchasing it
D) User accounts and profiles that she created

Question 29

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?

A) Reset this PC
B) Use a device
C) Startup Repair
D) Startup Settings

Question 30

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?

A) The most important drives to be protected by System Restore are external hard drives because they may contain data backups.
B) System protection does not need to be enabled to create restore points.
C) When the storage space dedicated to restore points becomes too large, the oldest restore point is automatically removed.
D) Melita cannot create restore points manually on her laptop.

Question 31

Temi decides to use PowerShell commands to automate the configuration of System Restore. She wants to create a new restore point.
Which of the following cmdlets should she use in this scenario?

A) Checkpoint-Computer
B) Enable-ComputerRestore
C) Disable-ComputerRestore
D) Get-ComputerRestorePoint