Microsoft Technology Associate Certification Exam Review Kit: Windows Operating System Fundamentals Course 10753

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1 Micrsft Technlgy Assciate Certificatin Exam Review Kit: Windws Operating System Fundamentals Curse 10753

2 2011 Micrsft Crpratin. All Rights Reserved. This curseware material ( Material ) is prvided as part f yur MTA Certificatin Prgram. Yu may nt cpy, adapt, mdify, prepare derivative wrks f, distribute, display publicly, r resell this Material withut first receiving permissin frm Micrsft. If yu have questins abut reuse f this Material, please write t us at learningperm@micrsft.cm with details abut yur request. Micrsft, Micrsft Press, Access, MS, MSDN, Outlk, PwerPint, Visual Basic, Visual C#, Visual Studi, Win32, Windws, and Windws Live are either registered trademarks r trademarks f Micrsft Crpratin in the United States and/r ther cuntries. All ther trademarks are prperty f their respective wners. Micrsft Technlgy Assciate Certificatin Exam Review Kit: Windws Operating System Fundamentals

3 Abut This Exam Review Kit Micrsft Technlgy Assciate Certificatin Exam Review Kit: Windws Operating System Fundamentals Exam Review Kit Descriptin This Micrsft Technlgy Assciate (MTA) Certificatin Exam Review Kit cntains a series f 20 review lessns intended t reinfrce cncepts in preparatin fr the MTA Certificatin Exam: Windws Operating System Fundamentals and serve as a resurce and guide fr teachers and faculty t create their wn additinal student learning experiences. It is assumed that students taking an MTA certificatin exam have cmpleted r are currently taking academic curses, have jb experience that addresses the exam bjective dmain, r bth. The Exam Review Kits: Are intended t supplement (nt supplant) existing academic curses. Are nt intended t serve as fundatinal cntent fr academic curses. Are tied directly and clsely t the bjective dmain f each individual MTA certificatin exam. Are platfrm-specific r -agnstic in accrd with the bjective dmain f each MTA certificatin exam. Because each certificatin exam has apprximately 20 bjectives, this Exam Review Kit includes 20 review lessns f 50 minutes apiece. The materials fr each review lessn include a lessn plan, lessn delivery materials, and Student Activity dcuments. MTA certificatin exams test breadth f technical knwledge and help students explre career ptins befre chsing a specialized career path with minimal investment f time and mney. MTA certificatins measure and validate the fundamental technlgy skills that are in demand tday and prvide an essential fundatin t build a career in technlgy. Earning MTA certificatin prvides students with a credential that validates fundamental technlgy industry knwledge and mtivates them t succeed in cntinued studies, cmpete n admissins, and prepare fr a career in technlgy. The MTA certificatins enable students t prve their cmmitment t technlgy and cnnect with a cmmunity f mre than 5 millin Micrsft Certified Prfessinals (MCPs). Teachers and faculty can integrate the new MTA certificatin exams easily int existing schedules and curricula and deliver exams right in the classrm, n their wn schedules. Audience This Exam Review Kit is intended fr students attending high schls and tw-year clleges and technlgy wrkers wh are preparing fr the MTA Certificatin Exam: Windws Operating System Fundamentals and seek t prve intrductry knwledge f and skills with Micrsft Windws. iii

4 It is recmmended that exam candidates be familiar with the cncepts f and have hands-n experience with the technlgies described here, either by taking relevant training curses r by wrking with tutrials and samples available n MSDN. Althugh minimal hands-n experience with the technlgies is recmmended, jb experience is nt assumed fr these exams. Candidates fr this exam are in the prcess f expanding their knwledge and skills in the fllwing areas: Understanding perating system cnfiguratins Installing and upgrading client systems Managing applicatins Managing files and flders Managing devices Understanding perating system maintenance Student Prerequisites This curse requires that yu meet the fllwing prerequisites: It is assumed that students taking an MTA certificatin exam have cmpleted r are currently taking academic curses, have jb experience that addresses the exam bjective dmain, r bth. It is expected that students have wrked with desktp and applicatin virtualizatin. Exam Review Kit Objective Dmain This Exam Review Kit prvides lessns that reinfrce previus learning in the fllwing bjectives: 1. Understanding Operating System Cnfiguratins 1.1. Cnfigure Cntrl Panel ptins. This bjective may include but is nt limited t: cnfiguring administrative tls, cnfiguring accessibility ptins Cnfigure desktp settings. This bjective may include but is nt limited t: cnfiguring gadgets, prfiles, display settings, shrtcuts, and Aer cnfiguratins and capabilities Understand native applicatins and tls. This bjective may include but is nt limited t: understanding Windws Internet Explrer, the snipping tl, Windws Media Player, Windws Media Center, and MSCONFIG Understand mbility. This bjective may include but is nt limited t: understanding Sync Center, Windws Mbility Center, and Remte Desktp. iv

5 1.5. Understand remte management and assistance. This bjective may include but is nt limited t: understanding MMC, and Windws PwerShell. 2. Installing and Upgrading Client Systems 2.1. Identify Windws perating system editins. This bjective may include but is nt limited t: identifying system requirements, using PC Upgrade Advisr Identify upgrade paths. This bjective may include but is nt limited t: identifying upgrade paths frm Windws XP, Windws Vista, and ther perating systems; identifying applicatin cmpatibility Understand installatin types. This bjective may include but is nt limited t: understanding remvable media installatins (DVD, ZTI, LTI, and USB), clud and netwrk installatins, and prduct identificatin keys Understand virtualized clients. This bjective may include but is nt limited t: understanding Windws XP Mde, Remte Desktp, and Remte Desktp Services. 3. Managing Applicatins 3.1. Understand applicatin installatins. This bjective may include but is nt limited t: understanding lcal vs. netwrk applicatins, Grup Plicy, and applicatin remval Understand user accunt cntrl (UAC). This bjective may include but is nt limited t: understanding standard user vs. administrative user, understanding types f UAC prmpts and levels Remve malicius sftware. This bjective may include but is nt limited t: understanding Windws Defender, Actin Center, the Malicius Sftware Remval tl, Windws Registry, and Micrsft Frefrnt Endpint Prtectin Understand services. This bjective may include but is nt limited t: understanding service startup types, service accunts, and service dependencies Understand applicatin virtualizatin. This bjective may include but is nt limited t: understanding Med-V and VDI. 4. Managing Files and Flders 4.1. Understand file systems. This bjective may include but is nt limited t: understanding FAT, FAT32, NTFS, and 32 bit vs. 64 bit Understand file and print sharing. This bjective may include but is nt limited t: understanding NTFS and share permissins, HmeGrup, print drivers, and effective permissins; creating public, basic, and advanced shares; mapping drives Understand encryptin. This bjective may include but is nt limited t: understanding BitLcker, encrypting file systems (EFS), and cmpressin. v

6 4.4. Understand libraries. This bjective may include but is nt limited t: understanding ffline files, adding multiple lcal lcatins t a library, adding netwrked lcatins. 5. Managing Devices 5.1. Cnnect devices. This bjective may include but is nt limited t: cnnecting plug-and-play devices, cnnecting and discnnecting printers, installing third-party sftware fr devices Understand strage. This bjective may include but is nt limited t: understanding disk types (NTFS, FAT, etc.), security (encryptin), strage device types (esata, USB, USB 2.0, IEEE 1394, iscsi), strage drive types (basic, primary, extended, lgical, dynamic disk, VHDs), and clud strage (Windws Live SkyDrive, OneNte t SkyDrive, Live mesh) Understand printing devices. This bjective may include but is nt limited t: understanding lcal printers, netwrk printers, print queues, print-t-file, and Internet printing Understand system devices. This bjective may include but is nt limited t: understanding vide, audi, and infrared input devices, understanding Device Manager. 6. Understanding Operating System Maintenance 6.1. Understand backup and recvery methds. This bjective may include but is nt limited t: understanding lcal, nline, and autmated backup methds; understanding backup ptins; understanding System Restre, recvery bt ptins such as Last Knwn Gd, and varius Safe Mde ptins Understand maintenance tls. This bjective may include but is nt limited t: understanding Disk Defragmenter, Disk Cleanup, Task Scheduler, Actin Center, and System Infrmatin Understand updates. This bjective may include but is nt limited t: understanding Windws updates, Micrsft updates, and htfixes. Exam Review Kit Timing Each f the 20 Review Lessns in this cllectin is intended t be used in a single 50-minute class perid. Exam Review Kit Materials The fllwing materials are included in this Exam Review Kit: Review Lessns: A plan fr teacher and student activities in reviewing the learning bjectives and prviding the key pints that are critical t the success f the in-class review experience. Micrsft PwerPint presentatins: A structure fr classrm lectures and discussins. Student Activities: A hands-n platfrm fr applying the knwledge and skills reviewed in the lessn. vi

7 Student Activity Answer Keys: Slutins t Student Activities. Additinal resurces: Varius resurces t expand reviewing and learning pprtunities. Sftware Requirements The fllwing sftware is suggested fr this series f review lessns: Windws 7 Prfessinal r a virtual machine with Windws 7 Prfessinal PwerPint 2007 Additinal sftware may be required fr individual lessns, as listed in the lessn materials within each mdule. Instructinal Preparatin Activities It is highly recmmended that yu cmplete the fllwing instructinal preparatin activities: Familiarize yurself with the bjectives f each lessn. Walk thrugh each Review Lessn presentatin slideshw and read the crrespnding Instructr Ntes (lcated in the Ntes view f the presentatin slideshw) fr the lessn. Familiarize yurself with the Student Activities. Practice presenting each mdule. Identify the key pints and must-knw infrmatin fr each tpic. Perfrm each demnstratin and hands-n lab. Anticipate the questins that students might have. Identify examples, analgies, imprmptu demnstratins, and additinal delivery tips that will help t clarify mdule cntent and prvide a mre meaningful learning experience fr yur specific audience. Custmize and enhance yur instructr ntes. Review the updated infrmatin abut the Micrsft Certificatin Prgram n the Micrsft Learning Certificatins website ( vii

8 Abut the Authrs Michael Teske Michael has been teaching in the Netwrk Specialist Prgram fr 10 years at Nrtheast Wiscnsin Technical Cllege in Green Bay, Wiscnsin and has been wrking as a netwrk engineer and business cnsultant fr mre than 15 years. He has a passin fr bth teaching and technlgy and lves helping peple find happiness in a career. Michael has becme knwn as the Micrsft Guy n campus. His gal is t cntinue t teach netwrk technlgy with the same enthusiasm and passin fr many years t cme and t help his students find the same jy and passin that he has fund in an amazing industry. Michael is als the authr f the : Windws Server Administratin Fundamentals Exam Review Kit in the MTA Certificatin Exam Review Kit series. Patricia Philips Patricia taught cmputer science fr 20 years in Janesville, Wiscnsin. She served n Micrsft s Natinal K-12 Faculty Advisry Bard and edited the Micrsft MainFunctin website fr technlgy teachers. Fr the past five years, she has wrked with Micrsft in a variety f rles related t K-12 curriculum develpment and pilt prgrams, including Expressin Studi web design, XNA game develpment, and MTA Certificatin Exam Review Kits. She is currently the editr f the Cmputer Science Teachers Assciatin newsletter, the Vice. viii

9 Peer Reviewer Jeffrey Snnleitner Jeffrey teaches the Netwrk Specialist degree prgram and the Advanced Technical Certificate in Infrmatin Security. Jeffrey is als certified t teach classes in internatinal business. He is beginning his 10th year at Mraine Park Technical Cllege (MPTC) in Fnd du Lac, Wiscnsin, and he enjys teaching curses in netwrking, Micrsft servers, and infrmatin security. His gal is t help students succeed and enjy their cllege experience in a future-fcused learning envirnment. He was instrumental in develping MPTC s student exchange with technical clleges in Darmstadt, Germany, and he has led the cllege s student exchange prgrams fr ver six years. Prir t jining the faculty at MPTC, Jeffrey spent 14 years as an independent cnsultant, specializing in medical and dental ffice cmputer systems and sftware. Jeffrey is als the authr f the : Security Fundamentals Exam Review Kit in the MTA Certificatin Exam Review Kit series. A special thanks t the editrial and prductin team: Prject Manager: Pernille Halberg, Micrsft Crpratin Prductin Manager: Diane Khnen, S4Carlisle Publishing Services Technical Editr: Zeshan Sattar Cpyeditr: Sue McClung ix