Quiz 9

Question 1

Windows can create partitions using the _______________ disk.

a. basic
b. system
c. volume
d. extended

Answer 1

a. basic

Question 2

What newer type of drive partitioning overcomes the limits of MBR drives?

a. GPT
b. MBR2
c. LBA
d. Dynamic disks

Answer 2

a. GPT

Question 3

The _______________ takes control of the boot process from the system BIOS.

a. MBR
b. boot sector
c. CMOS
d. POST

Answer 3

a. MBR

Question 4

All basic hard drive partition tables support up to _______________ partitions.

a. two
b. four
c. six
d. one

Answer 4

b. four

Question 5

The _______________ stores the location of the operating system boot files.

a. partition boot sector
b. MBR
c. partition table
d. boot sector

Answer 5

a. partition boot sector

Question 6

_______________ partitions are designed to support bootable operating systems.

a. Extended
b. Basic
c. Primary
d. Dynamic

Answer 6

c. Primary

Question 7

What is the default primary partition for Windows?

a. F:
b. A:
c. B:
d. C:

Answer 7

d. C:

Question 8

How many extended partitions can be created in a hard drive?

a. Two
b. Five
c. One
d. Six

Answer 8

c. One

Question 9

In Windows, each _______________ is assigned a drive letter from C: to Z:.

a. partition
b. file
c. sector
d. cylinder

Answer 9

a. partition

Question 10

How many master boot records can exist on an MBR disk?

a. One per drive letter
b. One per primary partition
c. Four
d. One

Answer 10

d. One

Question 11

When using primary partitions, how many drive letters are possible on a single MBR disk?

a. Five
b. Twenty-six
c. One
d. Four

Answer 11

d. Four

Question 12

How many partitions can be active at any given point in time?

a. Three
b. Five
c. One
d. Two

Answer 12

c. One

Question 13

An MBR has four different operating systems installed. What is this setup called?

a. Integrated
b. MBR-enabled
c. Dual-boot
d. Multiboot

Answer 13

d. Multiboot

Question 14

Which type of dynamic disk requires three or more dynamic disks with equal-sized unallocated spaces?

a. Simple
b. Mirrored
c. Stripped
d. RAID 5

Answer 14

d. RAID 5

Question 15

A(n) _______________ volume is similar to a primary partition, but in fact, is not a primary partition.

a. spanned
b. mirrored
c. simple
d. striped

Answer 15

c. simple

Question 16

Microsoft calls a drive structure created with a dynamic disk a _______________.

a. volume
b. sector
c. drive
d. partition

Answer 16

a. volume

Question 17

Microsoft limits Windows to _______________ partitions under a GPT scheme.

a. 64
b. 128
c. 4
d. 32

Answer 17

b. 128

Question 18

What is a hidden partition that contains a restorable copy of an installed OS?

a. Swap partition
b. Factory recovery partition
c. Simple volume
d. Dynamic volume

Answer 18

b. Factory recovery partition

Question 19

What Windows tool partitions a drive?

a. Optimize Drives
b. Disk Management
c. FDISK
d. Disk Administrator

Answer 19

b. Disk Management

Question 20

What Windows function is similar to a swap partition in Linux/Unix systems?

a. Recovery partition
b. Reassembled file
c. Hidden partition
d. Page file

Answer 20

d. Page file

Question 21

Which code indicates that a sector in the hard drive is bad?

a. 00000007
b. 0000FFFF
c. 0000FFF7
d. 00000000

Answer 21

c. 0000FFF7

Question 22

By default, what is the maximum partition size NTFS supports on a dynamic disk?

a. 16 TB
b. 16 exabytes
c. 2 TB
d. 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 bytes

Answer 22

a. 16 TB

Question 23

Which file system enables a user to adjust the cluster size?

a. NTFS
b. FAT32
c. FAT64
d. FAT16

Answer 23

a. NTFS

Question 24

Which file system is a newer version of FAT and allows file sizes larger than 4 GB?

a. HPFS
b. NTFS
c. exFAT
d. FAT16

Answer 24

c. exFAT

Question 25

If you move a dynamic disk from one computer to another, how will this drive be displayed in Disk Manager? a. Formatting b. Unallocated c. Foreign drive d. Failed

Answer 25

c. Foreign drive

Question 26

To change a basic disk to dynamic, right-click the drive icon and select _______________. a. Format as Dynamic b. New Volume c. Partition as Dynamic d. Convert to Dynamic Disk

Answer 26

d. Convert to Dynamic Disk

Question 27

To make dynamic volume bigger, right-click the volume and choose _______________. a. Extend Volume b. Expand Volume c. Convert to bigger d. Span Volume

Answer 27

a. Extend Volume

Question 28

When using dynamic disks, which version of Windows can create RAID 5 volumes? a. Windows Server b. Windows 7 Professional c. Windows 7 Ultimate d. Windows Enterprise

Answer 28

a. Windows Server

Question 29

Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions can create a mirror set with two drives for data redundancy, which is also known as _______________. a. RAID 5 b. RAID 6 c. RAID 0 d. RAID 1

Answer 29

d. RAID 1

Question 30

A(n) _______________ enables you to use your existing folders to store more data that can fit on a single drive or partition/volume a. mount point b. primary partition c. secondary partition d. extended partition

Answer 30

a. mount point

Question 31

To create a mount point, right-click on an unallocated section of a drive and choose _______________. a. New Mount Point b. Allocate Mount Point c. New Simple Volume d. Create Mount Point

Answer 31

c. New Simple Volume

Question 32

An entire physical drive can be added to another drive as a folder by creating a _______________. a. striped volume b. spanned volume c. simple volume d. mount point

Answer 32

d. mount point

Question 33

What Windows 8 graphical utility finds bad clusters? a. Disk Defragmenter b. Disk Utility c. Error checking d. ScanDisk

Answer 33

c. Error checking

Question 34

What Windows tool finds additional space on a hard drive? a. Disk Cleanup b. Convert c. Defrag d. Disk Management

Answer 34

a. Disk Cleanup

Question 35

What type of problem does the error message "No Boot Device Present" indicate? a. The active partition has failed. b. The boot file is missing or corrupted. c. The FAT has been corrupted. d. The hard drive containing the operating system has died.

Answer 35

d. The hard drive containing the operating system has died.