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IT Chapter 4

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is an example of long-term storage? (Choose all that apply.)

a)

CPU cache

b)

Magnetic tape

c)

RAM

d)

SSD

2.

Which of the following is true about an SSD?

a)

Uses magnetic platters

b)

Has no moving parts

c)

Uses a protietary interface

d)

Uses EPROM

3.

Which of the following is an example of what a server uses storage for? (Choose all that

apply.)

a)

Page file

b)

Virtual machines

c)

Working memory

d)

Documents

4.

Which of the following is true about a page file?

a)

It should be stored on a separate disk from the Windows folder.

b)

It’s usually stored in fast random access memory.

c)

Windows stores frequently accessed drivers in it.

d)

The page file is usually smaller than 50 MB.

5.

. Local storage is rarely direct-attached storage. True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

6.

You want shared network storage that’s easy to set up and geared toward file sharing with

several file-sharing protocols, but you don’t want the device to be dedicated to file sharing.

What should you consider buying?

a)

SAN

b)

DAS

c)

NAS

d)

LAS

7.

What type of interface are you likely to find on a DAS device for connecting the device to the

server that uses it?

a)

SATA

b)

IDE

c)

PATA

d)

eSATA

8.

You have four servers that need access to shared storage because you’re configuring them in

a cluster. Which storage solution should you consider for this application?

a)

NAS

b)

SAN

c)

SCSI

d)

DAS

9.

Which of the following is defined as a physical component with a disk interface connector?

a)

Format

b)

Partition

c)

Volume

d)

Disk drive

10.

You have installed a new disk and created a volume on it. What should you do before you

can store files on it?

a)

Format it.

b)

Partition it.

c)

Initialize it.

d)

Erase it.

11.

You’re planning to install a new database application that uses an enormous amount of disk

space. You need this application to be highly available, so you need a disk system with the

capability to auto-correct from disk errors and data corruption. Which of the following is

the best option?

a)

MBR disk with chkdsk

b)

NTFS format with EFS

c)

ReFS format and Storage Spaces

d)

GPT disk with shadow copies

12.

Which of the following is the correct sequence of steps for creating a volume with Storage

Spaces?

a)

Disk pool, volume, virtual disk

b)

Primordial pool, virtual disk, volume

c)

Virtual disk, disk pool, volume

d)

Disk pool, virtual disk, volume

13.

Which disk interface technology transfers data over a parallel bus?

a)

SATA

b)

USB

c)

SAS

d)

SCSI

14.

What’s created automatically when you install Windows Server 2012 R2 on a system with a

disk drive that has never had an OS installed on it before?

a)

System volume

b)

Dynamic disk

c)

GPT

d)

Extended partition

15.

What type of volumes or partitions can be created on a basic disk? (Choose all that apply.)

a)

Spanned volume

b)

Striped partition

c)

Extended partition

d)

Simple volume

16.

Which of the following is true about GPT disks?

a)

They support a maximum volume size of 2 TB.

b)

GPT is the default when initializing a disk in Disk Management.

c)

They use CRC protection for the partition table.

d)

You can’t convert a GPT disk to MBR.

17.

You have a server with Windows Server 2012 R2 installed on Disk 0, a basic disk. You’re

using the server to store users’ documents. You have two more disks that you can install in

the server. What should you do if you want to provide fault tolerance for users’ documents?

a)

Convert Disk 0 to dynamic. Create a striped volume using Disk 0, Disk 1, and Disk 2.

b)

Create a RAID 1 volume from Disk 1 and Disk 2.

c)

Convert the new disks to GPT. Create a spanned volume using Disk 1 and Disk 2.

d)

Create a RAID 5 volume from Disk 0, Disk 1, and Disk 2.

18.

You need a disk system that provides the best performance for a new application that

frequently reads and writes data to the disk. You aren’t concerned about disk fault tolerance

because the data will be backed up each day; performance is the main concern. What type of

volume arrangement should you use?

a)

Spanned volume

b)

RAID 1 volume

c)

RAID 0 volume

d)

RAID 5 volume

19.

You need to protect sensitive files from unauthorized users even if the disk is stolen. What

feature should you use and on what file system?

a)

EFS, NTFS

b)

Disk compression, ReFS

c)

Quotas, NTFS

d)

Shadow copies, ReFS

20.

You come across a file with a .vhd extension on your server’s hard disk. What should you

do to see this file’s contents?

a)

Right-click the file and click Open.

b)

Open the file in Notepad.

c)

Burn the file to a DVD.

d)

Mount the file.

21.

You see something named “primordial” in File and Storage Services. What can you do

with it?

a)

Create a storage pool.

b)

Create a virtual disk.

c)

Format it.

d)

Create a new volume.

22.

What type of storage layout does Storage Spaces support? (Choose all that apply.)

a)

Simple space

b)

Mirror space

c)

Parity space

d)

Striped space

23.

Which of the following is a new feature in Windows Server 2012 R2 that combines the

speed of SSDs with the low cost and capacity of HDDs?

a)

JBOD

b)

Thin provisioning

c)

Storage tiering

d)

Resilient spaces

24.

Which feature in Storage Spaces finds data on a volume that exists multiple times and

reduces it to a single instance?

a)

Disk quotas

b)

Storage tiering

c)

Fixed provisioning

d)

Data deduplication

25.

Which of the following uses dynamically expanding storage?

a)

Thin provisioning

b)

Primordial pools

c)

Parity volumes

d)

Resilient File System