Review Questions Ch. 6

What is the space on a drive called when a file is deleted? (Choose all that apply.) a. Disk space, b. Unallocated space, c. Drive space, d. Free space

b. Unallocated space, d. Free space

Areal density refers to which of the following? a. Number of bits per disk, b. Number of bits per partition, c. Number of bits per square inch of a disk platter, d. Number of bits per platter

c. Number of bits per square inch of a disk platter

To encrypt a FAT volume, which of the following utilities can you use? a. Microsoft BitLocker, b. EFS, c. PGP Whole Disk Encryption, d. FreeOTFE

c. PGP Whole Disk Encryption

Which of the following Windows XP files contains user-specific information? a. User.dat, b. Ntuser.dat, c. System.dat, d. Sam.dat

b. Ntuser.dat

Windows 2000 can be configured to access which of these file formats? (Choose all that apply.) a. FAT12, b. FAT16, c. FAT32, d. NTFS

a. FAT12, b. FAT16, c. FAT32, d. NTFS

EFS can encrypt which of the following? a. Files, folders, and volumes, b. Certificates and private keys, c. The global Registry, d. Network servers

a. Files, folders, and volumes

On a Windows system, sectors typically contain how many bytes? a. 256, b. 512, c. 1024, d. 2048

b. 512

Clusters in Windows always begin numbering at what number?

2

What are the functions of a data run' s field components in an MFT record?

Data runs have three components; the first declares how many bytes are required in the attribute field to store the number of bytes needed for the second and third components. The second component stores the number of clusters assigned to the data run, and the third component contains the starting cluster address value (the LCN or the VCN).

Zoned bit recording is how disk manufacturers ensure that a platter' s outer tracks store as much data as possible. True or False?

False

What does MFT stand for?

Master File Table

HPFS is used on which OS?

OS/2

The Windows Registry in Windows 9x consists of what two files?

System.dat and User.dat

In FAT32, a 123 KB file uses how many sectors?

The answer is 246 sectors. 123 x 1024 bytes per KB = 125,952 total bytes in the file. 125,952 bytes / 512 sectors per cluster = 246 sectors

An image of a suspect drive can be loaded on a virtual machine. True or False?

True

In DOS and Windows 9.x, Io.sys is the first file loaded after the ROM bootstrap loader finds the disk. True or False?

True

In NTFS, files smaller than 512 bytes are stored in the MFT. True or False?

True

RAM slack can contain passwords. True or False?

True

List two features NTFS has that FAT does not.

Unicode characters, security, journaling

What is the ratio of sectors per cluster in a floppy disk? a. 1:1, b. 2:1, c. 4:1, d. 8:1

a. 1:1

Virtual machines have which of the following limitations when running on a host computer? a. Internet connectivity is restricted to virtual Web sites. b. Applications can be run on the virtual machine only if they' re resident on the physical machine. c. Virtual machines are limited to the host computer' s peripheral configurations, such as mouse, keyboard, CD/DVD drives, and other devices. d. Virtual machines can run only OSs that are older than the physical machine' s OS.

c. Virtual machines are limited to the host computer's peripheral configurations, such as mouse, keyboard, CD/DVD drives, and other devices.

A virtual cluster consists of what kind of clusters?

chained clusters

What does CHS stand for?

cylinders, heads, sectors

List three items stored in the FAT database.

file and directory names, starting cluster numbers, file attributes, and date and time stamps

Device drivers contain what kind of information?

instructions for the OS on how to interface with hardware devices