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You have created a movie that is on a file that is almost 6 GB in size. You want to put the movie file on a flash drive so you can bring it to a friend's house to show him. Your computer and your friend's computer are both running Windows 10. Which file system should you use to format your 16 GB thumb drive?


A) FAT128
B) FAT32
C) EXT3
D) exFAT

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Which of the following is NOT considered file metadata?


A) filename
B) file creation date
C) file contents
D) file attributes

E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

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Which of the following is NOT a task typically performed by an OS's file system?


A) provide a convenient user interface
B) store file metadata
C) convert files between image formats
D) organize space on a storage device

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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Originally, FAT16 supported comparatively short filenames, referred to as 6.3 filenames.

A) True
B) False

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Where is the root of the Linux folder structure found?


A) the MBR
B) inode 0
C) the MFT
D) the superblock

E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

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Since FAT16 had several limitations, FAT32 is now the dominant Windows file system since it supports built-in security features and better file compression.

A) True
B) False

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Why is a dual-boot system less common today?


A) The free availability of virtualization software.
B) Nobody wants use more than one operating system.
C) Today's computers don't support dual-boot.
D) Dual-boot requires two or more hard disks.

E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

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What feature of the ufs file system automatically moves data on damaged portions of disks to areas that are not damaged?


A) inodes
B) superblocks
C) self-healing NTFS
D) hot fix

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Which of the following is NOT an element of the MBR on a Windows system?


A) partition table
B) bootstrap code
C) master file table
D) disk signature

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Which function of the file system is responsible for opening an application when a user double-clicks on a file?


A) user interface
B) hierarchical structure
C) metadata storage
D) storage device organization

E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

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Which type of operation writes the file system structure to the disk?


A) partitioning
B) formatting
C) mounting
D) activating

E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

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A junior technician is formatting a USB flash drive on a client's Windows 10 computer. The technician wants to format the volume using the FAT32 file system, but he doesn't see the option for FAT32 in Disk Management. What is the most likely reason he doesn't see the FAT32 formatting option?


A) Windows 10 doesn't support FAT32.
B) He must enable FAT32 in Disk Management.
C) The volume is larger than 32 GB.
D) The volume is smaller than 4 GB.

E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Which feature of NTFS keeps a log of file system activity to help prevent loss of information if there is a power outage while your disk is in use?


A) journaling
B) POSIX
C) hot fix
D) indexing

E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

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How many clusters does it require to store a 6 KB file on a Windows computer if each cluster is a single sector?


A) 6
B) 12
C) 18
D) 24

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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What structure does the Linux ext3 file system use to keep track of files in the file system?


A) MFT
B) FAT
C) mount point
D) inode

E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

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Which of the following statements is true about the FAT16 directory structure?


A) It can address only 16000 disk clusters.
B) The maximum volume size is 16 GB.
C) The maximum volume size is 4 GB.
D) The maximum cluster size is 16000 bytes.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Which of the following file systems supports file and folder permissions?


A) DOS
B) exFAT
C) FAT32
D) NTFS

E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

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You have a new hard disk that you want to put two different OSs on but each OS requires a different file system. What procedure must you perform before you can install the two OSs?


A) Format the disk with the file system of the first OS; install the first OS and then reformat with the file system of the second OS.
B) Install the first OS and then create a new folder off the root to install the second OS.
C) This is not possible; you need a second physical hard disk.
D) Partition the disk into two volumes and format and install an OS on each volume.

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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A user has two files open in Microsoft Word; one is named salary.docx and the other is named pay.docx. When the user makes a change to salary.docx, the pay.docx window updates with the change that was just made to salary.docx. Why does this happen?


A) The files are on a FAT partition that has corrupted clusters.
B) The pay.docx file is hard linked to the salary.docx file.
C) A bug in Microsoft Word is causing the problem.
D) The user is using an NTFS feature called Shadow Copies.

E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Which of the following is NOT a file system supported by modern Windows OSs?


A) APFS
B) ReFS
C) exFAT
D) FAT16

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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