CNIT 242 EVALUATION TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔In the hard drive, you can dynamically increase... - ✔✔a virtual disk's size
✔✔In the hard drive, you can inflate... - ✔✔a thin-provisioned disk
✔✔In the hard drive, thick provisioned can be migrated... - ✔✔to thin provisioned
✔✔Identity source: - ✔✔A repository for users and groups that vCenter Single Sign-On
can use for
user authentication
✔✔What needs to happen to block devices before they can store data? - ✔✔They need
to be partitioned.
✔✔Examples of block devices: - ✔✔- Magnetic hard disk
- Solid State Drives
a.) Flash, SSD
- Optical Drives
a.)CD, DVD, Blu-Ray
- RAID arrays
a.)Hardware
b.) Software
- Storage Area Networks
a.) Fibre Channel, iSCSI, AON
✔✔Disks may be numbered starting with what number(s) - ✔✔0 or 1, depending on the
system.
✔✔Each platter is referenced by - ✔✔top and bottom sides or heads
✔✔tracks - ✔✔The data is stored on concentric circles on the
, surfaces
✔✔cylinder - ✔✔Identically numbered tracks on all platter
surfaces make up a hollow
✔✔sectors - ✔✔a continuous linear stream of magnetized bits occupying a curved
section of a track.
✔✔What are the smallest physical storage units on a
disk? - ✔✔Sectors
✔✔Sector management - ✔✔function of the file system
✔✔A block device (single drive or RAID array) represents - ✔✔a series of blocks and
clusters that store data directly
✔✔These blocks and clusters must be partitioned into logical sections before... -
✔✔being used
✔✔File systems formats are used... - ✔✔to hold variable length files
✔✔Record/Page/Block systems are used... - ✔✔hold fixed length data
✔✔File system - ✔✔hierarchy of files and their respective directories.
✔✔Partition - ✔✔collection of consecutive sectors in a volume
✔✔Volume - ✔✔collection of addressable sectors that an operating system or
application can use for data storage
✔✔True or False: A physical disk contains volumes, which
contain partitions, which are formatted to create
file systems - ✔✔True
✔✔Simple dynamic volumes - ✔✔Uses free space from a single disk
✔✔Spanned dynamic volumes - ✔✔Uses free space sequentially across multiple disks
✔✔Striped dynamic volumes - ✔✔Uses free space that is interleaved through multiple
disks
✔✔Mirrored - ✔✔Uses free space on one disks that is duplicated on a second disk
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔In the hard drive, you can dynamically increase... - ✔✔a virtual disk's size
✔✔In the hard drive, you can inflate... - ✔✔a thin-provisioned disk
✔✔In the hard drive, thick provisioned can be migrated... - ✔✔to thin provisioned
✔✔Identity source: - ✔✔A repository for users and groups that vCenter Single Sign-On
can use for
user authentication
✔✔What needs to happen to block devices before they can store data? - ✔✔They need
to be partitioned.
✔✔Examples of block devices: - ✔✔- Magnetic hard disk
- Solid State Drives
a.) Flash, SSD
- Optical Drives
a.)CD, DVD, Blu-Ray
- RAID arrays
a.)Hardware
b.) Software
- Storage Area Networks
a.) Fibre Channel, iSCSI, AON
✔✔Disks may be numbered starting with what number(s) - ✔✔0 or 1, depending on the
system.
✔✔Each platter is referenced by - ✔✔top and bottom sides or heads
✔✔tracks - ✔✔The data is stored on concentric circles on the
, surfaces
✔✔cylinder - ✔✔Identically numbered tracks on all platter
surfaces make up a hollow
✔✔sectors - ✔✔a continuous linear stream of magnetized bits occupying a curved
section of a track.
✔✔What are the smallest physical storage units on a
disk? - ✔✔Sectors
✔✔Sector management - ✔✔function of the file system
✔✔A block device (single drive or RAID array) represents - ✔✔a series of blocks and
clusters that store data directly
✔✔These blocks and clusters must be partitioned into logical sections before... -
✔✔being used
✔✔File systems formats are used... - ✔✔to hold variable length files
✔✔Record/Page/Block systems are used... - ✔✔hold fixed length data
✔✔File system - ✔✔hierarchy of files and their respective directories.
✔✔Partition - ✔✔collection of consecutive sectors in a volume
✔✔Volume - ✔✔collection of addressable sectors that an operating system or
application can use for data storage
✔✔True or False: A physical disk contains volumes, which
contain partitions, which are formatted to create
file systems - ✔✔True
✔✔Simple dynamic volumes - ✔✔Uses free space from a single disk
✔✔Spanned dynamic volumes - ✔✔Uses free space sequentially across multiple disks
✔✔Striped dynamic volumes - ✔✔Uses free space that is interleaved through multiple
disks
✔✔Mirrored - ✔✔Uses free space on one disks that is duplicated on a second disk
