Exam 6: Working With Windows and Dos Systems

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Describe some of the open source whole disk encryption tools.

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The following list describes some available open-source encryption tools:
* TrueCrypt (www.Truecrypt.org) creates a virtual encrypted volume-a file mounted as though it were a disk drive.Data is encrypted automatically and in real time.
* CrossCrypt (www.scherrer.cc/crypt/) also creates a virtual encrypted volume and provides filedisk, a command-line utility with options for creating, mounting, dismounting, and encrypting volumes.
* FreeOTFE (on-the-fly encryption, www.freeotfe.org), like other open-source encryption tools, creates a virtual disk that can encrypt data with several popular algorithms.FreeOTFE can be used in Windows 2000 and XP as well as with PDAs.

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____ is a text file containing commands that typically run only at system startup to enhance the computer's DOS configuration.

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Match each item with a statement below: -unused space in a cluster between the end of an active file and the end of the cluster

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____ refers to the number of bits in one square inch of a disk platter.

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____, located in the root folder of the system partition, is the device driver that allows the OS to communicate with SCSI or ATA drives that aren't related to the BIOS.

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On an NTFS disk, the first data set is the ____________________, which starts at sector [0] of the disk.

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Briefly explain NTFS compressed files.

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Data streams can obscure valuable evidentiary data, intentionally or by coincidence.

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The type of file system an OS uses determines how data is stored on the disk.

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____ is a batch file containing customized settings for MS-DOS that runs automatically.

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How are disk clusters numbered by Microsoft file structures?

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Match each item with a statement below: -ways data can be appended to existing files

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Match each item with a statement below: -the space between each track

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Match each item with a statement below: -concentric circles on a disk platter where data is located

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Briefly describe how to delete FAT files.

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____ is how most manufacturers deal with a platter's inner tracks being shorter than its outer tracks.

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When Microsoft created Windows 95, it consolidated initialization (.ini) files into the ____.

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When Microsoft introduced Windows 2000, it added built-in encryption to NTFS called ____.

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Match each item with a statement below: -Microsoft's utility for protecting drive data

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