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WorksheetsMASS STORAGE QUESTIONS
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
A technician is working on a Windows 10 PC that is running slowly. Which of the following commands should the technician use to correct this issue? (Select two.)
diskpart
chdsk
dism
ipconfig
format
An end user’s PC is taking a long time to boot. Which of the following operations would be the BEST to resolve this issue with minimal expense? (Select two.)
Remove applications from startup
Defragment HDD
Install additional RAM
Instal a faster HDD
Run Disk Cleanup
Ann, a user, calls a technician and reports that her PC will not boot. The technician confirms the memory, power supply, and monitor are all working. The technician runs internal diagnostics on the PC, but the hard drive is nor recognized. Which of the following messages will be displayed?
NTLDR not found
No boot device avilable
Operating system not found
BIOS ROM checksum error
About one week ago, access to files on a network server became significantly slower. Today, network files are completely unavailable. A technician is able to make a remote connection to the server. Which of the following should the technician check NEXT?
RAID 5 array
NIC configuration
Available storage space
RAM utilization
A customer wants to upgrade a PC’s internal storage to have more room to store backups, photos, and videos. The new storage should be large enough to avoid expanding again next year. Which of the following BEST meets these needs?
3TB HDD
50GB NAS
500TB SAN
512GB SSD
A user needs to shrink the partition size of a hard drive encrypted with BitLocker. Which of the following is the BEST option to modify the size of the partition?
Credential management
Computer management
Device Manager
TPM Manager
A technician is installing Windows 7 on a computer with a previously used hard drive. After receiving an error, the technician realizes the hard drive does not support this install. Which of the following tasks should the technician perform?
Partition the hard drive in Extended format.
Use Windows Update to download the appropriate driver.
Enable Multiboot in the BIOS.
Convert the file system to NTFS.
A technician has upgraded four computers and would like to securely repurpose the hard drives for later use. Which of the following should the technician do to the drives to prepare them for later use?
chkdsk
Degauss
quick wipe
Drive Wipe
Data on full disk encrypted drives using BitLocker is MOST secure from loss when combined with which of the following technologies?
USB authentication token
Filesystem access controls
Trusted platform module
Fingerprint reader
A technician has been tasked with disposing of hard drives that contain sensitive employee data. Which of the following would be the BEST method to use for disposing of these drives?
recycling
shredding
overwriting
reformatting
Which of the following may significantly reduce data loss if multiple drives fail at the same time?
Virtualization
RAID
load balancing
server clustering
Which of the following provides the LEAST availability?
RAID 0
RAID 1
RAID 3
RAID 5
A small business needs to incorporate fault tolerance into their infrastructure to increase data availability. Which of the following options would be the BEST solution at a minimal cost?
Clustering
RAID
Mirrored Server
Tape Backup
Which of the following should Jane, a security administrator, perform before a hard drive is analyzed with forensics tools?
Identify user habits
Disconnect from network
Capture system image
Interview witnesses
A user states they are hearing a clicking noise coming from the computer. There is a message on the screen saying no operating system found, and the computer then attempts to boot from PXE. Which of the following should the technician perform?
Replace hard drive
Replace NIC
Replace Floppy disk
Replace DVD ROM
