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