Deck 3: Maintaining Windows

Question 1

If you enter a command and want to terminate its execution before it is finished, what key press should you use?

A) Ctrl+C
B) Ctrl+V
C) Ctrl+B
D) Ctrl+X

Answer 1

A

Question 2

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?

A) extended partition
B) startup partition
C) active partition
D) volume

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Using Windows 7 Backup and Restore, you can back up the volume on which Windows is installed.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

In order to ensure drive health, what command should you use to search for and repair file system errors?

A) Defrag
B) Chkdsk
C) Analyze
D) Optimize

Question 5

What is Pagefile.sys used for in Windows?

A) system file storage
B) to store E-books
C) video RAM
D) virtual memory

Question 6

Windows Disk Cleanup is the utility to use whenever you want to defragment your hard drive.

Question 7

What command should you use to rearrange parts of files on the drive so they are contiguous?

A) Optimize
B) Analyze
C) Defrag
D) Chkdsk

Question 8

The chkdsk command will not fix anything on the drive unless the drive is unlocked.

Question 9

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.

Question 10

What command creates a subdirectory under a directory?

A) RD
B) MD
C) CD
D) AD

Question 11

What is a snapshot of the system settings and configuration called?

A) rollback point
B) restore unit
C) rollback unit
D) restore point

Question 12

What type of storage drive contains spinning platters?

A) optical hard drive
B) solid-state drives
C) floppy hard drives
D) magnetic hard disk drives

Question 13

What is another name for a file allocation unit?

A) sector
B) cluster
C) segment
D) fragment

Question 14

Defragmenting is not recommended for solid-state hard drives.

Question 15

You can use what utility to convert two or more basic disks to dynamic disks?

A) Disk Management
B) Windows Management
C) System Management
D) Disk Config

Question 16

Restore points are created at regular intervals and just before you install software or hardware by what utility?

A) System Activation
B) System Protection
C) System Restoration
D) System Prevention

Question 17

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?

A) Automated System Backup
B) Complete PC Recovery
C) Automated System Recovery
D) Backup and Restore

Question 18

What is the fourth partition on a hard drive called?

A) extended partition
B) master boot record
C) volume
D) primary partition

Question 19

How much storage does a dynamic disk require for the disk management database?

A) 1 MB
B) 10 GB
C) 5 MB
D) 50 MB

Question 20

How often does Windows 7/Vista automatically defragment a hard drive?

A) once a week
B) once a day
C) once a month
D) once an hour

Question 21

Discuss defragmenting as it applies to solid-state drives used in a Windows 7 system.

Question 23

What is the Globally Unique Identifier Partition Table (GUID)?

Question 24

Describe a mounted drive and why you would use one.

Question 25

Discuss what a cluster is and how files are stored in them.

Question 26

Discuss some cautions about software RAID.

Question 27

What option, when passed to the shutdown command, will restart the local computer?

A) /h
B) -h
C) /s
D) /r

Question 28

List and describe the status indicators that apply only to a dynamic disk.

Question 29

Describe the purpose of Pagefile.sys.

Question 30

On a magnetic drive, what is the most common sector size?

A) 512 bytes
B) 512 KB
C) 16 KB
D) 4 KB

Question 31

Describe how the format command is used, and what it does.

Question 32

Volumes within an extended partition are known by what term?

A) extended volumes
B) extra volumes
C) logical drives
D) logical expansions

Question 33

If a storage pool is configured as if it has more virtual storage than the physical drives actually offer, what feature is being used?

A) thick provisioning
B) thin provisioning
C) explicit zeroing
D) implicit zeroing

Question 34

List and briefly describe the three critical Windows settings that keep the system protected from malware and hackers.

Question 35

What is a user profile, and what are the two general items it consists of?

Question 36

What term is used to describe the unused space at the end of the last cluster?

A) zero
B) slack
C) void
D) null