Ch 5

Which partition type identified the partition as one that holds the boot loader program used to start the OS?

Active

Which disks does Windows support? (Select TWO)

Basic Dynamic

One day while trying to start your Windows 10 system, you see the following error displayed: Could from the selected boot disk. Check boot path and disk hardware. Which of the following will most likely fix the problem?

Boot into the recovery environment and run the bootrec /rebuildbcd command.

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 decided to create a Windows software RAID system using striped volume. Before you created the striped volume, which action MUST you take?

Convert basic disks to dynamic disks

Which of the following disk maintenance utilities will locate and dispose of files that can be safely removed from the disk?

Disk Cleanup

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?

Disk Defragmenter

Which tool would you use to create and delete partitions on hard drives?

Disk Management

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 utility will you most likely use to solve the problem?

Disk Management

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?

DiskPart

Which of the following is a magnetic storage device?

Hard disk

Which of the following are advantages of solid state storage compared to hard drives? (Select TWO)

Lower power requirements No moving parts

Which of the following tasks would you complete as part of a SATA installation?

Plug the 15-pin power connector into the SATA drive

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.)

Pools of storage, which are logically created from free space on storage devices. 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.

On Windows 10, using Storage Spaces eliminates the need for which of the following tasks? (Select two.)

Repartitioning drives Resizing volumes

You want to set up a Windows system to also be able to boot to Linux. To dual boot, the system needs a partition on which to install Linux.

Shrink the primary partition

Which optical media has the greatest storage capacity?

Single-layer, single-sided Blu-ray disc

You want to combine storage space from two different HDDs into a single logical storage unit on your Windows computer. Which of the following is the BEST step to perform?

Use dynamic disk and a spanned volume

Which of the following utilities checks the disk for bad clusters?

chkdsk

You have been asked to implement a RAID 5 solution for an engineer's desktop. What is the minimum number of hard drives disks that can be used to configure RAID 5?

3

One of the video editors in your company is worried that he may lose a lot of data if his hard drive fails. He 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 cant be used?

4

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?

4

You have a CD-RW drive that advertises speeds of 32x/12x/48x. What is the read speed of the drive?

48x

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

Active partition

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 can significantly increases the overall performance of the system. Select Two

An SSD uses flash technology to store data An SSD opens files faster than an HDD

Which Blu-ray standard defines rewritable disks?

BD-RE

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.

Back up all the important data and files.

You have a computer where a removable disk drive has been formatted with NTFS. You want the drive to use FAT32 to be compatible with more OS's. The drive is currently configured using drive letter D:. What should you do?

Back up the data on the D: drive. Reformat the D: drive using FAT32. Restore the data.

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?

Check Disk

Match each label on the left with the correct characteristics on the right -First developed to store digital music. Later, was adapted to store digital computer data. -Disc surface made up of lands and pits. Reflective light used to interpret the data. -Single-sided discs can hold about 4.7 GB of data. Dual-layer discs can hold up to 8.5 GB of data. -A red laser causes a crystal to form which creates the reflective and non-reflective areas on the bottom of the disc. -Uses blue laser light which has a shorter wavelength, which allows data to be packed more tightly on the disc. -Was originally developed for high definition video (and expanded content on movie discs), but can also be used for data storage.

Compact Disc (CD) Compact Disc (CD-RW) Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) Digital Versatile Disc (DVD-RW) Blu-ray Disc (BD-RE) Blu-ray Disc (BD)

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. What should you do to add space to the C:\ drive?

Create a mount point using space on the second disk

Which of the following refers to a situation where two files try to claim the same cluster on the hard disk?

Cross-linked clusters

Which of the following are optical storage devices? (Select THREE)

DVD CD BD

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?

Data on the RAID 1 volume is accessible; data on the RAID 0 volume is not

You have a computer running Windows 10 Home Premium and 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?

Do nothing. Windows 10 can natively access exFAT file systems.

Match the disk types on the left with the corresponding descriptions and features on the right. Each disk type may be used once, more than once, or not at all. Support up to 128 volumes Use primary and extended partitions Supported by all operating systems Support volumes that use discontinuous disk space Store partitioning information in a hidden database on all such disks in the system Only support volumes made up of contiguous disk space

Dynamic Disks Basic Disks Basic Disks Dynamic Disks Dynamic Disks Basic Disks

You have added two new HDDs to a Windows computer. The disks are configured as basic disks. Which of the following could be configured on these disks? (select two)

Extend partitions with logical drives Primary partitions

You have just purchased a new USB drive that you want to troubleshoot the computers in your company as well as other network devices, such as printers and projectors. When formatting your USB drive, which of the following files system types would meet MOST, if not all, of your needs?

FAT32

Lately you hear a clicking noise when reading or writing data from the hard disk. What is the most likely cause of the clicking?

Failing hard drive

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?

Full format

Which storage device uses aluminum platters for storing data?

Hard disk

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?

Hard disk

Match each storage device A thick magnetic disk made of aluminum platters. Uses read/write heads to access data stored on the platters. A flash device and storage capacity similar to a small hard drive. Uses lasers to read and write information stored in the form of pits in their reflective coating. Up to several TB in storage capacity and cost per MB is cheap. Faster than other devices. No moving parts. Last longer than other storage devices. Ideal for music and video. Portable and cheap with a long shelf life.

Hard disk drive (HDD) Solid state drive (SSD) Optical disc Hard disk drive (HDD) Solid state drive (SSD) Optical disc

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 error?

Healthy

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?

Healthy (Logical Drive)

Which of the following is not an advantage of SSDs over HDDs?

Inexpensive

Match the disk status on the left with the corresponding description on the right. Each status may be used once, more than once, or not at all. Shows while a disk is being converted from a basic disk to a dynamic disk Indicates that the disk is turned on and can be accessed and the volume on the disk is valid and has no errors Indicates that errors have occurred on physical or dynamic disks Shows when a dynamic disk has been removed or turned off

Initializing Healthy Unavailable Offline

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. Tip: Not all steps on the left will be used. Step 1-3

Install a new storage device to the system Add free space on a new storage device to a storage pool Allocate space from the a storage pool to an existing storage space

You have an existing computer running Windows 10 Enterprise. 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?

Install the drivers for the RAID controller

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, then use the RAID controller integrated in 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?

Install the drivers from the motherboard RAID controller.

You are configuring a new system and want to use a RAID 0 array for the OS using SATA disks and the RAID functionality built into the motherboard. Which of the following actions will you take as part of the configuration?

Load the RAID drivers during operating system installation

Check Disk detects disk integrity errors and fixes them. Match the types of errors Check Disk detects and fixes on the left with the error descriptions on the right. A series of used clusters on the hard disk drive that are not associated with a specific file. Occurs when two files claim the same cluster. Files that exist on the hard drive but which are not associated with a directory in the index. A portion of the hard disk that cannot be used.

Lost clusters Cross-linked file Orphaned files Bad sector

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 advantages of using the exFAT file system rather than NTFS?

Lower memory and processor resource use

You have just finished installing a new SATA hard disk in your computer. Now your SATA DVD drive won't work. What should you do first? (Select two.)

Make sure that the DVD SATA cable is connected. Make sure that the DVD power cable is connected.

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. What should you do?

Make sure that the hard disk is connected to the power supply.

You have just finished upgrading the power supply in your desktop computer. Now the hard disk will not work. What should you do first?

Make sure the power connectors on the hard disk are plugged in all of the way.

A sales person requires that a large number of document data presentation image and video files be accessible on their person mobile devices.

Mirco SD Card

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

NTFS-formatted partition

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?

No Media

What method does an SD card use for storing data?

Non-volatile memory chips

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?

Not Initialized

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 7 Enterprise. 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?

On the new hard disk, create a new partition without a drive letter.

Windows 10 features a storage solution called Storage Spaces. When you configure Storage Spaces you can include information redundancy with a feature called data resiliency. Match the types of data resiliency on the left with the appropriate descriptions on the right. Each type of data resiliency may be used once, more than once, or not at all.

Parity Three-way mirror Simple Two-way mirror Two-way mirror Parity Three-way mirror

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 to retrieving the disk?

Push an unbent paper clip into the hole on the front of the drive.

You are building a new computer that will contain two hard disks. To provide increased performance, you have decide to configure the drives using RAID technology. Which of the following will BEST meet your needs?

RAID 0

You have been asked to configure the drives in a computer. The end user wants to us striping without incorporating any fault tolerance. Which of the following will BEST meet these requirements?

RAID 0

Ben is concerned about losing data due to a hard disk failure. His computer will only support a maximum of three disk. To protect his data, you have decided to use RAID. Which of the following RAID types would give Ben the BEST mirrored data protection?

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 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 the cost 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 specification?

RAID 1

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?

RAID 5

Which of the following drive configuration uses striping with parity for fault tolerance?

RAID 5

Which is an advantage of RAID 5 over RAID 1?

RAID 5 improves performance over RAID 1

Which interface is primarily used for internal HDDs in modern desktop PC systems?

SATA

Which of the following is the most common disk interface used for optical drives on home and office computers?

SATA

Which generation of SATA storage devices does the following -Supports up to 6 Gbps data transfer rates -Addresses solid state drives

SATA3

Which of the following is true about primary partitions?

The active partition must be a primary partition

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 disk must have contiguous free space on the same disk The system volume must be formatted with NTFS

You have just added a brand new hard disk to your Window-based computer. When you power on the computer, the disk is not shown in File Explorer. To troubleshoot this issue, you open the Window 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?

The disk needs to be initialized

Which of the following is a characteristic of extended partitions?

They are subdivided into logical drives.

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?

Unallocated

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. What should you do?

Upgrade the disk to a dynamic disk

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 your hard disk interface to SATA 3 Upgrade to a 10,000 RPM hard 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 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?

Use mirrored volumes

Your computer's hard drive is currently formatted as FAT32, but you want to take advantage of the features offered to NTFS drives. Which of the following steps would MOST likely allow you to do this without losing the existing data?

Use the convert command at a command prompt

You have a hard disk that is formatted with the FAT32 file system. You would like to implement file and folder permission 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?

Use the convert command to convert from FAT32 to NTFS and then configure NTFS permissions.

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

You're setting up the drive to boot Windows 7 on a computer that uses traditional BIOS

Which of the following utilities would you use to correct cross-linked clusters within the file system on a Windows workstation?

chkdsk

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?

chkdsk

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 program sometimes freeze. You suspect that hard disk issues are the cause. Which of the following tools would BEST verify and fix disk errors?

chkdsk

You are an IT administrator troubleshooting a computer from within the Windows command prompt. You are trying to execute the chdsk command line tool, but it keeps failing. Which of the following command switches would give you the BEST information or help on how to run this command?

chkdsk /?

Windows 10 features a storage solution called Storage Spaces. What is the name of the Storage Spaces feature that allows to allocate space for redundant information using options that include two-way mirroring, three-way mirroring, and parity?

data resiliency

Which of the following Windows command line utilities would you use to realign the file structure on the disk to optimize performance?

defrag

Which type of connector is on the external hard drive?

eSATA

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

eSATAp

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?

format

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 Widows Explorer, but get an error message. Which utility will you most likely use to solve the problem?

format