terms & commands Flashcards

1
Q

Which term describes a partition that is used to store and boot an operating system by default?

A

active partition

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2
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Which term describes a file system that supports a partition size up to 16 exabytes?

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NTFS

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3
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Which term describes a file system for USB flash drives that supports files larger than 4 GB?

A

exFAT

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4
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Which term describes a partition that supports up to 23 logical drives?

A

extended partition

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5
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Which term describes a file system for optical disk media?

A

CDFS

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6
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Which term describes a type of partition that would only exist on a hard disk that has an MBR?

A

logical drive

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7
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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?

A

basic disk

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8
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Which term describes a general name for physical areas on a hard drive?

A

partition

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9
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Which term describes a partition scheme that takes a portion of disk space of 512 bytes long and that contains the boot loader?

A

MBR

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10
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Which term describes a type of storage device that supports a volume that can span across more than one disk?

A

dynamic disk

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11
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Which term describes a partition scheme that supports storing a backup of a partition table?

A

GPT

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12
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Why would a gamer need to use the move command?

A

to relocate a file from one Windows directory to another one

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13
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Why would a gamer need to use the copy command?

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to move that file to a different Windows directory while also leaving the file in the current location

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14
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Why would a university student need to use the robocopy command?

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to copy a group of files from one Windows directory to another

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15
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Why would a university student need to use the xcopy command?

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to copy files, directories, and subdirectories from one location to another

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16
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Why would a technical support representative need to use the format command?

A

to prepare a hard drive to accept Windows files

17
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Why would a technical support representative need to use the bootrec command?

A

to help to repair the MBR that is suspected of having issues

18
Q

Why would a technical support representative need to use the ipconfig command?

A

to display the IPv6 address of the PC

19
Q

Why would a user need to use the netstat command?

A

to verify activity on the PC by displaying all active TCP connections on the device

20
Q

Why would a user need to use the nslookup command?

A

to query the Domain Name Sysytem (DNS) to get domain names and mapping information

21
Q

Why would a manager need to use the ping command?

A

to quickly verify connectivity by sending echo-request messages to the destination and receiving a series of echo-reply messages from that destination

22
Q

Why would a manager need to use the sfc command?

A

to scan and verify the integrity of all protected system files and replace incorrect versions with correct versions

23
Q

Why would a technician need to use the DISM command?

A

to repair, prepare, and fix Windows images and the recovery image within an installation of the operating system

24
Q

Why would a technician need to use the tasklist command?

A

to display a list of current processes running on a local or a remote computer

25
Q

Why would an analyst need to use the taskkill command?

A

to end one or more processes on a PC based on process ID or image name

26
Q

Why would an analyst need to use the msconfig command?

A

to select some programs that will automatically run at startup

27
Q

Why would an analyst need to use the dir command?

A

to show all of the files in the current directory

28
Q

Why would a bank manager need to use the gpupdate command?

A

to make the PC synchronize with new group policy settings

29
Q

Why would a bank manager need to use the gpresult command?

A

to verify the settings that are suspected to be incorrect

30
Q

Why would a lawyer need to use the cd command?

A

to change from the current working folder to another folder

31
Q

Why would a university student need to use the taskkill command?

A

to end one or more processes on a PC based on process ID or image name

32
Q

Why would a lawyer need to use the tracert command?

A

to quickly verify connectivity by sending echo-request messages to the destination and receiving a series of echo-reply messages from that destination

33
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Why would a manager need to use the del command?

A

to erase one or more files from a Windows directory

34
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Why would a bank manager need to use the bootrec command?

A

to help to repair the MBR that is suspected of having issues

35
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Why would a user need to use the gpresult command?

A

to verify the settings that are suspected to be incorrect