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Quiz 9 Flashcards

1
Q

Windows can create partitions using the _______________ disk.

a. basic
b. system
c. volume
d. extended

A

a. basic

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2
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What newer type of drive partitioning overcomes the limits of MBR drives?

a. GPT
b. MBR2
c. LBA
d. Dynamic disks

A

a. GPT

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3
Q

The _______________ takes control of the boot process from the system BIOS.

a. MBR
b. boot sector
c. CMOS
d. POST

A

a. MBR

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4
Q

All basic hard drive partition tables support up to _______________ partitions.

a. two
b. four
c. six
d. one

A

b. four

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5
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The _______________ stores the location of the operating system boot files.

a. partition boot sector
b. MBR
c. partition table
d. boot sector

A

a. partition boot sector

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6
Q

_______________ partitions are designed to support bootable operating systems.

a. Extended
b. Basic
c. Primary
d. Dynamic

A

c. Primary

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7
Q

What is the default primary partition for Windows?

a. F:
b. A:
c. B:
d. C:

A

d. C:

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8
Q

How many extended partitions can be created in a hard drive?

a. Two
b. Five
c. One
d. Six

A

c. One

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9
Q

In Windows, each _______________ is assigned a drive letter from C: to Z:.

a. partition
b. file
c. sector
d. cylinder

A

a. partition

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10
Q

How many master boot records can exist on an MBR disk?

a. One per drive letter
b. One per primary partition
c. Four
d. One

A

d. One

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11
Q

When using primary partitions, how many drive letters are possible on a single MBR disk?

a. Five
b. Twenty-six
c. One
d. Four

A

d. Four

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12
Q

How many partitions can be active at any given point in time?

a. Three
b. Five
c. One
d. Two

A

c. One

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13
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An MBR has four different operating systems installed. What is this setup called?

a. Integrated
b. MBR-enabled
c. Dual-boot
d. Multiboot

A

d. Multiboot

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14
Q

Which type of dynamic disk requires three or more dynamic disks with equal-sized unallocated spaces?

a. Simple
b. Mirrored
c. Stripped
d. RAID 5

A

d. RAID 5

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15
Q

A(n) _______________ volume is similar to a primary partition, but in fact, is not a primary partition.

a. spanned
b. mirrored
c. simple
d. striped

A

c. simple

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16
Q

Microsoft calls a drive structure created with a dynamic disk a _______________.

a. volume
b. sector
c. drive
d. partition

A

a. volume

17
Q

Microsoft limits Windows to _______________ partitions under a GPT scheme.

a. 64
b. 128
c. 4
d. 32

A

b. 128

18
Q

What is a hidden partition that contains a restorable copy of an installed OS?

a. Swap partition
b. Factory recovery partition
c. Simple volume
d. Dynamic volume

A

b. Factory recovery partition

19
Q

What Windows tool partitions a drive?

a. Optimize Drives
b. Disk Management
c. FDISK
d. Disk Administrator

A

b. Disk Management

20
Q

What Windows function is similar to a swap partition in Linux/Unix systems?

a. Recovery partition
b. Reassembled file
c. Hidden partition
d. Page file

A

d. Page file

21
Q

Which code indicates that a sector in the hard drive is bad?

a. 00000007
b. 0000FFFF
c. 0000FFF7
d. 00000000

A

c. 0000FFF7

22
Q

By default, what is the maximum partition size NTFS supports on a dynamic disk?

a. 16 TB
b. 16 exabytes
c. 2 TB
d. 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 bytes

A

a. 16 TB

23
Q

Which file system enables a user to adjust the cluster size?

a. NTFS
b. FAT32
c. FAT64
d. FAT16

A

a. NTFS

24
Q

Which file system is a newer version of FAT and allows file sizes larger than 4 GB?

a. HPFS
b. NTFS
c. exFAT
d. FAT16

A

c. exFAT

25
Q

If you move a dynamic disk from one computer to another, how will this drive be displayed in Disk Manager?

a. Formatting
b. Unallocated
c. Foreign drive
d. Failed

A

c. Foreign drive

26
Q

To change a basic disk to dynamic, right-click the drive icon and select _______________.

a. Format as Dynamic
b. New Volume
c. Partition as Dynamic
d. Convert to Dynamic Disk

A

d. Convert to Dynamic Disk

27
Q

To make dynamic volume bigger, right-click the volume and choose _______________.

a. Extend Volume
b. Expand Volume
c. Convert to bigger
d. Span Volume

A

a. Extend Volume

28
Q

When using dynamic disks, which version of Windows can create RAID 5 volumes?

a. Windows Server
b. Windows 7 Professional
c. Windows 7 Ultimate
d. Windows Enterprise

A

a. Windows Server

29
Q

Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions can create a mirror set with two drives for data redundancy, which is also known as _______________.

a. RAID 5
b. RAID 6
c. RAID 0
d. RAID 1

A

d. RAID 1

30
Q

A(n) _______________ enables you to use your existing folders to store more data that can fit on a single drive or partition/volume

a. mount point
b. primary partition
c. secondary partition
d. extended partition

A

a. mount point

31
Q

To create a mount point, right-click on an unallocated section of a drive and choose _______________.

a. New Mount Point
b. Allocate Mount Point
c. New Simple Volume
d. Create Mount Point

A

c. New Simple Volume

32
Q

An entire physical drive can be added to another drive as a folder by creating a _______________.

a. striped volume
b. spanned volume
c. simple volume
d. mount point

A

d. mount point

33
Q

What Windows 8 graphical utility finds bad clusters?

a. Disk Defragmenter
b. Disk Utility
c. Error checking
d. ScanDisk

A

c. Error checking

34
Q

What Windows tool finds additional space on a hard drive?

a. Disk Cleanup
b. Convert
c. Defrag
d. Disk Management

A

a. Disk Cleanup

35
Q

What type of problem does the error message “No Boot Device Present” indicate?

a. The active partition has failed.
b. The boot file is missing or corrupted.
c. The FAT has been corrupted.
d. The hard drive containing the operating system has died.

A

d. The hard drive containing the operating system has died.

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