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Microsoft XP Professional

1. You need to support eight users who work at one of your company%26apos;s remote offices.The users work on Windows XP Professional computers.There is a firewall at the remote office.Identify the component that is installed by default during the installation process of Windows XP in the remote office?
   1. Fax service
   2. Networking service
   3. Network file and Print services
   4. Indexing service

   Answer: D

2. Ron has recently purchased a new computer system.He has planned to install Windows XP professional on the system along with other several software.For this purpose, he has consulted the vendor to install the software as required by him.But after several notifications also, the vendor was unable to reach his place and perform the task.Then, he decided to install Windows XP at his own.Identify the file that will provide him detailed instruction and technical information during the installation process.
   1. Deploy.chm
   2. Ref.chm
   3. Ins.chm
   4. Help.chm

   Answer: A

3. Mary while instructing the class about the installation process of different versions of Windows also decided to discuss the importance and significance of the Windows Setup Manager Wizard.Identify the operating system, which supports this wizard and creates an answer file for automated installation process?
   1. Windows 95
   2. Windows XP Professional
   3. Windows 98
   4. Windows me

   Answer: B

4. Don is a system administrator for a renowned travel agency.The agency is planning to upgrade its computer systems to Windows XP Professional.Most of the computers are networked but some computers do not have CD-ROM drives.How can Don upgrade the computer systems without CD-ROM drives to Windows XP Professional?
   1. can attach a portable tape backup unit to each computer and install the operating system from it.
   2. can use the windows installer program to push out the operating system.
   3. can perfom the installation over a network share.
   4. can not install windows XP Professional unless he installs a CD-ROM drive in the computer systems that do not have them.

   Answer: C

5. Don is using a dual boot system between Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP Professional.Ron installed Windows 2000 Professional in a primary partition which is C drive, and Windows XP Professional is installed in the logical drive in extended partition which is D drive.Don now planned to install Windows 2003 in the unallocated space in the hard disk.When Don attempt to create a new primary partition using Disk Management snap-in, he received a message prompting him to make necessary change.The following shows the content of your Boot.ini:
   [operating systems]
   multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)%255cWINNT=%2526quot;Windows 2000 Professional%2526quot;
   multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)%255cWINNT=%2526quot;Windows XP Professional%2526quot;
   Identify the change that should be done in boot.ini.
   1. multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)%255cWINNT="Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect
   2. multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)%255cWINNT="Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
   3. multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)%255cWINNT=%2526quot;Windows 2000 Professional%2526quot; /fastdetect
   4. multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)%255cWINNT=%2526quot;Windows XP Professional%2526quot;/fastdetect

   Answer: C

6. You run a third-party groupware application on your Windows XP Professional machine.The system has a 350 MHz processor and 256 MB of RAM.When you start a Word processor your machine starts performing very bad.You run System Monitor for a few minutes and notice the following averages: % Processor Time: 90%, Page per Sec: 0.7%, Disk Time: 14%.Which component is probably the cause of the slow performance?
   1. Processor
   2. Physical Disk
   3. RAM
   4. Page File

   Answer: A

7. You are the desktop administrator for your company.All client desktop computers run Windows XP Professional and are members of a Windows 2000 domain.You have lost your file encryption certificate and you cannot access your encrypted files.What are possible ways to decrypt the files?
   1. Restore a backup copy of your file encryption certificate and private key in a .pfx file format from a floppy disk.
   2. Log on as the administrator of the local computer and decrypt the files.
   3. Log on as the domain administrator and decrypt the files.
   4. Log on as the administrator of the local computer and take ownership of the files.
   5. Restore a backup copy of the file using NT Backup.

   Answer: A, C

8. You are using Windows XP Professional operating system on your laptop with docking station.While in the office your files are redirected from "My Documents" local folder to a folder on the network file server.You want to be able to view these files either at work or on the road and have all files in this folder be current and up to date.What is the correct procedure to accomplish this?
   (select all that apply)
   1. From My Computer, Tools Menu, Folder Options, Enable Offline Files.
   2. From the Remote Directory, File Menu, Select Make Available Offline.
   3. Copy the remote folder to your local directory.On the folders properties page, select synchronize with offline folders.
   4. From the Local Directory, File Menu, Select Make Available Offline.
   5. Select Synchronize all offline files before logging off.

   Answer: A, E

9. You are setting up a user to print to a Network Printer without assigning this user to a print server.What is the proper way to configure this user's PC?
   1. In the printers properties dialogue, specify the port to print to LPT1:
   2. Set the Spool Settings to spool document first, and then print
   3. Select Automatically Detect My Plug and Play Printer
   4. Add a Standard TCP/IP local port
   5. Enable Printer Pooling
   6. Stop and restart the print spool service

   Answer: D

10. You are installing an LPR port on your Windows XP Professional client to be able to print to a print device connected to a UNIX print server.Which of the following information do you need to provide?
    1. IP address or host name of the UNIX print server
    2. IP address or host name of the print device
    3. The name of the print queue on the UNIX server
    4. The name of the print queue on the print device

    Answer: A, C