Alexa_Week6
A logical division of a storage device associated with a hard drive. A) Partition B) Volume C) Directory D) File
A) Partition
Does not provide protection from a single storage device failure. A) Simple B) Two-way mirror C) Three-way mirror D) Parity
A) Simple
Does not provide redundancy. A) Simple B) Two-way mirror C) Three-way mirror D) Parity
A) Simple
You want to create a high-performance Windows laptop with both a 2-TB hard drive and a 1-TB SSD drive. Which of the following are data storage recommendations for your high performance system? (Select two.) A) Store heavily used information on the hard drive. B) Store heavily used information on the SSD drive. C) Automatically back up important data on the hard drive to the SSD drive. D) Store data that requires high performance on the SSD drive. E) Store data that requires high performance on the hard drive.
A) Store heavily used information on the hard drive. D) Store data that requires high performance on the SSD drive.
Your company's graphic designers were given laptop computers several months ago. The laptops have a 500-GB SSD drive for the operating system and applications and a 1-TB hard drive for storing media files. Now, a few of the graphic designers are complaining about slow performance on their SSD drives. What is the MOST likely cause of the slow performance? A) The designers are storing media files on the SSD drive. B) The file system is not optimized for SSD. C) The SATA connection is older and has a slower transfer speed. D) The SSD's firmware needs to be updated.
A) The designers are storing media files on the SSD drive.
You have a thin-provisioned storage space that suddenly unmounts. What is the MOST likely cause of this problem? A) The storage space has run out of disk space. B) One of the disks in the storage space pool has crashed. C) A new storage device has been added to the pool. D) The storage space has become corrupted.
A) The storage space has run out of disk space.
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 to optimize your hard disk performance? (Select two.) A) Upgrade your hard disk interface to SATA 3. B) Upgrade to a 7,200 RPM hard disk. C) Upgrade to a 10,000 RPM hard disk. D) Upgrade your hard disk interface to SATA 2. E) Upgrade your hard disk interface to eSATAp. F) Implement RAID 0 on the current hard disk.
A) Upgrade your hard disk interface to SATA 3. C) Upgrade to a 10,000 RPM hard disk.
Step 2 A) Add free space B) Unmount C) Allocate D) Install E) Mirror
A) Add free space
Are supported by all operating systems. A) Basic disks B) Dynamic disks C) Active
A) Basic disks
Only support volumes made up of contiguous disk space. A) Basic disks B) Dynamic disks C) Active
A) Basic disks
Use primary and extended partitions. A) Basic disks B) Dynamic disks C) Active
A) Basic disks
You are currently running a video editing application on your Windows 11 laptop. The laptop includes both an SSD drive and a traditional hard drive. You run the video application on the hard drive, but you would like to install and run the app from the SSD drive to enhance performance speed. Which of the following should you do to protect the video application and associated data files from drive failure when you move them to the SSD drive? A) Configure an automatic backup to the hard disk drive. B) Encrypt the data on the SSD drive. C) Defragment the SSD drive on a regular basis. D) Enable the TRIM functionality.
A) Configure an automatic backup to the hard disk drive.
Your computer has a single hard disk with a single volume that is used by the C:\ drive. You have previously upgraded the disk to a dynamic disk. The disk has run out of space, so you want 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) Create a mount point using space on the second disk. B) Span the C:\ volume to the second disk. C) Extend the C:\ volume to the second disk. D) Strip the C:\ volume to the second disk.
A) Create a mount point using space on the second disk.
You have a single hard drive on your laptop with a basic system volume. The volume is running out of space, and you would like to extend the space on the volume. Which of the following would work BEST to resolve the issue? A) Extend the system volume on the existing hard drive by using contiguous unallocated space. B) Extend the system volume by adding a second hard drive and using contiguous space on the new drive. C) Extend the system volume by adding a second hard drive and using non-contiguous space on the new drive. D) Extend the system volume on the existing hard drive by using non-contiguous unallocated space.
A) Extend the system volume on the existing hard drive by using contiguous unallocated space.
You have decided to optimize the hard drive on your Windows laptop by running the Error Checking utility. What are the things that you can expect the Error Checking utility to perform? (Select two.) A) Fix lost clusters B) Fix cross-linked files C) Delete temporary files D) Defragmentation E) Compress old files
A) Fix lost clusters B) Fix cross-linked files
A series of used clusters on the hard disk drive that are not associated with a specific file. A) Lost clusters B) Cross-linked C) Orphaned files D) bad sector
A) Lost clusters
Listen to exam instructions You have just finished upgrading the 250-watt power supply in your desktop computer to a 450-watt power supply. Now the BIOS does not 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) Make sure that the hard disk is connected to the power supply. B) Replace the power supply. C) Reconfigure the hard disk to utilize the higher-wattage power supply with drive jumpers. D) Use the voltage switch on the power supply to go from 110 volts to 220 volts. E) Manually enter the hard disk geometry parameters in the BIOS.
A) Make sure that the hard disk is connected to the power supply.
When two files claim the same cluster. A) Lost clusters B) Cross-linked C) Orphaned files D) bad sector
B) Cross-linked
Which of the following indicates that a drive is unavailable when you check the status of a hard drive? A) Uncertain B) Down C) Failed D) Bad E) Caution
B) Down B) Bad
Store partitioning information in a hidden database on all such disks in the system. A) Basic disks B) Dynamic disks C) Active
B) Dynamic disks
Support up to 128 volumes. A) Basic disks B) Dynamic disks C) Active
B) Dynamic disks
Support volumes that use discontiguous disk space. A) Basic disks B) Dynamic disks C) Active
B) Dynamic disks
Indicates that the disk is turned on, can be accessed, and that the volume on the disk is valid and has no errors. A) Formatting B) Healthy C) Unallocated D) Initializing E) Missing F) Unavailable
B) Healthy
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 C) Healthy (Logical Drive) D) Healthy (Basic) E) Healthy (Dynamic)
B) Healthy
Jessica is concerned about losing data due to a hard disk failure. Her computer will only support a maximum of three disks. To protect her data, she has decided to use RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks). Which of the following RAID types would give Jessica the BEST mirrored data protection? A) RAID 0 B) RAID 1 C) RAID 5 D) RAID 10
B) RAID 1
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 that he has at least one data backup 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) RAID 1
You notice that the hard drive on your iMac Pro is running slower than before. You decide to run the First Aid utility to optimize the drive. Which of the following is recommended to make sure that the First Aid utility is 100% effective? A) Defragment the hard drive first. B) Run First Aid by booting into Recovery Mode. C) Check Disk Usage in the Storage tab. D) Make sure that the hard drive is at 80% or less capacity.
B) Run First Aid by booting into Recovery Mode.
You want to set up storage spaces for several employees in your company with a maximum allocation of 100 gigabytes per drive. However, you only have 500 gigabytes of available space left in the pool where you want to create the storage spaces. Which Storage Spaces feature can you use to allocate more space than what is actually available? A) Data resiliency B) Thin provisioning C) Partition shrinking D) Pools
B) Thin provisioning
You have been asked to implement a RAID 5 solution for an engineer's desktop workstation. What is the minimum number of hard disks you can use to configure RAID 5? A) Two B) Three C) Four D) Five E) Six
B) Three
Requires at least two storage devices. A) Simple B) Two-way mirror C) Three-way mirror D) Parity
B) Two-way mirror
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) Initializing B) Unallocated C) Unreadable D) Healthy E) Formatting F) Unavailable
B) Unallocated
A single accessible storage area within a file system. A) Partition B) Volume C) Directory D) File
B) Volume
What happens when you connect a new internal hard drive to a Windows PC? A) Windows automatically assigns the new drive to a pool. B) Windows automatically assigns the next available drive letter. C) Windows automatically initializes (formats) the new hard drive. D) Windows automatically partitions the new hard drive.
B) Windows automatically assigns the next available drive letter.
Which of the following utilities would you use to correct cross-linked clusters within the file system on a Windows workstation? A) fdisk B) chkdsk C) attrib D) DiskScan
B) chkdsk
You are an IT administrator who is troubleshooting a computer from within Windows Command Prompt. You are trying to execute the chkdsk command line tool, but it keeps failing. Which of the following command switches would give you the BEST information on how to run this command? A) chkdsk /i B) chkdsk /? C) chkdsk /info D) chkdsk /help
B) chkdsk /?
Which of the following Windows command line utilities would you use to realign the file structure on a disk to optimize performance? A) Disk Management B) defrag C) fdisk D) chkdsk
B) defrag
Step 3 A) Add free space B) Unmount C) Allocate D) Install E) Mirror
C) Allocate
You have a computer with a single hard disk, which is configured as a basic disk with an NTFS-formatted single partition. The computer runs Windows 11. The disk has run out of space, and you want to add more 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) Extend the C:\ volume. B) Upgrade both disks to dynamic. C) Create a new partition with or without a drive letter on the new hard disk. D) Create an empty folder on the new hard disk.
C) Create a new partition with or without a drive letter on the new hard disk.
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 both volumes is inaccessible. B) Data on both volumes is still accessible. C) Data on the RAID 1 volume is accessible. Data on the RAID 0 volume is not. D) Data on the RAID 0 volume is accessible. Data on the RAID 1 volume is not.
C) Data on the RAID 1 volume is accessible. Data on the RAID 0 volume is not.
A container in a file system used to logically sort and organize data. A) Partition B) Volume C) Directory D) File
C) Directory
Which of the following disk maintenance utilities locates and disposes of files that can be safely removed from a disk? A) Disk Management B) Check Disk C) Disk Cleanup D) Disk Defragmenter
C) Disk Cleanup
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. Which of the following file system types would meet MOST, if not all, of your needs when formatting your USB drive? A) NFS B) CDFS C) FAT32 D) NTFS
C) FAT32
What is the minimum number of storage devices you need in order to implement three-way mirroring for a storage space? A) Seven B) Three C) Five D) Two
C) Five
Files that exist on the hard drive, but are not associated with a directory in the index. A) Lost clusters B) Cross-linked C) Orphaned files D) bad sector
C) Orphaned files
A computer that is 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) RAID 5
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 in this scenario? A) Convert the disk from physical 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) Shrink the primary partition.
On a Windows 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.) A) Parity, which allows you to reconstruct data if device failure occurs. B) Thin provisioning, which allows you to allocate more space than is available. C) Storage devices, which are physical drives such as SATA drives or external drives. D) Storage space, which is a logically defined unit created from a storage pool. E) Storage pools, which are logically created from free space on storage devices. F) Mirrored data resiliency, which provides storage redundancy.
C) Storage devices, which are physical drives such as SATA drives or external drives. D) Storage space, which is a logically defined unit created from a storage pool. E) Storage pools, which are logically created from free space on storage devices.
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.) A) The system volume must be on a basic disk. B) The volume must be spanned to use disk space on a different disk. C) The disk must have contiguous free space on the same disk. D) The system volume must be on a dynamic disk. E) The system volume must formatted with NTFS.
C) The disk must have contiguous free space on the same disk. E) The system volume must formatted with NTFS.
Which of the following requirements must be met in order to extend a volume? (Select two. Each correct answer is a complete solution.) A) The volume must be spanned. B) The volume must have an empty folder. C) The volume must be formatted with NTFS. D) The target partition must not have a drive letter. E) The volume must be unformatted.
C) The volume must be formatted with NTFS. E) The volume must be unformatted.
Protects your data if two storage devices fail at one time. A) Simple B) Two-way mirror C) Three-way mirror D) Parity
C) Three-way mirror
Requires at least five storage devices. A) Simple B) Two-way mirror C) Three-way mirror D) Parity
C) Three-way mirror
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 to accomplish this? 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) Upgrade the disk to a dynamic disk.
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 11. 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 RAID 5 volumes. B) Use spanned volumes. C) Use mirrored volumes. D) Use striped volumes.
C) Use mirrored volumes.
Which of the following is a benefit of extending a volume? A) You are adding fault tolerance to the volume. B) You are increasing the access speed to files on the extended volume. C) You can add space to the volume from another disk. D) You are able to add non-contiguous space to your system volume.
C) You can add space to the volume from another disk.
Which of the following commands would you run on a Linux system to find out how much disk space is being used on each of the file systems? A) umount B) ls -R C) df -h D) fsck
C) df -h
You have configured Disk 3 and Disk 4 on your Windows 11 workstation as a RAID 1 array with the NTFS file system, and you have assigned F as the drive letter for the array. Each disk has an individual storage capacity of 1 TB. However, when you check the available storage size of F, you notice that it only lists 1 TB (instead of 2 TB) of available disk storage space. What should you do to resolve the issue? A) Make sure both disks are set to dynamic instead of basic. B) Change the volume to a spanned volume. C) You need to change to a RAID 5 array. D) Nothing. The RAID array is working as designed.
D) Nothing. The RAID array is working as designed.
Allows data reconstruction if one of the storage devices fails. A) Simple B) Two-way mirror C) Three-way mirror D) Parity
D) Parity
Requires at least three storage devices. A) Simple B) Two-way mirror C) Three-way mirror D) Parity
D) Parity
Which of the following drive configurations uses striping with parity for fault tolerance? A) RAID 10 B) RAID 0 C) RAID 1 D) RAID 5
D) RAID 5
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) Run a hard drive test to verify the hard disk's condition. (It may be a false error.) B) Correct the bad areas on the drive using chkdsk. C) Run a reliable defragmentation tool. D) Back up all important data and files.
D) Back up all important data and files.
While trying to start your Windows 11 system, you see the following error message: 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 Safe Mode and restore to a restore point. B) Boot into the recovery console and run the fixmbr command on the boot volume. C) Boot into the recovery console and run the bootcfg /rebuild command. D) Boot into the recovery environment and run the bootrec /rebuildbcd command. E) Boot into the recovery console and copy the NTLDR file to the boot volume.
D) Boot into the recovery environment and run the bootrec /rebuildbcd command.
You want to create a software RAID 1 array on your Windows 11 workstation using Disk 1 and Disk 2. What do you need to do with Disk 1 and Disk 2 before configuring them for a RAID 1 array? A) Format both disks with the same file system. B) Convert the disks from dynamic to basic. C) Verify that both disks are the same size. D) Convert the disks from basic to dynamic.
D) Convert the disks from basic to dynamic.
Which of the following disk maintenance utilities optimizes the performance of your hard drive by joining parts of files that are in different locations into a single location? A) Disk Management B) Check Disk C) Disk Cleanup D) Disk Defragmenter
D) Disk Defragmenter
Which Windows tool can you use to determine the amount of space available to shrink a volume? A) chkdsk /f B) Computer Management C) chkdsk /r D) Disk Management
D) Disk Management
Which Windows tool do you use to create and delete partitions on hard drives? A) Explorer B) Device Manager C) Services D) Disk Management
D) Disk Management
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) Failed UPS B) Overheated CPU C) Bad memory D) Failing hard drive
D) Failing hard drive
A one-dimensional stream of bits treated as a logical unit. A) Partition B) Volume C) Directory D) File
D) File
You are configuring a new system, and you want to use a RAID 0 array for the operating system using SATA disks and a special controller card that includes a RAID processor. Which RAID method should you use? A) Operating system B) JBOD C) Software D) Hardware
D) Hardware
Shows while a disk is being converted from a basic disk to a dynamic disk. A) Formatting B) Healthy C) Unallocated D) Initializing E) Missing F) Unavailable
D) Initializing
List the steps you need to follow to add more disk space to a storage space in Windows Step 1 A) Add free space B) Unmount C) Allocate D) Install E) Mirror
D) Install
You have just installed an SSD drive in your older Windows workstation. However, after you start Windows, you do not see the SSD drive listed in Windows Explorer. What should you do FIRST? A) Use the voltage switch on the power supply to switch from 110 to 220 volts. B) Configure the jumpers on the SSD drive. C) Replace the power supply. D) Make sure the power connectors on the SSD drive are plugged in all the way.
D) Make sure the power connectors on the SSD drive are plugged in all the way.
Which of the following can you do to disable defragmentation in Windows? A) Select Optimize from the Optimize Drive dialog. Then clear the Defragment drives option. B) Open Device Manager and right-click the SSD drive. Then select the Defragment drive option. C) Open Device Manager, right-click the SSD drive, and select Properties. Then select the Defragment drive option. D) Select Change Settings from the Optimize Drive dialog. Then clear the Run on a schedule option.
D) Select Change Settings from the Optimize Drive dialog. Then clear the Run on a schedule option.
You are using an older utility to manage a GPT-partitioned drive on a Windows 10 system. You only see a single partition. However, you know you have multiple partitions across the hard drive. What is the MOST likely reason that you only see one partition? A) The utility is only designed to work with Windows 7 or 8. B) The utility is displaying the drive's unprotected MBR. C) The utility can only display dynamic partitions. D) The utility can only manage MBR partitions and is displaying the drive's protected MBR.
D) The utility can only manage MBR partitions and is displaying the drive's protected MBR.
Which of the following is a characteristic of extended partitions? A) They are bootable. B) They can be set to active. C) There can be multiple extended partitions per drive. D) They are subdivided into logical drives.
D) They are subdivided into logical drives.
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 basic disks and an extended partition. B) Use dynamic disks and a simple volume. C) Use basic disks and a primary partition. D) Use dynamic disks and a spanned volume.
D) Use dynamic disks and a spanned volume.
A portion of the hard disk that cannot be used. A) Lost clusters B) Cross-linked C) Orphaned files D) bad sector
D) bad sector
Which of the following tasks does Windows Storage Spaces eliminate the need for? (Select two.) A) Hard drive formatting B) RAID array creation C) Defragmentation D) Disk cleanup E) Drive repartitioning F) Volume resizing
E) Drive repartitioning F) Volume resizing
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 (Basic) B) Healthy (Primary Partition) C) Healthy (Dynamic) D) Healthy E) Healthy (Logical Drive)
E) Healthy (Logical Drive)
Shows when a dynamic disk has been removed or turned off. A) Formatting B) Healthy C) Unallocated D) Initializing E) Missing F) Unavailable
E) Missing
After installing a new SSD drive on your Windows 11 system, you determine that the TRIM functionality has not been automatically enabled on the drive by the Windows operating system. You need to manually turn on TRIM from a Command Prompt. The drive's volume has been assigned a drive letter of E:. Which of the following commands MUST you use to enable this feature? A) fsutil behavior set DisableDeleteNotify B) bootrec /rebuildbcd C) chkdsk E: /R D) fsutil behavior set DisableDeleteNotify 0 E: E) fsutil behavior set DisableDeleteNotify 0
E) fsutil behavior set DisableDeleteNotify 0
Indicates that errors have occurred on physical or dynamic disks. A) Formatting B) Healthy C) Unallocated D) Initializing E) Missing F) Unavailable
F) Unavailable
Windows 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