WGU D317 PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Touch-enabled interface for managing user and system settings in Windows.
Windows Settings
Legacy management interface for configuring user and system settings in Windows.
Control Panel
Windows Settings pages related to personal data collection and use.
Privacy Settings
This power saving mode cuts power to most devices (for example, the CPU, monitor, disk
drives, and peripherals) but maintains power to the memory. This is also referred to as
ACPI modes S1-S3.
Standby /Suspend to RAM
This power saving mode saves any open but unsaved file data in memory to disk (as
hiberfil.sys in the root of the boot volume) and then turns the computer off. This is also
referred to as ACPI mode S4.
Hibernate /Suspend to Disk
determines which processes, protocols, and hosts are allowed to communicate with the local
computer over the network.
Windows Defender Firewall
A user wants to experiment with virtualization by enabling Microsoft's virtualization
solution. Where can the user go to enable this?
Features
A user is curious about the low-level data the system stored concerning their profile and
wants to explore the file which contains it. In Windows, where does the user look?
NTUSER.DAT
Each user has a folder named after their user account. This subfolder contains NTUSER.DAT
(registry data) plus subfolders for personal data files. It stores users' profile settings and data.
The ______ group in the Ease of Use settings in Windows 10 contains several settings that
aid for vision-impaired individuals. These settings include display, magnifier, high
contrast, and narrator.
Vision
What has become more easily accessible using Windows 11?
,Multiple Desktops
...allows you to view and edit the properties of installed hardware. You can change
hardware configuration settings, update drivers, or remove/disable devices.
Device Manager (devmgmt.msc)
...are configured on HDDs and SSDs.
Partitions
...is a logical storage unit made available to the OS.
Volume
What tool runs various operations to speed up the performance of HDDs and SSDs?
Defragment and Optimize Drives tool (dfrgui.exe)
________ console provides an advanced interface for creating, modifying, disabling, and
deleting user accounts. You can also reset the password for an account.
Local Users and Groups (lusrmgr.msc)
The registry database is stored in binary files called...
Hives
In terms of Memory Monitoring, ________ reports the amount of memory requested and
the total of system plus paged memory available.
Committed
__________ and ____________ refer to OS kernel and driver usage of memory.
Paged pool: processes that can be moved to the pagefile
Non-paged pool: processes that cannot be paged
Two types of logs:
Counter and Trace
______ logs allow you to collect statistics about resources, such as memory, disk, and
processor. These can be used to determine system health and performance.
Counter
______ logs can collect statistics about services, providing you with detailed reports about
resource behavior. In essence, _____ logs provide extensions to the Event Viewer, logging
data that would otherwise be inaccessible.
Trace
You can also log boot events. This boot log file is saved to %SystemRoot%\_______
, ntbtlog.txt
This tool produces a comprehensive hardware and software inventory report. This
configuration and version information will be useful for many troubleshooting tasks.
msinfo32.exe
What two windows commands allow you to copy files and directories?
xcopy and robocopy (robocopy is designed to work better with long file names and NTFS
attributes.)
How to delete a Windows directory and its contents?
rd Directory /s
or
rmdir Directory /s
_____________ utility provides a manual interface for verifying system files (integrity) and
restoring them from cache if they are found to be corrupt or damaged.
System File Checker (sfc)
Which Windows command is probably best suited for scripting file backup operations?
robocopy
A security administrator revisits the security of client machines and wants to push out
configuration changes to users. What is the best way to do this?
Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc) provides a more robust means of configuring many of these
Windows settings than editing the registry directly.
A user starts experiencing a blue screen of death (BSoD) on start up. Where should the
user check for changes after getting back on the computer?
Device Manager (devmgmt.msc) allows users to view and edit the properties of installed
hardware.
The administrator wants to see resource performance graphs and key statistics, such as
threads started by a process or hard page faults/second. What is the best tool to use?
Resource Monitor (resmon.exe) shows an enhanced version of the type of snapshot monitoring
provided by the Task Manager.
A vulnerability manager has significantly improved patching in the environment and now
wants to focus on system security. Which of the following options will directly support the
manager's intent of making the system more secure?
Services (services.msc) console; this can disable nonessential services to improve performance
or security.
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Touch-enabled interface for managing user and system settings in Windows.
Windows Settings
Legacy management interface for configuring user and system settings in Windows.
Control Panel
Windows Settings pages related to personal data collection and use.
Privacy Settings
This power saving mode cuts power to most devices (for example, the CPU, monitor, disk
drives, and peripherals) but maintains power to the memory. This is also referred to as
ACPI modes S1-S3.
Standby /Suspend to RAM
This power saving mode saves any open but unsaved file data in memory to disk (as
hiberfil.sys in the root of the boot volume) and then turns the computer off. This is also
referred to as ACPI mode S4.
Hibernate /Suspend to Disk
determines which processes, protocols, and hosts are allowed to communicate with the local
computer over the network.
Windows Defender Firewall
A user wants to experiment with virtualization by enabling Microsoft's virtualization
solution. Where can the user go to enable this?
Features
A user is curious about the low-level data the system stored concerning their profile and
wants to explore the file which contains it. In Windows, where does the user look?
NTUSER.DAT
Each user has a folder named after their user account. This subfolder contains NTUSER.DAT
(registry data) plus subfolders for personal data files. It stores users' profile settings and data.
The ______ group in the Ease of Use settings in Windows 10 contains several settings that
aid for vision-impaired individuals. These settings include display, magnifier, high
contrast, and narrator.
Vision
What has become more easily accessible using Windows 11?
,Multiple Desktops
...allows you to view and edit the properties of installed hardware. You can change
hardware configuration settings, update drivers, or remove/disable devices.
Device Manager (devmgmt.msc)
...are configured on HDDs and SSDs.
Partitions
...is a logical storage unit made available to the OS.
Volume
What tool runs various operations to speed up the performance of HDDs and SSDs?
Defragment and Optimize Drives tool (dfrgui.exe)
________ console provides an advanced interface for creating, modifying, disabling, and
deleting user accounts. You can also reset the password for an account.
Local Users and Groups (lusrmgr.msc)
The registry database is stored in binary files called...
Hives
In terms of Memory Monitoring, ________ reports the amount of memory requested and
the total of system plus paged memory available.
Committed
__________ and ____________ refer to OS kernel and driver usage of memory.
Paged pool: processes that can be moved to the pagefile
Non-paged pool: processes that cannot be paged
Two types of logs:
Counter and Trace
______ logs allow you to collect statistics about resources, such as memory, disk, and
processor. These can be used to determine system health and performance.
Counter
______ logs can collect statistics about services, providing you with detailed reports about
resource behavior. In essence, _____ logs provide extensions to the Event Viewer, logging
data that would otherwise be inaccessible.
Trace
You can also log boot events. This boot log file is saved to %SystemRoot%\_______
, ntbtlog.txt
This tool produces a comprehensive hardware and software inventory report. This
configuration and version information will be useful for many troubleshooting tasks.
msinfo32.exe
What two windows commands allow you to copy files and directories?
xcopy and robocopy (robocopy is designed to work better with long file names and NTFS
attributes.)
How to delete a Windows directory and its contents?
rd Directory /s
or
rmdir Directory /s
_____________ utility provides a manual interface for verifying system files (integrity) and
restoring them from cache if they are found to be corrupt or damaged.
System File Checker (sfc)
Which Windows command is probably best suited for scripting file backup operations?
robocopy
A security administrator revisits the security of client machines and wants to push out
configuration changes to users. What is the best way to do this?
Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc) provides a more robust means of configuring many of these
Windows settings than editing the registry directly.
A user starts experiencing a blue screen of death (BSoD) on start up. Where should the
user check for changes after getting back on the computer?
Device Manager (devmgmt.msc) allows users to view and edit the properties of installed
hardware.
The administrator wants to see resource performance graphs and key statistics, such as
threads started by a process or hard page faults/second. What is the best tool to use?
Resource Monitor (resmon.exe) shows an enhanced version of the type of snapshot monitoring
provided by the Task Manager.
A vulnerability manager has significantly improved patching in the environment and now
wants to focus on system security. Which of the following options will directly support the
manager's intent of making the system more secure?
Services (services.msc) console; this can disable nonessential services to improve performance
or security.
