5.5.8 - Practice Questions

Active partition

If you want to boot from a hard drive, what must it have?

Support up to 128 volumes.- Dynamic disks Use primary and extended partitions. - Basic disks Are supported by all operating systems. - Basic disks Support volumes that use discontiguous disk space. - Dynamic disks Store partitioning information in a hidden database on all such disks in the system. - Dynamic disks Only support volumes made up of contiguous disk space. - Basic disks

Match each disk type on the left with its corresponding description/features on the right. Each disk type may be used once, more than once, or not at all.

NTFS-formatted partition

What is required to control access to the file system using file and folder permissions on a Windows-based computer?

Dynamic Basic

Which disk types does Windows support? (Select TWO.)

You're setting up the drive to boot Windows 10 on a computer that uses traditional BIOS.

Which of the following conditions would prevent you from using a GUID Partition Table (GPT) when setting up a disk drive?

The active partition must be a primary partition.

Which of the following is true about primary partitions?

Active

Which partition type identifies the partition as one that holds the boot loader program used to start the operating system?

DiskPart

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?

Lower memory and processor resource use

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?

Full format

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?

Primary partitions Extended partitions with logical drives

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).

Upgrade the disk to a dynamic disk.

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?

FAT32

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?

Shrink the primary partition.

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?