5.5 File Systems

Match each disk type on the left with its corresponding description/features on the right. Each disk type may be used once, more than once, or not at all. A. Basic Disks B. Dynamic Disks C. Active Disks 1. Support up to 128 volumes. 2. Use primary and extended partitions. 3. Are supported by all operating systems. 4. Support volumes that use discontiguous disk space. 5. Store partitioning information in a hidden database on all such disks in the system. 6. Only support volumes made up of contiguous disk space.

1. Support up to 128 volumes. B. Dynamic Disks 2. Use primary and extended partitions. A. Basic Disks 3. Are supported by all operating systems. A. Basic Disks 4. Support volumes that use discontiguous disk space. B. Dynamic Disks 5. Store partitioning information in a hidden database on all such disks in the system. B. Dynamic Disks 6. Only support volumes made up of contiguous disk space. A. Basic Disks

If you want to boot from a hard drive, what must it have? A. Active partition B. Extended partition C. Passive partition D. Dynamic partition

A. Active partition

You want to set up a Windows system to also be able to boot to Linux. To be able to dual boot, the system needs a partition on which to install Linux. However, you don't have an extra hard disk that can be used for the Linux partition. The existing disk has no unpartitioned space available, but it has about 300 GB of free space. Which of the following disk management operations will BEST prepare your hard disk for dual boot? A. Shrink the primary partition. B. Convert the disk from basic to dynamic. C. Convert the disk from physical partitions to logical partitions. D. Reformat the disk with the partitions needed for a dual boot system.

A. Shrink the primary partition.

You are in the process of preparing a storage device and must determine which file system to use. Which of the following BEST describes the advantage of using the exFAT file system rather than NTFS? A. Support for volumes over 32 GB B. Lower memory and processor resource use C. Support for files over 4 GB D. Access control lists and permissions

B. Lower memory and processor resource use

You have added two new hard disks to a Windows computer. The disks are configured as basic disks. Which of the following could be configured on these disks? (Select TWO). A. Striped volumes B. Primary partitions C. Simple volumes D. Spanned volumes E. Extended partitions with logical drives

B. Primary partitions E. Extended partitions with logical drives

Which disk types does Windows support? (Select TWO.) A. Extended B. Primary C. Basic D. Dynamic E. Static

C. Basic D. Dynamic

While configuring a computer, you find that you need to create, format, and manage the partitions and volumes on your hard drives. Which of the following is the BEST command line utility to use? A. DiskMan B. chkdsk C. DiskPart D. Disk Management E. format

C. DiskPart

You have just purchased a new USB drive that you want to use to troubleshoot the computers in your company as well as other network devices, such as printers and projectors. You need to format this new drive with a file system that will be recognized and used on all devices. When formatting your USB drive, which of the following file system types would meet MOST, if not all, of your needs? A. NTFS B. CDFS C. FAT32 D. NFS

C. FAT32

Which of the following is true about primary partitions? A. Primary partitions exist on dynamic disks. B. Primary partitions are subdivided into logical drives. C. The active partition must be a primary partition. D. You can have a maximum of three primary partitions on a single disk.

C. The active partition must be a primary partition.

You have an extra disk on your system that has three primary partitions and an extended partition with two logical drives. You want to convert the partitions to simple volumes, preferably without losing any data. Which of the following is the BEST step to perform? A. Run the fixboot command to convert the partition type to GPT. B. Run the convert command. C. Upgrade the disk to a dynamic disk. D. Delete the partitions and re-create them as simple volumes.

C. Upgrade the disk to a dynamic disk.

Which partition type identifies the partition as one that holds the boot loader program used to start the operating system? A. System B. Extended C. Primary D. Active

D. Active

You are installing Windows 10 on a drive that was previously used for Windows 8.1. This drive has one primary partition. While installing Windows, you want to ensure that the old files are deleted and any bad sectors are located and marked as bad. To achieve your desired goal, which of the following is the BEST option to run? A. DiskPart B. Quick format C. Bootrec D. Full format

D. Full format

What is required to control access to the file system using file and folder permissions on a Windows-based computer? A. Ext4-formatted partition B. FAT32-formatted partition C. EFS D. NTFS-formatted partition

D. NTFS-formatted partition

Which of the following conditions would prevent you from using a GUID Partition Table (GPT) when setting up a disk drive? A. You need to set up the drive as a dynamic disk. B. You need to be able to create up to 128 partitions on the drive. C. You're setting up the drive to boot 64-bit Windows 7 on a UEFI-based computer. D. You're setting up the drive to boot Windows 10 on a computer that uses traditional BIOS.

D. You're setting up the drive to boot Windows 10 on a computer that uses traditional BIOS.