Deck 15: Disk Fundamentals Assessment

Question 1

The NTFS file system supports Unicode filenames,but FAT32 does not.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The extended directory format in MS-Windows (for long filenames)contains separate entries for the date when a file was created,and when the file was last modified.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The cluster allocation table (CAT)keeps track of all clusters used by a file.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

If each disk cluster contains two logical sectors,the cluster size must be 4,096.

Question 5

Two important measurements of hard disk efficiency are the average seek time and the disk rotation speed.

Question 6

The FAT32 file system allows the setting of permissions on individual files and folders.

Question 7

A sector contains multiple cylinders.

Question 8

The MS-DOS file attribute byte does not include a hidden attribute.

Question 9

Translation of disk geometry to logical sector numbers is always performed by the operating system.

Question 10

A track contains multiple sectors.

Question 11

An extended partition can be divided into any number of logical partitions.

Question 12

Clusters are the basic unit of storage for directories and files in a FAT-type file system.

Question 13

A disk containing primarily small files should use a small cluster size to make the most efficient use of space.

Question 14

A hard disk partition can be divided into multiple volumes.

Question 15

Each read-write head in a disk drive moves independently of the other read/write heads.