Chapter 5 - PC
You are in the process of purchasing several new Windows-based computers to replace broken or outdated computers. You have heard that solid state drives (SSDs) can significantly increase the overall performance of the system. Which of the following BEST describes the features of solid state drives (SSDs) compared to hard disk drives (HDDs)? (Select TWO). -An SSD can be adversely affected by magnetism. -An SDD has the best Mean Time Before Failure (MTBF). -An SSD stores a large amount of storage cheaply. SSD spindles spin at a faster rate than HDD. -An SSD opens files faster than an HDD. -An SSD uses flash technology to store data.
-An SSD opens files faster than an HDD. -An SSD uses flash technology to store data.
Which disk types does Windows support? (Select TWO.) -Static -Basic -Extended -Dynamic -Primary
-Basic -Dynamic
Which of the following are optical storage devices? (Select THREE.) -SDHC -SSD -DVD -USB flash drive -BD -HDD -CD
-DVD -BD -CD
You have added two new hard disks to a Windows computer. The disks are configured as basic disks. Which of the following could be configured on these disks? (Select TWO). -Extended partitions with logical drives -Striped volumes -Spanned volumes -Simple volumes -Primary partitions
-Extended partitions with logical drives -Primary partitions
Which of the following are advantages of solid state storage compared to hard drives? (Select TWO.) -Larger storage capacity -Lower power requirements -No moving parts -Proprietary disk interface -Inexpensive
-Lower power requirements -No moving parts
You have just finished installing a new SATA hard disk in your computer. Now your SATA DVD drive won't work. Which of the following troubleshooting steps is the BEST to try first? (Select TWO). -Make sure that the DVD power cable is connected. -Remove the hard disk. -Set the DVD drive to Slave and the hard disk to Master. -Replace the DVD drive. -Try the DVD drive in another system. -Make sure that the DVD SATA cable is connected.
-Make sure that the DVD power cable is connected. -Make sure that the DVD SATA cable is connected.
On Windows 10, using Storage Spaces eliminates the need for which of the following tasks? (Select TWO). -Formatting hard drives -Repartitioning drives -Using Disk Cleanup -Creating RAID arrays -Running defragmentation -Resizing volumes
-Repartitioning drives -Resizing volumes
Your system volume is running out of disk space. You need to extend the system volume to give it more space. Which of the following conditions MUST be met to extend the system volume? (Select TWO). -The volume must be spanned to use disk space on a different disk. -The system volume must be on a basic disk. -The system volume must be on a dynamic disk. -The disk must have contiguous free space on the same disk. -The system volume must formatted with NTFS.
-The disk must have contiguous free space on the same disk. -The system volume must formatted with NTFS.
Your computer currently uses a 5,400 RPM hard disk. You want to improve your computer's overall performance by optimizing your hard disk performance. Which of the following would be the MOST effective means for optimizing your hard disk performance? (Select TWO). -Upgrade to a 7,200 RPM hard disk. -Upgrade to a 10,000 RPM hard disk. -Upgrade your hard disk interface to SATA 2. -Upgrade your hard disk interface to SATA 3. -Implement RAID 0 on the current hard disk. -Upgrade your hard disk interface to eSATAp.
-Upgrade to a 10,000 RPM hard disk. -Upgrade your hard disk interface to SATA 3
Which of the following conditions would prevent you from using a GUID Partition Table (GPT) when setting up a disk drive? A. You're setting up the drive to boot Windows 10 on a computer that uses traditional BIOS. B. You need to be able to create up to 128 partitions on the drive. C. You're setting up the drive to boot 64-bit Windows 7 on a UEFI-based computer. D. You need to set up the drive as a dynamic disk.
A.
Which of the following is a magnetic storage devices? A. Hard disk B. Flash device C. DVD D. Solid state drive
A.
Which of the following refers to a situation where two files try to claim the same cluster on the hard disk? A. Cross-linked clusters B. Corrupt MBR C. SMART error D. Lost clusters
A.
Which of the following utilities would you use to correct cross-linked clusters within the file system on a Windows workstation? A. chkdsk B. DiskScan C. fdisk D. attrib
A.
While configuring a computer, you find that you need to create, format, and manage the partitions and volumes on your hard drives. Which of the following is the BEST command line utility to use? A. DiskPart B. DiskMan C. chkdsk D. Disk Management E. format
A.
While troubleshooting a Windows workstation, you find that the computer has several cross-linked clusters within the file system. Which of the following utilities would MOST likely fix this issue? A. chkdsk B. attrib C. fdisk D. DiskScan
A.
You are building a new computer and have purchased a motherboard that includes four built-in SATA connectors. Which of the following MOST accurately lists the maximum number of SATA devices you can connect to the motherboard using the integrated ports? A. 4 B. 8 C. 16 D. 32 E. 64
A.
You are running Windows 10 on your computer. You want to decrease the time it takes to write data to your drives. To do this, you have decided to create a Windows software RAID system using a striped volume. Before you create the striped volume, which action MUST you take? A. Convert basic disks to dynamic disks. B. Format your disks to use MBR partitions. C. Format your disks to use GPT partitions. D. Use a multi-partition volume on a basic disk.
A.
You have a CD-RW drive that advertises speeds of 32x/12x/48x. What is the read speed of the drive? A. 48x B. Depends upon the manufacturer's speed designation standards C. 32x
A.
You have a computer running Windows 10 Home. You need to access the contents of a flash drive. The flash drive has been formatted with the exFAT file system. You want to read the flash drive on your computer as quickly as possible with the least amount of effort. What should you do? A. Do nothing. Windows 10 can natively access exFAT file systems. B. Install the latest Windows 10 service pack. C. Run convert.exe on the flash drive to convert it to FAT32 instead of exFAT. D. Install an exFAT reader application on your computer. E. Upgrade the computer to Windows 10 Professional.
A.
You have a disk in your system that is displayed in the Disk Management utility, as shown in the image below. The disk icon includes a red arrow that is pointing down. Which of the following would you expect to see, in the space where the red outline is, as the status of this disk? A. Not initialized B. Foreign C. Initializing D. Unreadable
A.
You have a hard disk that is formatted with the FAT32 file system. You would like to implement file and folder permissions on the Design folder that apply when files are accessed both locally and remotely. Which of the following BEST describe the next step you need to perform? A. Use the convert command to convert from FAT32 to NTFS and then configure NTFS permissions. B. Share the folder and then use share permissions to control access. C. At a command prompt, use the attrib command to configure permissions. D. Use Explorer to edit the permissions on the folder.
A.
You have an existing computer running Windows 10 Enterprise. You want to configure a RAID 5 array in the computer. You install three new SATA drives and then use the RAID controller integrated into the motherboard to define a RAID 5 array using them. When you boot the computer, Windows does not show the logical RAID drive you just created. What should you do? A. Install the drivers for the motherboard RAID controller. B. In the BIOS, change the SATA disk mode to AHCI. C. In the BIOS, change the SATA disk mode to RAID. D. Reconfigure the drives into a RAID 0 or RAID 1 array.
A.
You have physically installed a new hard disk drive in your computer, configured the disk in the BIOS using the CMOS setup program, and partitioned the disk. You try to access the hard disk drive in Windows Explorer, but get an error message. Which utility will you most likely use to solve the problem? A. format B. chkdsk C. fdisk D. sfc
A.
You need a storage device that has very large storage capacity, is fast, and is relatively inexpensive. Which storage device will best suit your needs? A. Hard disk B. Optical C. USB flash drive D. SSD
A.
Your computer's hard drive is currently formatted as FAT32, but you want to take advantage of the features offered to NFTS drives. Which of the following steps would MOST likely allow you to do this without losing the existing data? A. Use the convert command at a command prompt. B. Reformat the drive using Disk Management. C. In Disk Management, delete the existing partition or volume. Recreate the partition or volume with the same settings and choose NTFS instead of FAT32. D. Use the format command with the /p switch.
A.
Ben is concerned about losing data due to a hard disk failure. His computer will only support a maximum of three disks. To protect his data, you have decided to use RAID (redundant array of independent disks). Which of the following RAID types would give Ben the BEST mirrored data protection? A. RAID 0 B. RAID 1 C. RAID 5 D. RAID 10
B.
Joseph has started using virtual machines (VMs) to help his software development process. As the number of VMs has increased, Joseph has noticed that his hard drive is almost full. He would like you to buy and connect an external hard drive where additional VMs can be stored. When the drive arrives, you find it has the type of connector shown in image 1. Which type of connector is on the external hard drive? A. SCSI B. eSATA C. SATA D. VHDC SCSI
B.
Lately, you hear a clicking noise when reading or writing data from the hard disk. What is the most likely cause of the clicking? A. Overheated CPU B. Failing hard drive C. Bad memory D. Failed UPS
B.
One of your customers wants you to build a personal server that he can use in his home. One of his concerns is making sure he has at least one backup of their data stored on the server in the event that a disk fails. You have decided to back up his data using RAID. Since this server is for personal use only, the customer wants to keep costs down. Therefore, he would like to keep the number of drives to a minimum. Which of the following RAID systems would BEST meet the customer's specifications? A. RAID 0 B. RAID 1 C. RAID 5 D. RAID 10
B.
What is required to control access to the file system using file and folder permissions on a Windows-based computer? A. EFS B. NTFS-formatted partition C. Ext4-formatted partition D. FAT32-formatted partition
B.
What method does an SD card use for storing data? A. Reflective surface and optical readers B. Non-volatile memory chips C. Magnetic tape D. Magnetic disks and platters
B.
Which Blu-ray standard defines rewritable disks? A. BD-ROM B. BD-RE C. BD-R/RW D. BD-R
B.
Which generation of SATA storage devices does the following? Supports up to 6 Gbps data transfer rates Addresses solid state drives A. eSATA B. SATA3 C. SATA D. SATA2 E. eSATAp
B.
Which of the following is a characteristic of extended partitions? A. There can be multiple extended partitions per drive. B. They are subdivided into logical drives. C. They are bootable. D. They can be set to active.
B.
Which of the following is the most common disk interface used for optical drives on home and office computers? A. Parallel port B. SATA C. SCSI D. IDE/EIDE (ATAPI) E. Sound card (proprietary)
B.
Which of the following utilities checks the disk for bad clusters? A. fdisk B. chkdsk C. format D. defrag
B.
Which storage device uses aluminum platters for storing data? A. CD-ROM disc B. Hard disk C. DLT tape D. DVD disc E. SD card
B.
Which tool would you use to create and delete partitions on hard drives? A. Services B. Disk Management C. Explorer D. Device Manager
B.
You are building a new computer that will contain two hard disks. To provide increased performance, you have decided to configure the drives using RAID technology. Which of the following will BEST meet your needs? A. RAID 1 B. RAID 0 C. RAID 5 D. RAID 2
B.
You have a computer with a removable disk drive that has been formatted with NTFS. You want the drive to use FAT32 to be compatible with more operating systems. The drive is currently configured using drive letter D:. Which of the following actions MUST you complete to make the desired changes? A. Back up the data on the D: drive. Run format /fs:NTFS. B. Back up the data on the D: drive. Reformat the D: drive using FAT32. Restore the data. C. Upgrade the disk to a dynamic disk. D. Back up the data on the D: drive. Run convert.exe.
B.
You have a computer with a single hard disk configured as a basic disk with a single partition formatted with NTFS. The computer runs Windows 10. The disk has run out of space. You need to add space to the disk. You install a new hard drive and start Disk Management. Which of the following is a required task to add space to the existing volume? A. Create an empty folder on the new hard disk. B. On the new hard disk, create a new partition without a drive letter. C. Upgrade both disks to dynamic. D. Extend the C:\ volume.
B.
You have an existing computer running Windows 10. You want to configure a RAID 1 array in the computer. You install two new SATA drives, then use the RAID controller integrated in the motherboard to define a RAID 1 array using them. When you boot the computer, Windows does not show the logical RAID drive. What should you do? A. In the BIOS, change the SATA disk mode to AHCI. B. Install the drivers for the RAID controller. C. Set the jumpers on the drives to use SATA I mode. D. In the BIOS, change the SATA disk mode to RAID.
B.
You have been asked to implement a RAID 5 solution for an engineer's desktop workstation. What is the minimum number of hard disks that can be used to configure RAID 5? A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5 E. 6
B.
You have just added a brand new hard disk to your Windows-based computer. When you power on the computer, the disk is not shown in File Explorer. To troubleshoot this issue, you open the Windows Disk Management console and see that the disk is present, but is shown as Unknown. Which of the following disk management steps is MOST likely required first? A. The disk needs to be formatted. B. The disk needs to be initialized. C. The disk needs to be partitioned. D. The disk needs to be wiped.
B.
Your computer has a single hard disk with a single volume used by the C:\ drive. You have previously upgraded the disk to a dynamic disk. The disk has run out of disk space. You need to add more space to the C:\ volume. You add a new hard disk to the computer. Which of the following is the BEST step to complete while adding space to the C:\ drive? A. Extend the C:\ volume to the second disk. B. Create a mount point using space on the second disk. C. Span the C:\ volume to the second disk. D. Strip the C:\ volume to the second disk.
B.
A portion of the hard disk that cannot be used.
Bad sector
Are supported by all operating systems.
Basic Disks
Only support volumes made up of contiguous disk space.
Basic Disks
Use primary and extended partitions.
Basic Disks
Was originally developed for high-definition video (and expanded content on movie discs), but can also be used for data storage.
Blu-Ray Disc BD
Uses blue laser light. which has a short wavelength, allowing data to be packed more tightly onto the disc and is rewritable.
Blu-Ray Disc BD-RE
A computer being used by the HR department needs to ensure that all of the data on that computer is protected from a single hard disk failure. The data needs to be read as quickly as possible, and the HR department would like to maximize drive use as much as possible. This computer can use up to three hard drives. Which of the following RAID types would meet these requirements and provide the BEST data protection? A. RAID 0 B. RAID 1 C. RAID 5 D. RAID 10
C.
A sales person requires that a large number of document, data, presentation, image, and video files be accessible on their personal mobile device when making sales pitches to new customers. A cloud solution is not feasible, since cellular and internet connections are not always guaranteed at a customer site. Which of the following accessories would a technician suggest to BEST meet the sales person's requirements? A. Wireless hotspot B. Credit card reader C. Micro SD Card D. Docking station
C.
If you want to boot from a hard drive, what must it have? A. Dynamic partition B. Extended partition C. Active partition D. Passive partition
C.
One of the video editors in your company is worried that he may lose a lot of data if his hard drive fails. He has asked you to come up with a solution. To do this, you have decided to implement a RAID 10 solution on his desktop workstation. Which of the following is the MINIMUM number of hard disks that can be used? A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5 E. 6
C.
Which interface is primarily used for internal hard drives in modern desktop PC systems? A. USB B. PATA C. SATA D. SCSI E. Firewire
C.
Which of the following disk maintenance utilities locates and disposes of files that can be safely removed from the disk? A. Disk Defragmenter B. Check Disk C. Disk Cleanup D. Disk Management
C.
Which of the following drive configurations uses striping with parity for fault tolerance? A. RAID 0 B. RAID 10 C. RAID 5 D. RAID 1
C.
Which of the following is not an advantage of SSDs over HDDs? A. Durable B. Low power consumption C. Inexpensive D. Small and light
C.
Which of the following is true about primary partitions? A. Primary partitions exist on dynamic disks. B. You can have a maximum of three primary partitions on a single disk. C. The active partition must be a primary partition. D. Primary partitions are subdivided into logical drives.
C.
Which of the following tasks would you complete as part of a SATA installation? A. Set the master/slave relationship using a jumper. B. Complete a low-level format of the drive. C. Plug the 15-pin power connector into the SATA drive. D. Configure the device ID using a jumper. E. Use the 4-pin molex power connector.
C.
You are configuring a new system, and you want to use a RAID 0 array for the operating system using SATA disks and the RAID functionality built into the motherboard. Which of the following BEST describes the action you will take as part of the configuration? A. Set master/slave jumpers on the hard drives. B. Set the disk mode to AHCI in the BIOS. C. Load the RAID drivers during operating system installation. D. In the BIOS, set the disk mode to IDE.
C.
You are in the process of preparing a storage device and must determine which file system to use. Which of the following BEST describes the advantage of using the exFAT file system rather than NTFS? A. Support for files over 4 GB B. Support for volumes over 32 GB C. Lower memory and processor resource use D. Access control lists and permissions
C.
You have a computer with three hard disks. A RAID 0 volume uses space on Disk 1 and Disk 2. A RAID 1 volume uses space on Disk 2 and Disk 3. Disk 2 fails. Which of the following is true? A. Data on the RAID 0 volume is accessible; data on the RAID 1 volume is not. B. Data on both volumes is not accessible. C. Data on the RAID 1 volume is accessible; data on the RAID 0 volume is not. D. Data on both volumes is still accessible.
C.
You have an extra disk on your system that has three primary partitions and an extended partition with two logical drives. You want to convert the partitions to simple volumes, preferably without losing any data. Which of the following is the BEST step to perform? A. Run the convert command. B. Delete the partitions and re-create them as simple volumes. C. Upgrade the disk to a dynamic disk. D. Run the fixboot command to convert the partition type to GPT.
C.
You have been asked to configure the drives in a computer. The end user wants to use striping without incorporating any fault tolerance. Which of the following will BEST meet these requirements? A. RAID 1 B. RAID 5 C. RAID 0 D. Expanded volume set
C.
You have four volumes on a basic hard disk. Which of the following are you MOST likely to see as the status of the fourth volume if it is valid and has no errors? A. Healthy (Dynamic) B. Healthy (Basic) C. Healthy (Logical Drive) D. Healthy E. Healthy (Primary Partition)
C.
You want to set up a Windows system to also be able to boot to Linux. To be able to dual boot, the system needs a partition on which to install Linux. However, you don't have an extra hard disk that can be used for the Linux partition. The existing disk has no unpartitioned space available, but it has about 300 GB of free space. Which of the following disk management operations will BEST prepare your hard disk for dual boot? A. Convert the disk from physical partitions to logical partitions. B. Reformat the disk with the partitions needed for a dual boot system. C. Shrink the primary partition. D. Convert the disk from basic to dynamic.
C.
You work for a small company as the human resources specialist. Since the company is fairly small, you are maintaining all of the employee information on your desktop computer, which is running Windows 10. This computer has two high-capacity hard disks. You want to ensure that this information is protected from a hard disk failure, so you want to set up a Windows software RAID system. Which of the following would be your BEST solution? A. Use striped volumes. B. Use RAID 5 volumes. C. Use mirrored volumes. D. Use spanned volumes.
C.
First developed to store digital music. Later, was adapted to store digital computer data.
Compact Disc CD
Can be written, read many times, erased, rewritten, and has a capacity of about 650 MB.
Compact Disc CD-RW
Occurs when two files claim the same cluster.
Cross-linked file.
Due to a blackout, power is no longer coming from the wall outlet, and your computer is now off. You do not have a UPS, and you need to remove a disc out of the DVD drive. What is the easiest method for retrieving the disc? A. Remove the drive and carefully pry open the tray. B. Press the drive's eject button while pressing the computer's restart button. C. Add a UPS between the wall outlet and the computer. D. Push an unbent paper clip into the hole on the front of the drive.
D.
What is an advantage of RAID 5 over RAID 1? A. RAID 5 continues to operate with a failure in two disks; RAID 1 can only operate with a failure of one disk. B. RAID 5 provides redundancy for the disk controller. C. RAID 5 provides redundancy; RAID 1 does not. D. RAID 5 improves performance over RAID 1.
D.
Which of the following Windows command line utilities would you use to realign the file structure on the disk to optimize performance? A. chkdsk B. Disk Management C. fdisk D. defrag
D.
Which of the following disk maintenance utilities optimizes the performance of your hard drive by joining parts of files that are in different locations on your hard drive into a single location? A. Check Disk B. Disk Cleanup C. Disk Management D. Disk Defragmenter
D.
Which of the following disk maintenance utilities optimizes the performance of your hard drive by verifying the file system integrity of a hard disk and fixing the errors it detects? A. Disk Cleanup B. Disk Defragmenter C. Disk Management D. Check Disk
D.
Which optical media has the greatest storage capacity? A. Dual-layer, single-sided DVD B. Compact disc C. Dual-layer, double-sided DVD D. Single-layer, single-sided Blu-ray disc
D.
Which partition type identifies the partition as one that holds the boot loader program used to start the operating system? A. Extended B. System C. Primary D. Active
D.
You are installing Windows 10 on a drive that was previously used for Windows 8.1. This drive has one primary partition. While installing Windows, you want to ensure that the old files are deleted and any bad sectors are located and marked as bad. To achieve your desired goal, which of the following is the BEST option to run? A. DiskPart B. Quick format C. Bootrec D. Full format
D.
You have a DVD-ROM disc with no label, and you want to know if it has any important files on it. You insert the DVD-ROM into your optical media drive, then you double-click the drive letter for the optical drive to see the contents of the disc. If the DVD-ROM is not a valid disc, which error message will you see? A. Foreign B. Missing C. Unreadable D. No Media
D.
You have a hard disk that has a single primary partition and has been assigned D: as the drive letter. Which tool would you use to configure the drive to use the FAT32 file system? A. fdisk B. msconfig C. convert D. format E. chkdsk
D.
You have just finished installing Windows on a system that contains four physical hard disks. The installation process has created a system volume and a C: volume on the first disk (Disk 0). The installation process also initialized the second disk (Disk 1) and the third disk (Disk 2), but did not create any volumes on these disks. Which of the following would you expect to see as the status of Disk 1 and Disk 2? A. Formatting B. Initializing C. Unavailable D. Unallocated E. Unreadable F. Healthy
D.
You have just finished upgrading the power supply in your desktop computer. Now the hard disk will not work. What should you do first? A. Replace the power supply. B. Use the switch on the power supply to switch from 110 to 220 volts. C. Configure the jumpers on the hard disk. D. Make sure the power connectors on the hard disk are plugged in all of the way.
D.
You have just purchased a new USB drive that you want to use to troubleshoot the computers in your company as well as other network devices, such as printers and projectors. You need to format this new drive with a file system that will be recognized and used on all devices. When formatting your USB drive, which of the following file system types would meet MOST, if not all, of your needs? A. NFS B. CDFS C. NTFS D. FAT32
D.
You have just received a frantic call from a customer. She informs you that after turning her computer on, she received the following error: The SMART hard disk check has detected an imminent failure. Which of the following is the BEST first step to take? A. Correct the bad areas on the drive using chkdsk. B. Run a hard drive test to verify the condition of the hard disk. It may be a false error. C. Run a reliable defragmentation tool. D. Back up all important data and files.
D.
You have physically installed a new hard disk drive in your computer and configured the disk in the BIOS using the CMOS setup program. You try to access the hard disk drive in Windows Explorer, but the drive is not displayed. Which of the following utilities will you MOST likely use to solve the problem? A. sfc B. chkdsk C. format D. Disk Management
D.
You have used your computer for several months without any issues. Recently, you have noticed that when you perform specific actions or open certain files, your computer crashes, and programs sometimes freeze. You suspect that hard disk issues are the cause. Which of the following tools would BEST verify and fix disk errors? A. Bootrec.exe B. DiskPart C. format D. chkdsk
D.
You want a storage device that has the ability to: Integrate data and device power into a single cable. Use a connector and port that is neither L-shaped nor rectangular. Which of the following SATA devices is the BEST to use? A. eSATA B. SATA C. SATA2 D. eSATAp E. SATA3
D.
You want to combine storage space from two different hard disks into a single logical storage unit on your Windows computer. Which of the following is the BEST step to perform? A. Use dynamic disks and a simple volume. B. Use basic disks and a primary partition. C. Use basic disks and an extended partition. D. Use dynamic disks and a spanned volume
D.
Windows 10 features a storage solution called Storage Spaces. What is the name of the Storage Spaces feature that allows you to allocate space for redundant information using options that include two-way mirroring, three-way mirroring, and parity?
Data Resiliency
Single-sided discs can hold about 4.7 GB of data. Dual-layer discs can hold up to 8.5 GB of data.
Digital Versatile Disc DVD
Dual-layer version employs two recordable dye layers, each capable of storing data.
Digital Versatile Disc DVD-RW
Store partitioning information in a hidden database on all such disks in the system.
Dynamic Disks
Support up to 128 volumes.
Dynamic Disks
Support volumes that use discontiguous disk space.
Dynamic Disks
One day, while trying to start your Windows 10 system, you see the following error displayed: Could not read from the selected boot disk. Check boot path and disk hardware. Which of the following will MOST likely fix the problem? A. Boot into the recovery console and copy the NTLDR file to the boot volume. B Boot into the recovery console and run the bootcfg /rebuild command. C. Boot into the recovery console and run the fixmbr command on the boot volume. D. Boot into Safe Mode and restore to a restore point. E. Boot into the recovery environment and run the bootrec /rebuildbcd command.
E.
You have four volumes on a basic hard disk. You convert the disk to dynamic. After the conversion, which of the following are you MOST likely to see as the status of the fourth volume if it is valid and has no errors? A. Healthy (Primary Partition) B. Healthy (Logical Drive) C. Healthy (Basic) D. Healthy (Dynamic) E. Healthy
E.
You have just finished upgrading the 250 W power supply in your desktop computer to a 450 W power supply. Now the BIOS doesn't recognize one of the hard disk drives in the system during POST. Which of the following troubleshooting steps is the BEST to try first? A. Manually enter the hard disk parameters in the BIOS. B. Reconfigure the hard disk to use the higher-wattage power supply using jumpers on the drive. C. Use the switch on the power supply to switch from 110 volts to 220 volts. D. Replace the power supply. E. Make sure that the hard disk is connected to the power supply.
E.
Providesup to several terabytes in storage capacity, and cost per megabyte is very low.
Hard Disk Drive HDD
A thick magnetic disk made of aluminum platters. Uses read/write heads to access data stored on the platters.
HardDisk Drive HDD
Indicates that the disk is turned on and can be accessed and the volume on the disk is valid and has no errors.
Healthy
Shows while a disk is being converted from a basic disk to a dynamic disk.
Initializing
A series of used clusters on the hard disk drive that are not associated with a specific file.
Lost Clusters
Shows when a dynamic disk has been removed or turned off.
Offline
Ideal for music and video. Portable and cheap with a long shelf life.
Optical Disc
Uses lasers to read and write information stored in the form of pits in their reflective coating.
Optical Disc
Files that exist on the hard drive but are not associated with a directory in the index.
Orphaned Files
Allows you to reconstruct data if one of the storage devices fails.
Parity
Requires that you have at least three storage devices.
Parity
Does not provide protection from a single storage device failure.
Simple
Does not provide redundancy.
Simple
A flash device and storage capacity similar to a small hard drive.
Solid State Drive SSD
Faster than other devices. No moving parts. Lasts longer than other storage devices.
Solid State Drive SSD
List the steps you need to follow to add more disk space to a Storage Space in Windows 10. Drag the correct steps from the left to the correct step number on the right. Not all steps on the left will be used. Step 1 Step 2 Step 3
Step 1 Install a new storage device to the system. Step 2 Add free space on a new storage device to a storage pool. Step 3 Allocate space from the storage pool to an existing storage space.
On a Windows 10 workstation, you want to use the Storage Spaces feature to create a logical drive. Which of the following components are used to configure Storage Spaces? (Select THREE.) -Mirrored data resiliency, which provides storage redundancy. -Storage devices, which are physical drives such as SATA drives or external drives. -Storage spaces, which are logically defined units created from a pool of storage. -Pools of storage, which are logically created from free space on storage devices. -Thin provisioning, which allows you to allocate more space than is available. -Parity, which allows you to reconstruct data if device failure occurs.
Storage devices, which are physical drives such as SATA drives or external drives. -Storage spaces, which are logically defined units created from a pool of storage. -Pools of storage, which are logically created from free space on storage devices.
Requires at least five storage devices.
Three-Way mirror
Protects your data if two storage devices fail at one time.
Three-way Mirror
Requires at least two storage devices.
Two-way mirror
Indicates that errors have occurred on physical or dynamic disks.
Unavailable
