Deck 4: Configuring Server Storage

Question 1

If a disk pool becomes full,how does Windows Server 2012 respond?

A) ​More space is automatically provisioned from available drives in the primordial pool
B) Affected volumes are marked as read-only until more space is provisioned
C) ​The disk pool is moved to an offline state until more physical storage is added
D) ​The server notifies all users with data in the disk pool in order to encourage data cleaning activities

Answer 1

C

Question 2

​A hard drive or solid state drive that is physically installed inside of a workstation would generally be considered to be what type of storage?

A) ​Local storage
B) ​Direct-Attached Storage
C) ​Network Attached Storage
D) ​Storage Area Network

Answer 2

A

Question 3

​Which of the following is not a special character that can be utilized in an NTFS file's name?

A) ​$
B) ​#
C) ​/
D) ​!

Answer 3

C

Question 4

​What type of storage typically shares files utilizing standard network protocols,such as Server Message Block (SMB),Network File System (NFS),and File Transfer Protocol (FTP)?

A) ​Direct Attached Storage
B) ​Storage Area Network
C) ​Local storage
D) ​Network Attached Storage

Question 5

​An administrator wants to utilize a RAID volume that provides redundancy using disk striping with parity.What type of RAID should the administrator select?

A) RAID0
B) ​RAID1
C) ​RAID3
D) ​RAID5

Question 6

Thin provisioning allocates all configured space immediately,ensuring that the space is available for the specified virtual disk.​

Question 7

​Which of the following statements is true regarding the page file?

A) ​The page file should be on the same volume as the Windows installation.
B) ​The page file should be on its own volume
C) ​The page file should never be stored on a solid state drive
D) ​The page file should never be more than 2 GB in size

Question 8

A simple space storage layout is similar to which non-fault tolerant RAID technology?​

A) ​RAID0
B) ​RAID1
C) ​RAID5
D) ​RAID6

Question 9

Which disk subsystem is considered to be the most reliable for use in enterprise and high-utilization environments?

A) ​PATA
B) ​SAS
C) ​SCSI
D) ​SATA

Question 10

What feature new to Windows Server 2012 provides the ability to find identical sets of data on a SAN based storage array and reduce the identical sets to a single instance,in order to reduce space?

A) ​Disk pooling
B) ​Data deduplication
C) ​Data multiplexing
D) ​Storage optimizing

Question 11

​A physical disk that is available for adding to a storage pool is considered to be a member of what initial pool?

A) ​Available pool
B) ​Open pool
C) ​Free volumes pool
D) ​Primordial pool

Question 12

The biggest disadvantage in using virtual disks instead of physical volumes is the lack of portability.​

Question 13

​Due to the limitations of MBR partitioning,what type of partition must be created in order to utilize logical drives?

A) ​Primary partition
B) ​Extended partition
C) ​Logical partition
D) ​Extra partition

Question 14

Select below the file system that can repair minor file system issues automatically,and supports up to 1 yottabyte volume sizes.​

A) ​FAT16
B) ​FAT32
C) ​NTFS
D) ​ReFS

Question 15

A disk that is initialized via the Disk Management MMC is initialized as a MBR disk by default.

Question 16

A solid state drive is a good candidate for storing the page file.

Question 17

​Disks that are formatted using the GUID Partitioning Table (GPT)can hold larger volume sizes,and benefit from increased reliability provided by which feature below?

A) ​Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC)
B) ​Message Digest 5 (MD5)
C) ​Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA)
D) ​Journaling

Question 18

​Modern file systems use what component to describe information about files,such as time stamps and attributes?

A) ​Filenaming conventions
B) ​Hierarchical organization
C) ​Data storage methods
D) ​Metadata

Question 19

A parity space ​storage layout is similar to a RAID 1 volume,in that a parity bit is written to the spare drive.

Question 20

​Under what circumstances would an administrator choose to format a volume using the FAT file system?

A) ​A volume must be accessible using Windows 9x
B) ​A volume requires encryption
C) ​A volume must support file sizes larger than 4 GB
D) ​A 2 TB volume must be formatted for use

Question 21

How does a virtual disk's layout affect a volume created on the virtual disk?

Question 22

How does a mirrored volume function?

Question 23

What is the most critical component to consider when evaluating disk performance?

Question 24

Under what conditions can a hard drive be inserted into a server while it is powered on?

Question 25

Why might the use of a virtual disk be preferable to the use of a physical volume?

Question 26

What is a page file used for within the Windows operating system?

Question 27

Which of the following scenarios would provide for an ideal use of the ReFS file system?

A) A small storage drive in which users will use compression to save disk space
B) ​A volume requiring strict encryption of confidential information
C) ​A volume on which administrators can control disk space utilization
D) ​A volume which should maintain high reliability

Question 28

What are logical unit numbers (LUNs)used for within Storage Area Networks?

Question 29

​The most commonly used network technologies within SANs are Fibre Channel and ___________.

Question 30

​What type of volume utilizes two or more physical disks,and fills each disk sequentially,rather than using striping?

A) ​Simple volume
B) ​Spanned volume
C) ​Striped volume
D) ​Mirrored volume
Enter the appropriate word(s)to complete the statement.

Question 31

Select the PowerShell cmdlet below that can be used to create a new volume.​

A) ​New-StoragePool
B) ​NewVirtual-Disk
C) ​New-Partition
D) ​Format-Volume

Question 32

​Which SATA version supports transfer speeds up to 6 Gb/s?

A) ​Version 1
B) ​Version 2
C) ​Version 3
D) ​Version 3.2

Question 33

​The /Windows folder is located on what volume?

A) ​Boot volume
B) ​System volume
C) ​Start volume
D) C volume

Question 34

​The __________ contains files the computer needs to find and load the Windows OS.

Question 35

​A(n)__________ uses flash memory and the same type of high-speed interfaces,such as SATA or SATA express,as traditional hard disks.

Question 36

A(n)___________ is a physical component with a disk interface connector (such as SATA or SCSI)and a power connector.

Question 37

How does Windows Server 2012 R2's storage tiering feature work?

Question 38

What does a file system do?

Question 39

How can a disk utilizing the Master Boot Record method of partitioning be converted to a GUID Partitioning Table (GPT)disk?