Q1. You are planning to buy a computer. You also want to install Windows 2000 Professional on this computer. What are the minimum hardware requirements to install this operating system?
- Pentium 120 MHz / 16MB RAM/ 320MB hard disk space
- Pentium 133 MHz / 32 MB RAM/ 500MB hard disk space
- Pentium 166 MHz/ 64MB RAM/ 640MB hard disk space
- Pentium II / 128 MB Ram / 1GB hard disk space
Correct Answer: C.
Explanation:
Hardware component Windows 2000 Prof. Windows 2000 Ser/ Ad Ser.
Processor Pentium/133MHz Pentium/133MHz
Memory 64MB 256MB
HD space 640MB 1GB
Display VGA or better VGA or better
Network card Optional Optional
(Required for over the network installation)
CD ROM Drive Required Required
(unless loading from network)
Q2. You want your computer to be able to dual boot. Your computer is already loaded with Windows 98. Now you want to install Windows 2000 Professional using the same partition on your computer, on which Windows 98 is residing. Which file system you can use? [Select 2].
- FAT
- FAT32
- NTFS
- HPFS
Correct Answer: A,B.
Explanation:
You want to install Windows 2000 Professional on the same partition as that of Windows 98. Windows 98 supports FAT (FAT16) and FAT32. It doesn’t support NTFS file system. Therefore, you need to install 2000 Professional either on the FAT file systems or on the FAT32 for dual boot.
Q3. You intend to upgrade your Windows 3.1 to Windows 2000 Professional. Which Operating systems can be upgraded to Windows 2000 Professional?[Choose 3].
- Windows 95/ 98
- Windows NT 3.51
- Windows NT 4.0 Work station
- Windows 3.1
Correct Answer: A,B,C.
Explanation:
You can upgrade Windows 95/98, Windows NT 3.51, Windows NT 4.0 WS can be upgraded to Windows 2000 Professional. You can’t upgrade Windows 3.1 and Windows for workgroups to Windows 2000 Professional. If you need to install 2000 Prof. On Windows 3.x, you need to upgrade first to Windows 95/98 or NT and then upgrade to 2000 Prof. It is easy to do a clean install of Windows 2000 on Windows 3.x machines.
Q4. You intend to upgrade your existing Windows 95 computer to Windows 2000 Professional. Which of the following precautions you need to take before the upgrade? [Choose all that apply].
- Check that the hardware is meeting at least the minimum requirement
- Ensure that the upgrade packs are available, if required for all the applications that you are currently using on Windows 95 computer
- Use Winnt32.exe /checkupgradeonly utility to ensure that all hardware and software requirements are met
- Upgrade the Windows 95 to Windows NT 4 WS, so that upgrade to Windows NT 2000 Professional can be done.
Correct Answer: A,B,C.
Explanation:
You need to ensure the following before the upgrade:
- The hardware is adequate for upgrading to Windows 2000 Professional
- Also, check the hardware, software adequacy by running Winnt32.exe / checkupgradeonly. Note that the switch “checkupgradeonly” will output a report on the adequacy of hardware and software. It will also warn you if any applications need upgrade packs, which may be obtained from respective application vendors, if available. If the software upgrade pack is not installed for any application, the application may be rendered unusable!
- It is also recommended, if you are upgrading on a large population, to upgrade only one work station, and check whether the application softwares are running properly.
Q5. You want to install device drivers for a new Network card on your Windows 2000 Professional computer. Which tool do you use?
- Accessibility Options
- Add/ Remove Hardware
- Add/ Remove Programs
- Device Manager
Correct Answer: B.
Explanation:
The Device Manager lists all the hardware devices installed on your system. You can also update any existing drivers, as well as change the hardware settings. You use Add/ Remove Hardware to install new hardware. Accessibility options is primarily used to configure the keyboard, display, and mouse options on a computer to accommodate the users who are physically handicapped. The Add/ Remove Programs is used to install / uninstall 3rd party software. This is also used for installing / uninstalling Windows 2000 optional components.
Q6.Which of the following disk volumes does Windows 2000 Professional support? [Select 2].
- Striped volume
- Mirrored volume
- RAID-5 volume
- Spanned volume
Correct Answer: A,D.
Explanation:
Windows 2000 Operating systems support 5 different volume types:
- Simple volumes
- Spanned volumes
- Striped volumes
- Mirrored volumes
- RAID-5 volumes
A simple volume consists of a formatted disk on a single hard disk.
A Spanned volume consists of disk space on more than one hard disk.
A Striped volume has disk space on 2 or more disks. The disk spaces must be same on all disks. Fastest disk access among all volume types. RAID level 0.
A mirrored volume consists of a Simple volume that is mirrored in total, onto a second dynamic disk. Provides highest level of fault tolerance. Mirroring is RAID level 1
A RAID-5 volume consists of identical sized disk space located on three or more dynamic disks. Here any single disk failures can be recovered.
Note that Windows 2000 Professional doesn’t support Mirrored and RAID-5 volumes, where as other Windows 2000 Operating Systems (2000 Server, Advanced Server) support.
Q7. You have several roaming users who log on to the Windows 2000 Server from any of the computers on the network. You want to give the same environment to a given user, irrespective of the computer that the user logs on. Which of the following is best suited for this purpose?
- Store the user profile on the local computers
- Create a Roaming User Profile and store it on the Server Computer
- Create a Roaming User Profile and store it on the local Computer
- Create a mandatory profile.
Correct Answer: B.
Explanation:Roaming user profile is best suited for roaming user because it retains their own customized desktop and work environment settings, irrespective of which Windows 2000 computer that they log on. Roaming profiles are implemented by assigning a Server based user profile path to a user account.
Q8. Which permissions can be applied to a file on an NTFS partition on a Windows 2000 Computer? [Choose all that apply].
- Read
- Write
- Take Ownership
- No Access
Correct Answer: A,D.
Explanation:
The standard Windows 2000 NTFS permissions that can be applied to files are given below:
1. Read: View the file's contents, attributes.
2. Read& execute: Users can read and execute the file
3. Write: Write, or append data to the file, view files attributes
4. Modify: Users can read, write, execute, and/or delete the file
5. Full Control: Users will have full control on the file. They can change the file permissions and take ownership of the file.
Remember that the NTFS file permissions are always in effect to all users and processes.
Q9. A user George is given "Full Control" share permission to a folder named "Services". George is also a member of another group, which has only "Read" share permission. What is the effective permission that the user George is allowed to the folder "Services"?
- Full Control
- Read
- No Access
- Change
Correct Answer: A.
Explanation: User and Group share permissions are additive. The least restrictive permission will be the users effective permission. One exception to this is "No Access". If a group has "No Access" to a share, then a user, who is member of the group will not have access to the share, even if the user is give "Full Control". No Access takes precedence over others.
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