NOS 110 Final Exam Study Guide: Operating Systems Questions and
Answers, Exams of Computer Science
Which of the following can be considered peripheral devices? - ANSWER-DVD
Drive
-Printer
-Scanner
Each computer in a workgroup takes care of its own user account and
security setting. T/F - ANSWERTrue
What is the minimum number of domain controllers must a domain have? -
ANSWER1
If you need to update the device drivers manually, which of the following are
you likely to use? - ANSWERDevice Manager
Which of the following partitions contains the original image of the operating
system? - ANSWERFactory Recovery Partition
The stages you would perform to prepare a Boot Drive- - ANSWER1. Once the
power button pressed, the computer performs the POST.
2. The BIOS accesses the first sector of the boot disk.
,3. The BIOS confirms that there is a boot loader in the first sector.
5. Then, it loads the boot loader in the RAM.
6. The BIOS hands over its work to the boot loader.
7. The boot loader begins loading the operating system into the memory.
8. The operating system takes control of the computer system, and the
operating system is ready for user interaction.
9. The boot drive needs to be partitioned correctly. It must have enough
space to load all the file of an operating system.
A user wants to make sure he can quickly restore his computer after a drive
failure to the state it was in when Windows and all its apps were initially
installed. - ANSWERSystem image backup
You can use what utility to convert two or more basic disks to dynamic disks?
- ANSWERDisk management
Restore points are created at regular intervals and just before you install
software or hardware by what utility? - ANSWERSystem Protection
What command creates a subdirectory under a directory? - ANSWERMd
What is a snapshot of the system settings and configuration called? -
ANSWERRestore point
Which of the following Windows commands will delete the files and
directories at the destination location that no longer exist at the source
location? - ANSWERRobocopy /purge
, Which of the following must be performed prior to creating a spanned,
striped, or mirrored volume on unallocated space in Windows? -
ANSWERConvert basic disks to dynamic disks
If a storage pool is configured as if it has more virtual storage than the
physical drives actually offer, what feature is being used? - ANSWERThin
provisioning
What types of physical drives does Windows disable defragmenting, but
provides another method of optimization? - ANSWERSolid-state drives
A user is attempting to format a 4 TB HDD using NTFS but only has the option
to format the disk with a size of approximately 2 TB. - ANSWERThe disk is
using the MBR partitioning scheme.
What type of storage drive contains spinning platters? - ANSWERMagnetic
hard disk drive
In order to ensure drive health, what command should you use to search for
a repair file system error? - ANSWERChkdsk
What option, when passed to the shutdown command, will restart the local
computer? - ANSWER/r
How often does Windows automatically defragment a hard drive or trim a
solid-state drive? - ANSWEROnce a week
Answers, Exams of Computer Science
Which of the following can be considered peripheral devices? - ANSWER-DVD
Drive
-Printer
-Scanner
Each computer in a workgroup takes care of its own user account and
security setting. T/F - ANSWERTrue
What is the minimum number of domain controllers must a domain have? -
ANSWER1
If you need to update the device drivers manually, which of the following are
you likely to use? - ANSWERDevice Manager
Which of the following partitions contains the original image of the operating
system? - ANSWERFactory Recovery Partition
The stages you would perform to prepare a Boot Drive- - ANSWER1. Once the
power button pressed, the computer performs the POST.
2. The BIOS accesses the first sector of the boot disk.
,3. The BIOS confirms that there is a boot loader in the first sector.
5. Then, it loads the boot loader in the RAM.
6. The BIOS hands over its work to the boot loader.
7. The boot loader begins loading the operating system into the memory.
8. The operating system takes control of the computer system, and the
operating system is ready for user interaction.
9. The boot drive needs to be partitioned correctly. It must have enough
space to load all the file of an operating system.
A user wants to make sure he can quickly restore his computer after a drive
failure to the state it was in when Windows and all its apps were initially
installed. - ANSWERSystem image backup
You can use what utility to convert two or more basic disks to dynamic disks?
- ANSWERDisk management
Restore points are created at regular intervals and just before you install
software or hardware by what utility? - ANSWERSystem Protection
What command creates a subdirectory under a directory? - ANSWERMd
What is a snapshot of the system settings and configuration called? -
ANSWERRestore point
Which of the following Windows commands will delete the files and
directories at the destination location that no longer exist at the source
location? - ANSWERRobocopy /purge
, Which of the following must be performed prior to creating a spanned,
striped, or mirrored volume on unallocated space in Windows? -
ANSWERConvert basic disks to dynamic disks
If a storage pool is configured as if it has more virtual storage than the
physical drives actually offer, what feature is being used? - ANSWERThin
provisioning
What types of physical drives does Windows disable defragmenting, but
provides another method of optimization? - ANSWERSolid-state drives
A user is attempting to format a 4 TB HDD using NTFS but only has the option
to format the disk with a size of approximately 2 TB. - ANSWERThe disk is
using the MBR partitioning scheme.
What type of storage drive contains spinning platters? - ANSWERMagnetic
hard disk drive
In order to ensure drive health, what command should you use to search for
a repair file system error? - ANSWERChkdsk
What option, when passed to the shutdown command, will restart the local
computer? - ANSWER/r
How often does Windows automatically defragment a hard drive or trim a
solid-state drive? - ANSWEROnce a week
