CompTIA A+® Certification All-In-One For Dummies®, 2nd Edition

6.8. Answers

1. D. Automatic commands can be found in any of the listed locations (win.ini, Startup group, or the Registry). Review "Standard Boot Process for Windows 2000 and XP."

2. D. ntldr is missing in the error message that you will see if you attempt to boot from a Windows XP formatted disk that does not contain ntldr. Check out "Standard Boot Process for Windows 2000 and XP".

3. D. CMOS memory contains the boot device order. Take a look at "Power-on Self-Test (POST) process".

4. D. Virtual memory reserves space on the hard drive to be used as RAM. It is managed by VMM32 and is loaded by Windows. Peek at "Managing Memory and Virtual Memory".

5. A, C. sysedit.exe and msconfig.exe provide quick means of editing the listed configuration files. Refer to "Examining Other Boot Process Files".

6. D. ntldr is the first file that loads as part of the Windows 2000 boot process. Examine "Standard Boot Process for Windows 2000 and XP".

7. D. The memory address that is present to each application or VM is 4GB in size. Examine "Managing Memory and Virtual Memory".

8. A. The ntbootdd.sys file is a copy of the SCSI driver that has been renamed and is used during the boot process. Refer to "Standard Boot Process for Windows 2000 and XP".

9. D. Windows XP refers to the file used by virtual memory as a paging file or the page file. Look over "Managing Memory and Virtual Memory".