OS Fundamentals

1. What file detects installed hardware during the win 2000 startup sequence, then passes this information on to NTLDR and places a list in the registry ?
NTBOOTDD
Ntdetect
Bootsect
BOOT
NTDET

2. FAT 16 Supports drives up too a maximum of ?
512 MB
1 GB
2 GB
4 GB

3. Command.com is the shell of DOS. What is the default shell of Windows 9x ?
user.dat
shell.exe
explorer.exe
win.com

4. Win 9x provides two versions of Scandisk: a graphical windows-based version Scandskw.exe and an DOS-based version Scandisk.exe both of which can be run from the run command box.
True False

5. Windows 2000 automatically optimizes disk use, but Mike would like to defragment his D: drive manually how could he do this ?
Right click My Computer, click Properties, and then, on the Tools tab, click optimize Now.
Right click My Computer, click Properties, and then, on the Tools tab, click Defragment Now.
He could not as windows 2000 does not have manual defrag option.
In the run box he could type defrag.exe d:

6. Win 2000 has a command called RUNAS, which allows a user to run specific tools and programs with different permissions than the user's current logon provides.
True False

7. autoexec.bat is a file that DOS automatically executes when a computer boots up. You can put commands in this file that you want to execute when your computer starts.
True False

8. What file contains all the hardware configuration, Plug and Play settings, and application settings and is located in c:\windows as a hidden file ?
hwinfo.dll
system.dat
user.dat
explorer.exe

9. What file is responsible for the following operations ? Enabling the user to select an operating system to start. Loading the operating system files from the boot partition. Controlling the operating system selection process and hardware detection prior to the Windows 2000 kernel initialization.
BOOT
NTDET
NTLDR
Ntdetect
Bootsect
NTBOOTDD

10. NTFS4 New Technology File System used with win NT 4 provides support for hard disks, up to ?
60 GB
100 GB
2 terabytes
4 terabytes

11. Windows 98 comes with a DOS version Scanreg.exe located in \windows\command and an windows version Scanregw.exe located in \windows
True False

12. Windows 9x uses a new, IO.SYS, which replaces the DOS system files IO.SYS and ?
config.sys
user.sys
autoexec.bat
msdos.sys

13. You have a drive that is 10 GB and it is formated with FAT 32, what is the cluster size ?
4 KB
6 KB
8 KB
16 KB
32 KB

14. Which program detects devices that prevent Windows from starting ?
Cvt1.EXE
ASD.EXE
DRDETECT.EXE
WATSON.EXE

15. Windows NT4 can be formated with either FAT 16, FAT 32 or NTFS4 but not NTFS5.
True False

16. Fdisk is not needed with windows 2000 as Disk Management prepares hard disks.
True False

17. EMM386.exe provides access to the upper memory area and uses extended memory to simulate expanded memory.
True False