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1
Q

The command for file attribute is:

A

Attrib

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2
Q

Name four file attributes.

A

A, H, R, S

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3
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attrib +R

A

Sets a read-only file attribute

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4
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attrib -S

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Clears a system file attribute

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5
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attrib +H

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Sets a hidden file attribute

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6
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attrib +

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Sets an attribute

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7
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attrib -

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Clears an attribute

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8
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attrib -A

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Clears an archive file attribute

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9
Q

DOS and Windows 3.1 use the ___ __ file system

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FAT 16

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10
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Modern linux uses the ____ file system, and used to use the ____ and ____ file system

A

ext4, ext2 and ext3

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11
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The Partition size of FAT 16 is 16MB to

A

2048MB

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12
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Windows FAT 32 max partition size:

A

2TB

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13
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FAT32 allowed for permission on:

A

Folders only

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14
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NTFS max partition size:

A

11TB

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15
Q

NTFS allows for permissions on:

A

Files and folders

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16
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FAT64 or exFAT supports up to ____ __ for partitions

A

512TB

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17
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Why is file size different from the size on the disk?

A

Files are stored in allocated clusters

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18
Q

List the sectors per cluster for FAT16
up to 128MB -
up to 256MB -
up to 512MB -
up to 1GB -
up to 4GB -

A

up to 128MB - 4
up to 256MB - 8
up to 512MB - 16
up to 1GB - 32
up to 4GB - 64

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19
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List the sectors per cluster for NTFS
up to 512MB -
up to 1GB -
up to 2GB -
Above 2GB -

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up to 512MB - 1
up to 1GB - 2
up to 2GB - 4
above 2GB - 8

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20
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Manufacturers report hard drive size using a ________ number system, whereas operating systems report hard drive size using a _______ operating system

A

decimal, binary

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21
Q

Display start menu

A

CTRL + ESC

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22
Q

Cycle through items in the order they were opened

A

ALT + ESC

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23
Q

Enter properties menu for the selected object

A

ALT + ENTER

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24
Q

Display the system menu for the active window

A

ALT + SPACEBAR

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25
Q

Windows Explorer shortcuts

F2 -
F3 -

A

F2 - Rename selected
F3 - (Search) Find all files

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26
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Windows Explorer

F4 -
F6 -

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F4 - Drop down address bar list

F6 - Like TAB, Cycle through elements on the current window

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27
Q

F8 shortcut

A

Safemode

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28
Q

Windows Explorer shortcuts

Shift + F10 -
Shift + Delete -

A

Shift + F10 - Like right click, Display shortcut menu for selected

Shift + Delete - Skip recycle bin

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29
Q

Linux can have _ primary partitions or _ primary and _ extended and ___ logical

A

4 primary, or 3 primary and 1 extended and 128 logica

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30
Q

Inside of an extended partition, “linux-swap” is a

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logical partition

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31
Q

What is a dumb terminal?

A

A keyboard and monitor connected to a mainframe

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32
Q

Command line has faster access to the _______

A

Kernel

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33
Q

Shortcut to get to the terminal in Ubuntu

A

CTRL + ALT + T

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34
Q

The shortcuts to increase and decrease the font size in the Ubuntu terminal

A

CTRL SHIFT +

CTRL -

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35
Q

-

Ubuntu Terminal prompts:

~ -
# -
$ -

A

- Super user

~ - User’s home directory
# - Standard user
$ - Super user

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36
Q

In Ubuntu super =

37
Q

In windows each file has file ________

A

Properties

38
Q

In the file properties tab, you can add and edit the ____ and ____

A

Title and author

39
Q

.bmp stands for _____ _____
.pdf stands for ________
_______ ____

A

.bmp stands for bitmap image
.pdf stands for portable document format

40
Q

Windows - File names can be up to ___ characters long

41
Q

\ / ? : * are

A

Illegal file name characters

42
Q

” >< | are

A

Illegal file name characters

43
Q

In reference to file naming, remember DOS and the number __

44
Q

Windows folder structure is a

45
Q

Purpose of file management:

A

Organization

46
Q

ext2, ext3, and ext4, support up to ____ of space

47
Q

DLLs are generally used for _____ ________

A

System commands

48
Q

API stands for

A

Application Programming interface

49
Q

The Windows kernel is responsible for _ things, list them

A

4 things
Memory management, process management, file management, I/O

50
Q

3 reasons we partition the hard drive to:

A

Increase performance
Simplify backups
Install multiple OS’s

51
Q

Every hard drive has at least _ partition

A

1 (not entirely true if we get into it)

52
Q

Mechanical hard drives are also referred to as ________ drives

53
Q

After partitioning the drive you must _____ the drive to install a ______ _______

A

format, file system

54
Q

A file system relates to how

A

data is stored

55
Q

The first 3 physical disk numbers are

A

0, 2, and 3

56
Q

MBR partitions max size

57
Q

3 Partitioning methods

A

MBR, GPT, Windows dynamic storage

58
Q

Name the 2 main Disk partitioning software packages

A

DiskPart (Windows 2k and up) and Fdisk (everything else)

59
Q

The first sector on a hard disk contains the

60
Q

In windows the first drive letter is _

61
Q

In windows the drive letters list the ______ partitions first, ______ second and then

A

Primary first, logical second, and then other connected devices

62
Q

Formatting creates two copies of the

A

File Allocation Table

63
Q

High-level formatting does a surface scan that

A

Checks for tracks and sectors marked as bad during the initial low-level format

64
Q

The GUID in GUID Partition table stands for

A

Global unique identifier

65
Q

GPT max partitions:

66
Q

GPT max partition size:

A

9 zettabytes

67
Q

Unlike MBR, GPT uses a

A

GPT header

68
Q

Windows dynamic storage uses (hint: name)

A

Dynamic storage partitioning

69
Q

A drive structure created with a dynamic disk is called a

70
Q

A volume is similar to a

71
Q

3 volume advantages over partitions:

A

Unlimited
Can span over multiple drives - 1 Volume, multiple drives
Can use RAID

72
Q

Dynamic disks do not use a

A

Partition table (Tracks, sectors)

73
Q

To change font size in CMD

A

Right click the head of the window and chose properties

74
Q

To find information on DiskPart, type ____ or _

75
Q

To see the number of disks in DiskPart type

76
Q

To select disk 1 in DiskPart you would type

A

select disk 1

77
Q

To create a partition of disk that is 2000MB in size

A

create partition primary size=2000

78
Q

To see partitions in disk 1 in DiskPart you would type

A

list partition

79
Q

To delete partition 5 in disk 1 what is the order of commands you would type

A

Select disk 1 > list partition > select partition 5 > delete partition override

80
Q

A popular partitioning program is

A

PartitionMagic

81
Q

The earliest computer coding systems used

82
Q

___ was an early character used by ___ ________ in the 1950-60s

A

BCD (Binary-coded decimal), IBM mainframes

83
Q

in 1964 BCD was extended to an _ ___ code, known as
______

A

8 bit code, EBCDIC (Binary-coded decimal interchange code)

84
Q

EBCDIC supported _____ and ________ characters in addition to special characters like __________

A

upper and lowercase, punctuation

85
Q

Are EBCDIC and BCD still used today?

A

Yes, by IBM mainframes

86
Q

Another character code that is used is _____ which is _ bit

A

ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange), 7 bit

87
Q

BCD and EBCDIC were based on _____ ____ codes

A

punch card

88
Q

ASCII was based on

A

Telex (Telecommunication) codes

89
Q

Many systems today use _______, a __ bit system

A

Unicode, 16 bit

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