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[edit section] Miscellaneous Practice Questions

What does TSR stand for?

A. Terminal Set Ready.

B. Terminate and Stay Resident.

C. Testing System Ready.

D. Temptation Still Ripe.


Answer: B




You’ve just upgraded DOS and an old application won’t run. What do you do?

A. Run the SETVER command.

B. Delete the application.

C. Reinstall the application.

D. Reinstall the DOS upgrade


Answer: A




Which Windows XP upgrade uses existing Windows folders and all the existing settings it can?

A. Typical

B. Express

C. Compact

D. Custom

Answer: B




You are planing an upgrade from Windows 98 to Windows 2000 Professional. Your system uses a mondem card that you don't find listed on Microsoft Windows 2000 list of compatible devices. What do you do next?

a. Abandon the upgrade and continue to use Windows 98.

b. Check the Web site of the modem manufacter for a Windows 2000 driver.

c. Buy a new modem card.

d. Install a dual boot for Windows 98 and Windows 2000 and only use the modem when you have Windows 98 loaded.


Answer: Although any of these will work the best option is B.




What three keys can you press to preform a soft boot when using DOS?

Answer: Ctrl+Alt+Del




_________ is a Windows utility that can record detail information about a system, errors that occur, and the programs them in a log file.

Answer: Dr. Watson




What are the two modes of the Windows NT/2000/XP architecture?

Answer: User mode and Kernel mode




In the Windows NT/2000/XP boot process, what file reads and loads the boot menu?

Answer: Ntldr




This is not a joke and reflects the unusual questions sometimes found on exam:

You receive a phone call from a customer who states that his laptop quit working after washing it in his dish washer. He explains that a friend of his washed his desktop keyboard in a dish washer and it still worked fine. What do you tell him?

Answer: Buy a new computer.

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