Deck 4: File Systems

Question 1

Which of the following file systems supports file and folder permissions?

A) DOS
B) exFAT
C) FAT32
D) NTFS

Answer 1

D

Question 2

What type of structure is usually used to organize folders in a file system?

A) flat
B) hierarchical
C) pyramid
D) relational

Answer 2

B

Question 3

In the file cabinet analogy of a file system, which element of a file cabinet best represents a disk drive?

A) manila folders
B) hanging folders
C) file drawer
D) paper documents

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Since FAT16 had several limitations, FAT32 is now the dominant Windows file system since it supports built-in security features and better file compression.

Question 5

Originally, FAT16 supported comparatively short filenames, referred to as 6.3 filenames.

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT a task typically performed by an OS's file system?

A) provide a convenient user interface
B) store file metadata
C) convert files between image formats
D) organize space on a storage device

Question 7

In which of the following elements of a file system are files organized in groups for easy navigation of the file system?

A) directory
B) extension
C) partition
D) volume

Question 8

In a folder hierarchy, the top, or primary, level is referred to as which of the following?

A) subdirectory
B) branch
C) trunk
D) root

Question 9

The native file system in Linux is called ufs.

Question 10

One of the tasks of a file system is to provide a structure to organize files.

Question 11

How many clusters does it require to store a 6 KB file on a Windows computer if each cluster is a single sector?

A) 6
B) 12
C) 18
D) 24

Question 12

You have just purchased a new hard drive to install in your Linux system. Before you can begin using the drive to store files, which of the following task must you complete?

A) high-level format then partition
B) partition then high-level format
C) low-level format then partition
D) partition then low-level format

Question 13

You have a new hard disk that you want to put two different OSs on but each OS requires a different file system. What procedure must you perform before you can install the two OSs?

A) Format the disk with the file system of the first OS; install the first OS and then reformat with the file system of the second OS.
B) Install the first OS and then create a new folder off the root to install the second OS.
C) This is not possible; you need a second physical hard disk.
D) Partition the disk into two volumes and format and install an OS on each volume.

Question 14

Which of the following statements is true about the FAT16 directory structure?

A) It can address only 16000 disk clusters.
B) The maximum volume size is 16 GB.
C) The maximum volume size is 4 GB.
D) The maximum cluster size is 16000 bytes.

Question 15

The file system used on macOS 10.12 and earlier systems is Apple File System.

Question 16

Which of the following statements is true about how disk drives are organized?

A) tracks are divided into sectors
B) cylinders are divided into sectors
C) platters are found on HDDs and SSDs
D) sectors are divided into clusters

Question 17

Which of the following statements is true about file storage on a FAT file system?

A) the clusters are organized as a linked-list
B) if a file only uses part of a cluster, the next file uses the rest of the cluster
C) the filename is stored in the first cluster occupied by the file
D) the final cluster is filled in with all 0's to indicate the end of file

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT an element of the MBR on a Windows system?

A) partition table
B) bootstrap code
C) master file table
D) disk signature

Question 19

A group of sectors on a disk is called which of the following?

A) platter
B) track
C) cluster
D) cylinder

Question 20

Which function of the file system is responsible for opening an application when a user double-clicks on a file?

A) user interface
B) hierarchical structure
C) metadata storage
D) storage device organization

Question 21

What is the software called that examines the partition table to determine the partition from which to boot the OS?

A) POST code
B) OS kernel
C) device driver
D) bootstrap code

Question 22

You have just partitioned a new disk into three volumes and formatted them with NTFS. You want to be able to access these volumes as folders on the current C: drive. What feature can you use?

A) journaling
B) volume mount points
C) Shadow copies
D) disk quotas

Question 23

Which type of storage device in a Linux system has no logical division in blocks?

A) ufs
B) symbolic link
C) block
D) raw

Question 24

You have created a movie that is on a file that is almost 6 GB in size. You want to put the movie file on a flash drive so you can bring it to a friend's house to show him. Your computer and your friend's computer are both running Windows 10. Which file system should you use to format your 16 GB thumb drive?

A) FAT128
B) FAT32
C) EXT3
D) exFAT

Question 25

What structure does the Linux ext3 file system use to keep track of files in the file system?

A) MFT
B) FAT
C) mount point
D) inode

Question 26

Which of the following is NOT a file system supported by modern Windows OSs?

A) APFS
B) ReFS
C) exFAT
D) FAT16

Question 27

Why is a dual-boot system less common today?

A) The free availability of virtualization software.
B) Nobody wants use more than one operating system.
C) Today's computers don't support dual-boot.
D) Dual-boot requires two or more hard disks.

Question 28

A junior technician is formatting a USB flash drive on a client's Windows 10 computer. The technician wants to format the volume using the FAT32 file system, but he doesn't see the option for FAT32 in Disk Management. What is the most likely reason he doesn't see the FAT32 formatting option?

A) Windows 10 doesn't support FAT32.
B) He must enable FAT32 in Disk Management.
C) The volume is larger than 32 GB.
D) The volume is smaller than 4 GB.

Question 29

Which of the following is NOT considered file metadata?

A) filename
B) file creation date
C) file contents
D) file attributes

Question 30

Which of the following is true about a Windows file system versus a Linux file system?

A) The root of the Windows file system is specified as simply / but a Linux file system root is Drive:\.
B) A Windows file system can have multiple file system roots; a Linux system has only one file system root.
C) All volumes on a Windows computer must use the same file format but Linux computers can use multiple file formats.
D) When Windows is installed, the root file system is created and all volumes are mounted as folders under the root.

Question 31

You are troubleshooting a friend's computer and your diagnostic software reports a problem with the MFT. What file system is your friend's computer using?

A) FAT12
B) FAT16
C) NTFS
D) EXT3

Question 32

You have a 4 TB hard disk. You want to organize your data into ten volumes on this disk. Your system is running Windows 10. What can you do to accommodate this?

A) use a basic disk scheme and create 10 primary partitions
B) use a dynamic disk scheme and create an extended partition and 10 logical drives
C) use the UDF file system and create 10 volume mount points
D) use a dynamic disk scheme and create 10 volumes

Question 33

You have just received a new HDD so you connect it to your computer. The disk manager software recognizes the disk but when you try to format it, you see an error indicating the disk manager software cannot find location of the tracks and sectors. What is the most likely problem?

A) The power cable is incorrectly installed.
B) The disk is not low-level formatted.
C) The disk is already high-level formatted.
D) The data cable is incorrectly installed.

Question 34

You are running several applications on a Windows server computer that read and write database files stored on the D: volume of an internal disk. You are finding that performance is poor but CPU usage and RAM usage is low. What is a likely reason for poor performance when running these applications?

A) RAM speed
B) CPU clock speed
C) USB bus speed
D) disk contention

Question 35

When organizing files on a disk, where should files that require common access controls be put?

A) spread across multiple volumes
B) in the same folder hierarchy
C) on exFAT volumes
D) in small disk clusters

Question 36

A user has two files open in Microsoft Word; one is named salary.docx and the other is named pay.docx. When the user makes a change to salary.docx, the pay.docx window updates with the change that was just made to salary.docx. Why does this happen?

A) The files are on a FAT partition that has corrupted clusters.
B) The pay.docx file is hard linked to the salary.docx file.
C) A bug in Microsoft Word is causing the problem.
D) The user is using an NTFS feature called Shadow Copies.

Question 37

What feature of the ufs file system automatically moves data on damaged portions of disks to areas that are not damaged?

A) inodes
B) superblocks
C) self-healing NTFS
D) hot fix

Question 38

Which type of operation writes the file system structure to the disk?

A) partitioning
B) formatting
C) mounting
D) activating

Question 39

Which feature of NTFS keeps a log of file system activity to help prevent loss of information if there is a power outage while your disk is in use?

A) journaling
B) POSIX
C) hot fix
D) indexing

Question 40

What enhancement to ext2 does ext3 have that helps prevent file damage and loss of integrity in the event of a system crash or power outage?

A) journaling
B) hot fix
C) EFS
D) shadow copies

Question 41

Which of the following is true about the Mac OS Extended file system?

A) It is a journaling file system.
B) File names are always case insensitive.
C) Volume sizes up to 128 TB are supported.
D) The volume information block is a list of all files on the volume.

Question 42

On a Linux system, the inode link count for a file has a value of two. What is true about the file?

A) The file has a size of 2 MB.
B) The file has been copied two times.
C) The file has a hard link.
D) There are two file owners.

Question 43

You have installed a new disk on a macOS system that uses APFS. After rebooting, you open Disk Utility to create a new volume so you right-click on the disk in the left pane. However, you don't see an option to create a new volume. What is the most likely reason for this?

A) You can only create volumes using the command line.
B) You need to create a container in Disk Utility before you can create a volume.
C) APFS doesn't allow new volumes to be created after macOS has been installed.
D) Each disk on a macOS system is also a volume so there is no need to create one.

Question 44

Where is the root of the Linux folder structure found?

A) the MBR
B) inode 0
C) the MFT
D) the superblock

Question 45

A Linux system user has configured the document folder structure for her department. She has found that she sometimes needs the same file such as policy and procedure manuals to be located in multiple folders. She also wants to be sure that if the file is modified, the modification is available in all folders. What do you suggest?

A) use the Shadow Copies feature to monitor for changes
B) tell her to manually copy the file at the end of each day
C) write a script to copy the file to all folders periodically
D) use hard links to make the file appear in several folders