FreePractice - Part Nine (ver 1.2.00)

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1 If you want to check the partition for errors, which format switch should you use?
/A
/B
/C
/D

2 Which of the following files is not in SYSEDIT?
PROTOCOL.INI
SYS.INI
WIN.INI
AUTOEXEC.BAT

3 What is the first step to solving printing problems?
Change the spooler settings
Delete and reinstall the drivers
Use the Print Troubleshooter
Clean the printer

4 What is the command to upgrade Windows 3.1 to Windows 95?
Install
Setup
Upgrade
None of the above

5 You have a SCSI chain with a non-system hard disk on 001 and 110. When will a drive with the ID of 010 boot in relation to a normal boot process?
First
Second
Third
Fourth

6 What is the correct sequence to re-install all of your programs and operating systems, while deleting your old files?
FORMAT, FDISK, SYS C:, install operating systems and software
FDISK /S, FORMAT, install operating systems and software
FDISK, FORMAT /S, SYS C: /E, install operating systems and software
FDISK, FORMAT C: /S /C, CHKDSK /F, install operating systems and software

7 How many different primary modes will Windows start in?
1
2
3
4

8 If you are having problems with a piece of hardware, which if the following is the best fix?
Go to the Device Manager, look at the IRQs, DMAs, and memory addresses and see if any are conflicting. Delete the culprit, reboot, accept the new hardware if correct.
Decompile the driver and re-write it to your liking
Change the bus that they are in
Spray the contacts with denatured alcohol

9 In order for a hard disk to be bootable it must have what type of partition?
Passive
Large
Symmetric
Active

10 Windows 95 OSR2 (a.k.a. Windows 95B) will support hard disks larger than 2 gb because it uses a:
16-bit FAT system
32-bit FAT system
DoubleSpace
DriveSpace

11 You need to make a hard disk bootable but do not want to loose the data on the drive. What command can you use to accomplish this?
FDISK
FORMAT /S
SYS
SCANDISK

12 Most devices used with a PC require a:
Serial number
User interface
Device Driver
All of the above

13 Windows 95 Plug and Play will automatically track which resources of these devices?
IRQ settings
DMA settings
Base addresses
All of the above

14 To install a new device in Windows 95, a file is usually required that describes that device to the operating system. What type of file is required?
CNF
INF
COM
CFG

15 Which of the following would not cause a device in Device Manager to have a ! next to it.
The driver is operating normally
The device driver has failed to load properly
There is a resource conflict between that device and another one
The device driver is corrupted

16 What command in Windows 95 allows easy access to most of the text-based configuration files?
SYSEDIT
REGEDIT
EDIT
CONTROL PANEL

17 When modifying a WIN.INI file, a user deleted a line that they thought was causing a problem. Now Windows won't run at all. What would have been a better method for them to use to modify the suspect line in the configuration file?
Copy the entire file to another file name for backup
Re-install the operating system to correct the original problem
Comment out the suspect line rather than deleting it
FDISK the drive first

18 If you want to comment out a line in the WIN.INI, what character should you use?
:
;
#
!

19 In order to run older DOS programs it may be necessary to do what?
Edit the properties for the icon shortcut
Run Windows 95 in DOS mode
Set up a dual boot PC with Windows 95 and DOS
All of the above

20 To set up Windows 95 on a Microsoft network, what do you need to purchase?
A NIC and cabling
Network software
Windows NT Server 4.0
All of the above

21 What can you do as a workaround to the "Incorrect DOS version" error?
Start up the compute with a boot disk that disables the VER feature
Enter the Setup utility to disable ROM shadowing
Use SETVER to disable the VER feature in BIOS
Use SETVER to report another version of DOS

22 How do you remedy the problem of a corrupt swap file in Windows 3.x?
Delete the PAGEFILE.SYS from the root directory and reboot the computer
Go to the 386 Enhanced section of the Control Panel and remove the swap file
Go to the Virtual Memory section of the Control panel and remove the swap file
Delete the PAGEFILE.TMP from the root directory and reboot the computer

23 What mode allows execution of some older MS-DOS applications that are not capable of running in Windows 95?
Real
Virtual Real
MS-DOS Compatibility
Protected

24 Which icon in the Control Panel do you use to create a Windows 95 startup disk?
System
Add/Remove Programs
Devices
You do not create a Windows 95 startup disk from the Control Panel

25 What can you do to fix a print spool that’s been stalling?
Restart the computer
Delete the print job
Stop and restart the printing service
Restart the print spooler

26 What is the most common cause of a printer printing garbled characters after being installed.
The print processor or print driver is not correct
The printer cannot handle the speed of the print job
The printer is set to uni-directional
The printer was not installed correctly

27 A user is having trouble with a new device on their Windows 3.1 computer. You need to quickly determine his system settings. Which is the quickest and most detailed means of gathering this information?
The Control Panel
CMOS Setup
MSD
File Manager

28 What can you do if you are infected with a boot record virus?
Run SCANDISK
Type FDISK/MBR
Run CHKDSK
Run FDISK /BR

29 What is the difference between the Windows-based Scandisk and the DOS based Scandisk?
The DOS version could not check for lost clusters
The Windows version can automatically fix problems
The DOS version could not fix cross-linked files
The Windows version can stop lost clusters before they happen

30 How can you configure a DOS application to use more memory?
Using the MEM command
Adjusting the shortcut for the application
Using the Control Panel
Specifying an entry in the Autoexec.bat

31 What is the most difficult virus to remove from a computer?
CMOS virus
Memory virus
FAT virus
Boot Sector virus

32 What is the easiest way to fix a startup or boot problem.
Inspect the boot sector
Rerun the Setup program that came with the operating system
Use the FDISK/MBR command
Repair the boot sector with the SYS command

33 What is the purpose of dynamic memory allocation?
To use just enough memory to boot your computer
To optimize the extended memory by paging it to disk
To give enough memory to applications, and take memory away when not needed
To assign memory addresses to device letters that do not have onboard memory

34 You are trying to run a DOS Application that frequently causes illegal operations errors. What should you do to get the application running correctly?
Modify the FILES= line in the CONFIG.SYS
Force the application to run in MS-DOS mode
Give the application more memory
Configure the application to use the Windows 95 swap file

35 Which utility can speed up the performance of your machine?
MSD
SCANDISK
DEFRAG
CHKDSK

36 Which type of virus may cause you to lose data?
FAT virus
CMOS virus
Boot Sector Virus
All of the above

37 You are attempting to run an older software package. You get the message "Wrong Windows Version". What is the problem?
Program is designed to run only in DOS
Program is designed to run on a different version of DOS
Program will only run on Windows 95
Program cannot be used on this PC

38 You get the message "Error in CONFIG.SYS line 20". To correct this error, you should:
Check that the driver on line 20 is present
Remove the config.sys file
Run scandisk
Disregard error

39 When attempting to run Windows 3.1 you get a message saying, "HIMEM.SYS is not loaded". What file should you look in to see if HIMEM.SYS is loaded?
AUTOEXEC.BAT
CONFIG.SYS
COMMAND.COM
WIN.INI

40 A customer reports he cannot get out on the network in Windows 3.1. He saw some error flash by as the machine started. What is the problem?
Bad network card
Started in Safe mode
Started in Normal mode
Bad Autoexec.bat file

41 Computer viruses are:
Always destructive
Always hoaxes
May be destructive
Never hoaxes

42 In Windows 95, the settings for the system are entered where?
CONFIG.SYS
Registry
AUTOEXEC.BAT
SYSTEM.INI

43 A customer who just bought a computer from you yesterday calls frantically. He tells you the computer says he performed an illegal operation. What do you tell him?
Bring the computer in for repair
Choose OK and restart the program
Explain that he told the CPU to do something that the CPU can't do. Tell him not to do it again.
Tell him he's got a virus

44 Which of the following is not a Windows-based tool?
SYSEDIT.EXE
Control Panel
System General Properties
CHKDSK

45 What is the right context to correct and "incorrect version" error message and make a file named C:\Wrong, which is in version 6.0, think it is in DOS 6.22?
SETVER COMMAND.COM 6.22 C:\WRONG
SERVER.6.22 C:\WRONG
SETVER. C:\ WRONG 6.22
SETVER. C:\WRONG /6.22

46 You get a VFAT initialization failure in Windows 95. What should you not do?
Run the setup disk
Reboot with Safe Mode
Run Scandisk
Format hard drive

47 Which of the following are ways to make a startup disk with utilities on Windows 95?
Through the online help
Start | Settings | Control | Windows Setup
Format A: /s
Setup /U

48 On a Windows 95 machine, you find a spooler is stalled. What should you do?
Turn it back on through the Registry
Change the print driver to the correct one
File | Properties |Restart Printing from the Printer Window after highlighting the printer
Reboot and resubmit the print job

49 What is the best solution to the problem of having a bi-directional driver and printer, but a uni-directional cable?
Disable bi-directional printing in the CMOS
Disable bi-directional printing in the printer setup
Disable bi-directional printing in the printer itself
Get a bi-directional cable and install it

50 Device driver HIMEM.SYS is:
an expanded memory manager
an extended memory manager
a paging memory manager
an HMA manager