Question 1

Describe what you might do if you suspect a problem is caused by a corrupted Windows system file.

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Question 2

Which Windows tool monitors activity and alerts you if a running program appears to be malicious or damaging the system?

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A)  Event Viewer 
B)  Windows Defender 
C)  Reliability Monitor 
D)  Task Lister

Question 3

You can quickly identify a problem with memory or eliminate memory as the source of a problem by using the ____ tool.

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A)  Last Known Good Configuration 
B)  Event Viewer 
C)  Device Manager 
D)  Memory Diagnostics

Question 4

Which Windows utility can be used to view and modify partitions on hard drives and to format drives?

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A)  Disk Cleanup 
B)  Disk Defragmenter 
C)  Chkdsk 
D)  Disk Management

Question 5

Briefly explain why you should document after you have solved a problem.

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Question 6

Explain what a BSOD is.

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Question 7

What is the most likely cause of an improper shutdown or system lockup?

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A)  hardware problem 
B)  Windows system error 
C)  memory leak 
D)  Application error

Question 8

How can you eliminate the hard drive as the source of an application error?

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Question 9

List the six steps of the troubleshooting process.

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Question 10

Errors with memory are often difficult to diagnose because they can appear intermittently and might be mistaken as other types of errors.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

What should be tried whenever a system is caught in an endless cycle of restarts?

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A)  Run System File Checker 
B)  Reinstall Windows 
C)  Change the BIOS setup 
D)  Boot into Safe Mode

Question 12

Which tool should be the first one to use when a blue screen error has occurred?

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A)  Memory Diagnostics 
B)  Action Center 
C)  System File Checker 
D)  Microsoft web site

Question 13

Which Windows tool allows an administrator to decrypt a file that is not available because the user account that encrypted the file is no longer accessible?

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A)  Windows Defender 
B)  Windows File Protection 
C)  Cipher 
D)  Backup and Restore

Question 14

To solve ____________________ stop errors after Windows startup, use the web to research the error message.

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Question 15

For Windows 7, the ____________________ tracks problems with applications, hardware, and Windows.

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Question 16

Match between columns
                        Premises: A program associated with a file extension
A command used to find the ID number of each running process
A tool that can be used to register components
A command that uses the process ID to stop a process
A tool that installs drivers so that an application can open a foreign data source
Another name for a stop error, which happens when processes running in kernel mode encounter a problem and Windows must stop the system
A Windows utility that protects system files and keeps a cache of current system files in case it needs to refresh a damaged file
A tool that can be used to allow data files to be connected to applications they normally would not use
The relationship between a file type and a supporting application
A service that runs in the background to prevent or filter uninvited communication from another computer

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Question 17

What should be entered at a command prompt in order to scan all system files?

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A)  msinfo32 \verify 
B)  systeminfo \sysfiles 
C)  sfc \scannow 
D)  chkdsk \r

Exam 12: Troubleshooting Windows and Applications