Core 2: Partitioning

Question 1

The practice of dividing hard disk space into isolated logical storage units that behave like separate disk drives is known as:

• Formatting
• Partitioning
• Virtualization
• Disk imaging

Answer 1

Partitioning

Question 2

What are the advantages of organizing hard drive space into multiple partitions? (Select 3 answers)

• Multiboot environment
• Separated disk space used for virtual memory
• Preventative measure against hard drive failures
• Separation of user files from the operating system and application files
• Increased overall disk storage space available for user data

Answer 2

• Multiboot environment
• Separated disk space used for virtual memory
• Separation of user files from the operating system and application files

Question 3

Which of the following are disk storage types used with MS Windows? (Select 2 answers)

• Extended
• Basic
• Logical
• Dynamic
• Primary

Answer 3

• Basic

- Dynamic

Question 4

Which of the following are examples of partition types? (Select 3 answers)

• Primary
• Dynamic
• Logical
• Basic
• Extended

Answer 4

• Primary
• Logical
• Extended

Question 5

Which of the following are examples of partition styles? (Select 2 answers)

• ext3
• MBR
• ext4
• GPT
• NTFS

Answer 5

• MBR

- GPT

Question 6

In MS Windows, dynamic disks provide features that basic disks do not, such as the ability to create volumes that span multiple disks (spanned and striped volumes) and the ability to create fault-tolerant volumes (mirrored and RAID-5 volumes).

True or False?

Answer 6

True

Question 7

In MS Windows, a newly added drive is by default partitioned as a:

• Striped disk
• Basic disk
• Mirrored disk
• Spanned disk
• Dynamic disk

Answer 7

Basic disk

Question 8

Which of the following answers describe the available options of the Master Boot Record (MBR) partition style? (Select 3 answers)

• Overall number of partitions limited to four
• Up to three primary partitions and one extended partition
• Multiple logical drives within each primary partition
• One primary partition and multiple extended partitions (up to three)
• Only one logical drive within extended partition
• Up to four primary partitions

Answer 8

• Overall number of partitions limited to four
• Up to three primary partitions and one extended partition
• Up to four primary partitions

Question 9

In the MBR partition style, each logical drive within the extended partition can be transformed into a bootable drive.

True or False?

Answer 9

False

Question 10

The GPT partition style extends the MBR’s primary partition limit to:

• 16 primary partitions
• 32 primary partitions
• 64 primary partitions
• 128 primary partitions

Answer 10

128 primary partitions

Question 11

Factory recovery partition and recovery disc are two examples of storage media that can be used for rolling back an OS to its original state.

True or False?

Answer 11

True

Question 12

Which of the following can be used as an extension of RAM? (Select 3 answers)

• Virtual memory
• Paging file
• Extended partition
• Disk thrashing
• Swap partition

Answer 12

• Virtual memory
• Paging file
• Swap partition