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Comptia A +: Windows Pre Installation
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Choose Windows Vista/7 over Windows XP for Windows ____ and gadgets. Search and indexing improvements - Windows Media Center for playing and managing digital media
Search
Sidebar
1
Preserved
2. The first step prior to purchase and installation of the operating system is to verify that the operating system is compatible with the ____ and ____ you will use.
Hardware software
Is not
'higher' edition
Not available
3. Following a clean installation - you will need to reinstall all ____ and configure ____.
In-place upgrade or Clean install
Pin
Downgrade
Applications user settings
4. You can upgrade from Windows XP to Windows ____ with an In-place upgrade or Clean install.
USMT (User State Migration Tool)
Vista
Backup
32-bit drivers
5. You cannot do an _____________ from one edition to another (such as from Professional to Home Premium).
Downgrade
86 64
Backup
in-place downgrade
6. The Starter edition Aero and the .NET framework (is/is not) supported.
Compatibility
In-place upgrade or Clean install
Is not
USMT (User State Migration Tool)
7. Windows XP continues to be sold and installed - especially in ____ that have not yet adopted Windows Vista or Windows 7.
Clean install
Applications
Businesses
Aero
8. You can upgrade from Windows 98/ME to Windows XP with an _____________.
Windows Easy Transfer
In-place upgrade or Clean install
Clean install
support
9. 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
In-place upgrade
Premium
20
Applications
10. If you are unable to complete an installation - you can use the ____ to restore your existing system.
Backup
Processors
7
User settings
11. Moving from Windows XP is often not a trivial task because of ____ and ____ incompatibilities between XP and Vista/7.
Hardware software
In-place upgrade or Clean install
Processors
Partition
12. The Starter edition has the least amount of features and is optimized for running on lower-end ____ and hardware.
Virtual computer
Processors
Clean install
'higher' edition
13. Choose Windows 7 over Vista for the use of ____.
Folder
Libraries
32
2
14. Windows 7 Professional/Ultimate editions support running Windows XP as a ____.
Backup
Virtual computer
Backup
User data
15. 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.
Windows
Backup
Ultimate
20
16. You must have a 64-bit ____ to run a 64-bit operating system.
User settings
In-place upgrade or Clean install
Processor
Hardware software
17. Go to the hardware or software vendor's website and check for operating system ____.
Compatibility
64-bit operating system
Reformat
support
18. Choose Windows 7 over Vista ____ items to the Taskbar.
MAP (Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit)
In-place
Pin
Processors
19. With a clean installation - use the ____ for additional migration options - for example to migrate user settings to different computers.
Hardware software
20
Aero
USMT (User State Migration Tool)
20. A clean install adds a ____ installation of Windows - either on a new system or a system that currently has an operating system.
Hardware software
86 64
New
'higher' edition
21. While you can purchase an upgrade copy of Windows if you want to move up two versions - you can only perform an in-place upgrade if you are moving only ____ version up.
Virtual computer
Premium
Libraries
1
22. You can upgrade from Windows XP to Windows ____ with a Clean install.
Partition
Backup
Domain
7
23. You can upgrade from Windows 2000 to Windows 7 with a ____.
64
Clean install
XP
In-place upgrade or Clean install
24. 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.
Netbooks
Partition
Aero
support
25. If you are upgrading an existing computer - you can migrate your ____ and data into the new installation.
7
Windows Easy Transfer
User settings
Clean install
26. As a final preparation step - perform a ____ of your existing system.
64-bit drivers
Backup
Cannot run
HLC (hardware compatibility list)
27. For upgrades on larger networks - you can use the ____ to automatically scan multiple computers and identify each computer's compatibility for an upgrade to Windows 7. It checks hardware compatibility - identifies the availability of updated device d
Domain
Search
Not available
MAP (Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit)
28. Older hardware that have only ___________ will not work on a 64-bit operating system.
Processors
Sidebar
32-bit drivers
Pin
29. You would choose a 64-bit version if you needed to run 64-bit ____ or use hardware that had only 64-bit drivers.
User data
32-bit drivers
Applications
In-place upgrade or Clean install
30. You can upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7 with an ____ or Clean install.
Vista
Not available
In-place
In-place upgrade
31. Upgrade versions cost (more/less) than buying a full version of Windows.
In-place
Less
User settings
Processors
32. You can create a ____ computer by keeping your existing installation of Windows.
1
Partition
Dual boot
Errors
33. A 64-bit operating system requires ___________.
Libraries
User settings
64-bit drivers
Can run
34. You can upgrade from one edition to another as long as the edition is a __________ (such as Home to Professional or Home Premium to Ultimate).
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35. 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.
Driver
Domain
Clean install
support
36. After an in-place upgrade the previous version of Windows is _____________.
Less
Not available
In-place upgrade or Clean install
Cannot run
37. Windows XP hardware recommendations include: 300 MHz processor - ____ MB RAM - 1.5 GB free disk space - CD or DVD drive - Super VGA (800x600).
300
'higher' edition
Ultimate
4GB
38. Choose Windows Vista/7 over Windows XP for Windows ____ for playing and managing digital media.
Media Center
XP
Dual boot
USMT (User State Migration Tool)
39. A 64-bit operating system can run both 32-bit and 64-bit applications; a 32-bit operating system _________ a 64-bit application.
Compatibility
Clean install
Cannot run
Windows Easy Transfer
40. 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.
Partition
Windows Easy Transfer
Backup
In-place
41. You can upgrade from Windows 2000 to Windows ____ with an upgrade or Clean install.
Vista
Upgrade Advisor
BitLocker
Dual boot
42. Home ____ editions include more features such as full Aero support - Windows Backup - and Media Center.
User data
Processors
Backup
Premium
43. ____ that cannot run Vista come with Windows XP Home preinstalled.
Reformat
Netbooks
Backup
Downgrade
44. Businesses typically purchase a license for Windows Vista/7 - then ____ and install Windows XP instead.
300
Downgrade
in-place downgrade
Applications
45. You can install Windows XP on the same partition but a different ____ than the existing installation of previous Windows versions.
Media Center
32-bit drivers
'higher' edition
Folder
46. 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.
Errors
Reformat
Partition
Downgrade
47. You can upgrade from Windows 98/ME to Windows Vista or Windows 7 with a ____.
Compatibility
Clean install
Applications user settings
support
48. Check the ____ to verify that hardware is compatible with the operating system.
Backup
HLC (hardware compatibility list)
Vista
300
49. 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.
HLC (hardware compatibility list)
Errors
7
Clean install
50. Upgrade versions are typically available for purchase if you have up to ____ versions lower than the new version.
In-place upgrade
HLC (hardware compatibility list)
2
In-place