Windows XP Pro Quality Control & Assurance 5 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A QA team verifies that Windows XP Pro systems have a recovery partition. Which utility manages disk partitions from the command line?
- CHKDSK
- diskpart (Correct answer)
- fdisk
- format
Correct answer: diskpart
Diskpart is the command-line disk partitioning utility in Windows XP Pro that replaces the older fdisk tool.
Question 2: During a QA review, an administrator must verify that the Windows XP Pro Security Center is monitoring antivirus status. Where is Security Center accessed?
- Administrative Tools
- Control Panel > Security Center (Correct answer)
- System Properties
- Services.msc
Correct answer: Control Panel > Security Center
Windows Security Center is accessed through Control Panel and monitors firewall, antivirus, and update status.
Question 3: A quality process requires Windows XP Pro to boot into a minimal environment for diagnostic testing. Which option achieves this?
- Last Known Good Configuration
- Safe Mode (Correct answer)
- Recovery Console
- Debugging Mode
Correct answer: Safe Mode
Safe Mode starts Windows with minimal drivers and services, providing a clean environment for diagnostics.
Question 4: A QA standard requires auditing logon events on Windows XP Pro. Which policy must be enabled?
- Audit object access
- Audit logon events (Correct answer)
- Audit privilege use
- Audit system events
Correct answer: Audit logon events
'Audit logon events' records successful and failed logon attempts in the Security event log.
Question 5: During quality validation, a technician must verify that Windows XP Pro's Remote Registry service is disabled for security. Where is this confirmed?
- regedit
- services.msc (Correct answer)
- netstat -an
- msconfig > Services
Correct answer: services.msc
Services.msc (Services console) shows all services and their startup type, confirming whether Remote Registry is disabled.
Question 6: A QA policy mandates that Windows XP Pro generates a memory dump on system crash for analysis. Where is this configured?
- Task Manager > Performance
- System Properties > Advanced > Startup and Recovery > System Failure (Correct answer)
- Event Viewer
- msconfig > Boot.ini
Correct answer: System Properties > Advanced > Startup and Recovery > System Failure
Startup and Recovery settings under System Properties > Advanced control what type of memory dump is written on a crash.
Question 7: A Windows XP Pro quality audit requires confirming that the local Administrator account is renamed for security. Which tool verifies the current account name?
- net user
- whoami
- lusrmgr.msc (Correct answer)
- secpol.msc
Correct answer: lusrmgr.msc
Local Users and Groups (lusrmgr.msc) displays all local accounts including the current name of the Administrator account.
Windows XP Pro Quality Control & Assurance 5
A QA team verifies that Windows XP Pro systems have a recovery partition.
Which utility manages disk partitions from the command line?