How Well Do You Know About Windows Vista? Trivia Quiz

1. Windows Vista Home premium and Ultimate support Windows media center for high definition TV?

True

False

2. Windows Vista come with Windows Defender?

True

False

3. It is always a good idea to run two firewall programs at the same time?

True

False

4. Which operating system can you perform an (in-place) upgrade from to Windows Vista?

Windows 98 SE

Windows ME

Windows NT 4.0

Windows XP Home Edition

5. You should always do which of the following before performing any operating system upgrades?

Read and understand the EULA

Back up your data and settings

Only back up your system files

Only back up your settings

6. Windows Vista has the capability of creating a system image of the entire system for backup bundled in with its capabilities? True or False

True

False

7. Windows Vista only supports manual backups of files?

True

False

8. You can not dual boot if your system is running Windows Vista?

True

False

9. How much video RAM is needed if your resolution is higher than 1920x1200?

64MB

128MB

32MB

256MB

10. The Windows firewall that comes with Vista can monitor certain outbound network traffic as well as inbound network traffic?

True

False

11. In order to trigger an entire PC restoration you will need to utilize the Windows Recovery Environment when you boot the system which should be installed in your system or on the Vista Installation DVD? True or False

True

False

12. Vista Home Basic can support domain networking?

True

False

13. In Protected Mode in Windows Vista, Internet Explorer 7 is restricted from accessing any part of the user's hard drive other than the Temporary Internet Files folder?

True

False

14. Which of the following is the (best) recommendation for installing Windows Vista?

In-place Installation

Clean Installation

Upgrade Installation

Buying a new system with Vista already installed

15. How much video RAM is needed if your resolution is 1280x1024 to 1920x1200?

64MB

256MB

128MB

32MB

16. Windows Vista Home Basic has the best capabilities for Media Center capabilities and burning CDs?

True

False

17. A 32 bit Vista version of Home Basic supports a max capacity of RAM in gigs?

16

32

8

4

18. Internet Explorer 7 includes a Phishing Filter, which is?

Automatically enabled when you install ActiveX 8.0

Automatically disabled

Enabled manually in the System File folder

Enabled when prompted when you first use IE 7

19. In Windows Vista what are the two restore types?

Basic

Intermediate

Advanced

Decremental

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20. Vista Home Basic can be upgraded to which of the following at any time?

Home premium

Ultimate

Enterprise

Business

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21. In Windows Vista, you can use the keyboard (shortcut) to access the start menu by choosing which of the following?

Pressing the windows key

Pressing Ctrl + Esc

Pressing Ctrl + Alt + Del

Pressing F3

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22. Name the two main account types that Windows Vista uses?

Administrator

Guest

Standard user

Acknowledged user

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23. Windows Vista comes with which version of Windows Media Player?

7

10

11

10.5

24. A 64 bit Vista version for Home premium supports a max capacitiy of how much RAM in gigs?

32

128

16

8

25. Vista Home Premium can support how many simultaneous SMB peer to peer networking connections?

10

15

20

8

26. What is the maximum simultaneous SMB peer to peer networking connections for Vista Home Basic?

5

4

3

2

27. A 64 bit Vista version for Home Basic supports a max capacity of RAM in gigs?

16

32

128

8

28. Chose two from the following that might affect performance and battery life using Windows Vista in a portable configuration?

User interface

Power management

Utilities

Tools Console

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29. In Vista, using the Easy Transfer program to an older system, the older system must be capable of exchanging data through which of the following?

A local area network

A USB flash drive or external hard drive

Recordable CDs or DVDs

It can not transfer data to older systems

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30. Using and Xbox 360 or Media Center Extender with an 11Mbps 802.11b network is completely inadequate for this function?

True

False

31. Windows Vista Aero is available in which of the following?

Vista Home Basic

Vista Home Premium

Vista Business

Vista Enterprise

Vista Ultimate

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32. The system restore now has the following two main interface points?

System Protection

System Maintain

System Restore Wizard

System Restart from date Wizard

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33. In Vista that has Powershell, PowerShell provides a command that displays all the built in commands that are available. What is that command called?

Get-Command

Get-Command Shell

Get-All Command

Get-Commandlets.bat

34. How much video RAM is needed if your resolution is lower than 1280x1024?

64MB

128MB

256MB

32MB

35. Parental controls are available in which of the following versions of Windows Vista?

Home Basic

Home Premium

Ultimate

Business

Enterprise

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36. Windows Vista mainly offers which of the two following ways to recover lost files?

Volume Shadow Copy

System Restore

My File Backup Recovery

System File Backup Data Recovery DOS

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37. Which of the following can you perform an (in-place) upgrade to if you are running Windows XP Professional?

Vista Home Basic

Vista Home Premium

Vista Business

Vista Ultimate

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38. Windows Vista comes with Internet Explorer 7 which has an added security measure that disables entire classes and prevents the activation of ActiveX control and is called?

ActiveX Opt-in

ActiveX Opt-out

ActiveX Disable

ActiveX Control