10. What component of a disk tells the OS how the disk is partitioned?
- The partition table
- The swap table
- The master partition list
- The filesystems grid
11. Which of the following are partition table schemes? Select all that apply.
- Master Boot Record (MBR)
- New Technology Files System (NTFS)
- Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)
- GUID Partition Table (GPT)
12. When partitioning a disk and formatting a filesystem, what happens if you enable compression? Select all that apply.
- The computer’s processor will need to do less work.
- Files and folders will take up less space on the disk.
- The formatting process will complete in less time.
- Files will need to be expanded when you open them.
13. In Linux, what happens when you enter the command sudo mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sdb1?
- You rename the selected disk.
- You specify the file system format for a partition on the selected disk.
- You mount a partition on the selected disk.
- You specify a partition table type for the selected disk.
14. Fill in the blank: Virtual memory dedicates an area of the hard drive to use a storage base for blocks of data called _____.
- RAM
- base storage
- databases
- pages
15. In Linux, when running parted in interactive mode, what happens when you enter the command mkpart primary linux-swap 5GiB 100%? Select all that apply.
- You enable swap on the selected device.
- You mount a swap partition.
- You create a new disk partition.
- You format a disk partition for swap space.
16. What file attributes are stored in the Master File Table (MFT)? Select all that apply.
- Language used in the file data
- File creation time stamps
- Whether or not a file is read-only
- File data locations
17. What is the Linux equivalent to symbolic links Windows?
- inodes
- hardlinks
- softlinks
- filenames
18. Which features of Windows NTFS filesystem help minimize file corruption?
- The NTFS log journaling process
- The fsutil self-healing utility
- The chkdsk /F command
- The fsck command
19. What might occur if you were to run fsck on a mounted partition?
- It could damage the file system.
- It may change the files on the partition to read-only.
- It might rename the partition.
- It will repair the partition 100% of the time.
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20. Disk partitions can be used for which of the following purposes? Select all that apply.
- To create volumes
- To be able to select from two different operating systems at boot up
- To use different file systems on the same hard drive
- To expand the storage space on a hard drive
21. What is the maximum volume size for an MBR partition?
- One terabyte.
- 1024 megabytes.
- Two terabytes.
- Two gigabytes.
