Practice high-yield Computer Science & IT MCQs on Windows Nt — Part 2 with worked academic solutions for PPSC, FPSC, CSS, PMS, NTS.
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Question 1 of 20
★ PPSC
★ FPSC
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Fibre Optic cable is often used to
Correct Answer: Option B — overcome distance limitations
Detailed Academic Explanation:
overcome distance limitations is the correct answer to “Fibre Optic cable is often used to”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Windows Nt.
💡Key Conceptual Anchor:Windows Nt
Question 2 of 20
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★ FPSC
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Workstations connected to a port on a modern lOBase-T Ethernet HUB all use the same bandwidth, i.e. the bandwidth is shared across all available ports, the less ports, the less bandwidth available per port
Correct Answer: Option B — FALSE
Detailed Academic Explanation:
FALSE is the correct answer to “Workstations connected to a port on a modern lOBase-T Ethernet HUB all use the same bandwidth, i.e. the bandwidth is shared across all available ports, the less ports, the less bandwidth available per port”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Windows Nt.
💡Key Conceptual Anchor:Windows Nt
Question 3 of 20
★ PPSC
★ FPSC
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You want to install a new internal CD-ROM drive. You must first confirm that there will be no IRQ conflicts. How should you do this?
Correct Answer: Option B — Use Windows NT Diagnostics
Detailed Academic Explanation:
Use Windows NT Diagnostics is the correct answer to “You want to install a new internal CD-ROM drive. You must first confirm that there will be no IRQ conflicts. How should you do this”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Windows Nt.
💡Key Conceptual Anchor:Windows Nt
Question 4 of 20
★ PPSC
★ FPSC
★ PPSC
★ FPSC
A cut-through switch reads the entire packet before forwarding it to the destination segment
Correct Answer: Option B — FALSE
Detailed Academic Explanation:
FALSE is the correct answer to “A cut-through switch reads the entire packet before forwarding it to the destination segment”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Windows Nt.
💡Key Conceptual Anchor:Windows Nt
Question 5 of 20
★ PPSC
★ FPSC
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A Trust Relationship
Correct Answer: Option B — is an administrative and communication link created between two Windows NT Server domains
Detailed Academic Explanation:
is an administrative and communication link created between two Windows NT Server domains is the correct answer to “A Trust Relationship”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Windows Nt.
💡Key Conceptual Anchor:Windows Nt
Question 6 of 20
★ PPSC
★ FPSC
★ PPSC
★ FPSC
You have been given the task of installing cables for an Ethernet network in your office. The building is an older one, and-you have limited work space. In addition, the network cable will have to share the existing conduit with telephone cable, and cable segments will be up to 135 meters in length. Which cable is best suited to this installation?
Correct Answer: Option C — Category 3 UTP
Detailed Academic Explanation:
Category 3 UTP is the correct answer to “You have been given the task of installing cables for an Ethernet network in your office. The building is an older one, and-you have limited work space. In addition, the network cable will have to share the existing conduit with telephone cable, and cable segments will be up to 135 meters in length. Which cable is best suited to this installation”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Windows Nt.
💡Key Conceptual Anchor:Windows Nt
Question 7 of 20
★ PPSC
★ FPSC
★ PPSC
★ FPSC
User Manager for domains
Correct Answer: Option D — is used to assign a log on script to a user or group of users
Detailed Academic Explanation:
is used to assign a log on script to a user or group of users is the correct answer to “User Manager for domains”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Windows Nt.
💡Key Conceptual Anchor:Windows Nt
Question 8 of 20
★ PPSC
★ FPSC
★ PPSC
★ FPSC
Several college interns are working at your company for the summer. You want to increase security by monitoring all user logons. How must you do this?
Correct Answer: Option B — Use User Manager for Domains to set an Audit policy for all logon attempts
Detailed Academic Explanation:
Use User Manager for Domains to set an Audit policy for all logon attempts is the correct answer to “Several college interns are working at your company for the summer. You want to increase security by monitoring all user logons. How must you do this”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Windows Nt.
💡Key Conceptual Anchor:Windows Nt
Question 9 of 20
★ PPSC
★ FPSC
★ PPSC
★ FPSC
The system administrator wants to make sure that users have access only to certain programs on their systems. Which actions accomplish this?
Correct Answer: Option B — Create a mandatory user profile that disables the Run command, assign this profile to all users and remove File Manager from the Main group
Detailed Academic Explanation:
Create a mandatory user profile that disables the Run command, assign this profile to all users and remove File Manager from the Main group is the correct answer to “The system administrator wants to make sure that users have access only to certain programs on their systems. Which actions accomplish this”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Windows Nt.
💡Key Conceptual Anchor:Windows Nt
Question 10 of 20
★ PPSC
★ FPSC
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★ FPSC
Assume that you are a user of a Windows NT workstation in the SYCON domain, and the Windows NT workstation has local accounts. You wish to have administrative rights to all Windows NT Advanced Servers in the SYCON domain. How would you achieve this with a minimum amount of administration"?
Correct Answer: Option A — Run User Manager for Domains on any Windows NT Advanced Server in the SYCON domain. Open the Domain Admins group. In the List Names From box choose your workstation and add your workstation user accou
Detailed Academic Explanation:
Run User Manager for Domains on any Windows NT Advanced Server in the SYCON domain. Open the Domain Admins group. In the List Names From box choose your workstation and add your workstation user accou is the correct answer to “Assume that you are a user of a Windows NT workstation in the SYCON domain, and the Windows NT workstation has local accounts. You wish to have administrative rights to all Windows NT Advanced Servers in the SYCON domain. How would you achieve this with a minimum amount of administration"”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Windows Nt.
💡Key Conceptual Anchor:Windows Nt
Question 11 of 20
★ PPSC
★ FPSC
★ PPSC
★ FPSC
As the network administrator, you create a new local group in the RESEARCH domain named R-Editors. The LAB domain trusts the RESEARCH domain. You can assign access permissions to the R-Editors group from
Correct Answer: Option D — any Windows NT Server backup domain controllers in the RESEARCH domain
Detailed Academic Explanation:
any Windows NT Server backup domain controllers in the RESEARCH domain is the correct answer to “As the network administrator, you create a new local group in the RESEARCH domain named R-Editors. The LAB domain trusts the RESEARCH domain. You can assign access permissions to the R-Editors group from”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Windows Nt.
💡Key Conceptual Anchor:Windows Nt
Question 12 of 20
★ PPSC
★ FPSC
★ PPSC
★ FPSC
With a cell-backplane architecture, the data rate on the backplane is significantly greater than the aggregate data rate of the ports
Correct Answer: Option A — True
Detailed Academic Explanation:
True is the correct answer to “With a cell-backplane architecture, the data rate on the backplane is significantly greater than the aggregate data rate of the ports”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Windows Nt.
💡Key Conceptual Anchor:Windows Nt
Question 13 of 20
★ PPSC
★ FPSC
★ PPSC
★ FPSC
What is the purpose of the token in a network that employs a media access control method based on the IEEE 802.5 specification?
Correct Answer: Option B — The station that holds the token is allowed to transmit a message on the network
Detailed Academic Explanation:
The station that holds the token is allowed to transmit a message on the network is the correct answer to “What is the purpose of the token in a network that employs a media access control method based on the IEEE 802.5 specification”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Windows Nt.
💡Key Conceptual Anchor:Windows Nt
Question 14 of 20
★ PPSC
★ FPSC
★ PPSC
★ FPSC
Server Manager
Correct Answer: Option C — is used to synchronize the domain
Detailed Academic Explanation:
is used to synchronize the domain is the correct answer to “Server Manager”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Windows Nt.
💡Key Conceptual Anchor:Windows Nt
Question 15 of 20
★ PPSC
★ FPSC
★ PPSC
★ FPSC
Bridges introduce small delays into a network.
Correct Answer: Option A — True
Detailed Academic Explanation:
True is the correct answer to “Bridges introduce small delays into a network.”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Windows Nt.
💡Key Conceptual Anchor:Windows Nt
Question 16 of 20
★ PPSC
★ FPSC
★ PPSC
★ FPSC
Bridges offer performance improvements when used in diverse or scattered workgroups, where the majority of access occurs outside of the local segment
Correct Answer: Option B — FALSE
Detailed Academic Explanation:
FALSE is the correct answer to “Bridges offer performance improvements when used in diverse or scattered workgroups, where the majority of access occurs outside of the local segment”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Windows Nt.
💡Key Conceptual Anchor:Windows Nt
Question 17 of 20
★ PPSC
★ FPSC
★ PPSC
★ FPSC
Your company uses both Ethernet and token-ring LAN's in the same building. Users need access to resources and the ability to transmit data between the LAN's. Which device would you use to enable communications between dissimilar LAN's that use different protocols?
Correct Answer: Option C — gateway
Detailed Academic Explanation:
gateway is the correct answer to “Your company uses both Ethernet and token-ring LAN's in the same building. Users need access to resources and the ability to transmit data between the LAN's. Which device would you use to enable communications between dissimilar LAN's that use different protocols”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Windows Nt.
💡Key Conceptual Anchor:Windows Nt
Question 18 of 20
★ PPSC
★ FPSC
★ PPSC
★ FPSC
Your 10Base2 Ethernet cable is 185 meters long. You are planning to extend your network by adding another 100 meters of cable. The total length of the cable will be 285 meters. The network uses NetBEUI. Which device should you use?
Correct Answer: Option A — repeater
Detailed Academic Explanation:
repeater is the correct answer to “Your 10Base2 Ethernet cable is 185 meters long. You are planning to extend your network by adding another 100 meters of cable. The total length of the cable will be 285 meters. The network uses NetBEUI. Which device should you use”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Windows Nt.
💡Key Conceptual Anchor:Windows Nt
Question 19 of 20
★ PPSC
★ FPSC
★ PPSC
★ FPSC
Each network segment must have a unique address
Correct Answer: Option A — True
Detailed Academic Explanation:
True is the correct answer to “Each network segment must have a unique address”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Windows Nt.
💡Key Conceptual Anchor:Windows Nt
Question 20 of 20
★ PPSC
★ FPSC
★ PPSC
★ FPSC
You create home directories for users Jan and Kim on a Windows NT Server computer. Jan works on a Windows NT Workstation computer. Kim works on a Microsoft Windows for Workgroups computer. After they log on, Jan can access her home directory, but Kim cannot access her home directory. What should you do?
Correct Answer: Option C — Map a drive on Kim's Windows for Workgroups computer to her home directory on the server
Detailed Academic Explanation:
Map a drive on Kim's Windows for Workgroups computer to her home directory on the server is the correct answer to “You create home directories for users Jan and Kim on a Windows NT Server computer. Jan works on a Windows NT Workstation computer. Kim works on a Microsoft Windows for Workgroups computer. After they log on, Jan can access her home directory, but Kim cannot access her home directory. What should you do”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Windows Nt.
💡Key Conceptual Anchor:Windows Nt
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