WGU C702 FINAL EXAM LATEST REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
1. Digital data storage typesANSWER Magnetic Optical
!@#$
Flash %^&*(
*&^%$
2. SectorANSWER Section of the platter holding data. Shaped like a slice of pizza
3. TracksANSWER Thin concentric, circular rings of a sector. At least one head is required to read a single track
4. HeadANSWER Reads/writes data in the hard drive by manipulating the magnetic medium on the surface of a disk
platter
5. ClustersANSWER Smallest accessible storage units on a hard disk
Formed by combining sectors to ease the process of handling files (allocation units). Sets of tracks and sectors.
Ranging from 2-32+ depending on formatting scheme Minimum file size space is one
cluster
6. CylindersANSWER Division of data in a disk drive.
CHS address mode of a fixed block architecture disk Cylinder-head-record (CHR)
addressing mode of a CKD disk
7. Windows File System TypesANSWER FAT, FAT32, NTFS, EFS
8. Linux File System TypesANSWER FHS, ext, ext2, ext3, ext4
9. CD-ROM Volume Descriptor TypesANSWER 0 - Boot Record
1 - Primary Volume
2 - Supplementary Volume
3 - Volume Partition 266 -
Set Terminator
10. Disk PartitionsANSWER Creation of logical divisions on a storage device (HDD/SSD) to allow the user to apply OS-
specific logical formatting
Primary - OS, System area & other info for booting Extended - Data & files stored in
the disk
11. Partition Table StructureANSWER 64-byte. Stores info about partitions on the hard disk
12. MBR Disk SignatureANSWER 2 bytes. Required by BIOS during booting
13. Master Boot Code (Boot Strap)ANSWER Loading OS into memory. 446-bytes
,14. GUID Partition TableANSWER LBAO - Protective MBR LBA1 -
Primary GPT Header
LBA2 - Partition Entry Array LBA3 -
Entries 5-128 LBA33 - Entries 1-4
LBA34 - Partition 1, Partition 2, Remaining Partitions
15. Cold BootANSWER Hard boot. Starting computer from powered off
,16. Warm BootANSWER Soft boot. Loading computer that is already powered on, hibernat- ing/sleeping
17. BIOS-MBRANSWER Windows XP, Wiindows Vista, Windows 7
18. UEFI-GPT/BIOS-MBRANSWER Windows 8 and above. Users choice on which to use
19. GPT Partitioning TablesANSWER DiskPart (Windows) OS X Disk
(Mac)
GNU Parted (Linux)
20. Linux Boot ProcessANSWER BIOS Stage > Bootloader Stage > Kernel Stage
21. Linux BIOS StageANSWER Initializes system hardware, searches for MBR
22. Linux Bootloader StageANSWER Loading Linux kernel and optional initial RAM disk
23. Linux Kernel StageANSWER Virtual root file system executes Linuxrc program
24. FAT Boot SectorANSWER First sector. Holds data used by the file system to access the partition or volume
25. NTFS Master Boot RecordANSWER Contains executable master boot code
26. NTFS Boot RecordANSWER Volume Boot Record (VBR). First sector
27. NTFS ntldir.dllANSWER Accesses the file system and loads contents of boot.ini file
28. NTFS ntfs.sysANSWER Computer system file driver
29. Virtual File System (VFS)ANSWER Abstract layer on top of a complete file system. Allows client apps to access
various file systems. Consists of dispatching layer and numerous caches
Programming interface between OS kernel and file system
/proc/, /sys/, /boot/initramfs, devtmpfs, debugfs
30. Linux User SpaceANSWER Protected memory area where user processes run. Con- tains available memory.
31. Linux Kernel SpaceANSWER System supplies kernel services through kernel process- es
32. Linux GNUC LibraryANSWER Sits between user space and kernel space. Provides system call interface that
connects the kernel to the user-space apps
33. Superblock - Magic NumberANSWER ext2 file system. Allows mounting software to verify the superblock.
0xEF53
, 34. ext2ANSWER Linux file system. Replaced ext. No journaling. Special superblock field for file system status
35. SuperblockANSWER Characteristics of a file system Highly
critical
Multiple backups created
36. Superblock - Revision LevelANSWER ext2 file system. Major and minor. Allows the mounting code to determine
whether a file system supports features only available in particular revisions.
CORRECT ANSWERS
1. Digital data storage typesANSWER Magnetic Optical
!@#$
Flash %^&*(
*&^%$
2. SectorANSWER Section of the platter holding data. Shaped like a slice of pizza
3. TracksANSWER Thin concentric, circular rings of a sector. At least one head is required to read a single track
4. HeadANSWER Reads/writes data in the hard drive by manipulating the magnetic medium on the surface of a disk
platter
5. ClustersANSWER Smallest accessible storage units on a hard disk
Formed by combining sectors to ease the process of handling files (allocation units). Sets of tracks and sectors.
Ranging from 2-32+ depending on formatting scheme Minimum file size space is one
cluster
6. CylindersANSWER Division of data in a disk drive.
CHS address mode of a fixed block architecture disk Cylinder-head-record (CHR)
addressing mode of a CKD disk
7. Windows File System TypesANSWER FAT, FAT32, NTFS, EFS
8. Linux File System TypesANSWER FHS, ext, ext2, ext3, ext4
9. CD-ROM Volume Descriptor TypesANSWER 0 - Boot Record
1 - Primary Volume
2 - Supplementary Volume
3 - Volume Partition 266 -
Set Terminator
10. Disk PartitionsANSWER Creation of logical divisions on a storage device (HDD/SSD) to allow the user to apply OS-
specific logical formatting
Primary - OS, System area & other info for booting Extended - Data & files stored in
the disk
11. Partition Table StructureANSWER 64-byte. Stores info about partitions on the hard disk
12. MBR Disk SignatureANSWER 2 bytes. Required by BIOS during booting
13. Master Boot Code (Boot Strap)ANSWER Loading OS into memory. 446-bytes
,14. GUID Partition TableANSWER LBAO - Protective MBR LBA1 -
Primary GPT Header
LBA2 - Partition Entry Array LBA3 -
Entries 5-128 LBA33 - Entries 1-4
LBA34 - Partition 1, Partition 2, Remaining Partitions
15. Cold BootANSWER Hard boot. Starting computer from powered off
,16. Warm BootANSWER Soft boot. Loading computer that is already powered on, hibernat- ing/sleeping
17. BIOS-MBRANSWER Windows XP, Wiindows Vista, Windows 7
18. UEFI-GPT/BIOS-MBRANSWER Windows 8 and above. Users choice on which to use
19. GPT Partitioning TablesANSWER DiskPart (Windows) OS X Disk
(Mac)
GNU Parted (Linux)
20. Linux Boot ProcessANSWER BIOS Stage > Bootloader Stage > Kernel Stage
21. Linux BIOS StageANSWER Initializes system hardware, searches for MBR
22. Linux Bootloader StageANSWER Loading Linux kernel and optional initial RAM disk
23. Linux Kernel StageANSWER Virtual root file system executes Linuxrc program
24. FAT Boot SectorANSWER First sector. Holds data used by the file system to access the partition or volume
25. NTFS Master Boot RecordANSWER Contains executable master boot code
26. NTFS Boot RecordANSWER Volume Boot Record (VBR). First sector
27. NTFS ntldir.dllANSWER Accesses the file system and loads contents of boot.ini file
28. NTFS ntfs.sysANSWER Computer system file driver
29. Virtual File System (VFS)ANSWER Abstract layer on top of a complete file system. Allows client apps to access
various file systems. Consists of dispatching layer and numerous caches
Programming interface between OS kernel and file system
/proc/, /sys/, /boot/initramfs, devtmpfs, debugfs
30. Linux User SpaceANSWER Protected memory area where user processes run. Con- tains available memory.
31. Linux Kernel SpaceANSWER System supplies kernel services through kernel process- es
32. Linux GNUC LibraryANSWER Sits between user space and kernel space. Provides system call interface that
connects the kernel to the user-space apps
33. Superblock - Magic NumberANSWER ext2 file system. Allows mounting software to verify the superblock.
0xEF53
, 34. ext2ANSWER Linux file system. Replaced ext. No journaling. Special superblock field for file system status
35. SuperblockANSWER Characteristics of a file system Highly
critical
Multiple backups created
36. Superblock - Revision LevelANSWER ext2 file system. Major and minor. Allows the mounting code to determine
whether a file system supports features only available in particular revisions.
