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Windows Disk Management Flashcards

1
Q

Which of the following launches a GUI system utility for managing HDDs in Windows?

A

diskmgmt.msc

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Which of the following can be used to launch the Disk Management utility in Windows? [3]

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  • Computer Management
  • Windows Run dialog box
  • Quick Access Menu (displayed after right-clicking on the Windows Start button)
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3
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Which of the following disk status options in Windows Disk Management utility indicates that a basic or dynamic disk is not accessible and might have experienced hardware failure, corruption, or I/O errors?

A

Unreadable

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4
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In Windows Disk Management utility on a local computer, a dynamic disk that has been moved from another computer and found by the OS is labeled as:

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Foreign

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5
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Which of the following disk status options in Windows Disk Management utility indicates that a dynamic disk might be corrupted or intermittently unavailable?

A

Offline

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6
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In Windows Disk Management utility, a normal disk status indicating that the disk is ready for read/write operations is labeled as:

A

Online

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In Windows Disk Management utility, a dynamic disk status set to Offline/Missing indicates that the missing disk may be: [3]

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  • powered down
  • corrupted
  • disconnected
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Which of the following disk status options in Windows Disk Management utility indicates Input/Output (I/O) errors on a dynamic disk/volume? [2]

A
  • Online (Errors)

- healthy (at risk)

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In Windows Disk Management utility, a disk status set to Failed indicates that the basic or dynamic volume: [3]

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  • Cannot be started automatically
  • is damaged
  • Contains corrupted file system
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10
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Which of the following enable a newly added disk to show up in Windows File Explorer? [3]

A
  • The disk needs to be initialized
  • The disk requires a drive letter
  • The disk can be mounted as a folder
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In Windows Disk Management utility, a volume status set to Failed Redundancy indicates that the data on a mirrored or RAID 5 volume is no longer fault tolerant because one of the underlying disks is not online.

A

true

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12
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In Windows Disk Management utility, assigning a mount point folder path to a drive enables a newly added drive to show up in File Explorer as a regular folder.

A

true

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13
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In Windows Disk Management utility, initializing a disk [2]

A
  • Prepares a newly added disk for use by Windows

- Erases data on disk

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14
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In Windows Disk Management utility, a partition’s size can be extended into [2]

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  • Adjacent space on the same disk

- Unallocated space on the same disk

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15
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Which of the following enables partition split in Windows Disk Management utility?

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Shrink a volume, then create a new simple volume from the adjacent unallocated space

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16
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Which of the following enables decreasing partition size in Windows Disk Management utility?

A

Right-click on a disk and select the Shrink Volume menu option

17
Q

A drive letter in Windows can be changed by:

A

Accessing Disk Management, right-clicking on a drive and selecting Change Drive Letter and Paths from the context menu

18
Q

Which volume type in Windows Disk Management utility uses RAID 0 setup for performance gains?

A

Striped volume

19
Q

Which of the volume types available in Windows Disk Management utility do not offer fault tolerance? [3]

A
  • Simple volume
  • spanned volume
  • Striped volume
20
Q

Which volume type in Windows Disk Management utility uses RAID 5 setup for performance gains and fault tolerance?

A

Striped with parity volume

21
Q

Which of the following tools enable creation of disk arrays in Windows? [2]

A
  • Storage Spaces

- Disk Management

22
Q

In Windows Disk Management utility, disk arrays can be created by right-clicking on a disk and selecting array type from the context menu.

A

true

23
Q

Windows 8 introduces a virtualization technology that enables organization of multiple physical disks into logical volumes in a fashion similar to RAID levels. What is the name of the Control Panel applet providing access to this functionality?

A

storage spaces

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