Deck 10: Maintaining Windows

Question 1

A dynamic disk requires ____ MB of storage for the disk management database.

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

Answer 1

A

Question 2

What is the fourth partition on a hard drive called?

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

Answer 2

A

Question 3

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

Answer 3

False

Question 4

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 5

For optimal performance, how much free space does Windows need on a hard drive?

A) 5 percent
B) 50 percent
C) 15 percent
D) 35 percent

Question 6

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

Question 7

Use the ____ command to rearrange parts of files on the drive so they are contiguous.

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

Question 8

Besides backing up user data or system files, you can also back up the entire volume on which Windows 7 is installed using __________.

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

Question 9

____ creates restore points at regular intervals and just before you install software or hardware.

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

Question 10

What is Pagefile.sys used for in Windows?

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

Question 11

To make sure the drive is healthy, you need to search for and repair file system errors using the Windows ____ utility.

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

Question 12

Which hard drive type contains spinning platters?

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

Question 13

If you enter a command and want to terminate its execution before it is finished, you can press ____ to do so.

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

Question 14

What is another name for a file allocation unit?

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

Question 15

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 16

A snapshot of the system settings and configuration is called a ____.

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

Question 17

Which partition is the bootable partition that startup BIOS turns to when searching for an operating system to start up?

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

Question 18

The ____ command creates a subdirectory under a directory.

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

Question 19

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

Question 20

Defragmenting is not recommended for solid-state hard drives.

Question 21

Describe a mounted drive and why you would use one.

Question 22

Describe the purpose of Pagefile.sys.

Question 24

What are the steps for using Disk Management to prepare a drive for first use.

Question 25

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

Question 26

List three ways to free up space on a Windows hard drive.

Question 27

You can use ____ to convert two or more basic disks to dynamic disks.

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

Question 28

Space on the disk is marked as ____________________ if it has not yet been partitioned.

Question 29

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

Question 30

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

Question 31

____________________ happens over time as Windows writes files, deletes files, and writes new files to your drive.

Question 32

Discuss some cautions about software RAID.

Question 33

A ____________________ is a volume that can be accessed by way of a folder on another volume so that the folder has more available space.

Question 34

As you work at the command prompt, you can use ____________________ characters in a filename to say that the command applies to a group of files or to abbreviate a filename if you do not know the entire name.

Question 35

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

Question 36

What two items does a user profile consist of?

Question 37

____________________ restores the system to its condition at the time a snapshot was taken of the system settings and configuration.