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?
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active partition
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List and briefly describe the three critical Windows settings that keep the system protected from malware and hackers
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Windows Updates: make sure windows is up to date and has the latest security patches.
Antiviruse software: make sure you machine is running an antivirus and is up to date on definitions
Network security settings: check you network setting and share settings to make sure they are configured right. you don't want to be sharing on public networks etc.
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What is a snapshot of the system settings and configuration called?
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restore point
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What is Pagefile.sys used for in Windows?
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virtual memory
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Using Windows 7 Backup and Restore, you can back up the volume on which Windows is installed T/F
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True
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On a magnetic drive, what is the most common sector size?
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512 bytes
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What is a user profile, and what are the two general items it consists of?
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A user profile is a collection of user data and settings.
1. A 'user' folder together with its subfolders.
2. NTUSER.DAT - is a hidden file and contains user settings
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What term is used to describe the unused space at the end of the last cluster?
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slack
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What option, when passed to the shutdown command, will restart the local computer?
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/r
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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?
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boot partition
system partition
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What command creates a subdirectory under a directory?
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MD
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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?
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Ctrl+C
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You can use what utility to convert two or more basic disks to dynamic disks?
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Disk Management
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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 T/F
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True
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In order to ensure drive health, what command should you use to search for and repair file system errors?
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Chkdsk
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What are two methods that can be used to free up disk space on a hard drive?
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Use drive compression
Uninstall software you no longer use
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What is the Globally Unique Identifier Partition Table (GUID)?
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This is a method used to organize partitions on a hard drive.
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Volumes within an extended partition are known by what term?
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logical drives
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What is another name for a file allocation unit?
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cluster
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Describe how the format command is used, and what it does.
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You can use the format command in windows command prompt and it takes a hard rive and makes it into a working file system.
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Discuss some cautions about software RAID.
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Windows warns that using spanning and striping can increase the risk of catastrophic failure and can lead to data loss
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Describe a mounted drive and why you would use one.
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A mounted drive is a volume that can be accessed by way of a folder on another volume so that the folder has more available space
A mounted drive is useful when a folder is on a volume that is too small to hold all the data you want in the folder.
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How much storage does a dynamic disk require for the disk management database?
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1 MB
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What status indicators apply only to dynamic disks? (Choose all that apply.)
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Foreign drive
Healthy (At Risk)
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What command should you use to rearrange parts of files on the drive so they are contiguous?
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Defrag
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List and describe the status indicators that apply only to a dynamic disk.
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Offline: an offline means it has gone off or has been corrupted
Foreign drive: if you move a hard drive that is a dynamic disk and plug it into another computer it will come up foreign.
Healthy (at risk): The dynamic disk can be accessed, but I/O error have occurred.
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What type of storage drive contains spinning platters?
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magnetic hard disk drives
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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?
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thin provisioning
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Windows Disk Cleanup is the utility to use whenever you want to defragment your hard drive T/F
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False
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Discuss defragmenting as it applies to solid-state drives used in a Windows 7 system
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It is not good to defragment a SSD they are not like magnetic drives and do not need to be defragmented . Doing so can actually damage the drives life span.
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How often does Windows 7/Vista automatically defragment a hard drive?
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once a week
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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?
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Backup and Restore
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Defragmenting is not recommended for solid-state hard drives T/F
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True
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Discuss what a cluster is and how files are stored in them.
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It is a basic unit of storage. Your computer writes your files in clusters onto your hard drive there can dozens to hundreds of clusters. Your file can be in dozens of clusters and you don't even know it. 
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Text files that are called initialization files often utilize what two file name extensions?
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.inf
.ini
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What file systems supported by Windows can be used for volumes and drives that don't hold the Windows installation? (Choose all that apply.)
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NTFS
exFAT
FAT32
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Restore points are created at regular intervals and just before you install software or hardware by what utility?
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System Protection
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What is the fourth partition on a hard drive called?
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extended partition
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Describe the purpose of Pagefile.sys.
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It's a file that Windows uses as Virtual Memory. Virtual Memory is disk space Windows uses when it runs out of physical memory, or RAM
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can span more than one hard drive
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Dynamic volumes
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used to enhance the amount of RAM in a system
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Virtual memory
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rearranges files on the drive into as few segments as possible
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Defragmenting
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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
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Backup
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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
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Mounted drive
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searches for bad sectors on a volume and recovers the data from them if possible
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Chkdsk utility
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a hidden file stored in the root directory of drive C
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Pagefile.sys
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can be partitioned and formatted as a stand-alone hard drive
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Basic disk
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snapshots of the system and include Windows system files that have changed
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restore points
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the overall structure an OS uses to name, store, and organize files on a drive
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file system
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The chkdsk command will not fix anything on the drive unless the drive is unlocked T/F
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False
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