IS381 Module 5 Quiz
How many sectors are typically in a cluster on a disk drive? - 1 - 2 or more - 4 or more -8 or more
4 or more
Clusters in Windows always begin numbering at what number? - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4
2
BIOS boot firmware was developed to provide better protection against malware than EFI does developed? True False
False
Zone bit recording is how disk manufacturers ensure that a platter's outer tracks store as much data as possible. True False
False
EFS can encrypt which of the following? 1. Files, folders, and volumes 2. Certificates and private keys 3. The global Registry 4. Network servers
Files, folders, and volumes
What does the Ntuser.dat file contain? 1. File and directory names 2. Starting cluster numbers 3. File attributes 4. MRU files list
MRU files list
In Windows 7 and later, how much data from RAM is loaded into RAM slack on a disk drive? - 5% - 10% - 15% - None of the above
None of the above
Which of the following Windows 8 files contains user-specific information? 1. User.dat 2. Ntuser.dat 3. System.dat 4. SAM.dat
Ntuser.dat
Areal density refers to which of the following? 1. Number of bits per disk 2. Number of bits per partition 3. Number of bits per square inch of a disk platter 4. Number of bits per platter
Number of bits per square inch of a disk platter
What happens when you copy an encrypted file from an EFS-enabled NTFS disk to a non-EFS disk or folder? 1. The file can no longer be encrypted. 2. EFS protection is maintained on the file. 3. The file is unencrypted automatically. 4. Only the owner of the file can continue to access it.
The file is unencrypted automatically.
A virtual cluster number represents the assigned clusters of files that are nonresident in the MFT. True False
True
An image of a suspect drive can be loaded on a virtual machine. True False
True
CHS stands for cylinders, heads, and sectors. True False
True
Device drivers contain instructions for the OS on how to interface with hardware devices. True False
True
File and directory names are some of the items stored in the FAT database. True False
True
In NTFS, files smaller than 512 bytes are stored in the MFT. True False
True
MFT stands for Master File Table. True False
True
What is the space on a drive called when a file is deleted? 1. Disk space 2. Unallocated space 3. Drive space 4. None of the above
Unallocated space
List two features NTFS has that FAT does not. 1. MRU records and file attributes 2. Master File Table and MRU records 3. Unicode characters and better security 4. MRU records and less fragmentation
Unicode characters and better security
Virtual machines have which of the following limitations when running on a host computer? 1. Internet connectivity is restricted to virtual Web sites. 2. Applications can be run on the virtual machine only if they're resident on the physical machine. 3. Virtual machines are limited to the host computer's peripheral configurations, such as mouse, keyboard, CD/DVD drives, and other devices. 4. Virtual machines can run only OSs that are older than the physical machine's OS.
Virtual machines are limited to the host computer's peripheral configurations, such as mouse, keyboard, CD/DVD drives, and other devices.
In FAT32, a 123-KB file uses how many sectors? - 123 - 185 - 246 - 255
246
On a Windows system, sectors typically contain how many bytes? - 256 - 512 - 1024 - 2048
512
