MCSA 70-270 XP Exam Prep - Question List

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6. You are performing a clean installation of Windows XP Professional on a computer that currently runs on Windows 98. During the installation, the system hangs when the text-based portion ends and the GUI setup starts. On further analysis, you infer that there is a problem with a device driver. You want to view the list of drivers as they load. Which of the following should you do?
  1. Modify the boot.ini file to include the /sos switch.
  2. Restart Setup by using the /dushare switch.
  3. Restart the computer and press F8 during the boot process.
  4. Restart the computer and select the Last Known Good Configuration.
7. Your company has a volume licensing agreement with Microsoft for using Windows XP Professional on 50 client computers. You receive a volume license product key from Microsoft that must be used to install Windows XP Professional on the computers. Since you have lost the Windows XP Pro CD that was sent by Microsoft, you must purchase a new copy of the installation disc. During the Windows XP Pro setup using the attended installation method, you type the volume license key and the setup displays an error message that states “Invalid product key.” How should you proceed?
  1. Use the product key at the back of the retail copy of the CD.
  2. Contact Microsoft for a volume license version of the CD-ROM and use the key that comes with it.
  3. Contact a Microsoft Activation center to obtain a product activation key.
  4. Create an unattended installation answer file with your company's volume license product key and continue the installation.
8. You are working as an administrator at an organization. All users have video capture cards and USB-connected digital video cameras connected to their computer. They have used the built-in Windows XP Professional drivers to install these devices. Last week one of the users updated her drivers from the manufacturer’s website. After the drive update, she rebooted the computer and received an error message stating that a service or driver failed to start. Once logged in, the user noticed that the video capture card and digital video camera was inaccessible. What should be your first step to get the devices to work?
  1. Restart her computer using the last known good configuration.
  2. Restart her computer by using the Recovery console and disable the new set of drivers.
  3. Select the Roll Back Driver option in the device’s properties in the Device Manager.
  4. Reseat the devices.
9. You want to view the IP address to NETBIOS name-mapping on your Windows XP computer. Which of the following files should you access?
  1. HOSTS
  2. Boot.ini
  3. Config.sy
  4. LMHOSTS
10. Which of the below options in Driver Signing displays a message before installing an unsigned device driver?
  1. Remove
  2. Ignore
  3. Warn
  4. Block

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