Top 12 Windows XP Administration User Resources Questions and Answers

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1. You are the WinXP administrator of your company. You are specialized in user profile management. As far as you know, what is the most likely cause of the creation of convoluted folder name for user profile on a WinXP computer?
*A. A user account of the same name has been deleted with a tool other than User Accounts
B. A user account of the same name has been created with a tool other than User Accounts
C. Deletion of an user account which is of the same name had failed before
D. Creation of an user account which is of the same name had failed before
E. A user of the same name has logged on from another computer remotely

Explanation: If you use a tool other than User Accounts to delete the account, the user's original profile remains in the Documents And Settings folder. If you later create a new account with the same name, Windows creates a new profile folder, but because a folder already exists with that user's name, it appends the computer name to the user name to create a convoluted folder name. The extra folder leads to confusion about which is the correct profile folder.

2. You are an expert in WinXP resources administration. As far as you know, which of the following privileges are available to members of the limited account groups?
*A. Change their own passwords
*B. Change their .NET Passport
*C. Create files in their document folders
*D. View files in shared document folders

E. Activate their WinXP installation

Explanation: Members of the Users group are classified as limited accounts. By default, limited accounts can change the password, picture, and associated .NET Passport for their own user account, use programs that have been installed on the computer, view permissions, create, change, and delete files in their document folders, and view files in shared document folders

3. You are an expert in WinXP resources administration. As far as you know, the "Unknown" user account type will be produced under which of the following situations?
A. You use Ghost to install your WinXP
B. You install XP with an account name other than administrator
*C. You upgraded your computer from an earlier version of Windows
*D. You use the Local Users And Groups console to manage group membership.
*E. You use the Net Localgroup command to manage group membership.

Explanation: Unknown is the account type for a user accounts that is not a member of the Administrators, Users, or Guests group. You'll see the Unknown account type only if you upgraded your computer from an earlier version of Windows or if you use the Local Users And Groups console or the Net Localgroup command to manage group membership.

4. You are an expert in WinXP resources administration. As far as you know, a clean installation of Windows XP Professional will create which of the following user groups by default?
*A. Backup Operators
*B. Network Configuration Operators

*C. Replicator
*D. Power Users
*E. Remote Desktop Users

Explanation: A clean installation of Windows XP Professional creates the following groups-each with predefined rights and permissions-in addition to the Administrators, Users, and Guests groups:
Backup Operators, Network Configuration Operators, Power Users, Remote Desktop Users, Replicator.

5. You are an expert in WinXP resources administration. The computer manufacturers provide you with a default predefined group in WinXP for Remote Assistance. Which group is provided to you?
A. TechServicesGroup
B. ServiceSupportGroup
*C. HelpServicesGroup
D. Administrators
E. Support Operators

Explanation: Microsoft and computer manufacturers provide you with Remote Assistance using the HelpServicesGroup Group. With this group, technical support personnel can connect to your computer for troubleshooting.

6. On your WinXP computer you found that all user's profiles except the administrators' are corrupted. You know that another user named Mary has manually copy all the profile data to a separate partition as backup. To restore these data, you should copy the backed up files back to which location?
A. %SystemDrive%\Documents\Profiles
*B. %SystemDrive%\Documents And Settings
C. %SystemDrive%\Documents And Settings\Identity
D. %SystemDrive%\Documents And Settings\Microsoft
E. %SystemDrive%\User Profiles\

Explanation: By default, each user who logs on to a computer has a local user profile, which is created when the user logs on for the first time. Local user profiles are stored in %SystemDrive%\Documents And Settings. Each user's profile is stored in a subfolder with the user name as the folder name.

7. You are an expert in WinXP resources administration. As far as you know, WinXP allows users to share files on the network easily by the introduction of which of the following technologies?
A. Express File Sharing
B. My Network Place
C. DFS
*D. Simple File Sharing
E. EFS 2

Explanation: Windows XP introduces Simple File Sharing, which is a stripped-down interface that makes it easy to set up common security arrangements when you need to share files and printers on the LAN.

8. You are using WinXP as your desktop. You need to share the files in your \SALES folder to your peers. However, you are getting confused about all the different setting options. Susan as the administrator can help you by:
*A. Opening the Folder Options from Control Panel's Appearance And Themes category and enable the use of Simple File Sharing in the Advanced Settings box under the View tab.
B. Granting you the Power Users rights
C. Opening the Folder Options from Control Panel's Permissions category and enable the use of Simple File Sharing in the Advanced Settings box under the Security tab.
D. Opening the Security Options from Control Panel's Appearance And Themes category and enable the use of Simple File Sharing in the Security Settings box under the View tab.
E. Opening the Folder Options from Control Panel's System Security category and enable the use of Simple File Sharing in the Permissions Settings box under the Advanced tab.

Explanation: If you use Windows XP Professional, you can choose to use Simple File Sharing or the classic sharing and security interface. You can switch between them. Microsoft recommends that you Use Simple File Sharing.

9. You are the WinXP administrator of your company. You are specialized in system resource management. As far as you know, which of the following statements correctly describe the inclusion of spaces in the username when configuring an account for a user?
A. This is allowed only for the Home Edition of WinXP
*B. This is technically possible
*C. This may not be compatible with some applications
*D. This may introduce difficulties when you use command-line
tools for managing user accounts
E. This is not allowed when your XP is part of a domain

Explanation: User Accounts allows you to include spaces in the user name when you create an account. However, it is NOT recommended, as this can cause complications with some applications and command-line tools. If you want a space like effect to appear, use underscore.

10. Your WinXP computer is currently being used by 5 different individuals. These users complain that they do not like the pictures that represent their accounts. One user goes into the corresponding directory and modifies many of the default pictures. One of the modified pictures contains sexually harassing graphics. From where can you modify this picture and remove the harassing part?
A. AllUsersProfile%\ Application Data\Microsoft\Identities\Default Pictures
B. AllUsersProfile%\ Application Data\Microsoft\Desktop\Default Pictures
*C. AllUsersProfile%\ Application Data\Microsoft\User Account Pictures\Default Pictures
D. AllUsersProfile%\ Application Data\Microsoft\User Account Pictures\Desktop Pictures
E. AllUsersProfile%\Microsoft\User Account Pictures\Default Pictures

Explanation: You can change the picture associated with the account name at the top of the Start menu and in User Accounts. By clicking the change-picture link, you can take a look at all the pictures stored in AllUsersProfile%\ Application Data\Microsoft\User Account Pictures\Default Pictures. You can also click Browse For More Pictures.

11. You are deleting Mary's account from your XP computer. You choose to "Keep Files". With this choice what will be retained after the account deletion?
A. Web favorites
B. Registry settings
*C. Files and folders stored on the desktop
*D. Files and folders stored on the My Documents folder

E. Email

Explanation: Windows copies certain parts of the user's profile, such as the files and folders stored on the desktop and in the My Documents folder, to a folder on your desktop where they become part of your profile and remain under your control. The rest of the user profile will be deleted after you confirm your intention.

12. You are deleting Mary's account from your XP computer. You fail. You log off and log in again as administrator, and the deletion still fails. What is the likely cause?
A. Mary is an administrator
*B. Mary is logged on
C. EFS has been activated, and some files belong to Mary
*D. Mary is the last user account on this computer
E. WinXP is busy updating its user database, that you should wait until it finishes before retrying.

Explanation: User Accounts won't let you delete the last account on the computer even if you're logged on as Administrator. This limitation is deliberate. It helps to enforce the sound security practice of using an account other than Administrator for daily computing.

Deborah Timmons is a Microsoft Certified Trainer and Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer. She came into the Microsoft technical field after six years in the adaptive technology field, providing technology and training for persons with disabilities. She is the President and co-owner of Integrator Systems Inc.

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