System Configuration and Maintenance Flashcards

A technician wants to edit the boot menu to change the default OS or timeout on a Windows 10 dual-boot system. Which tool should be used?

Answer: Any of the above

Boot entries can be managed via bcdedit for full control, msconfig for basic settings, or the Startup and Recovery dialog in System Properties.

Which Windows 10 tool provides real-time graphs of CPU, memory, disk, and network performance with per-process drill-down?

Answer: Resource Monitor (resmon.exe)

Resource Monitor provides detailed real-time views of resource usage including which processes are consuming each resource.

What does the 'msconfig' System Configuration utility primarily allow a technician to do?

Answer: Configure startup options, boot settings, and selectively disable startup programs and services for troubleshooting

Msconfig is a diagnostic tool that lets technicians perform selective startups to isolate problems by disabling services or startup apps.

Which Windows 10 recovery option completely wipes the drive and reinstalls Windows from the cloud, removing all manufacturer bloatware?

Answer: Fresh Start (now called Reset this PC > Cloud download)

The Cloud download option in Reset this PC downloads a fresh Windows 10 image directly from Microsoft, bypassing the local recovery partition.

Which Windows 10 feature allows you to snap applications to predefined screen zones using keyboard shortcuts?

Answer: Snap Assist

Snap Assist automatically fills remaining screen space with suggestions when you snap a window to one side of the screen.

A Windows 10 system fails to start and displays 'BOOTMGR is missing.' Which tool can repair the boot manager?

Answer: Startup Repair in Windows Recovery Environment

Startup Repair in WinRE automatically diagnoses and fixes boot-related issues including missing or corrupted boot manager files.