MCSA/MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-270): Installing ...

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Lesson 1 Review
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1. When you initiate automatic hardware installation by starting the Add Hardware
Wizard, what does Windows XP Professional query the hardware about?
The resources the hardware requires and the settings for those resources.
2. _______________________ are channels that allow a hardware device, such as a
floppy disk drive, to access memory directly (without interrupting the microprocessor).
Fill in the blank.
DMAs
3. Why would you install a hardware device manually?
You install a hardware device manually if Windows XP Professional fails to automatically detect
a hardware device.
Lesson 2 Review
1. Windows XP Professional automatically identifies Plug and Play devices and arbitrates
their resource requests; the resource allocation among these devices is
___________________________ (permanent/not permanent).
Not permanent
2. How can you free any resource settings that you manually assigned to a Plug and
Play device?
To free the resource settings you manually assigned and allow Windows XP Professional to
again arbitrate the resources, in Device Manager, select the Use Automatic Settings check box
in the Resources tab of the Properties dialog box for the device.
3. You get a call on the help desk from a user wondering why there is no Wireless
Link icon in Control Panel on her desktop computer like the one on her laptop
computer. What should you tell the user?
Tell the user that the Wireless Link icon appears in Control Panel only if she has already
installed an infrared device on her computer. Apparently, infrared devices are not installed on
her desktop computer.
Lesson 3 Review
Questions and Answers
1. What is the minimum number of hardware profiles you can have on your computer?
Windows XP Professional creates an initial profile during installation, which is listed as Profile
1 (Current), so one is the minimum number of hardware profiles you can have on a computer.