Mounting and Unmounting Filesystems (3)

Question 1

Which of the follow commands will display the partitions on your system?

1. cat /etc/filesystems
2. cat /proc/filesystems
3. cat /proc/partitions
4. lsblk
5. sudo blkid

Answer 1

3. cat /proc/partitions, 4. lsblk AND 5. sudo blkid

The cat /proc/partitions, lsblk, and sudo blkid commands will all display the partitions on your system. The /proc/filesystems list supported filesystems; not partitions. The The /etc/filesystems file lists automatically detected filesystems; not partitions. And the mount command shows currently mounted filesystems, but unmounted partitions would not be shown in its output.

Question 2

Which of the following are filesystem types are used for optical media?

1. ext4
2. UDF
3. XFS
4. VFAT
5. exFAT
6. ISO-9660

Answer 2

2.UDF AND 6. ISO-9660

Both UDF and ISO-9660 are filesystems types used for optical media.

Question 3

Which of the following are filesystem types are used for removable media?

1. ext4
2. UDF
3. XFS
4. VFAT
5. exFAT
6. ISO-9660

Answer 3

4. VFAT AND 5. exFAT

Both VFAT and exFAT are filesystems types used for removable media.

Question 4

In the /etc/fstab file, what are the options used for a record, when options is set to defaults?

1. ro
2. rw
3. user
4. nouser
5. noauto
6. dev

Answer 4

2. rw, 4. nouser AND 6. dev

In the /etc/fstab file, when options is set to defaults the options used for a record are: async, auto, dev, exec, nouser, rw, suid.