CTI 130 81 Practice Exam Chapter 5 Flashcards
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What method does an SDHC card use for storing data?
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Reprogrammable Memory
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Which storage device uses magnetic film or aluminum platters for storing data?
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Hard Disk
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Which of the following is typically used for large data backups of servers?
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DLT Tape
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You need a storage device that has large storage capacity, is fast, and is relatively inexpensive. Which storage device will be best suit your needs?
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Hard Disk
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Which of the following are advantages of the solid state storage compared to hard disk? (Select two.)
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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?
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Inexpensive
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What method does an eMMC card use for storing data?
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Non-Volatile Memory Chips
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Which of the following are magnetic storage devices? (Select two.)
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Hard Disk Tape Drive
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A thick magnetic disk made of aluminum platters. Uses read/write heads to access data stored on the platters.
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Hard Disk (HDD)
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A flash device and storage capacity similar to a small hard drive.
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Solid State Drive (SSD)
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Uses lasers to read and write information stored in the form of pits in their reflective coating.
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Optical Disc
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Up to several TB in storage capacity and cost per MB is cheap.
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Hard Disk (HDD)
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Faster than other devices. No moving parts. Last longer than other storage devices.
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Solid State Drive (SSD)
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Ideal for music and video. Portable and cheap with a long shelf life.
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Optical Disk
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You have a motherboard with 4 built-in SATA connectors. What is the maximum number of SATA devices you can connect to the motherboard using the integrated ports?
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4
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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?
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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?
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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?
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SATA
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Which interface is primarily used for internal hard drives in modern desktop PC systems?
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SATA
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Which generation of SATA storage devices does the following? *Supports up to 6Gbps data transfer rates *Addresses solid state drives
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SATA3
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Which SATA storage device standard does the following? *Integrates data and device power into a single cable *Uses a connector and port that are neither L-shaped nor retangular
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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?
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48x
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Which optical media has the greatest storage capacity?
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Single-layer, single-sided Blu-ray disc
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Which Blu-ray standard defines rewritable disks?
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BD-Re
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Which of the following are optical storage devices? (Select three.)
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DVD BD CD
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First developed to store digital music. Later, was adapted to store digital computer data.
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Compact Disc (CD)
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Disc surface made up of lands and pits. Reflective light used to interpret the data.
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Compact Disc (CD)
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Single-sided disc can hold about 4.7. GB of data. Dual-Layer disc can hold up to 8.5 GB of Data.
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Digital Versatile Disc (DVD)
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A red laser causes a crystal to form which creates the reflective and non-reflective areas on the bottom of the disc.
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Digital Versatile Disc (DVD)
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Uses blue laser light which has a shorter wavelength, which allows data to be packed more tightly on the disc.
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Blu-ray Disc (BD)
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Was originally developed for high definition video (and expanded content on movie discs), but can also be used for data storage.
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Blu-ray Disc (BD)
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What is an advantage of RAID 5 over RAID 1?
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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?
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3
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Which of the following drive configurations uses striping without fault tolerance?
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RAID 0
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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?
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Data on the RAID 1 volume is accessible; data on the RAID 0 volume is not.
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Which RAID configuration level provides increased performance using only two disks?
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RAID 0
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You are configuring a new system and want to use a RAID 0 array for operating system using SATA disks and the RAID functionality built into the motherboard. Which of the following actions will you take as part of the configuration?
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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. What should you do?
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Install an add-on RAID controller.
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Which of the following drive configurations uses striping with parity for fault tolerance?
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RAID 5
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You have been asked to implement a RAID 10 solution for video editor's desktop workstation. What is the minimum number of hard disks that cam be used to configure RAID 10?
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4
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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, 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?
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Install the drivers for the RAID controller.
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What is required to control access to the file system using file and folder permissions on a Windows-based computer?
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NTFS-formatted partition
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If you want to boot from a hard drive, what must it have?
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Active 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?
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Active
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Which of the following is true about the primary partitions?
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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.)
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Primary partitions Extended partitions with logical drives
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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?
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Upgrade the disk to a dynamic disk.
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Which of the following is a command line utility that can be used to create, format, and manage partitions and volumes?
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DiskPart
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Which of the following conditions would prevent you from using GUID Partition Table (GPT) when setting up a disk drive?
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You're setting up the drive to boot Windows 7 on a computer that uses traditional BIOS
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Supports up to 128 volumes
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Dynamic Disks
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Use primary and extended partitions
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Basic Disks
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Supported by all operating systems
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Basic Disks
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Support volumes that use discontiguous disk space
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Dynamic Disks
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Store partitioning information in a hidden database on all such disks in the system
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Dynamic Disks
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Only support volumes made up of contiguous disk space
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Basic Disks
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You want to set up a Windows system to also be able to boot a Linux. To be able to dual boot, the system needs a partition on which to install Linux. You don't have an extra hard disk that can be used for Linux partition. The existing disk has no unpartitioned space available, but it has 300 GB of free space. Which disk management operation can you perform on the disk to use some of the free space for Linux partition?
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Shrink The Primary Partition
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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?
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Unallocated
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Shows while a disk is being converted from basic disk to dynamic disk
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Initializing
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Indicates that the disk is turned on and can be accessed and the volume on the disk is valid and has no errors
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Healthy
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Indicates that errors have occurred on the physical or dynamic disks
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Unavailable
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Shows when a dynamic disk has been removed or turned off
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Offline
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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?
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No Media
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You have four volumes on a basic hard disk. Which of the following do you expect to see as the status of the fourth volume if it is valid and has no errors?
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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 do you expect to see as the status of the fourth volume if it is valid and has no errors?
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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?
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Not Initialized
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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)
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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 a Windows 10, using Storage Spaces eliminates the need for which of the following tasks? (Select two)
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Repartitioning drives. Resizing volumes.
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List the steps the user needs to follow to add more disk space to a Storage Space in Windows 10.
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1. Install a new storage device to the system. 2. Add free space on a new storage device to a storage pool. 3. Allocate space from the storage to an existing storage space.
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Requires that you have at least three storage devices.
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Parity
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Requires at least five storage devices
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Three-way mirror
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Does not provide redundancy
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Simple
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Protects you from a single storage device failure
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Two-way mirror
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Requires at least two storage devices.
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Two-way mirror
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Allows you to reconstruct data if one of the storage devices fails.
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Parity
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Protects your data if two storage devices fail at one time
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Three-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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Data resiliency
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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)
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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. What should you do?
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Use dynamic disks and a spanned volume.
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Which of the following is a characteristic of extended partitions?
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They are subdivided into logical drives.
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Which disk types does Windows support? (Select two)
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Dynamic Basic
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Where is Disk Management located within Windows 7?
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Computer Management
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Which tool would you use to create and delete partitions on hard drives?
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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?
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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 to 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?
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Create a mount point using space on the second disk.
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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?
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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. What should you do first? (Select two)
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Make sure that the DVD SATA cable is connected. Make sure that the DVD power 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?
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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 utility will you most likely use to solve the problem?
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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?
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Do nothing. Windows 10 can natively access ex FAT 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?
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Failing hard drive
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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?
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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.
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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 system, you determine that TRIM functionality has not been enabled on the drive by the Windows operating system. You need to manually turn TRIM on. Given that the volume on the drive has been assigned to drive letter of E:, which command should you use at the command prompt to do this?
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fsutil behaviour 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?
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Make sure the power connectors on the hard disk are plugged in all of the way.
