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Windows Disk Management

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following launches a GUI system utility for managing HDDs in Windows?

a)

diskpart.exe

b)

control.exe

c)

diskmgmt.msc

d)

compmgmt.msc

e)

devmgmt.msc

2.

Which of the following can be used to launch the Disk Management utility in Windows? (Select 3 answers)

a)

Computer Management

b)

Windows Run dialog box

c)

Quick Access Menu

d)

Device manager

e)

Storage Spaces menu

3.

Which of the following disk status options in Windows Disk Management utility indicates that a basic or dynamic disk is not accessible and might have experienced hardware failure, corruption, or I/O errors?

a)

Foreign

b)

Unreadable

c)

Offline

d)

Initializing

4.

In Windows Disk Management utility on a local computer, a dynamic disk that has been moved from another computer and found by the OS is labeled as:

a)

Foreign

b)

Offline

c)

Connected

d)

Online

5.

Which of the following disk status options in Windows Disk Management utility indicates that a dynamic disk might be corrupted or intermittently unavailable?

a)

Foreign

b)

Unallocated

c)

Offline

d)

Disconnected

6.

In Windows Disk Management utility, a normal disk status indicating that the disk is ready for read/write operations is labeled as:

a)

Accessible

b)

Online

c)

Ready

d)

Initialized

7.

In Windows Disk Management utility, a dynamic disk status set to Offline/Missing indicates that the missing disk may be: (Select 3 answers)

a)

Powered down

b)

Corrupted

c)

Disconnected

d)

Unallocated

e)

Not initialized

8.

Which of the following disk status options in Windows Disk Management utility indicates Input/Output (I/O) errors on a dynamic disk/volume? (Select 2 answers)

a)

Online (errors)

b)

Healthy (At Risk)

c)

unknown

d)

Unreadable

e)

Failed

9.

In Windows Disk Management utility, a disk status set to Failed indicates that the basic or dynamic volume: (Select 3 answers)

a)

Cannot be started automatically

b)

Is damaged

c)

Contains corrupt file system

d)

Experiences errors

e)

Requires assignment of mount point folder path

10.

Which of the following enable a newly added disk to show up in Windows File Explorer? (Select 3 answers)

a)

The disk needs to be initialized

b)

The disk requires a drive letter

c)

The disk can be mounted as a folder

d)

The needs needs to be converted to a dynamic disk

e)

The disk needs to be converted to a volume

11.

True/False: In Windows Disk Management utility, a volume status set to Failed Redundancy indicates that the data on a mirrored or RAID 5 volume is no longer fault tolerant because one of the underlying disks is not online.

(a)  

12.

True/False: In Windows Disk Management utility, assigning a mount point folder path to a drive enables a newly added drive to show up in File Explorer as a regular folder.

(a)  

13.

In Windows Disk Management utility, initializing a disk: (Select 2 answers)

a)

Keeps data stored on disk intact

b)

Prepares a newly added disk for use by Windows

c)

Erases data on disk

d)

Converts a basic disk to dynamic

e)

Changes a dynamic disk back to basic

14.

In Windows Disk Management utility, a partition's size can be extended into: (Select 2 answers)

a)

Adjacent space on the same disk

b)

Unallocated space on the same disk

c)

Disk space formatted with any file system

d)

Any available space on any of the installed disks

e)

Any available space on the same disk

15.

Which of the following enables partition split in Windows Disk Management utility?

a)

Right-click on a disk and set the disk space limits on the Quota tab in the Properties menu

b)

Shrink a volume, then create a new simple volume from the adjacent unallocated space

c)

Right-click on a disk and select the Split Volume menu option

d)

Select a disk, then choose Split Volume from the Disk Management Action menu

16.

Which of the following enables decreasing partition size in Windows Disk Management utility?

a)

Right-click on a disk and select the Shrink Volume menu option

b)

Right-click on a disk and set the disk space limits on the Quota tab in the Properties menu

c)

Select a disk, then choose Shrink Volume from the Disk Management Action menu

d)

Right-click on a disk and select Shrink Volume on the Tools tab in the Properties menu

17.

Which volume type in Windows Disk Management utility uses RAID 0 setup for performance gains?

a)

Simple volume

b)

Spanned volume

c)

Striped volume

d)

Mirrored volume

e)

Striped with parity volume

18.

Which of the volume types available in Windows Disk Management utility do not offer fault tolerance? (Select 3 answers)

a)

Simple volume

b)

Spanned volume

c)

Striped volume

d)

Mirrored volume

e)

Striped with parity volume

19.

Which volume type in Windows Disk Management utility uses RAID 5 setup for performance gains and fault tolerance?

a)

Striped with parity volume

b)

Simple volume

c)

Mirrored volume

d)

Spanned volume

e)

Striped volume

20.

Which of the following tools enable creation of disk arrays in Windows? (Select 2 answers)

a)

Disk Management

b)

Storage Spaces

c)

Programs and Feature

d)

Device Manager

e)

Backup and Restore

21.

True/False: In Windows Disk Management utility, disk arrays can be created by right-clicking on a disk and selecting array type from the context menu.

(a)  

22.

Windows 8 introduces a virtualization technology that enables organization of multiple physical disks into logical volumes in a fashion similar to RAID levels. What is the name of the Control Panel applet providing access to this functionality?

a)

Disk Management

b)

Storage Spaces

c)

Administrative Tools

d)

Sync Center