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True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

All server activities rely on disk storage.
 

 2. 

Windows Server 2003 only supports one main disk fault tolerance feature.
 

 3. 

Implementing partitions and volumes on the disks of a Windows Server 2003 system is a very time-consuming process.
 

 4. 

Each partition of a basic disk acts as a separate storage unit.
 

 5. 

The boot partition of a hard disk can be stored on the logical drive in an extended partition.
 

 6. 

You can only create a maximum of three primary partitions on a basic disk.
 

 7. 

After installing Windows Server 2003, you can convert disks from basic to dynamic.
 

 8. 

When basic disks are used, the operating system boots from the primary partitions.
 

 9. 

If a basic disk contains at least one extended partition, then no primary partitions are necessary.
 

 10. 

Dynamic disks do not contain primary and extended partitions.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 11. 

In Windows Server 2003, disk striping can use up to ____ physical hard disks.
a.
4
c.
32
b.
16
d.
64
 

 12. 

The Disk Management tool in Windows Server 2003 is most easily accessed via its node in the ____ section of the Computer Management tool.
a.
Data
c.
Volume
b.
Storage
d.
Disk
 

 13. 

What is the parity used by Microsoft for fault tolerance?
a.
Graphic
c.
Arithmetic
b.
Network
d.
Boolean
 

 14. 

Windows operating systems are limited to ____ drive letters.
a.
26
c.
48
b.
36
d.
52
 

 15. 

Windows Server 2003 allows drives to be mounted to an empty folder on a(n) ____ partition.
a.
FAT16
c.
NTFS
b.
FAT32
d.
FAT
 

 16. 

RAID stands for which of the following?
a.
Removable Array of Independent Disk
c.
Redundant Array of Initialized Disk
b.
Redundant Array of Independent Disk
d.
Removable Array of Initialized Disk
 

 17. 

Which of following is NOT one of the functions of RAID?
a.
lengthening disk life
b.
preventing data loss
c.
enabling relatively uninterrupted access to data
d.
formatting disk space to allow for more drive letters
 

 18. 

____ combines the best features of RAID, including striping, error correction, and checksum verification.
a.
RAID level 0
c.
RAID level 4
b.
RAID level 1
d.
RAID level 5
 

 19. 

Because it does not really provide fault tolerance, ____ is NOT recommended in many situations.
a.
RAID level 0
c.
RAID level 2
b.
RAID level 1
d.
RAID level 5
 

 20. 

What level of fault tolerance does a striped volume use?
a.
RAID level 0
c.
RAID level 4
b.
RAID level 1
d.
RAID level 5
 

 21. 

The process of creating a copy of data on a backup disk is known as disk ____.
a.
shadowing
c.
copying
b.
mirroring
d.
syncing
 

 22. 

A mirrored volume requires ____ dynamic disks to provide disk fault tolerance.
a.
2
c.
8
b.
4
d.
16
 

 23. 

If there are 16 physical disks in RAID-5 volume, the amount of space taken for parity information is ____ of the total space of all disk drives in the volume.
a.
1/16
c.
4
b.
1/4
d.
16
 

 24. 

____ RAID is implemented through the server hardware and is independent of the operating system.
a.
Software
c.
Hardware
b.
Parity
d.
Network
 

 25. 

The RAID logic is contained in a(n) ____ on the adapter to which the disk drives are connected.
a.
chip
c.
folder
b.
volume
d.
sector
 

 26. 

Many manufacturers implement hardware RAID on the
a.
bus.
c.
volume.
b.
connector.
d.
adapter.
 

 27. 

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of hardware RAID over software RAID?
a.
Ability to place boot and system files on different RAID levels
b.
Ability to map more network drives
c.
Ability to hot-swap a failed disk with one that works or is new
d.
Faster read and write response
 

 28. 

The ____ tool provides information on the health of both disks and volumes such that administrators can determine the overall health of the disk subsystem.
a.
Disk Check
c.
Disk Management
b.
System Health
d.
Disk Diagnose
 

 29. 

Under Windows Server 2003, disks that originate from other servers are known as ____ disks.
a.
extraserval
c.
primary
b.
secondary
d.
foreign
 

 30. 

The status associated with a particular hard disk in the Disk Management tool should be ____ under normal operating conditions.
a.
Online
c.
Running
b.
Healthy
d.
Ready
 

 31. 

____ is a temporary status message that indicates a format operation is currently being carried out on the volume.
a.
Failed
c.
Formatting
b.
Regenerating
d.
Failed Redundancy
 

 32. 

Which of the following is NOT a valid status message that may be displayed for a volume?
a.
Healthy
c.
Regenerating
b.
Foreign
d.
Resyncing
 

 33. 

If a Healthy message is followed by a sub-status message in parentheses indicating that the volume is at risk, then ____ should be run for diagnosis.
a.
Repair
c.
Reformat
b.
Disk Part
d.
Check Disk
 

 34. 

After a Regenerating operation completes, the status message returns to
a.
Healthy.
c.
Ready.
b.
Online.
d.
Running.
 

 35. 

Which of the following is NOT a common status message for a disk?
a.
Unreadable
c.
Online
b.
Unknown
d.
Offline
 

 36. 

If a Failed status message appears for a volume, you should
a.
reformat the failed hard drive.
b.
wait for the status to return to Healthy.
c.
ensure that the disk is properly connected.
d.
restart the server.
 

 37. 

The ____ status message is displayed temporarily when a basic disk is being converted to a dynamic disk.
a.
Foreign
c.
Initializing
b.
No Media
d.
Converting
 

 38. 

If a new disk has been added to the system without a valid disk signature, you can make it accessible by using the ____ option of the Disk Management tool.
a.
Add Disk
c.
Reactivate Disk
b.
Assign Signature
d.
Initialize Disk
 

 39. 

If your disk is found to be corrupted in certain portions, you can use the ____ command to try and bring the disk back online.
a.
Rescan Disks
c.
Revive Disks
b.
Restore Disks
d.
Regenerate Disks
 

 40. 

Windows Server 2003 supports the ability to import dynamic disks from all of the following operating systems EXCEPT
a.
Windows XP.
c.
Windows 2000.
b.
Windows 98.
d.
Windows Server 2003.
 

 41. 

If you need to import multiple foreign disks, you should import each disk individually using the ____ command.
a.
Convert Disk
c.
Import Foreign Disk
b.
Convert Foreign Disk
d.
Import
 

 42. 

Which of the following is NOT a disk-related utility supported under Windows Server 2003?
a.
Check Disk / CHKDSK
c.
Disk Defragmenter / DEFRAG
b.
Check Sum
d.
Disk Cleanup
 

 43. 

The Check Disk tool is started from the ____ dialog box for a volume or partition.
a.
Perform Check
c.
Disk Management
b.
Monitor
d.
Properties
 

 44. 

If you want Windows to repair any errors in the file system that it finds during the disk-checking process, you should select the ____ option of the Check Disk tool.
a.
Automatically remove bad sectors
b.
Repair and defragment
c.
Automatically fix file system errors
d.
Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors
 

 45. 

When the file system of a disk is NTFS, which of the following is NOT checked?
a.
file allocation table
c.
indexes
b.
files
d.
security descriptors
 

Matching
 
 
Match each term with the correct statement below.
a.
DISKPART
f.
Defragmenting
b.
Online (Errors)
g.
Unreadable
c.
Hot-swapping
h.
Regenerating
d.
Resyncing
i.
VolumeName
e.
DEFRAG
j.
FSUTIL
 

 46. 

The process of replacing a failed disk without shutting down the server.
 

 47. 

The process of locating fragmented folders and files and moving them to a location on the physical disk to maintain contiguous order.
 

 48. 

The command that can be used to analyze or defragment an existing volume, partition, or mount point from the command line.
 

 49. 

The utility that allows an administrator to gather information and perform tasks relating to FAT, FAT32, and NTFS file systems.
 

 50. 

The utility that can be used to create additional partitions on a system that has been installed using an unattended setup procedure.
 

 51. 

One of the parameters associated with mounting a new volume.
 

 52. 

The volume status message that indicates that a missing disk in a RAID-5 volume has been reactivated and is regenerating its data.
 

 53. 

The volume status message that indicates that an offline disk in a mirrored volume is being brought back online.
 

 54. 

The disk status message that indicates that I/O errors have been detected on a dynamic disk.
 

 55. 

The disk status message that indicates that corruption has been detected on certain portions of the disk.
 



 
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