220-802 Question #433: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

The correct answer is B: Disk Cleanup. Disk Cleanup is the Windows utility designed to find and remove unnecessary files, including old compressed files, and it can be scheduled via Task Scheduler.

Question

Which of the following applications can be scheduled to delete unwanted, compressed, older files?

Options

ADisk Defragmenter
BDisk Cleanup
CCHKDSK
DDisk Management

Explanation

Disk Cleanup is the Windows utility designed to find and remove unnecessary files, including old compressed files, and it can be scheduled via Task Scheduler.

Common mistakes.

A. Disk Defragmenter reorganizes fragmented file data on a disk to improve read performance but does not delete any files.
C. CHKDSK scans the disk for file system errors and bad sectors and repairs logical file system issues but does not remove or clean up user files.
D. Disk Management is used to initialize disks, create and format partitions, and assign drive letters - it has no file deletion or scheduling capability.

Concept tested. Scheduling Disk Cleanup to remove unwanted files

Reference. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/disk-cleanup-in-windows-8a96ff42-5751-39ad-23d6-434b4d5b9a68

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