Title: Lesson 20: Quiz
Course: RITA MC - ITNW 1308 > Section: Lesson 20: Managing Local Storage

Q: What was the first 32-bit version of Windows to support the GPT partitioning style?
- Windows 2000
- Windows XP
- Windows Vista
- Windows 7
A: Windows Vista
Feedback: GUID (globally unique identifier) partition table (GPT) has been around for a while, but no x86 version of Windows prior to Vista supports it. (Windows XP Professional x64 Edition does support GPT.)

Q: What requirement must a computer meet in order to support booting from a GPT partitioned disk?
- Hyper threading for CPUs
- Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI)-based boot partition
- Virtual memory management
- A TPM chip
A: Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI)-based boot partition
Feedback: Unless the computers architecture provides support for an Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI)-based boot partition, it is not possible to boot from GPT disks. In this case, the operating system must reside on an MBR disk and GPT must reside on an entirely separate, non-bootable disk, used for data storage only.

Q: What is the maximum disk size supported when using GPT partitioning?
- 18 terabytes
- 18 petabytes
- 18 exabytes
- There is no maximum size limit
A: 18 exabytes
Feedback: The GPT disk partitioning style supports volumes up to 18 exabytes in size (1 exabyte = 1 billion gigabytes, or 2^60 bytes).

Q: How many primary partitions are supported on a GPT partitioned disk?
- 3
- 4
- 64
- 128
A: 128
Feedback: Although GPT specifications permit an unlimited number of partitions, the Windows implementation is restricted to 128 partitions per disk.

Q: Which of the following statements are true of extended partitions? (Choose all that apply)
- You do not format the extended partition.
- Extended partitions cannot host an operating system.
- A basic disk can contain an unlimited number of extended partitions.
- Extended partitions cannot host an operating system.
A: You do not format the extended partition.; Extended partitions cannot host an operating system.
Feedback: A basic disk can contain only one extended partition, but an unlimited number of logical partitions.

Q: How many active partitions can a hard disk hold?
- 1
- 3
- 4
- No limit
A: 1
Feedback: A primary partition can be marked as an active partition. You can have only one active partition per hard disk. The system BIOS looks to the active partition for the boot files it uses to start the operating system.

Q: What is a limitation of dynamic disks?
- You cannot use dynamic disks on multi-user systems
- You cannot use dynamic disks on multiboot systems
- You cannot use dynamic disks on regionalized systems
- You cannot use dynamic disks on portable systems
A: You cannot use dynamic disks on multiboot systems
Feedback: A dynamic disk is able to contain an unlimited number of volumes that function like primary partitions on a basic disk. However, you cannot access a dynamic disk from any operating system instance other than the one that converted it from basic to dynamic, which means you cannot use dynamic disks on multiboot systems.

Q: What is the recommended maximum partition size for exFAT partitions?
- 512 GB
- 512 PB
- 512 TB
- 512 ZB
A: 512 TB
Feedback: The theoretical limitations of exFAT are partitions and files of up to 64 zettabytes in size. (1 zettabyte equals 1 billion terabytes or 10^21 bytes.) The recommended maximum size for an exFAT partition in Windows 8.1 is 512 TB.

Q: On which tab of a disk’s properties dialog box will you find information about the partition style and capacity of the disk?
- General
- Volumes
- Details
- Policies
A: Volumes
Feedback: The Volumes tab lists the volumes contained on the disk, as well as the disk number, disk type, status, partition style, capacity, unallocated space, and reserved space. If you highlight a volume in the Volumes list, you can click the Properties button to display the Properties sheet for the partition or volume.

Q: Before you can convert a basic disk to a dynamic disk, what is the maximum sector size that you can have configured for the disk?
- 128 bytes
- 256 bytes
- 512 bytes
- 1024 bytes
A: 512 bytes
Feedback: You cannot convert drives that use an allocation unit size (sector size) greater than 512 bytes unless you reformat the drive with a smaller sector size before the conversion.

Q: The members of which built-in security groups have the ability to shrink or extend a volume? (Choose all that apply)
- Administrators
- Power Users
- Storage Administrators
- Backup Operators
A: Administrators; Backup Operators
Feedback: You must be a member of the Backup Operator or the Administrators group to extend or shrink any partition or volume.

Q: What benefit is provided by the new Storage Spaces feature of Windows 8.1?
- It allows you to easily connect to iSCSI devices
- It allows you to combine several logical drives into one physical drive
- It allows you to easily connect to SCSI devices
- It allows you combine several physical drives into one logical drive
A: It allows you combine several physical drives into one logical drive
Feedback: The Storage Spaces feature in Windows 8.1 allows you to combine several physical drives, which the operating system will see as one large drive.

Q: When creating a storage pool using the three-way mirror option, what is the resultant size of the storage space in comparison to the total size of the physical disks in the pool?
- One-half
- One-fourth
- Two-thirds
- One-third
A: Two-thirds
Feedback: When the Three-way mirror option is selected, three copies of every file are stored on different physical disks, so that if two disks fail, all of the files remain available. The resulting size of the storage space is one-third of the total size of the physical disks in the pool.

Q: Why is it recommended that you perform a backup before starting a defragmentation?
- The defragmentation process is destructive
- Hard drives can fail during this intensive operation
- The file allocation table can be damaged if it contains corrupt data
- The computer may stop responding to user requests
A: Hard drives can fail during this intensive operation
Feedback: It is strongly recommended that you perform a full backup of your volumes before you defragment them. While the Windows 8.1 Disk Defragmenter is a reliable tool, defragmentation is a hardware-intensive process, and drive failures can conceivably occur.

Q: What volume type writes data one stripe at a time to each successive disk in the volume?
- Simple volume
- Spanned volume
- Striped volume
- Mirrored volume
A: Striped volume
Feedback: A Striped volume consists of space from at least two, to a maximum of 32, physical disks, all of which must be dynamic disks. The difference between a striped volume and a spanned volume is that, in a striped volume, the system writes data one stripe at a time to each successive disk in the volume.

Q: What volume type combines space from at least two, to a maximum of 32, physical disks, all of which must be dynamic disks?
- Simple volume
- Spanned volume
- Striped volume
- Mirrored volume
A: Spanned volume
Feedback: A Spanned volume consists of space from at least two, to a maximum of 32, physical disks, all of which must be dynamic disks. A spanned volume is essentially a method for combining the space from multiple dynamic disks into a single large volume.

Q: What volume type consists of space from a single disk?
- Simple volume
- Spanned volume
- Striped volume
- Mirrored volume
A: Simple volume
Feedback: A Simple volume consists of space from a single disk

Q: What volume type consists of an equal amount of space from two disks, both of which must be dynamic disks?
- Simple volume
- Spanned volume
- Striped volume
- Mirrored volume
A: Mirrored volume
Feedback: A Mirrored volume consists of an equal amount of space from two disks, both of which must be dynamic disks. In a mirrored volume, each disk holds an identical copy of the data written to the volume as a fault tolerance measure.