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What method does an SDHC card use for storing data?
- Reprogrammable memory
- Magnetic disks and platters
- Magnetic tape
- Reflective surface and optical readers |
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| Secure Digital High Capacity - type of flash memory |
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Which storage device uses aluminum platters for storing data?
- SD card
- Hard disk
- DVD disc
- CD-ROM disc
- DLT tape |
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Which of the following is typically used for large data backups of servers?
- RAID
- DLT Tape
- CD-R
- DVD-R |
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You need a storage device that has very large storage capacity, is fast, and is relatively inexpensive. Which storage device will best suite your needs?
- Hard disk
- USB flash drive
- SSD
- Optical |
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Which of the following are advantages of solid state storage compared to hard drives? (Select Two)
- Proprietary disk interface
- Inexpensive
- Lower power requirements
- No moving parts
- Larger storage capacity |
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- Lower power requirements
- No moving parts |
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Which of the following is not an advantage of SSDs over HDDs?
- Small and light
- Low power consumption
- Inexpensive
- Durable |
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What method does an eMMC card use for storing data?
- Magnetic tape
- Reflective surface and optical readers
- Magnetic disks and platters
- Non-volatile memory chips |
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| - Non-volatile memory chips |
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Which of the following are magnetic storage devices? (Select Two)
- DVD
- Flash device
- Tape drive
- Hard disk
- Solid state drive |
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What storage device type matches the following description?
" A thick magnetic disk made of aluminum platters. Uses read/write heads to access data stored on the platters."
- Hard disk drive (HDD)
- Solid state drive (SSD)
- Optical disk |
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What storage device type matches the following description?
"A flash device and storage capacity similar to a small hard drive."
- Hard disk drive (HDD)
- Solid state drive (SSD)
- Optical disk |
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| - Solid state drive (SSD) |
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What storage device type matches the following description?
"Uses lasers to read and write information stored in the form of pits in their reflective coating"
- Hard disk drive (HDD)
- Solid state drive (SSD)
- Optical disk |
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What storage device type matches the following description?
"Up to several TB in storage capacity and cost per MB is cheap"
- Hard disk drive (HDD)
- Solid state drive (SSD)
- Optical disk |
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What storage device type matches the following description?
"Faster than other devices. No moving parts. Last longer than other storage devices."
- Hard disk drive (HDD)
- Solid state drive (SSD)
- Optical disk |
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| - Solid state drive (SDD) |
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What storage device type matches the following description?
"Ideal for music and video. Portable and cheap with a long shelf life"
- Hard disk drive (HDD)
- Solid state drive (SSD)
- Optical disk |
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| Serial (ATA)- Computer bus technology designed for the transfer of data from a hard disk. |
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| What are the transfer speeds of SATA1? |
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| What are the transfer speeds of SATA2? |
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| What are the transfer speeds of SATA3? |
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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
- 8
- 16
- 32
- 64 |
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A manager wants you to install a Serial ATA hard drive into his computer, but the motherboard does not have a Serial ATA connector. What should you do?
- Use an external drive with a USB/SATA adapter
- Upgrade to a newer motherboard with integrated SATA connectors
- Use an external drive with a FireWire/USB adapter
- Install a Serial ATA host adapter in an expansion slot |
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| - Install a Serial ATA host adapter in an expansion slot |
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Which of the following tasks would you complete as part of a SATA installation?
- Set the master/slave relationship using a jumper
- Plug the 15-pin power connector into the SATA drive
- Complete a low-level format of the drive
- Configure the device ID using a jumper
- Use the 4-pin molex power connector |
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| - Plug the 15-pin power connector into the SATA drive |
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Which of the following is the most common disk interface used for optical drives on home and office computers?
- SATA
- SCSI
- Sound card (proprietary)
- Parallel port
- IDE/EIDE (ATAPI) |
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Which interface is primarily used for internal hard drives in modern desktop PC systems?
- Firewire
- SATA
- SCSI
- PATA
- USB |
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Which generation SATA storage devices does the following
* Supports up to 6 Gbps data transfer rates
* Addresses solid state drives
- SATA3
- eSATA
- SATA
- SATA2
- eSATAp |
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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
Which of the following SATA devices is the BEST to use?
- eSATA
- SATA3
- SATA2
- SATA
- eSATAp |
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You have a CD-RW drive that advertises speeds of 32x/12x/48x. What is the read speed of the drive?
- 48x
- 32x
- Depends upon the manufacturer's speed designation standards |
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| You have a CD-RW that advertises speeds of 32x/12x/48x. What is the first, second, and third number represent? |
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| Record Speed, Rewrite speed, Read speed |
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Which optical media has the greatest storage capacity?
- Dual-layer, single-sided DVD
- Dual-layer, double-sided DVD
- Single-layer, single-sided Blue-ray disc
- Compact disc |
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| - Single-layer, single-sided Blue-ray disc |
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Which Blue-ray standard defines rewritable disks?
- BD-R/RW
- BD-R
- BD-RE
- BD-ROM |
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Which of the following are optical storage devices? (Select three)
- BD
- HDD
- SSD
- DVD
- CD
- USB Flash Drive
- SDHC |
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- BD (Blue-ray Disc)
- DVD (Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc)
- BD (Blu-ray Disc) |
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What label matches the characteristics listed below?
"First developed to store digital music. Later, was adapted to store digital computer data"
- Blue-ray Disc (BD)
- Digital Versatile Disc (DVD)
- Compact Disc (CD) |
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What label matches the characteristics listed below?
"Disc surface made up of lands and pits. Reflective light used to interpret the data"
- Blue-ray Disc (BD)
- Digital Versatile Disc (DVD)
- Compact Disc (CD) |
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What label matches the characteristics listed below?
"Single-sided discs can hold about 4.7 GB of data. Dual-layer discs can hold up to 8.5 GB of data"
- Blue-ray Disc (BD)
- Digital Versatile Disc (DVD)
- Compact Disc (CD) |
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| - Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) |
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What label matches the characteristics listed below?
"A red laser causes a crystal to form which creates the reflective and non-reflective areas on the bottom of the disc"
- Blue-ray Disc (BD)
- Digital Versatile Disc (DVD)
- Compact Disc (CD) |
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| - Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) |
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What label matches the characteristics listed below?
"Uses blue laser light which has a shorter wavelength, which allows data to be packed more tightly on the disc"
- Blue-ray Disc (BD)
- Digital Versatile Disc (DVD)
- Compact Disc (CD) |
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What label matches the characteristics listed below?
"Was originally developed for high definition video (and expanded content on movie discs) but can also be used for data storage"
- Blue-ray Disc (BD)
- Digital Versatile Disc (DVD)
- Compact Disc (CD) |
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| Redundant Array of Independent/Inexpensive Disks |
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What is the advantage of RAID 5 over RAID 1?
- RAID 5 continues to operate with a failure in two disks; RAID 1 can only operate with a failure of one disk
- RAID 5 provides redundancy for the disk controller
- RAID 5 provides redundancy; RAID 1 does not
- RAID 5 improves performance over RAID 1 |
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Definition
| - RAID 5 improves performance over RAID 1 |
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You have been asked to implement a RAID 5 solution for an engineer's desktop workstation. What is the minimum number of hard disks that can be used to configure RAID 5?
- 5
- 4
- 6
- 3
- 2 |
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You have been asked to configure the drives in a computer. The end user wants to use striping without incorporating any fault tolerance.
Which of the following will BEST meet these requirements?
- RAID 1
- RAID 5
- RAID 0
- Expanded volume set |
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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 0 volume is accessible; data on the RAID 1 volume is not
- Data on both volumes is not accessible
- Data on the RAID 1 volume is accessible; data on the RAID 0 volume is not
- Data on both volumes is still accessible |
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Definition
| - Data on the RAID 1 volume is accessible; data on the RAID 0 volume is not |
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| Redundant Array of Independent/Inexpensive Disks |
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What is the advantage of RAID 5 over RAID 1?
- RAID 5 continues to operate with a failure in in two disks; RAID 1 can only operate with a failure of one disk
- RAID 5 provides redundancy for the disk controller
- RAID 5 provides redundancy; RAID 1 does not
- RAID 5 improves performance over RAID 1 |
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Definition
| - RAID 5 improves performance over RAID 1 |
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You have been asked to implement a RAID 5 solution for an engineer's desktop workstation. What is the minimum number of hard disks that can be used to configure RAID 5?
- 5
- 4
- 6
- 3
- 2 |
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You have been asked to configure the drives in a computer. The end user wants to use striping without incorporating any fault tolerance.
Which of the following will BEST meet these requirements?
- RAID 1
- RAID 5
- RAID 0
- Expanded volume set |
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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 0 volume is accessible; data on the RAID 1 volume is not
- Data on both volumes is not accessible
- Data on the RAID 1 volume is accessible; data on the RAID 0 volume is not
- Data on both volumes is still accessible |
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| - Data on the RAID 1 volume is accessible; data on the RAID 0 volume is not |
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You are building a new computer that will contain two hard disks. To provide increased performance, you have decided to configure the drives using RAID technology.
Which of the following will BEST meet your needs?
- RAID 2
- RAID 5
- RAID 1
- RAID 0 |
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You are configuring a new system and want to use a RAID 0 array for the operating system using SATA disks and the RAID functionality built into the motherboard.
Which of the following BEST describes the action you will take as part of the configuration?
- In the BIOS, set the disk mode to IDE
- Set the disk mode to AHCI in the BIOS
- Set master/slave jumpers on the hard drives
- Load the RAID drivers during operating system installation |
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| - Load the RAID drivers during operating system installation |
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Your computer currently runs Windows 7 Enterprise edition. You want to create a RAID 5 array using three newly-installed SATA disks. When you go to Disk Management, the option to create the RAID 5 array is not available.
Which of the following BEST describes what must be done?
- Upgrade the disks to dynamic disks
- Upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate edition
- Create a simple volume first and then add the remaining disks to the volume
- Install an add-on RAID controller |
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| - Install an add-on RAID controller |
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You have an existing computer running Windows 7 Enterprise. You want to configure a RAID 1 array in the computer. You install two new SATA drives, the 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
- In the BIOS, change the SATA disk mode to RAID
- Set the jumpers on the drives to use SATA 1 mode
- In the BIOS, change the SATA disk mode to AHCI |
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| - Install the drivers for the RAID controller |
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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 can be used?
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6 |
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Which of the following drive configurations uses striping with parity for fault tolerance?
- RAID 1
- RAID 5
- RAID 0
- RAID 10 |
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What is required to control access to the file system using file and folder permissions on a Windows-based computer?
- EFS
- NTFS-formatted partition
- FAT32-formatted partition
- Ext4-formatted partition |
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| - NTFS-formatted partition |
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If you want to boot from a hard drive, what must it have?
- Active partition
- Passive partition
- Dynamic partition
- Extended partition |
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Which partition type identifies the partition as one that holds the boot loader program used to start the operating system?
- System
- Extended
- Active
- Primary |
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Which of the following is true about primary partitions?
- Primary partitions exist on dynamic disks
- The active partition must be a primary partition
- You can have a maximum of three primary partitions on a single disk
- Primary partitions are subdivided into logical drives |
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Definition
| - The active partition must be a primary partition |
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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)
- Extended partitions with logical drives
- Striped volumes
- Primary partitions
- Simple volumes
- Spanned volumes |
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Definition
- Extended partitions with logical drives
- Primary partitions |
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You have an extra disk on you system that has three primary partitions and an extended partition with two logical drives. You want to convert the partitions to simple volumes, preferable without losing any data.
Which of the following is the BEST step to perform?
- Run the fixboot command to convert the partition type to GPT
- Delete the partitions and re-create them as simple volumes
- Upgrade the disk to dynamic disk
- Run the convert command |
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Definition
| - Upgrade the disk to a dynamic disk |
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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?
- DiskMan
- Format
- CHKDSK
- Disk Management
- DiskPart |
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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?
- Convert the disk from basic to dynamic
- Shrink the primary partition
- Reformat the disk with the partitions needed for a dual boot system
- Convert the disk from physical to logical partitions |
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Definition
| - Shrink the primary partition |
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What disk type corresponds to the following description?
"Support up to 128 volumes"
- Dynamic Disks
- Basic Disks |
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Definition
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Term
What disk type corresponds to the following description?
"Use primary and extended partitions"
- Dynamic Disks
- Basic Disks |
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Definition
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Term
What disk type corresponds to the following description?
"Supported by all operating systems"
- Dynamic Disks
- Basic Disks |
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Definition
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Term
What disk type corresponds to the following description?
"Support volumes that use discontiguous disk space"
- Dynamic Disks
- Basic Disks |
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Definition
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Term
What disk type corresponds to the following description?
"Store partitioning information in a hidden database on all such disks in the system"
- Dynamic Disks
- Basic Disks |
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Definition
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Term
What disk type corresponds to the following description?
"Only support volumes made up of contiguous disk"
- Dynamic Disks
- Basic Disks |
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Which of the following conditions would prevent you from using a GUID Partition Table (GPT) when setting up a disk drive?
- You need to be able to creat up to 128 partitions on the drive
- You're setting up the drive to boot Windows 7 on a computer that uses traditional BIOS
- You're setting up the drive to boot 64-bit Windows 7 on a UEFI-based computer
- You need to set up the drive as a dynamic disk |
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Definition
| - You're setting up the drive to boot Windows 7 on a computer that uses traditional BIOS |
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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 over NTFS?
- Support for volumes over 32 GB
- Access control lists and permissions
- Lower memor and processor resource use
- Support for files over 4 GB |
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Definition
| - Lower memory and processor resource use |
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You have a computer running Windows 7 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 you computer as quickly as possible with the least amount of effort. What should you do?
- Install an exFAT reader application on your computer
- Run convert.exe on the flash drive to convert it to FAT32 instead of exFAT
- Install the latest Windows 7 service pack
- Upgrade the computer to Windows 7 Ultimate
- Do nothing. Windows 7 can natively access exFAT file systems |
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| - Do nothing. Windows 7 can natively access exFAT file systems |
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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?
- Healthy
- Unallocated
- Initializing
- Unreadable
- Formatting
- Unavailable |
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What is the disk status that matches the description below?
"Shows while a disk is being converted from a basic disk to a dynamic disk"
- Unavailable
- Offline
- Initializing
- Healthy |
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What is the disk status that matches the description below?
"Indicates that the disk is turned on and can be accessed and the volume on the disk is valid and has no errors"
- Unavailable
- Offline
- Initializing
- Healthy |
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Definition
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Term
What is the disk status that matches the description below?
"Indicates that errors have occurred on physical or dynamic disks"
- Unavailable
- Offline
- Initializing
- Healthy |
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Definition
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Term
What is the disk status that matches the description below?
"Shows when a dynamic disk has been removed or turned off"
- Unavailable
- Offline
- Initializing
- Healthy |
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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?
- Missing
- Unreadable
- No Media
- Foreign |
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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 (Basic)
- Healthy (Dynamic)
- Healthy (Primary Partition)
- Healthy (Logical Drive)
- Healthy |
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Definition
| - Healthy (Logical Drive) |
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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?
- Healthy (Logical Drive)
- Healthy (Basic)
- Healthy (Primary Partition)
- Healthy (Dynamic)
- Healthy |
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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?
[image]
- Foreign
- Initializing
- Unreadable
- Not Initialized |
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You have a hard disk that is formatted with the FAT32 file system. You would like to implement file and folder permissions 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?
- At a command prompt, use the attrib command to configure permissions
- Share the folder, then use share permissions to control access
- Use Explorer to edit the permissions on the folder
- Use the 'convert' command to convert from FAT32 to NTFS, then configure NTFS permissions |
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Definition
| - Use the 'convert' command to convert from FAT32 to NTFS, then configure NTFS permissions |
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Your computer's hard drive is currently formatted as FAT32, but you want to take advantage of the features offered to NFTS drives.
Which of the following steps would MOST likely allow you to do this without losing the existing data?
- Use the 'format' command with the '/p' switch
- Reformat the drive using Disk Management
- Use the 'convert' command at a command prompt
- In Disk Management, delete the existing partition or volume. Recreate the partition or volume with the same settings, choosing NTFS instead of FAT32 |
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Definition
| - Use the 'convert' command at a command prompt |
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Term
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 system volume must be on a dynamic disk
- The system volume must be on a basic disk
- The system volume must be formatted with NTFS
- The disk must have contiguous free space on the same disk
- The volume must be spanned to use disk space on a different disk. |
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Definition
- The system volume must be formatted with NTFS
- The disk must have contiguous free space on the same disk |
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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?
- Use basic disks and an extended partition
- Use dynamic disks and a spanned volume
- Use dynamic disks and a simple volume
- Use basic disks and a primary partition |
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Definition
| - Use dynamic disks and a spanned volume |
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Term
Which of the following is a characteristic of extended partitions?
- They can be set to active
- There can be multiple extended partitions per drive
- They are subdivided into logical drives
- They are bootable |
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Definition
| - They are subdivided into logical drives |
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Term
Which disk types does Windows support? (Select two)
- Primary
- Dynamic
- Extended
- Basic
- Static |
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Definition
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Term
Where is Disk Management located within Windows 7?
- Control Panel
- Administrative Tools
- Computer Management
- Device Manager |
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Definition
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Term
Which tool would you use to create and delete partitions on hard drives?
- Explorer
- Device Manager
- Services
- Disk Management |
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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?
- Extend the C:\ volume
- On the new hard disk, create a new partition without a drive letter
- Upgrade both disks to dynamic
- Create an empty folder on the new hard disk |
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Definition
| - On the new hard disk, create a new partition without a drive letter |
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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.
Which of the following is the BEST step to complete while adding space to the C:\ drive?
- Extend the C:\ volume to the second disk
- Strip the C:\ volume to the second disk
- Create a mount point using space on the second disk
- Span the C:\ volume to the second disk |
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Definition
| - Create a mount point using space on the second disk |
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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)
- Storage devices, which are physical drives such as SATA drives or external drives
- Parity, which allows you to reconstruct data if device failure occurs
- Thin provisioning, which allows you to allocate more space than is available
- Pools of storage, which are logically created from free space on storage devices
- Storage spaces, which are logically defined units created from a pool of storage
- Mirrored data resiliency, which provides storage redundancy |
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- Storage devices, which are physical drives such as SATA drives or external drives
- Pools of storage, which are logically created from free space on storage devices
- Storage spaces, which are logically defined units created from a pool of storage |
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On Windows 10, using Storage Spaces eliminates the need for which of the following tasks? (Select TWO)
- Running defragmentation
- Formatting hard drives
- Resizing volumes
- Creating RAID arrays
- Repartitioning drives
- Using Disk Cleanup |
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Definition
- Resizing volumes
- Repartitioning drives |
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Match data resiliency type with the description below:
"Requires that you have at least three storage devices"
- Three-way mirror
- Simple
- Parity
- Two-way mirror |
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Definition
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Term
Match data resiliency type with the description below:
"Requires at least five storage devices"
- Three-way mirror
- Simple
- Parity
- Two-way mirror |
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Definition
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Match data resiliency type with the description below:
"Does not provide redundancy"
- Three-way mirror
- Simple
- Parity
- Two-way mirror |
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Match data resiliency type with the description below:
"Protects you from a single storage device failure"
- Three-way mirror
- Simple
- Parity
- Two-way mirror |
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Match data resiliency type with the description below:
"Requires at least two storage devices"
- Three-way mirror
- Simple
- Parity
- Two-way mirror |
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Match data resiliency type with the description below:
"Allows you to reconstruct data if one of the storage devices fails"
- Three-way mirror
- Simple
- Parity
- Two-way mirror |
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Match data resiliency type with the description below:
"Protects your data if two storage devices fail at one time"
- Three-way mirror
- Simple
- Parity
- Two-way mirror |
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| 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? |
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Which of the following Windows command line utilities would you use to realign the file structure on the disk to optimize performance?
- Disk Management
- fdisk
- defrag
- chkdsk |
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Which of the following disk maintenance utilities will locate and dispose of files that can be safely removed from the disk?
- Disk Management
- Disk Cleanup
- Check Disk
- Disk Defragmenter |
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Your computer currently uses a 5,00 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)
- Implement RAID 0 on the current hard disk
- Upgrade your hard disk interface to eSATAp
- Upgrade to a 7,200 RPM hard disk
- Upgrade to a 10,000 RPM hard disk
- Upgrade your hard disk interface to SATA 2
- Upgrade your hard disk interface to SATA 3 |
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- Upgrade to a 10,000 RPM hard disk
- Upgrade your hard disk interface to SATA 3 |
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Check Disk detects disk integrity errors and fixes them. What error type matches the description below?
"A series of used clusters on the hard disk drive that are not associated with a specific file"
- Orphaned files
- Bad Sector
- Cross-linked file
- Lost clusters |
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Check Disk detects disk integrity errors and fixes them. What error type matches the description below?
"Occurs when two files claim the same cluster"
- Orphaned files
- Bad Sector
- Cross-linked file
- Lost clusters |
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Check Disk detects disk integrity errors and fixes them. What error type matches the description below?
"Files that exist on the hard drive but which are not associated with a directory in the index"
- Orphaned files
- Bad Sector
- Cross-linked file
- Lost clusters |
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Check Disk detects disk integrity errors and fixes them. What error type matches the description below?
"A portion of the hard disk that cannot be used"
- Orphaned files
- Bad Sector
- Cross-linked file
- Lost clusters |
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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 Cleanup
- Disk Management
- Disk Defragmenter
- Check Disk |
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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?
- Disk Cleanup
- Disk Defragmenter
- Disk Management
- Check Disk |
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Which of the following utilities checks the disk for bad clusters?
- chkdsk
- defrag
- fdisk
- format |
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Which of the following utilities would you use to correct cross-linked clusters within the file system on a Windows workstation?
- chkdsk
- attrib
- DiskScan
- fdisk |
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You have just finished upgrading the 250 W power supply in you 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.
Which of the following troubleshooting steps is the BEST to try first?
- Manually enter the hard disk parameters in the BIOS
- Replace the power supply
- Use the switch on the power supply to switch from 110 volts to 220 volts
- Make sure that the hard disk is connected to the power supply
- Reconfigure the hard disk to use the higher-wattage power supply using jumpers on the drive |
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| - Make sure that the hard disk is connected to the power supply |
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You have just finished installing a new SATA hard disk in your computer. Now your SATA DVD drive won't work.
Which of the following troubleshooting steps is the BEST to try first? (Select TWO)
- Remove the hard disk
- Try the DVD drive in another system
- Make sure that the DVD power cable is connected
- Replace the DVD drive
- Make sure that the DVD SATA cable is connected
- Set the DVD drive to Slave and the hard disk to Master |
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- Make sure that the DVD power cable is connected
- Make sure that the DVD SATA cable is connected |
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Your computer currently runs Windows 10 Professional edition. You want to create a RAID 10 array using four newly-installed SATA disks. When you go to Disk Management, the option to create the RAID 10 array is not available. What should you do?
- Install an add-on RAID controller
- Upgrade the disks to dynamic disks
- Create a simple volume first, then add the remaining disks to the volume
- Upgrade to Windows 10 Enterprise edition |
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| - Install an add-on RAID controller |
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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 of the following utilities will you MOST likely use to solve the problem?
- chkdsk
- sfc
- format
- Disk Management |
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You have a computer running Windows 10 Home 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?
- Install the latest Windows 10 service pack
- Install an exFAT reader application on your computer
- Run convert.exe on the flash drive to convert it to FAT32 instead of exFAT
- Do nothing. Windows 10 can natively access exFAT file systems
- Upgrade the computer to Windows 10 Professional |
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| - Do nothing. Windows 10 can natively access exFAT file systems |
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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
- Failed UPS
- Overheated CPU
- Bad Memory |
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A user reports that they are unable to access their FireWire drive after moving the PC from beneath the desk to the top of the desk. What is the most likely cause of this problem?
- Card is not properly seated
- The FireWire cable is loose
- IRQ conflict
- Incorrect FireWire driver
- An external power source must be added |
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| - The FireWire cable is loose |
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One day, while trying to start your Windows 10 system, you see the following error displayed:
"Could not read 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
- Boot into the recovery console and run the bootcfg / rebuild command
- Boot into Safe Mode and restore to a Restore Point
- Boot into the recovery console and copy the NTLDR file to the boot volume
- Boot into the recovery console and run the fixmbr command on the boot volume |
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| - Boot into the recovery environment and run the bootrec / rebuildbcd command |
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After installing a new SSD drive in your Windows 10 system, you determine that TRIM functionality has not been automatically enable on the drive by the Windows operating system. You therefore need to manually turn TRIM on from a command prompt. The volume on the drive has been assigned a drive letter of E:.
Which of the following commands MUST you use to enable this feature?
- bootrec / rebuildbcd
- fsutil behavior query DisableDeleteNotify
- fsutil behavior set DisableDeleteNotify 0
- chkdsk E: /R |
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| - fsutil behavior set DisableDeleteNotify 0 |
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You have just finished upgrading the power supply in your desktop computer. Now the hard disk will not work. What should you do first?
- Replace the power supply
- Make sure the power connectors on the hard disk are plugged in all of the way
- Use the switch on the power supply to switch from 110 to 220 volts
- Configure the jumpers on the hard disk |
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| - Make sure the power connectors on the hard disk are plugged in all of the way |
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