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If you want to change the desktop background, you must first right-click the desktop and select __________ from the context menu.
a) Change Desktop Wallpaper
b) Wallpaper
c) Desktop Background
d) Personalize |
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Which option is presented when you are selecting how a background image fills the screen?
a) Fit to screen
b) Tile
c) Center
d) all of the above |
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Which section of the Start menu contains pinned icons on a white background that remain in place permanently?
a) right side
b) upper left
c) lower left
d) none of the above |
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What attribute must be adjusted in the Start menu’s properties to display more than nine of the programs you run most often?
a) Recent programs
b) Number of icons to display
c) Number of recent programs to display
d) Programs shown |
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What context menu option must you select when right-clicking a shortcut that you want to pin to the start menu?
a) Pin to start menu
b) Pin
c) Save program to start menu
d) Save in program list |
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Which of the following elements is not part of the Windows taskbar?
a) Start button
b) Notification area
c) Clock bar
d) Quick Launch toolbar |
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When selected, which taskbar option causes multiple documents that are open in the same application to appear as a single taskbar button?
a) Auto-hide taskbar
b) Group similar taskbar buttons
c) Show Quick Launch
d) Lock the taskbar |
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When selected, which taskbar option prevents users from resizing or moving the taskbar or any of the taskbar toolbars?
a) Auto-hide taskbar
b) Group similar taskbar buttons
c) Show Quick Launch
d) Lock the taskbar |
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When selected, which taskbar toolbar displays an area containing single-click shortcut icons for Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player, plus two special icons that minimize all of the currently displayed windows and display the 3D Window Switcher (if Windows Aero is running) or the standard task switcher?
a) Address
b) Links
c) Quick Launch
d) Desktop |
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What is the area called at the right side of the desktop where you can place small applications called gadgets?
a) taskbar
b) Sidebar
c) Quick Launch
d) Start menu |
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Which of these gadgets is not placed in the Windows Sidebar by default?
a) Processor Utilization
b) Slide Show
c) Feed Headlines
d) Clock |
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From what dialog box do you launch the Add Gadgets to Sidebar link?
a) Control Panel
b) Appearance and Personalization
c) Taskbar Options
d) Desktop Properties |
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Which of the following must be supported by your graphics processor to run Windows Aero?
a) WDDM drivers
b) DirectX 9
c) Pixel Shader 2.0
d) all of the above |
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What is the name of a totally new display driver architecture developed by Microsoft and released for the first time in Windows Vista?
a) Windows Aero
b) Pixel Shader 2.0
c) Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM)
d) DirectX 9 |
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On a computer running the Windows Aero user experience, what is the application called that is responsible for drawing and updating the windows that appear on the desktop?
a) Desktop Windows Manager (DWM)
b) Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM)
c) DirectX 9
d) Pixel Shader 2.0 |
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Which of these is not a characteristic of Windows Aero?
a) translucent windows
b) live thumbnails
c) 3D Flip
d) special borders |
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What is a program that Microsoft has implemented to reduce the number of pirated Windows installations?
a) Windows Copy Protection
b) Windows Genuine Advantage
c) Windows System Protection
d) Windows Piracy Checker |
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Which of these pieces of information is not collected by Windows Genuine Advantage?
a) Social Security number
b) computer make and model
c) operating system version information
d) product ID and product key |
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When you are troubleshooting problems when running Windows Aero, what tool can you use to get an overall picture of a computer’s capabilities?
a) System Rating Tool
b) System Performance Tool
c) System Performance Rating Tool
d) Windows System Performance Rating Tool |
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Where in a computer’s Appearance Settings do you enable the Aero display settings?
a) Background list
b) Screensaver list
c) Desktop theme
d) Color Scheme list |
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You can create a pinned icon on the Start menu by right-clicking one of the shortcuts that appears in the lower left section of the Start menu and clicking Pin to Start Menu. |
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True or False
Once called the Tray, this Quick Launch toolbar contains small icons that provide access to system tools and features. Developers can also design their applications to insert icons into the tray. |
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When the Lock the taskbar option is selected in the Start menu properties, this causes the taskbar to remain visible even when you drag other windows over it. |
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The Windows Sidebar contains the Feed Headlines gadget by default. |
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The Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) is a totally new display driver architecture developed by Microsoft and released for the first time in Windows Vista. |
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| The Windows __________ menu appears when you click the orb on the left side of the taskbar or press the Ctrl+Esc key combination. |
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| You can change the desktop background by first right-clicking the desktop and selecting __________. |
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| The lower __________ side of the Start menu contains icons on a white background for the programs you access most frequently. |
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| One way of simplifying the process of accessing some links on the Start menu is to convert them to __________ so that users can navigate down through submenus and select a specific item rather than open an entire new window. |
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| The __________ Launch toolbar is a group of small shortcut icons providing one-click access to applications and selected system functions. |
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| When selected, Show window __________ causes the taskbar to display a real-time thumbnail of a running application when you mouse over its taskbar button. |
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| When selected, the __________ taskbar toolbar adds a toolbar to the taskbar containing the standard set of links that appear in the Favorites menu. |
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| You can access the Add Gadgets to Sidebar page from the Windows Sidebar __________ dialog box. |
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| The Windows Display __________ Model is a totally new display driver architecture developed by Microsoft and released for the first time in Windows Vista. |
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| Pressing the Win+__________ key combination displays the 3D Flip screen in the Windows Aero user experience. |
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| Where on the Start menu can you find links to commonly used Windows built-in features on a black background including the current user’s profile, the Control Panel, and the Search and Help engines? |
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| What is the name of the primary area of the taskbar that contains a button for each program running on the computer? |
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| What is the area called at the right side of the desktop where you can place small applications called gadgets? |
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| On a computer running the Windows Aero user experience, what application is responsible for drawing and updating the windows that appear on the desktop? |
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| Ans: Desktop Window Manager |
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| When Aero is running, passing the mouse cursor over a taskbar button representing a running program causes the current screen for that program to appear over the button in a real-time display. What is this called? |
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| What Windows Aero feature displays a screen on which all of the windows for the programs currently running on the computer appear in a stacked display? |
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| What is a program that Microsoft has implemented to reduce the number of pirated Windows installation? |
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| Ans: Windows Genuine Advantage |
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| What tool quantifies the capabilities of a Windows Vista computer by breaking it down into categories and assigning each one a rating? |
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| Ans: System Performance Rating Tool |
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| Where in a computer’s Appearance Settings do you enable the Aero display settings? |
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| What does the upper left side of the Windows Vista start menu contain? |
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| Ans: pinned icons on a white background |
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| What is the Quick Launch toolbar? |
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| Ans: a group of small shortcut icons providing one-click access to applications and selected system functions |
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| What gadgets are included on the Windows Sidebar by default? |
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| Ans: Clock, Slide Show, and Feed Headlines |
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| What is the Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM)? |
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| Ans: WDDM provides the operating system itself, as well as the applications running on it, with access to the graphics hardware on the video display adapter. This is possible because WDDM enables various applications to share the GPU by scheduling access to processor resources. |
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| What should you do to ensure that your video adapter is capable of running Windows Aero? |
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| Ans: Run Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor. |
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| What is the purpose of Windows Genuine Advantage? |
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| Ans: Windows Genuine Advantage is a Microsoft program that helps to reduce the number of pirated Windows installations. |
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