Deck 4: File Systems

Question 1

What PC systems call clusters,Mac systems refer to as allocation blocks.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

What command should you use to change the name of an existing volume?

A) setvol
B) attrib /volname
C) volname
D) format /v

Answer 2

D

Question 3

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

Answer 3

B

Question 4

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

A) tracks are divided into sectors
B) cylinders are divided into tracks
C) each platter has one read/write head
D) sectors are divided into clusters

Question 5

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

A) subdirectory
B) /Windows
C) trunk
D) root

Question 6

A colleague of yours uses Windows 7 and wants to organize her files so that files stored in several different folders can be easily grouped together and accessed as if they were in a single location. What feature of the Windows 7 file system do you suggest she use?

A) folder nesting
B) libraries
C) subdirectories
D) file tagging

Question 7

Which of the following folders in a Windows file system is NOT typically located directly off the root?

A) Windows
B) Users
C) Documents
D) Program Files

Question 8

Which of the following is true about Windows FAT and NTFS file systems?

A) Extended FAT16 was released with Windows 95 Release 2
B) FAT32 can be converted to NTFS using the convert command
C) NTFS can be converted to FAT16 using the convert command
D) The maximum size of a file on FAT16 is 4 GB.

Question 9

Which of the following elements of a file system connects the names of files to the file data stored on the disk?

A) directory
B) extension
C) LFN
D) attribute

Question 10

If you have a Windows computer with three hard drives,each with three partitions,what drive letter is assigned to the third partition on the third hard drive?

A) j
B) i
C) k
D) h

Question 11

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

A) two copies of the root directory are kept for each partition
B) only 512 entries are allowed in the root on a FAT32 partition
C) a backup of the FAT table is kept for each partition
D) the FAT tables and root directory are always stored at the end of each partition

Question 12

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

A) partition and format disks
B) establish file naming conventions
C) convert files between image formats
D) provide for file and data integrity

Question 13

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 14

One of the tasks of a file system is to secure the information contained in user's files.

Question 15

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) low-level format the disk and create two separate directory structures
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 logical drives and install an OS on each logical drive

Question 16

What command can you use to make the file named private.txt read-only?

A) set private.txt read-only
B) attrib +r private.txt
C) format -read-only private.txt
D) status -r private.txt

Question 17

Since FAT-16 had a number of limitations,FAT-32 is now the dominant Windows file system since it supports built-in security features and better file compression.

Question 18

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

A) partition table
B) boot program
C) master file table
D) disk signature

Question 19

Originally,FAT-16 supported comparatively short filenames,referred to as 6.3 filenames.

Question 20

The native file system in Linux is called ufs.

Question 21

MATCHING
a.data fork
b.inode
c.MBR
d.active partition
e.track
f.cluster
g.high-level formatting
h.disk quota
i.volume information block
j.file attributes
an area of a hard disk in MS-DOS and Windows that stores partition information about that disk

Question 22

Apple uses the term ______ where Linux uses symbolic link and Windows uses shortcut.

Question 23

MATCHING
a.data fork
b.inode
c.MBR
d.active partition
e.track
f.cluster
g.high-level formatting
h.disk quota
i.volume information block
j.file attributes
concentric rings that cover an entire disk like grooves on a phonograph record

Question 24

MATCHING
a.data fork
b.inode
c.MBR
d.active partition
e.track
f.cluster
g.high-level formatting
h.disk quota
i.volume information block
j.file attributes
in a PC system,the partition that contains the bootable operating system

Question 25

MATCHING
a.data fork
b.inode
c.MBR
d.active partition
e.track
f.cluster
g.high-level formatting
h.disk quota
i.volume information block
j.file attributes
allocation of a specific amount of disk space to a user

Question 26

On Mac OS X 10.5,_______________ indexes files and allows you to search by typing in the first few letters of the file name.

Question 27

MATCHING
a.data fork
b.inode
c.MBR
d.active partition
e.track
f.cluster
g.high-level formatting
h.disk quota
i.volume information block
j.file attributes
in UNIX/Linux,a system for storing key information about files

Question 28

You have a very large hard disk that is 1 TB. You want to organize your data into ten volumes on this disk. 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 29

MATCHING
a.data fork
b.inode
c.MBR
d.active partition
e.track
f.cluster
g.high-level formatting
h.disk quota
i.volume information block
j.file attributes
that portion of a file in the Macintosh file system that stores the variable data
associated with the file

Question 30

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 7. Which file system should you use to format your 16 GB thumb drive?

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

Question 31

Which feature of the NTFS file system 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) LFN
D) indexing

Question 32

MATCHING
a.data fork
b.inode
c.MBR
d.active partition
e.track
f.cluster
g.high-level formatting
h.disk quota
i.volume information block
j.file attributes
in Windows-based file systems,a logical block of information on a disk containing one or more sectors

Question 33

On a Mac-formatted disk the ________ blocks identify the filing system and names of important system files.

Question 34

MATCHING
a.data fork
b.inode
c.MBR
d.active partition
e.track
f.cluster
g.high-level formatting
h.disk quota
i.volume information block
j.file attributes
a process that prepares a disk partition (or removable media)for a
specific file system

Question 35

In Linux,the ______________ contains information about the layout of blocks,sectors,and cylinder groups on the file system.

Question 36

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 37

In Linux,you make a new volume accessible in the file system by using the ________ command.

Question 38

MATCHING
a.data fork
b.inode
c.MBR
d.active partition
e.track
f.cluster
g.high-level formatting
h.disk quota
i.volume information block
j.file attributes
on a Mac-formatted disk,the sector after the boot blocks

Question 39

You have just partitioned a new disk into three partitions and formatted them NTFS 5. You want to be able to access these partitions as folders on the current C: drive. What feature can you use?

A) journaling
B) volume mount points
C) extended volumes
D) disk quotas

Question 40

MATCHING
a.data fork
b.inode
c.MBR
d.active partition
e.track
f.cluster
g.high-level formatting
h.disk quota
i.volume information block
j.file attributes
file characteristics stored with the filename in the disk directory which
specify certain storage and operational parameters associated with the file

Question 41

Describe how the Linux/Unix directory structure is organized including how multiple volumes are accessed.

Question 42

List three folders normally found at the root of a Linux file system and what the folder is typically used for.

Question 43

Describe the problem that occurs when a disk becomes fragmented.

Question 44

While Unix/Linux and Windows OSs use filename extensions to identify file types,what does the Mac OS use?

Question 45

List three tasks performed by a typical file system.

Question 46

List three features of the NTFS 4 and 5 file systems that are not found in the FAT file systems.

Question 47

Describe three advantages of FAT32 over FAT16.

Question 48

Briefly discuss what block allocation is and how it is organized.

Question 49

Briefly describe the concept of inodes used in native Linux file systems.

Question 50

In Mac OS,what is the catalog b-tree?