Which of the following should be done to maintain and harden a hard disk? (Select the two best answers.)

A. Defragment the drive.
B. Consider a whole disk encryption.
C. Install third-party applications.
D. Sanitize the drive.


A and B. Defragmenting the hard drive is a good way to maintain the drive. Using whole disk encryption can harden the hard disk. It is unknown whether third-party applications can help to maintain or harden a hard disk; chances are they will do neither. Sanitizing the drive is the act of removing all the data.

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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What will be an ideal response?

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By default, Windows file sharing utilizes what protocol?

A. Server Message Block (SMB) B. Network File System (NFS) C. File Transfer Protocol (FTP) D. Microsoft File Sharing (MFS)

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A. Happy Birthday! B. Sorry C. Runtime error. D. Nothing; the program will not compile.

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