Hi,

I need help with this assignment in an hour.

INSTRUCTIONS:

1.       This practice exam has 6 questions

2.       For each question:

a.       create a .doc or .docx file and name it after your name and the question number (e.g., John_Doh_Question-5);  [Points will be assigned for proper file naming]

b.       use a snipping tool to take screenshots as required in the question and paste them in the word document;

c.       answer questions in the word document

d.       save and submit the word file to Blackboard

3.       80 minutes are allowed for this exam

4.       You may use ANY operating system for this exam

5.       At the end of the exam, sign your name on this paper and submit it as proof of attendance

6.       DO NOT APPLY ANY CHANGE TO THE LAB COMPUTER

QUESTION 1 [ points]

In this question, you are going to locate computer and process information, answer sub-questions and submit screenshots.

a.       How many CPU cores are there in your computer? Show a screenshot to justify your answer.

b.       On your computer, start Task Manager and display computer performance information with graphs. Take a screenshot to justify your answers to the following questions.

c.       How much physical memory is available for use on your computer?

d.       How many processes are currently running on your computer?

e.       How many threads are currently running?

f.        What is the CPU usage (in %)?

QUESTION 2 [ points]

Your friend is left-handed and asks you to help him configure the mouse of his computer to his convenience. The followings two (a, and b) are his requirements:

a.       Change the mouse pointer to a different icon of your choice. Take a screenshot to prove that you can do it, BUT DO NOT click “”Apply” or “OK.”

b.      Switch primary and secondary buttons; in other words, change the default right-click button to perform the functions of the left-click button and vice versa. Take a screenshot to prove that you can do it, BUT DO NOT click “”Apply” or “OK.”

c.       Display mouse hardware information.

QUESTION 3 [ points]

Your classmate has a piece of paper with the following network configuration information and asks you to help him set it up on his computer.

IP address: 192.168.20.15

Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0

Default gateway: 10.168.20.1

DNS server: 10.168.40.40

a.       Configure this information into the computer and take a screenshot to prove that you can do it, BUT DO NOT click “”Apply” or “OK.”

b.       Do you think a computer with this configuration will have Internet connection? Why?

c.       If you think it will not get Internet connection under the current configuration, propose a configuration that will work.

QUESTION 4 [ points]

You want to access detailed network configuration information on your computer, including IP address, MAC address. You are interested in the physical Ethernet adapter on the local network, not any virtual network. Take a screenshot to justify your answers.

a.       What is your IP address? What is your MAC address?

b.        Is DHCP enabled? If yes, what is the DHCP server address?

c.       Take a screenshot to justify your answer.

d.       Identify the network ID in your IP address.

e.       Is your DNS server and your computer located on the same network?

QUESTION 5 [Points]

Use command line to complete the following tasks and take one or more screenshots to show that you complete them.

a.       On the desktop, create a directory named “YourFullName.”

b.       Move into that folder and create a subfolder named F1

c.       Create a sub-subfolder named F2 inside F1

d.       Copy any file on the desktop into F2.

Optional

QUESTION 6 [Bonus] 10 points

Show if Windows Defender Firewall is ON and inbound connection is in default. Further, in IPsec setting find if key exchange (main mode) is advanced or default mode find SHA 1 is there.

Describe the difference between deferential backup and incremental backup?