PNCB PNP-PC MASTER COMPREHENSIVE
SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GUARANTEED TO PASS
◉ BIOS. Answer: Basic Input/Output System
◉ TPM. Answer: Trusted Platform Module; hardware platform for
accelerating cryptographic processing; commonly used for hard
drive encryption
◉ Secure Boot. Answer: Requires drivers and OS software to be
properly signed by a trusted party; only available on Intel CPUs with
UEFI BIOS and OS designed for it
◉ UEFI. Answer: Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
◉ NMI. Answer: Non-Maskable Interrupt
◉ NIC. Answer: Network Interface Card
◉ FRU. Answer: Field Replaceable Unit (spare part)
,◉ MSDS. Answer: Material Safety Data Sheet
◉ Active PFC. Answer: Active Power Factor Correction; eliminates
harmonics
◉ JBOD. Answer: Just a Bunch of Disks
◉ FAT 16 partition and file size limits. Answer: 2.1 GB max partition
size; no local file-level security & limits files to 4 GB
◉ FAT 32 partition and file size limits. Answer: 2 TB max partition
size; no local file-level security & limits files to 4 GB
◉ exFAT partition and file size limits. Answer: 2 TB max partition
size currently, theoretically supports up to 128 PB; no local file-level
security (FAT 64)
◉ NTFS. Answer: New Technology File System; has permissions,
encryption, and disk quotas
◉ MFT. Answer: Master File Table; used by NTFS; critical parts
backed up in middle of disk
,◉ HFS+. Answer: Hierarchical File System Plus; used by Mac OSX;
can read and write to FAT32 and exFAT; read-only support for NTFS
◉ ext4. Answer: Fourth Extended File System; Linux; supports 1 EB
volumes, 16 TB files; backwards-compatible with ext3 and ext2; can
read and write to NTFS, FAT32, exFAT, HFS+, ext2, ext3, ext4
◉ SMART. Answer: Self Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting
Technology; sed by HDDs and SSDs to detect failures
◉ DVD Single Layer. Answer: 4.7 GB capacity
◉ DVD Dual Layer. Answer: 8.5 GB capacity
◉ RAID. Answer: Redundant Array of Independent Disks
◉ RAID 0. Answer: Striping
◉ RAID 1. Answer: Mirroring
◉ RAID 5. Answer: Striping with parity; only protects against single
drive failure
, ◉ RAID 1+0. Answer: Stripe of Mirrors; best redundancy
◉ GUID. Answer: Globally Unique Identifier; a unique ID number
hard coded into bios/cmos
◉ GPT. Answer: GUID Partition Table; newer basic disk partitioning
scheme that requires UEFI
◉ MBR. Answer: Master Boot Record; older basic disk partitioning
scheme
◉ MBR's job. Answer: To check the partition table for a partition
with a valid OS; only 1 MBR and 1 partition tablw exist per disk
◉ Number of partitions MBR supports. Answer: Format supporting
4 partitions
◉ Max disk capacity of MBR. Answer: Format supporting 2.2 TB disk
capacity
◉ EFS. Answer: Encrypting File System; feature of NTFS
◉ > format f: /fs:ntfs. Answer: Formats drive f: with NTFS file system
SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GUARANTEED TO PASS
◉ BIOS. Answer: Basic Input/Output System
◉ TPM. Answer: Trusted Platform Module; hardware platform for
accelerating cryptographic processing; commonly used for hard
drive encryption
◉ Secure Boot. Answer: Requires drivers and OS software to be
properly signed by a trusted party; only available on Intel CPUs with
UEFI BIOS and OS designed for it
◉ UEFI. Answer: Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
◉ NMI. Answer: Non-Maskable Interrupt
◉ NIC. Answer: Network Interface Card
◉ FRU. Answer: Field Replaceable Unit (spare part)
,◉ MSDS. Answer: Material Safety Data Sheet
◉ Active PFC. Answer: Active Power Factor Correction; eliminates
harmonics
◉ JBOD. Answer: Just a Bunch of Disks
◉ FAT 16 partition and file size limits. Answer: 2.1 GB max partition
size; no local file-level security & limits files to 4 GB
◉ FAT 32 partition and file size limits. Answer: 2 TB max partition
size; no local file-level security & limits files to 4 GB
◉ exFAT partition and file size limits. Answer: 2 TB max partition
size currently, theoretically supports up to 128 PB; no local file-level
security (FAT 64)
◉ NTFS. Answer: New Technology File System; has permissions,
encryption, and disk quotas
◉ MFT. Answer: Master File Table; used by NTFS; critical parts
backed up in middle of disk
,◉ HFS+. Answer: Hierarchical File System Plus; used by Mac OSX;
can read and write to FAT32 and exFAT; read-only support for NTFS
◉ ext4. Answer: Fourth Extended File System; Linux; supports 1 EB
volumes, 16 TB files; backwards-compatible with ext3 and ext2; can
read and write to NTFS, FAT32, exFAT, HFS+, ext2, ext3, ext4
◉ SMART. Answer: Self Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting
Technology; sed by HDDs and SSDs to detect failures
◉ DVD Single Layer. Answer: 4.7 GB capacity
◉ DVD Dual Layer. Answer: 8.5 GB capacity
◉ RAID. Answer: Redundant Array of Independent Disks
◉ RAID 0. Answer: Striping
◉ RAID 1. Answer: Mirroring
◉ RAID 5. Answer: Striping with parity; only protects against single
drive failure
, ◉ RAID 1+0. Answer: Stripe of Mirrors; best redundancy
◉ GUID. Answer: Globally Unique Identifier; a unique ID number
hard coded into bios/cmos
◉ GPT. Answer: GUID Partition Table; newer basic disk partitioning
scheme that requires UEFI
◉ MBR. Answer: Master Boot Record; older basic disk partitioning
scheme
◉ MBR's job. Answer: To check the partition table for a partition
with a valid OS; only 1 MBR and 1 partition tablw exist per disk
◉ Number of partitions MBR supports. Answer: Format supporting
4 partitions
◉ Max disk capacity of MBR. Answer: Format supporting 2.2 TB disk
capacity
◉ EFS. Answer: Encrypting File System; feature of NTFS
◉ > format f: /fs:ntfs. Answer: Formats drive f: with NTFS file system
