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Windows Disk Cleanup is the utility to use whenever you want to defragment your hard drive. |
False |
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Windows needs free space on the hard drive for normal operation, for defragmenting the drive, for burning CDs and DVDs, and for a variety of other tasks, so it’s important to delete unneeded files occasionally. |
True |
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Defragmenting is not recommended for solid-state hard drives. |
True |
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Using Windows 7 Backup and Restore, you can back up the volume on which Windows is installed. |
True |
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The chkdsk command will not fix anything on the drive unless the drive is unlocked. |
False |
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What type of storage drive contains spinning platters? |
magnetic hard disk drives |
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What is Pagefile.sys used for in Windows? |
virtual memory |
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What is another name for a file allocation unit? |
cluster |
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How often does Windows 7/Vista automatically defragment a hard drive? |
once a week |
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What command should you use to rearrange parts of files on the drive so they are contiguous? |
Defrag |
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In order to ensure drive health, what command should you use to search for and repair file system errors? |
Chkdsk |
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What is a snapshot of the system settings and configuration called? |
restore point |
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Restore points are created at regular intervals and just before you install software or hardware by what utility? |
System Protection |
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What is the fourth partition on a hard drive called? |
extended partition |
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Using what Windows 7 utility allows you to create a backup schedule that can include any folder on the hard drive and the system image? |
Backup and Restore |
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What partition is the bootable partition that startup BIOS turns to when searching for an operating system to start up on an MBR partitioned drive? |
active partition |
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If you enter a command and want to terminate its execution before it is finished, what key press should you use? |
Ctrl+C (Or Ctrl+Break or Ctrl+Pause) |
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How much storage does a dynamic disk require for the disk management database? |
1 MB |
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You can use what utility to convert two or more basic disks to dynamic disks? |
Disk Management |
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If a storage pool is configured as if it has more virtual storage than the physical drives actually offer, what feature is being used? |
thin provisioning |
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What option, when passed to the shutdown command, will restart the local computer? |
/r |
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Volumes within an extended partition are known by what term? |
logical drives |
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On a magnetic drive, what is the most common sector size? |
512 bytes |
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What command creates a subdirectory under a directory? |
MD |
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What term is used to describe the unused space at the end of the last cluster? |
slack |
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In Windows, what two terms describe the active partition on an MBR drive, and the location where the Windows operating system is stored, respectively? |
boot partition system partition |
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What status indicators apply only to dynamic disks? |
Healthy (At Risk) Foreign drive |
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What file systems supported by Windows can be used for volumes and drives that don’t hold the Windows installation? |
NTFS FAT32 exFAT |
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What are two methods that can be used to free up disk space on a hard drive? |
Use drive compression Uninstall software you no longer use |
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Text files that are called initialization files often utilize what two file name extensions? |
.inf .ini |
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rearranges files on the drive into contiguous segments |
Defragmenting |
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can span more than one hard drive |
Dynamic volumes |
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a volume that can be accessed by way of a folder on another volume so that the folder has more available space |
Mounted drive |
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the overall structure an OS uses to name, store, and organize files on a drive |
file system |
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snapshots of the system and include Windows system files that have changed |
restore points |
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used to enhance the amount of RAM in a system |
Virtual memory |
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can be partitioned and formatted as a stand-alone hard drive |
Basic disk |
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an extra copy of a data or software file that you can use if the original file becomes damaged or destroyed |
Backup |
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searches for bad sectors on a volume and recovers the data from them if possible |
Chkdsk utility |
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