70-270 Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows XP Professional Practice Exams

Demo Question 2.

You are the network administrator for EliteCertify. The network consists of a single Active Directory domain EliteCertify.com and all client computers are installed with Windows XP Professional. All employees in the sales department use portable computers with 802.11b wireless LAN adapters for network connectivity. The computers are also fitted with external removable cartridge drives that are connected to the computer through a legacy PC Card SCSI adapter. The Power Options for each portable computer are configured to use the Portable/Laptop power scheme. Users of these portable computers reports that their computers run out of battery power very quickly. After some troubleshooting you discover that the computers never enter standby or hibernation when they are not in use, even if they are running on only battery power. You verify that the computers have both standby and hibernation enabled and have sufficient disk space to allow hibernation. You want to ensure that the portable computers enter standby or hibernation to conserve battery power. What should you do?

A. Configure each computer to use the Max Battery power scheme.
B. In the properties for the wireless network adapter, disable the Allow this device to bring computer out of standby option.
C. Replace the SCSI adapters in each computer with SCSI adapters that are listed on the Windows XP Professional Hardware Compatibility List (HCL).
D. In each computer's system BIOS, disable Wake on LAN support.


Display Answer

Answer: B

Explanation: Some legacy devices might prevent Windows XP from entering Standby mode. The resolve this problem we should prevent these devices the ability to bring the computer out of standby mode. Incorrect