5.8.7 Practice Questions PC Pro 7

You are an IT administrator who is troubleshooting a computer from within Windows Command Prompt. You are trying to execute the chkdsk command line tool, but it keeps failing.

Which of the following command switches would give you the BEST information on how to run this command?

• chkdsk /i

• chkdsk /help

• chkdsk /?

• chkdsk /info

Which of the following utilities would you use to correct cross-linked clusters within the file system on a Windows workstation?

• chkdsk

• fdisk

• DiskScan

• attrib

Which of the following Windows command line utilities would you use to realign the file structure on a disk to optimize performance?

• Disk Management

• fdisk

• defrag

• chkdsk

Which of the following commands would you run on a Linux system to find out how much disk space is being used on each of the file systems?

• fsck

• ls -R

• df -h

• umount

Which of the following disk maintenance utilities locates and disposes of files that can be safely removed from a disk?

• Check Disk

• Disk Cleanup

• Disk Management

• Disk Defragmenter

Which of the following disk maintenance utilities optimizes the performance of your hard drive by joining parts of files that are in different locations into a single location?

• Disk Management

• Check Disk

• Disk Defragmenter

• Disk Cleanup

Your computer currently uses a 5,400 RPM hard disk. You want to improve your computer's overall performance by optimizing your hard disk performance.

Which of the following would be the MOST effective means to optimize your hard disk performance? (Select two.)

• Upgrade your hard disk interface to eSATAp.

• Upgrade your hard disk interface to SATA 3.

• Implement RAID 0 on the current hard disk.

• Upgrade to a 10,000 RPM hard disk.

• Upgrade to a 7,200 RPM hard disk.

You have decided to optimize the hard drive on your Windows laptop by running the Error Checking utility.

What are the things that you can expect the Error Checking utility to perform? (Select two.)

• Compress old files

• Delete temporary files

• Fix lost clusters

• Fix cross-linked files

• Defragmentation

You notice that the hard drive on your iMac Pro is running slower than before. You decide to run the First Aid utility to optimize the drive.

Which of the following is recommended to make sure that the First Aid utility is 100% effective?

• Defragment the hard drive first.

• Run First Aid by booting into Recovery Mode.

• Make sure that the hard drive is at 80% or less capacity.

• Check Disk Usage in the Storage tab.