IT Essentials Chapter 6 Quiz Answers Online

Running Hyper-V on Windows 8 requires a minimum of 4GB of system RAM.

Restore points contain information about the system and registry settings that can be used to restore a Windows system back to a previous configuration. Restore points should be created whenever software is installed or updated. Because restore points do not back up user data, a dedicated backup system should also be implemented to back up data.

Since the video capture card worked before the OS upgrade, it is most likely that the driver for Windows 7 does not work in Windows 8.1. Since the video card is a third party product, upgrading the OS or video editing software will not resolve the problem. Instead, updating the driver to a Windows 8.1 version should fix the problem.

Each virtual machine runs its own operating system. The number of virtual machines that can be made available depends on the hardware resources of the host machine. Virtual machines are susceptible to threats and malicious attacks, like physical computers. To connect to the Internet, a virtual machine uses a virtual network adapter, that acts like a physical adapter in a physical computer, connecting through the physical adapter on the host to establish a connection to the Internet.

The Services console in Windows OS allows for the management of all the services on the local and remote computers. The setting of Automatic in the Services console enables the chosen service to start when the computer is started.

The Windows Task Manager utility includes a Users tab from which the system resources consumed by each user can be displayed.

ReadyBoost allows an external flash drive or hard drive to be used as hard drive cache. This is particularly beneficial when the maximum amount of RAM has been installed and performance is suffering.

Close-ended questions generally have a fixed or limited set of possible responses, such as “yes” or “no”. Open-ended questions imply no limited or fixed set of replies but rather generally prompt the responder to provide more meaningful feedback.

Virtual PC is a Type 2 (Hosted) hypervisor as it is hosted by an operating system and does not run directly on the hardware.

The System Information tool shows the status of various hardware, software, and other computer components on both local and remote computers. Chkdsk is a tool for verifying that the file system is not corrupt. The System Configuration utility allows you to modify the Windows startup process to diagnose problems. Component Services allows you to modify COM components and Performance Monitor is used to monitor the use of system resources and troubleshoot performance issues.

The Master Boot Record (MBR) locates the operating system boot loader. If the MBR is missing or corrupt, then the operating system cannot start.

The AT command is used from a Windows command prompt to schedule commands and programs to run at a specific date and time. Any command followed by /? will list the options associated with a particular command.

During the troubleshooting process, if a quick procedure does not correct the problem, further research should be conducted to identify the exact cause of the problem.

A PC that shows signs of being slow and with delayed input responses is normally associated with a process or processes using up most of the CPU resources. An incompatible driver would result in an unresponsive device. A recently installed driver incompatible with a boot controller would probably cause the PC to display an “Inaccessible Boot Device” error after the POST.