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Comptia A +: Windows Pre Installation
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Choose an ____ edition for BitLocker. These editions include all features of both Home and Professional editions.
Aero
1
support
Ultimate
2. You can upgrade from Windows XP to Windows ____ with an In-place upgrade or Clean install.
Less
Hardware software
Sidebar
Vista
3. If you are installing a new version of Windows on an existing computer - run the ____ for that version to determine whether your system can be upgraded. It scans your system and verifies that hardware is sufficient and compatible with the new version
Aero
Upgrade Advisor
Ultimate
In-place upgrade or Clean install
4. For Windows Vista/7 - each operating system instance must be on its own ____.
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86 64
Partition
BitLocker
5. You can typically only perform an ____ upgrade to the next higher version of Windows. For example - from Windows XP to Windows Vista - but you must do a clean install to move from Windows XP to Windows 7.
Ultimate
in-place downgrade
In-place
Virtual computer
6. An ____ upgrade updates your current Windows installation to the new version of Windows. All of your applications - user settings - and data are all preserved. The previous version of Windows is no longer available.
BitLocker
Previous version
Backup
In-place
7. Choose Windows Vista/7 over Windows XP for Windows ____ and gadgets. Search and indexing improvements - Windows Media Center for playing and managing digital media
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Corporations
Preserved
Sidebar
8. Obtain the latest ____ for all hardware. If necessary - get 64-bit ones before installation to ensure that devices are compatible with 64-bit operating systems.
User settings
64-bit drivers
support
Driver
9. With the upgrade version - you can perform either an in-place upgrade or a clean install. The installation process must be able to detect the ____ of Windows - either on the hard drive or with Windows XP only - from the installation disc.
Applications user settings
Previous version
Premium
Backup
10. You can upgrade from Windows 2000 to Windows ____ with an In-place upgrade or Clean install.
HLC (hardware compatibility list)
1
Applications
XP
11. You will also need to choose between the 32-bit (x__) or 64-bit (x____ or IA-64) versions.
Clean install
In-place upgrade or Clean install
86 64
Windows Easy Transfer
12. Enterprise editions are like Ultimate editions - but sold to large ____.
'higher' edition
In-place upgrade
HLC (hardware compatibility list)
Corporations
13. Home ____ editions include more features such as full Aero support - Windows Backup - and Media Center.
Hardware software
Premium
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Aero
14. As a final preparation step - perform a backup of your existing system. If you are doing a clean install - you can use the backup to restore ____ to the new installation.
86 64
User data
Backup
Businesses
15. A Home edition is intended for end-users not in a business environment and have a subset of available features such as some of the ____ features.
1
Downgrade
Vista
Aero
16. You can upgrade from Windows 2000 to Windows ____ with an upgrade or Clean install.
Businesses
User data
Vista
In-place
17. Choose Windows 7 over Vista for improved ___ and restore flexibility._
Windows
Backup
Compatibility
Sidebar
18. A clean install adds a ____ installation of Windows - either on a new system or a system that currently has an operating system.
Processor
Is not
New
support
19. You cannot do an in-place upgrade from a 32-bit operating system to a ___________(or vice versa).
MAP (Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit)
User settings
64-bit operating system
Partition
20. Choose Windows 7 over Vista ____ items to the Taskbar.
Pin
Clean install
Netbooks
In-place upgrade
21. Older hardware that have only ___________ will not work on a 64-bit operating system.
64
32-bit drivers
64-bit drivers
Domain
22. The Starter edition Aero and the .NET framework (is/is not) supported.
Can run
Is not
Hardware software
Preserved
23. If you will be performing a clean install on the same computer as your existing computer - save your ____ and files before performing the installation. Following installation - you can import them.
support
User data
Media Center
Upgrade Advisor
24. Upgrade versions are typically available for purchase if you have up to ____ versions lower than the new version.
'higher' edition
2
7
HLC (hardware compatibility list)
25. Though an in-place upgrade does not affect user files and settings - you should still ____ the system prior to performing the installation in case something goes wrong.
Dual boot
Backup
Netbooks
In-place
26. During install you can choose to ____ partitions (losing all existing data and any existing operating system installation) or install into an existing partition. If you do not do this - user data will be preserved following the installation.
BitLocker
Reformat
New
Backup
27. Choose a Professional/Business/Ultimate edition of Windows if you need to connect to a ____.
Domain
User data
Downgrade
support
28. Choose Windows Vista/7 over Windows XP for Windows ____ for playing and managing digital media.
Media Center
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Driver
Processors
29. Choose Windows Vista/7 over Windows XP for ____ drive encryption.
Hardware software
BitLocker
Processors
User data
30. The Starter edition comes only in a ____-bit version. Aero and the .NET framework is not supported. For Vista - the Starter edition is only available in 'emerging' markets. For Windows 7 - the edition is available world-wide - and is typically pre-in
Driver
In-place upgrade or Clean install
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support
31. Check the ____ to verify that hardware is compatible with the operating system.
Upgrade Advisor
4GB
Can run
HLC (hardware compatibility list)
32. Moving from Windows XP is often not a trivial task because of ____ and ____ incompatibilities between XP and Vista/7.
Processor
HLC (hardware compatibility list)
Cannot run
Hardware software
33. After an in-place upgrade the previous version of Windows is _____________.
Not available
Applications
Cannot run
Domain
34. You can install Windows XP on the same partition but a different ____ than the existing installation of previous Windows versions.
Folder
32-bit drivers
Reformat
Backup
35. Businesses typically purchase a license for Windows Vista/7 - then ____ and install Windows XP instead.
Virtual computer
Downgrade
Folder
Hardware software
36. The biggest advantage to using a 64-bit version is support for more than ____ of memory (most 32-bit systems can only use about 3GB of memory).
4GB
Ultimate
Sidebar
'higher' edition
37. Windows XP continues to be sold and installed - especially in ____ that have not yet adopted Windows Vista or Windows 7.
MAP (Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit)
Businesses
Windows Easy Transfer
Processors
38. You __________ a 32-bit operating system on a 64-bit processor.
Partition
64-bit operating system
Upgrade Advisor
Can run
39. You can upgrade from Windows 98/ME to Windows Vista or Windows 7 with a ____.
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Vista
BitLocker
Clean install
40. Some 32-bit applications running on a 64-bit version of Windows will have ____ that do not exist on 32-bit systems - so vendors might need to release patches for these applications.
Errors
Compatibility
Applications
In-place upgrade or Clean install
41. You can upgrade from Windows 2000 to Windows 7 with a ____.
Virtual computer
User settings
Clean install
Processor
42. Upgrade versions of Windows are for users who already have an existing installation of ____ - and who want to install the newer version on the same computer.
New
Dual boot
Hardware software
Windows
43. Choose Windows Vista/7 over Windows XP for ____ and indexing improvements.
Search
Backup
20
Processor
44. You can upgrade from Windows XP to Windows ____ with a Clean install.
USMT (User State Migration Tool)
64-bit drivers
7
In-place
45. A 64-bit operating system can run both 32-bit and 64-bit applications; a 32-bit operating system _________ a 64-bit application.
Businesses
Virtual computer
Sidebar
Cannot run
46. You would choose a 64-bit version if you needed to run 64-bit ____ or use hardware that had only 64-bit drivers.
64-bit operating system
Downgrade
Applications
HLC (hardware compatibility list)
47. You cannot do an _____________ from one edition to another (such as from Professional to Home Premium).
in-place downgrade
Libraries
Applications user settings
User data
48. You must have a 64-bit ____ to run a 64-bit operating system.
300
Aero
Processor
Backup
49. Choose Windows 7 over Vista for the use of ____.
Reformat
Search
Libraries
In-place upgrade
50. Windows 7 hardware requirements include: 1 GHz processor - 1 GB RAM (2 GB for a 64-bit system) - 16 GB free disk space (____ GB for a 64-bit system) - DirectX 9 support with 128 MB video memory - Pixel Shader 2.0 - and 32-bits per pixel - and a DVD d
20
Search
32
Downgrade