A+ Disk Management and Partition Types Quiz

1. True or False: An extended partition in MBR can directly hold files.

True

False

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3. True or False: GPT partitions can be recovered more easily than MBR partitions due to multiple copies of the partition table.

True

False

4. Which Windows feature allows you to create a mirror volume for data redundancy?

Striped volume

Spanned volume

Mirrored volume (RAID 1)

Simple volume

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6. What file system is required for the system partition in a UEFI/GPT boot configuration?

FAT16

FAT32 or NTFS

ExFAT only

Ext4

7. True or False: A striped volume (RAID 0) provides data redundancy in Windows Disk Management.

True

False

8. Which of the following is a limitation of MBR partition scheme?

Supports only one partition per disk

Cannot handle drives larger than 2 TB

Incompatible with Windows 10 and later

Requires UEFI firmware

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10. What does GUID stand for in the context of GPT partitioning?

General User Interface Design

Globally Unique Identifier

Graphics Unit Interface Device

General Utility for Integrated Disks

11. What is the maximum number of primary partitions that MBR (Master Boot Record) supports on a single disk?

2

3

4

8

12. Which partition type is required for UEFI boot on GPT disks?

FAT32 system partition

NTFS boot partition

EFI System Partition (ESP)

Linux partition

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14. What must you do before you can use a newly installed physical disk in Windows?

Format it immediately

Initialize it and create partitions

Install drivers for it

Defragment it

15. Which Windows utility allows you to view and manage disk partitions, volumes, and logical drives graphically?

Device Manager

Disk Management

File Explorer

Registry Editor

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17. What is the primary advantage of GPT over MBR for modern systems?

Faster boot times

Support for drives larger than 2 TB and more partitions

Better compatibility with older BIOS

Lower disk fragmentation

18. Which command-line tool is used to manage partitions and volumes in Windows from the command prompt?

Fdisk

Diskpart

Parted

Partition manager

19. In Windows Disk Management, what does a solid blue bar represent for a partition?

Unallocated space

Healthy, allocated volume

Failed or corrupted partition

Uninitialized disk

20. Which partition scheme supports storage devices larger than 2 TB?

MBR only

GPT only

Both MBR and GPT equally

Neither supports 2 TB+

A+ Disk Management and Partition Types in Windows Quiz

1. True or False: An extended partition in MBR can directly hold files.

2.

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2. In MBR partitioning, logical drives are created within an____partition.

3. True or False: GPT partitions can be recovered more easily than MBR partitions due to multiple copies of the partition table.

4. Which Windows feature allows you to create a mirror volume for data redundancy?

5. When you convert a disk from MBR to GPT, all existing partitions and data are____.

6. What file system is required for the system partition in a UEFI/GPT boot configuration?

7. True or False: A striped volume (RAID 0) provides data redundancy in Windows Disk Management.

8. Which of the following is a limitation of MBR partition scheme?

9. In Disk Management, a partition marked as 'active' on an MBR disk indicates it is the____.

10. What does GUID stand for in the context of GPT partitioning?

11. What is the maximum number of primary partitions that MBR (Master Boot Record) supports on a single disk?

12. Which partition type is required for UEFI boot on GPT disks?

13. A spanned volume combines free space from multiple disks into one logical____.

14. What must you do before you can use a newly installed physical disk in Windows?

15. Which Windows utility allows you to view and manage disk partitions, volumes, and logical drives graphically?

16. A simple volume in Windows Disk Management is created from space on a single____.

17. What is the primary advantage of GPT over MBR for modern systems?

18. Which command-line tool is used to manage partitions and volumes in Windows from the command prompt?

19. In Windows Disk Management, what does a solid blue bar represent for a partition?

20. Which partition scheme supports storage devices larger than 2 TB?