1. Question 1
Which of the following is a characteristic of the FAT32 filesystem? Check all that apply.


It doesn't support files larger than 4GB.

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Great job! The FAT32 filesystem is great for cross-platform compatibility, but has lots of limitations that don't make it useful for large data storage.


It's read and write compatible with Windows, Mac, and Linux OSes.

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Great job! The FAT32 filesystem is great for cross-platform compatibility, but has lots of limitations that don't make it useful for large data storage.


Its filesystem size can't be larger than 32GB.

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Great job! The FAT32 filesystem is great for cross-platform compatibility, but has lots of limitations that don't make it useful for large data storage.


It supports files up to 8GB in size.

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Question 2
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2. Question 2
What's the difference between a GPT and MBR partition table? Check all that apply.


MBR only allows you to have volume sizes of 2TBs or less.

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Nice work! MBR has a few legacy traits that are being slowly faded out by GPT.


MBR is the new standard for partition tables.

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GPT doesn't have a limit to the amount of partitions you can make.

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Nice work! MBR has a few legacy traits that are being slowly faded out by GPT.


GPT allows you to have volume sizes of 2TBs or greater.

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Nice work! MBR has a few legacy traits that are being slowly faded out by GPT.

Question 3
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3. Question 3
Before you can store files on a hard drive, which of the following has to be done? Check all that apply.


Nothing; hard drives can be used to store files out of the box

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Format a filesystem

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You got it! Before you can start using a hard drive to store files, you'll need to partition the disk, format a filesystem, then mount the filesystem.


Partition the disk

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You got it! Before you can start using a hard drive to store files, you'll need to partition the disk, format a filesystem, then mount the filesystem.


Mount the filesystem

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You got it! Before you can start using a hard drive to store files, you'll need to partition the disk, format a filesystem, then mount the filesystem.

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4. Question 4
You want to format a partition with NTFS, and know that the data you'll be storing will consist mostly of many small files. In order to use as little space as possible, should you choose a larger or smaller Allocation Unit Size during the formatting process?


Larger allocation unit size


Smaller allocation unit size

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Right on! With a smaller block size, you'll waste less space if your files are small.

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5. Question 5
In Linux, what could a device named /dev/sdb2 refer to?


The first hard drive that was detected on the system


The second partition of the second hard drive detected on the system

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Nice work! Device partitions are denoted by numbers after the device drive.


The second B hard drive


The first partition of the second hard drive detected on the system

Question 6
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6. Question 6
True or false: If you want to save space on a Windows computer, deleting the pagefile.sys file is a good idea.


TRUE


FALSE

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You nailed it! You might free up some space by deleting the pagefile.sys, but this is the location of the swap file in Windows. If you remove it, then your programs will only use RAM memory, which might cause a performance degradation if you run out.

Question 7
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7. Question 7
Which of the following commands in Windows will create a symbolic link called "cauliflower" to a file named "broccoli.txt?"


mklink cauliflower broccoli.txt

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Awesome! The mklink command will, by default, create symbolic links in the form of mklink <link name> <file name>.


mklink broccoli.txt cauliflower


mklink /H cauliflower broccoli.txt

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8. Question 8
True or false: In modern versions of Windows, it's necessary to periodically run a Disk Defragmentation process manually to keep your disk healthy.


TRUE


FALSE

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Great job! Nowadays, Windows schedules a task to take care of the defragmentation process in the background automatically for you.

Question 9
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9. Question 9
In Linux, what's the difference between the commands df and du? Check all that apply.


df is used to find the amount of free space on an entire machine.

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Awesome work! The df, or disk free, command is used to find the amount of free space on an entire machine, while the du, or disk usage, command is used to find the disk usage on a specific directory.


du is used to find the amount of disk usage on a specific directory.

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Awesome work! The df, or disk free, command is used to find the amount of free space on an entire machine, while the du, or disk usage, command is used to find the disk usage on a specific directory.


df is used to delete files in a directory.

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du is used to undelete files in a directory.

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Question 10
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10. Question 10
In Linux, what's the difference between a hardlink and a softlink? Check all that apply.


A softlink points to a filename.

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Nice job! Softlinks are used to point to filenames, while hardlinks point to inodes.


A hardlink points to an inode.

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Nice job! Softlinks are used to point to filenames, while hardlinks point to inodes.


A hardlink points to a filename.

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You can view the hardlink count of a file using ls -l.

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Question 11
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11. Question 11
Although NTFS is largely a self-healing filesystem, which of the following tools can you run to try to locate and repair serious disk corruption of the C: drive?


chkdsk /r c:

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Right on! The chkdsk utility, combined with the /r flag, will scan the filesystem on the drive supplied (in this case, C:) and attempt to fix any errors it encounters.


chkdsk c:


fsck c:

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12. Question 12
If you want to automatically mount a filesystem on computer startup, what file do you have to modify?


/etc/fstab


/dev/sda

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Not quite. /dev/sda is the file representing the first SATA hard drive on a Linux system.


/etc/sudoers


/etc/group