Exam 1: Mcsa -Xp

You are having trouble connecting to the Internet. You are not able to determine whether it is the modem or the configuration that is causing the problem. Which of the following should you do to determine whether the modem is working properly?

You are working as an administrator at an organization. All users have video capture cards and USB-connected digital video cameras connected to their computer. They have used the built-in Windows XP Professional drivers to install these devices. Last week one of the users updated her drivers from the manufacturer's website. After the drive update, she rebooted the computer and received an error message stating that a service or driver failed to start. Once logged in, the user noticed that the video capture card and digital video camera was inaccessible. What should be your first step to get the devices to work?

You are attempting to perform a new manual installation of Windows XP on a system that has Windows Me installed. During the setup, an error message is displayed on the screen. You clear the error message box before reading it. You later feel that you should have read the error message. Which of the following log files allows you to read the details of the error?

You work as a systems administrator at your organization. All client computers run Windows XP Professional. A newly-purchased client computer has been assigned to you for pre-installation purposes. It has two physical hard drives. You successfully installed Windows XP Professional on one physical disk. To make the computer fault tolerant, you want to create a mirrored volume. What should you do?

Your computer is running Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1 installed without the Internet Connection Firewall or ICF enabled. You frequently use the Remote Desktop feature to connect to your home computer. A couple of days ago, all computers at your office were upgraded to Service Pack 2 versions. After the upgrade, you are not able to connect to your home computer. Which of the following could fix the problem?

David wants to upgrade a group of twenty Windows 98 computers to the Windows XP operating system. He has already created an answer file for the unattended installation. The hard drives are currently FAT32 partitions. What should he do in order to convert these partitions to NTFS as part of the installation process?

You are in the process of short-listing Windows 98 computers that have enough hardware to be upgraded to Windows XP Professional. Although all computers easily certify for an upgrade in terms of the hard drive space, some of them do not have enough RAM. What is the minimum amount of memory and processor speed required to upgrade to Windows XP Professional?

You are using a Remote Desktop connection to send some data to a branch office using a dial-up connection. Which of the following Remote Desktop performance options must be enabled to optimize performance across slow dial-up connections?

All the members of your team are requesting processor upgrades on their computers. You test the computers by monitoring the processor activity using the Processor > %Processor Time counter. What average value for this counter would indicate a processor bottleneck?

You perform a clean installation of Windows XP Professional on ten computers and add them to a workgroup named 'Jane.' All of the computers in this workgroup are configured to require a user name and password for login. Thirty days after the installation, all users in the workgroup report that they cannot log on to their computers. How should you fix this problem?

Which of the following Windows XP Professional built-in tools gives you the ability to connect to another computer's desktop to share the desktop?

You are the network administrator at your organization. The organization has four print devices located in a printer room. You want to configure the printing environment so that print jobs are sent to the first print device that is available. What requirement must be met if you want to use a printer pool?

You are the network administrator at your organization. All the computers in the Sales department use Windows XP Professional. You are planning to make several configuration changes to these computers to enhance their performance. However, prior to making these changes, you want to create a restore point that can be used in case the configuration changes fail. How should you go about creating a restore point?

You are the desktop administrator in your organization. All employees use Windows XP Professional computers. A user installs printer and scanner hardware on her new laptop. A couple of days later, the user finds an updated printer driver and installs it. She reboots the computer and receives an error message that states "STOP.IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL" on a blue screen. She restarts the computer again and receives the same error message. What should you do to fix this problem?

You have installed a new photo editing application on all Windows XP Professional computers in the graphics department. After the installation, performance on all computers is significantly slowed. In an attempt to resolve the problem, you uninstall the photo editing application and restart the computers. However, performance is still not improved. You want to ensure that you preserve all data and computer settings while returning the computers to previously working condition as quickly as possible. What should you do?

Jack is working as an administrator for a small network. One of the users on the network has configured ICS on his computer. He is able to access the internet, but is not able to access local resources. Which of the following could be the most likely cause of the issue?

You upgrade a client computer from Microsoft Windows NT workstation 4.0 to Windows XP Professional. After the upgrade, the user reports that his computer now starts with Display settings of 640 x 480 screen resolution and 16 colors. He is unable to change these display settings or select Windows XP themes. How should you fix this problem?

Which of the following tabs under the System Configuration utility can be used to prevent unwanted programs from automatically starting when the computer boots?

Jack installs a fax service with the default options on his Windows XP Professional computer. His computer is configured to use an internal fax modem. He can successfully send faxes from his computer, but the computer's fax monitor never answers incoming calls. How should you fix this issue?

You are working as an IT support technician in an organization. Your work requires you to carry a laptop to employee cubicles to analyze and fix issues. You want to use a laptop setting that will not drain the battery too much while your applications aren't running. Which of the following should you do?