MD-100 System Configuration and Maintenance

Question 1

Which Windows 10 feature creates restore points that can roll back system files and registry settings without affecting personal files?

Accepted Answer

System Restore

Answer

File History

Answer

Reset this PC

Answer

BitLocker recovery

Question 2

A Windows 10 PC is running slowly. Which built-in tool analyzes startup services and provides a performance score?

Accepted Answer

Task Manager > Performance and Startup tabs

Answer

Resource Monitor

Answer

Performance Monitor (perfmon)

Answer

Windows Experience Index

Question 3

Which Windows 10 utility defragments HDDs and optimizes (TRIM) SSDs on a schedule?

Accepted Answer

Optimize Drives (defrag)

Answer

Disk Cleanup

Answer

chkdsk

Answer

Storage Sense

Question 4

Which tool provides advanced startup options including Safe Mode, Startup Repair, and Command Prompt for a Windows 10 PC that won't boot normally?

Accepted Answer

Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE)

Answer

UEFI/BIOS Setup

Answer

Windows Setup media only

Answer

System Configuration (msconfig)

Question 5

What does enabling 'Reserved Storage' in Windows 10 do?

Accepted Answer

Reserves a portion of disk space so Windows updates always have room to install

Answer

Reserves RAM for system processes

Answer

Creates a hidden system backup partition

Answer

Allocates space for the paging file

Question 6

Which Windows 10 command-line tool repairs the Windows image and component store when SFC finds corruption it cannot fix?

Accepted Answer

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

Answer

sfc /scanfile

Answer

chkdsk /r

Answer

bcdedit /repair