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WGU D317 OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT AND PRACTICE
EXAM LATEST 2026 TEST BANK| D317 IT
APPLICATIONS EXAM PREP WITH COMPLETE 650
REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS/ ALREADY GRADED A+ (BRAND NEW!!)
What two windows commands allow you to copy files and directories? -
ANSWER- xcopy and robocopy (robocopy is designed to work better
with long file names and NTFS attributes.)
_____________ utility provides a manual interface for verifying system
files (integrity) and restoring them from cache if they are found to be
corrupt or damaged. -ANSWER- System File Checker (sfc)
Which Windows command is probably best suited for scripting file
backup operations? -ANSWER- 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? -ANSWER- 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
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computer? -ANSWER- 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? -ANSWER- Resource Monitor
(resmon.exe) shows an enhanced version of the type of snapshot
monitoring provided by the Task Manager.
An OS designed to work as a client in centrally managed business
domain networks. -ANSWER- Business client
An OS designed to run servers in business networks. -ANSWER-
Network Operating System (NOS)
An OS designed to work as a standalone machine or in a workgroup
network in a home or small office. -ANSWER- Home client
Open-source OS packaged in distributions supported by a wide range of
hardware and software vendors. -ANSWER- Linux
_______ is a family of more than 20 related operating systems that are
produced by various companies. It can run on a wide variety of
platforms. -ANSWER- UNIX
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Proprietary OS developed by Google to run on specific laptop and PC
hardware. -ANSWER- Chrome OS
64-bit default file system for Windows, with file-by-file compression
and RAID support as well as advanced file attribute management tools,
encryption, and disk quotas. -ANSWER- New Technology File System
(NTFS)
When data is written to an NTFS volume, it is re-read, verified, and
logged. This is called what? -ANSWER- Journaling
This allows the Volume Shadow Copy Service to make read-only copies
of files at given points in time even if the file is locked by another
process. -ANSWER- Snapshots
The _________ Service creates a catalog of file and folder locations and
properties, speeding up searches. -ANSWER- Indexing
This disk management feature allows space on multiple physical disks to
be combined into volumes. -ANSWER- Dynamic Disks
Windows can only be installed to what kind of formatted partition? -
ANSWER- NTFS
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32-bit file system used principally for system partitions and removable
media. Max of 2TB -ANSWER- FAT32
64-bit version of the FAT file system with support for larger partition
and file sizes. Max of 512TB -ANSWER- exFAT
_____ is a standard Linux file system that added support for journaling. -
ANSWER- ext3 (extended file system)
____ delivers better performance than ext3 delivers and would usually
represent the best choice for new systems. -ANSWER- ext4
Default file system for macOS-based computers and laptops. -
ANSWER- Apple File System (APFS)
Windows 11 requires a CPU or motherboard with support from what
version of trusted platform module (TPM)? -ANSWER- TPM Version 2
Product life-cycle phase where mainstream vendor support is no longer
available. -ANSWER- EOL
What is required to set up Windows 11 Home edition? -ANSWER- An
Internet connection and Microsoft account
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WGU D317 OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT AND PRACTICE
EXAM LATEST 2026 TEST BANK| D317 IT
APPLICATIONS EXAM PREP WITH COMPLETE 650
REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS/ ALREADY GRADED A+ (BRAND NEW!!)
What two windows commands allow you to copy files and directories? -
ANSWER- xcopy and robocopy (robocopy is designed to work better
with long file names and NTFS attributes.)
_____________ utility provides a manual interface for verifying system
files (integrity) and restoring them from cache if they are found to be
corrupt or damaged. -ANSWER- System File Checker (sfc)
Which Windows command is probably best suited for scripting file
backup operations? -ANSWER- 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? -ANSWER- 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
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computer? -ANSWER- 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? -ANSWER- Resource Monitor
(resmon.exe) shows an enhanced version of the type of snapshot
monitoring provided by the Task Manager.
An OS designed to work as a client in centrally managed business
domain networks. -ANSWER- Business client
An OS designed to run servers in business networks. -ANSWER-
Network Operating System (NOS)
An OS designed to work as a standalone machine or in a workgroup
network in a home or small office. -ANSWER- Home client
Open-source OS packaged in distributions supported by a wide range of
hardware and software vendors. -ANSWER- Linux
_______ is a family of more than 20 related operating systems that are
produced by various companies. It can run on a wide variety of
platforms. -ANSWER- UNIX
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Proprietary OS developed by Google to run on specific laptop and PC
hardware. -ANSWER- Chrome OS
64-bit default file system for Windows, with file-by-file compression
and RAID support as well as advanced file attribute management tools,
encryption, and disk quotas. -ANSWER- New Technology File System
(NTFS)
When data is written to an NTFS volume, it is re-read, verified, and
logged. This is called what? -ANSWER- Journaling
This allows the Volume Shadow Copy Service to make read-only copies
of files at given points in time even if the file is locked by another
process. -ANSWER- Snapshots
The _________ Service creates a catalog of file and folder locations and
properties, speeding up searches. -ANSWER- Indexing
This disk management feature allows space on multiple physical disks to
be combined into volumes. -ANSWER- Dynamic Disks
Windows can only be installed to what kind of formatted partition? -
ANSWER- NTFS
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32-bit file system used principally for system partitions and removable
media. Max of 2TB -ANSWER- FAT32
64-bit version of the FAT file system with support for larger partition
and file sizes. Max of 512TB -ANSWER- exFAT
_____ is a standard Linux file system that added support for journaling. -
ANSWER- ext3 (extended file system)
____ delivers better performance than ext3 delivers and would usually
represent the best choice for new systems. -ANSWER- ext4
Default file system for macOS-based computers and laptops. -
ANSWER- Apple File System (APFS)
Windows 11 requires a CPU or motherboard with support from what
version of trusted platform module (TPM)? -ANSWER- TPM Version 2
Product life-cycle phase where mainstream vendor support is no longer
available. -ANSWER- EOL
What is required to set up Windows 11 Home edition? -ANSWER- An
Internet connection and Microsoft account
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