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Chapter 10 - Implementing Hard Drives
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1
Windows XP can create partitions using the ____ disk.
A)basic
B)dynamic
C)volume
D)system
2
The ____ takes control of the boot process from the system BIOS.
A)boot sector
B)CMOS
C)MBR
D)POST
3
How many partitions can be active at any given point in time?
A)one
B)two
C)three
D)five
4
All basic hard drive partition tables support up to ____ bootable partitions.
A)one
B)two
C)four
D)six
5
The ____ stores the location of the operating system boot files.
A)boot sector
B)MBR
C)partition table
D)volume boot sector
6
The operating system is stored in a(n) ____ partition.
A)basic
B)dynamic
C)extended
D)primary
7
Which of the following is the default primary partition for Windows NT/XP/2000?
A)C:
B)D:
C)E:
D)F:
8
A PC can boot to both Windows XP and Linux. What is this called?
A)Dual-boot
B)Integrated
C)MBR enabled
D)Schizophrenic
9
How many extended partitions can be created in a hard drive?
A)one
B)two
C)five
D)six
10
In Windows, each ____ is assigned a drive letter from C: to Z:.
A)cylinder
B)file
C)format
D)partition
11
Which file format is best suited for a Windows NT/2000/XP operating system?
A)FAT16
B)FAT32
C)FAT
D)NTFS
12
Which file system will not support a partition size of up to 2.1 GB?
A)FAT16
B)NTFS
C)FAT32
D)FAT8
13
What tool can you use to find additional space on your hard drive?
A)Convert
B)Defrag
C)Disk Cleanup
D)Disk Management
14
What tool in Windows 2000/XP is used to partition and format a drive?
A)Disk Management
B)Disk Administrator
C)FDISK
D)RAID
15
A ____ volume is similar to a primary partition, but it is not a primary partition.
A)mirrored
B)simple
C)spanned
D)striped
16
A ____ volume spreads out blocks of each file across multiple disks.
A)mirrored
B)simple
C)spanned
D)striped
17
An entire physical drive can be added to another drive as a folder by creating a ____.
A)mount point
B)simple volume
C)spanned volume
D)striped volume
18
What’s the largest size of a new FAT32 partition in Windows XP?
A)2 GB
B)32 GB
C)2 TB
D)2 EB
19
A ____ is the base storage area for hard drives in the FAT format.
A)format
B)partition
C)sector
D)volume
20
Each sector in a hard disk can store up to ____ bytes of data.
A)128
B)256
C)512
D)1024
21
The FAT in floppy drives is ____ bits.
A)12
B)15
C)16
D)18
22
Which of the following codes indicates that a sector in the hard drive is bad?
A)FFFF
B)FFF7
C)0007
D)0000
23
Which of the following cluster codes indicates the end of file in a FAT16 system?
A)FFFF
B)FFF7
C)0007
D)0000
24
How many bits are used to describe each cluster in FAT32?
A)8
B)12
C)16
D)32
25
Which of the following uses a master file table?
A)FAT8
B)FAT16
C)FAT32
D)NTFS
26
The ____ is an upgraded version of NTFS file system used by Windows 2000/XP.
A)NTFS2
B)NTFS3
C)NTFS4
D)NTFS5
27
Which file system enables a user to adjust the cluster size?
A)FAT8
B)FAT16
C)FAT32
D)NTFS
28
What type of problem does the error message “No BOOT Device” indicate?
A)CMOS
B)connectivity
C)partition
D)installation
29
What tool can be used to verify a hard disk on Windows XP?
A)Check Disk
B)Disk Defragmenter
C)Error-checking tool
D)ScanDisk
30
A(n) ____ is a drive that functions like a folder on another drive.
A)extended partition
B)mount point
C)primary partition
D)secondary partition





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