CompTIA 1102 Chapter 13 and 14 Practice Questions

1. Which of the following can you type in the Start menu in Windows to open a command prompt?
(Choose two.)

A. run

B. cmd

C. command

D. open

2. Which part of the operating system can be described as extremely specific software written for
the purpose of instructing the OS on how to access a piece of hardware?

A. Source code

B. Application

C. Kernel

D. Driver

3. How do you increase the size of the taskbar?

A. Right- click the mouse and drag the taskbar.

B. Left- click the mouse and double- click the taskbar.

C. Move the mouse pointer to the top of the taskbar, pausing until the pointer turns into a double-
headed arrow, and then click and drag.

D. Highlight the taskbar and double- click in the center.

4. Which of the following installation methods would you use if you wanted to install a program on a
virtual machine? (Choose the best method.)

A. ISO

B. USB

C. Optical disk

D. ZIP files
5. The Windows File Explorer program can be used to do which of the following? (Choose two.)

A. Browse the Internet

B. Copy and move files

C. Change file attributes

D. Create backup jobs

6. What is the maximum allowable length for the name of a file in Windows?

A. 8 characters

B. 32 characters

C. 64 characters

D. 255 characters

7. Which of the following is a program that runs on top of the OS and allows the user to issue
commands through a set of menus or some other graphical interface?

A. Taskbar

B. Shell

C. Desktop

D. Source

8. If a program doesn’t have a shortcut on the Desktop or in the All Apps submenu, you can start it
by which of the following methods? (Choose the best answer.)

A. Using the shutdown command

B. Typing the program name in the Start box

C. Using the run command and typing in the name of the program

D. Typing cmd in the Start box followed by the program name

9. Which operating system feature offers the ability for a single application to have multiple requests
into the processor at one time?

A. Multiuser mode

B. Dystopia

C. Preemption
D. Multithreading

10. In Windows, a deleted file can be retrieved using which of the following?

A. My Computer icon

B. Recycle Bin

C. Control Panel

D. Settings app

11. To turn off a Windows 10/11 operating system gracefully, you should do which of the following?
A. Run the turnoff command at a command prompt.

B. Turn off the switch and unplug the machine.

C. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del.

D. Select Start, then the power icon, and then choose Shut Down

12. What is the minimum amount of memory required for a 32- bit installation of Windows 10?

A. 128 MB

B. 256 MB

C. 512 MB

D. 1 GB

13. What is the minimum amount of free hard drive space required for the installation of Win dows
10 64- bit?

A. 1.5 GB

B. 15 GB

C. 32 GB

D. 60 GB

14. What is the minimum required memory for a 64- bit installation of Windows 10?
A. 512 MB

B. 1 GB

C. 2 GB

D. 4 GB

15. In Windows, a quick way to access Help is to press which keyboard key?

A. F12

B. The Windows key on the keyboard

C. F1

D. Alt

16. Which of the following was a major change with the introduction of Windows 8?

A. Start screen

B. Gadgets

C. Sidebar

D. System tray

17. Which of the following is located on the rightmost portion of the taskbar?

A. Start menu

B. Quick Launch

C. Notification area

D. Shutdown options

18. In addition to right- clicking the Desktop, how else can you access the Display Prop erties
settings?

A. By clicking the Settings gear in the Start menu

B. By clicking the System icon under Control Panel

C. By pressing Ctrl+Alt+Esc

D. By pressing Ctrl+Alt+Tab

19. Which of the following allows you to navigate file/folder structures in Windows?
A. Start menu

B. File Explorer

C. KDE

D. GNOME

20. What is the minimum required processor speed for a 64- bit installation of Windows 10?

A. 2.2 GHz

B. 3.3 GHz

C. 1.0 GHz

D. 2.3 GHz

21. Which MMC snap- in allows you to start a program based on a condition?

A. Programs and Features

B. Task Scheduler

C. Disk Management

D. Group Policy Editor

22. In Windows, which of the following is the filesystem of choice for CD media?

A. NTFS

B. EFS

C. FAT32

D. CDFS

23. Which utility can be used to schedule a remote shutdown?

A. taskmgr

B. kill

C. shutdown

D. netstat

24. Which event log should be checked if you suspect that the computer has rebooted
unexpectedly?
A. Application

B. Boot

C. Security

D. System

25. Which of the following filesystems is a proprietary filesystem created by Microsoft for use with
large flash drives?

A. GPT

B. NFS

C. ext3

D. exFAT

26. Which section in the Settings app lets you configure backups?

A. System

B. Devices

C. Apps

D. Update and Security

27. Which of the following filesystems is a proprietary filesystem created by Apple that offers SSD
support?

A. HFS

B. ext4

C. APFS

D. exFAT

28. Which Control Panel applet would you use to join the operating system to a domain?

A. System

B. User Accounts

C. Internet Options

D. Programs and Features

29. What can you do if a program is not responding to any commands and appears to be locked up?
A. Open the System Control Panel applet and choose Performance to see what process is causing the
problem.

B. Add more memory.

C. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to reboot the computer.

D. Open Task Manager, select the appropriate task, and then click End Task.

30. Which command will start the Event Viewer snap- in?

A. eventviewer.exe

B. eventvwr.msc

C. lusrmgr.msc

D. devmgmt.msc

31. You need to configure an iSCSI connection; where will you find iSCSI settings?

A. Storage Spaces applet

B. Disk Management snap- in

C. Administrative Tools

D. Device Manager snap- in

32. Which type of resources do you configure in Device Manager?

A. Hardware

B. Files and folders

C. Applications

D. Memory

33. What should be periodically done with mechanical hard drives to speed up performance when
launching and saving files?

A. Free up space

B. Empty Recycle Bin

C. Defragment

D. Trim
34. You have a number of files with a .des extension and you want to be able to search each file’s
metadata; which applet should this be configured in?

A. Internet Options applet

B. File Explorer Options applet

C. Indexing Options applet

D. Ease of Access Center applet

35. Which of the following partitions is specifically the partition from which the operating system
boots?

A. Primary partition

B. Extended partition

C. Dynamic partition

D. Logical partition

36. Which of the following Registry hives contains information about the computer’s hardware?

A. HKEY_CURRENT_MACHINE

B. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

C. HKEY_MACHINE

D. HKEY_RESOURCES

37. Which of the following replaces the MBR in 64- bit versions of the Windows operating system?

A. LILO

B. NFS

C. GPT

D. GRUB

38. Which of the following utilities will rearrange the files on your hard disk to occupy contig uous
chunks of space?

A. Disk Defragmenter

B. Windows File Explorer

C. Scandisk

D. Windows Backup
39. Which power mode will write the contents of the RAM to the disk?

A. Hibernate

B. Standby

C. Sleep

D. Suspend

40. Which partition style allows up to 2,000 volumes to be partitioned on a physical disk?

A. GPT

B. MBR

C. Dynamic Disk

D. Basic Disk