The _______________ takes control of the boot process from the system bios.

Windows can create partitions using the _______________ disk.a. basic b. system c. volume

d. extended

What newer type of drive partitioning overcomes the limits of MBR drives?a. GPT b. MBR2 c. LBA

d. Dynamic disks

The _______________ takes control of the boot process from the system BIOS. a. MBR b. boot sector c. CMOS

d. POST

All basic hard drive partition tables support up to _______________ partitions.a. two b. four c. six

d. one

The _______________ stores the location of the operating system boot files.a. partition boot sector b. MBR c. partition table

d. boot sector

_______________ partitions are designed to support bootable operating systems.a. Extended b. Basic c. Primary

d. Dynamic

What is the default primary partition for Windows? a. F: b. A: c. B:

d. C:

How many extended partitions can be created in a hard drive? a. Two b. Five c. One

d. Six

In Windows, each _______________ is assigned a drive letter from C: to Z:.a. partition b. file c. sector

d. cylinder

How many master boot records can exist on an MBR disk? a. One per drive letter b. One per primary partition c. Four

d. One

When using primary partitions, how many drive letters are possible on a single MBR disk? a. Five b. Twenty-six c. One

d. Four

How many partitions can be active at any given point in time? a. Three b. Five c. One

d. Two

An MBR has four different operating systems installed. What is this setup called?a. Integrated b. MBR-enabled c. Dual-boot

d. Multiboot

Which type of dynamic disk requires three or more dynamic disks with equal-sized unallocated spaces? a. Simple b. Mirrored c. Stripped

d. RAID 5

A(n) _______________ volume is similar to a primary partition, but in fact, is not a primary partition. a. spanned b. mirrored c. simple

d. striped

Microsoft calls a drive structure created with a dynamic disk a _______________.a. volume b. sector c. drive

d. partition

Microsoft limits Windows to _______________ partitions under a GPT scheme.a. 64 b. 128 c. 4

d. 32

What is a hidden partition that contains a restorable copy of an installed OS? a. Swap partition b. Factory recovery partition c. Simple volume

d. Dynamic volume

b. Factory recovery partition

What Windows tool partitions a drive? a. Optimize Drives b. Disk Management c. FDISK

d. Disk Administrator

What Windows function is similar to a swap partition in Linux/Unix systems?a. Recovery partition b. Reassembled file c. Hidden partition

d. Page file

Which code indicates that a sector in the hard drive is bad? a. 00000007 b. 0000FFFF c. 0000FFF7

d. 00000000

By default, what is the maximum partition size NTFS supports on a dynamic disk?a. 16 TB b. 16 exabytes c. 2 TB

d. 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 bytes

Which file system enables a user to adjust the cluster size?a. NTFS b. FAT32 c. FAT64

d. FAT16

Which file system is a newer version of FAT and allows file sizes larger than 4 GB? a. HPFS b. NTFS c. exFAT

d. FAT16

If you move a dynamic disk from one computer to another, how will this drive be displayed in Disk Manager?a. Formatting b. Unallocated c. Foreign drive

d. Failed

To change a basic disk to dynamic, right-click the drive icon and select _______________. a. Format as Dynamic b. New Volume c. Partition as Dynamic

d. Convert to Dynamic Disk

d. Convert to Dynamic Disk

To make dynamic volume bigger, right-click the volume and choose _______________.a. Extend Volume b. Expand Volume c. Convert to bigger

d. Span Volume

When using dynamic disks, which version of Windows can create RAID 5 volumes?a. Windows Server b. Windows 7 Professional c. Windows 7 Ultimate

d. Windows Enterprise

Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions can create a mirror set with two drives for data redundancy, which is also known as _______________. a. RAID 5 b. RAID 6 c. RAID 0

d. RAID 1

A(n) _______________ enables you to use your existing folders to store more data that can fit on a single drive or partition/volumea. mount point b. primary partition c. secondary partition

d. extended partition

To create a mount point, right-click on an unallocated section of a drive and choose _______________. a. New Mount Point b. Allocate Mount Point c. New Simple Volume

d. Create Mount Point

An entire physical drive can be added to another drive as a folder by creating a _______________. a. striped volume b. spanned volume c. simple volume

d. mount point

What Windows 8 graphical utility finds bad clusters?a. Disk Defragmenter b. Disk Utility c. Error checking

d. ScanDisk

What Windows tool finds additional space on a hard drive?a. Disk Cleanup b. Convert c. Defrag

d. Disk Management

What type of problem does the error message "No Boot Device Present" indicate?a. The active partition has failed. b. The boot file is missing or corrupted. c. The FAT has been corrupted.

d. The hard drive containing the operating system has died.

d. The hard drive containing the operating system has died.