CompTIA A+ 1102 File Systems

Question 1

Formatting Data

Answer 1

• before data can be written, it must be formatted
• operating systems expect data to be written in a particular format
• though, many operating systems can read (and sometimes write) multiple file system types

Question 2

FAT

Answer 2

File Allocation Table (acronym)

Question 3

one of the first PC based file systems

versions:
- FAT32
- exFAT

Answer 3

FAT

Question 4

• supports 2 TB volume sizes
• maximum file size of 4 GB

Answer 4

FAT32

Question 5

Extended File Allocation Table (acronym

Answer 5

exFAT

Question 6

• Microsoft flash drive file system
• files can be larger than 4 GB
• compatible across many operating systems (Windows, Linux, Mac OS)

Answer 6

exFAT

Question 7

NTFS

Answer 7

NT File System (acronym)

Question 8

• provides extensive improvements over FAT32
• quotas, file compression, symbolic links, encryption, large file support, etc.
• not very compatible across operating systems
• many will read NTFS, but not write (or will have limited writing functionality)

Answer 8

NTFS

Question 9

• file systems commonly used by Linux
• ext4 was an upgrade to ext3, and is also seen in Android OS

Answer 9

ext3 and ext4

Question 10

APFS

Answer 10

Apple File System (acronym)

Question 11

• optimized for SSDs
• features include encryption, snapshots, and increased data integrity

Answer 11

APFS