terms & commands Flashcards
Which term describes a partition that is used to store and boot an operating system by default?
active partition
Which term describes a file system that supports a partition size up to 16 exabytes?
NTFS
Which term describes a file system for USB flash drives that supports files larger than 4 GB?
exFAT
Which term describes a partition that supports up to 23 logical drives?
extended partition
Which term describes a file system for optical disk media?
CDFS
Which term describes a type of partition that would only exist on a hard disk that has an MBR?
logical drive
Which term describes a type of storage device that supports a partition to be extended into adjacent unallocated space as long as it is contiguous?
basic disk
Which term describes a general name for physical areas on a hard drive?
partition
Which term describes a partition scheme that takes a portion of disk space of 512 bytes long and that contains the boot loader?
MBR
Which term describes a type of storage device that supports a volume that can span across more than one disk?
dynamic disk
Which term describes a partition scheme that supports storing a backup of a partition table?
GPT
Why would a gamer need to use the move command?
to relocate a file from one Windows directory to another one
Why would a gamer need to use the copy command?
to move that file to a different Windows directory while also leaving the file in the current location
Why would a university student need to use the robocopy command?
to copy a group of files from one Windows directory to another
Why would a university student need to use the xcopy command?
to copy files, directories, and subdirectories from one location to another
Why would a technical support representative need to use the format command?
to prepare a hard drive to accept Windows files
Why would a technical support representative need to use the bootrec command?
to help to repair the MBR that is suspected of having issues
Why would a technical support representative need to use the ipconfig command?
to display the IPv6 address of the PC
Why would a user need to use the netstat command?
to verify activity on the PC by displaying all active TCP connections on the device
Why would a user need to use the nslookup command?
to query the Domain Name Sysytem (DNS) to get domain names and mapping information
Why would a manager need to use the ping command?
to quickly verify connectivity by sending echo-request messages to the destination and receiving a series of echo-reply messages from that destination
Why would a manager need to use the sfc command?
to scan and verify the integrity of all protected system files and replace incorrect versions with correct versions
Why would a technician need to use the DISM command?
to repair, prepare, and fix Windows images and the recovery image within an installation of the operating system
Why would a technician need to use the tasklist command?
to display a list of current processes running on a local or a remote computer
Why would an analyst need to use the taskkill command?
to end one or more processes on a PC based on process ID or image name
Why would an analyst need to use the msconfig command?
to select some programs that will automatically run at startup
Why would an analyst need to use the dir command?
to show all of the files in the current directory
Why would a bank manager need to use the gpupdate command?
to make the PC synchronize with new group policy settings
Why would a bank manager need to use the gpresult command?
to verify the settings that are suspected to be incorrect
Why would a lawyer need to use the cd command?
to change from the current working folder to another folder
Why would a university student need to use the taskkill command?
to end one or more processes on a PC based on process ID or image name
Why would a lawyer need to use the tracert command?
to quickly verify connectivity by sending echo-request messages to the destination and receiving a series of echo-reply messages from that destination
Why would a manager need to use the del command?
to erase one or more files from a Windows directory
Why would a bank manager need to use the bootrec command?
to help to repair the MBR that is suspected of having issues
Why would a user need to use the gpresult command?
to verify the settings that are suspected to be incorrect
