Cmph-211-B - Comp Hardware Chapter 10

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Windows Disk Cleanup is the utility to use whenever you want to defragment your hard drive.
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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.
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Defragmenting is not recommended for solid-state hard drives.
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Using Windows 7 Backup and Restore, you can back up the volume on which Windows is installed.
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The chkdsk command will not fix anything on the drive unless the drive is unlocked.
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Front 6

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

Back 6

15 percent

Front 7

Which hard drive type contains spinning platters?

1) optical hard drive

2) solid-state drives

3) floppy hard drives

4) magnetic hard disk drives

Back 7

4) magnetic hard disk drives

Front 8

What is Pagefile.sys used for in Windows?

Back 8

virtual memory

Front 9

What is another name for a file allocation unit?

Back 9

cluster

Front 10

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

Back 10

once a week

Front 11

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

Back 11

Defrag

Front 12

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

Back 12

chkdsk

Front 13

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

Back 13

restore point

Front 14

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

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System protection

Front 15

What is the fourth partition on a hard drive called?

Back 15

extended partition

Front 16

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

Back 16

backup and restore

Front 17

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

Back 17

active partition

Front 18

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

Back 18

Ctrl+Break

Front 19

The ____ command creates a subdirectory under a directory.

Back 19

MD

Front 20

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

Back 20

1

Front 21

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

Back 21

Disk Management

Front 22

Which of the following status indicators apply only to dynamic disks? (Choose all that apply.)
1) Foreign drive

2) Unallocated

3) Healthy (At Risk)

4) Active

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Foreign drive
Healthy (At Risk)

Front 23

Which of the following are file systems supported by Windows that you can choose for volumes and drives that don’t hold the Windows installation. (Choose all that apply.)


1) FAT64

2) FAT32

3) exFAT

4) NTFS

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FAT32

3) exFAT

4) NTFS

Front 24

Which of the following are recommendations for freeing up disk space on a hard drive? (Choose all that apply.)


1) Format the hard drive

2) Delete the Windows\System directory

3) Uninstall software you no longer use

4) Use drive compression

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Uninstall software you no longer use
Use drive compression

Front 25

Which of the following Windows settings are critical for keeping the system protected from malware and hackers? (Choose all that apply.)


1) Network location setting

2) Windows computer name

3) Antivirus software

4) Windows updates

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Network location setting
Antivirus software
Windows updates

Front 26

To _____________ is to rearrange parts of files on the drive so each file is stored on the drive in contiguous clusters.

Back 26

defrag

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

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system restore

Front 28

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.

Back 28

wildcard

Front 29

A _______________ drive is 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

Front 30

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

Back 30

unallocated

Front 31

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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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

Front 34

Overall structure an OS uses to name, store, and organize files on a drive

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file system

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Can span more than one hard drive

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dynamic volumes

Front 36

Rearranges files on the drive into as few segments as possible

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defragmenting

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A hidden file stored in the root directory of drive C

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pagefile.sys

Front 38

Can be partitioned and formatted as a stand-alone hard drive

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basic disk

Front 39

Used to enhance the amount of RAM in a system

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virtual memory

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Snapshots of the system and include Windows system files that have changed

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restore points