Question 1

How can a disk utilizing the Master Boot Record method of partitioning be converted to a GUID Partitioning Table (GPT)disk?

Accepted Answer

All existing partitions must be deleted using Disk Management,then the disk can be converted to GPT.

Question 2

​A hard drive or solid state drive that is physically installed inside of a workstation would generally be considered to be what type of storage?

Accepted Answer

A)   ​Local storage
B)   ​Direct-Attached Storage
C)   ​Network Attached Storage
D)   ​Storage Area NetworkE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 3

​Under what circumstances would an administrator choose to format a volume using the FAT file system?

Accepted Answer

A)   ​A volume must be accessible using Windows 9x
B)   ​A volume requires encryption
C)   ​A volume must support file sizes larger than 4 GB
D)   ​A 2 TB volume must be formatted for useE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 4

​The most commonly used network technologies within SANs are Fibre Channel and ___________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ​The most commonly used network technologies within...

Question 5

How does a mirrored volume function?

Accepted Answer

Data written to one ...

Question 6

What are logical unit numbers (LUNs)used for within Storage Area Networks?

Accepted Answer

They identify a unit of storage.

Question 7

What is a page file used for within the Windows operating system?

Accepted Answer

It functions as virt...

Question 8

Why might the use of a virtual disk be preferable to the use of a physical volume?

Accepted Answer

A virtual disk file ...

Question 9

​Disks that are formatted using the GUID Partitioning Table (GPT) can hold larger volume sizes,and benefit from increased reliability provided by which feature below?

Accepted Answer

A)   ​Cyclic Redundancy Check (CR
C)  
B)   ​Message Digest 5 (MD5) 
C)   ​Secure Hash Algorithm (SH
A)  
D)   ​JournalingE) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 10

​An administrator wants to utilize a RAID volume that provides redundancy using disk striping with parity.What type of RAID should the administrator select?

Accepted Answer

A)   RAID0
B)   ​RAID1
C)   ​RAID3
D)   ​RAID5E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 11

Select the PowerShell cmdlet below that can be used to create a new volume.​

Accepted Answer

A)   ​New-StoragePool
B)   ​NewVirtual-Disk
C)   ​New-Partition
D)   ​Format-VolumeE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

The biggest disadvantage in using virtual disks instead of physical volumes is the lack of portability.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

​A physical disk that is available for adding to a storage pool is considered to be a member of what initial pool?

Accepted Answer

A)   ​Available pool
B)   ​Open pool
C)   ​Free volumes pool
D)   ​Primordial poolE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

How does a virtual disk's layout affect a volume created on the virtual disk?

Accepted Answer

The volume...

Question 15

Which disk subsystem is considered to be the most reliable for use in enterprise and high-utilization environments?

Accepted Answer

A)   ​PATA
B)   ​SAS
C)   ​SCSI
D)   ​SATAE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 16

Which of the following scenarios would provide for an ideal use of the ReFS file system?

Accepted Answer

A)   A small storage drive in which users will use compression to save disk space
B)   ​A volume requiring strict encryption of confidential information
C)   ​A volume on which administrators can control disk space utilization
D)   ​A volume which should maintain high reliabilityE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 17

A simple space storage layout is similar to which non-fault tolerant RAID technology?​

Accepted Answer

A)   ​RAID0
B)   ​RAID1
C)   ​RAID5
D)   ​RAID6E) A) and D)
F) B) and C) A

Question 18

How does Windows Server 2012 R2's storage tiering feature work?

Accepted Answer

Frequently accessed data in a ...

Question 19

A parity space ​storage layout is similar to a RAID 1 volume,in that a parity bit is written to the spare drive.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

What feature new to Windows Server 2012 provides the ability to find identical sets of data on a SAN based storage array and reduce the identical sets to a single instance,in order to reduce space?

Accepted Answer

A)   ​Disk pooling
B)   ​Data deduplication
C)   ​Data multiplexing
D)   ​Storage optimizingE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Exam 4: Configuring Server Storage

How can a disk utilizing the Master Boot Record method of partitioning be converted to a GUID Partitioning Table (GPT)disk?

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​A hard drive or solid state drive that is physically installed inside of a workstation would generally be considered to be what type of storage?

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​Under what circumstances would an administrator choose to format a volume using the FAT file system?

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​The most commonly used network technologies within SANs are Fibre Channel and ___________.

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How does a mirrored volume function?

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What are logical unit numbers (LUNs)used for within Storage Area Networks?

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What is a page file used for within the Windows operating system?

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Why might the use of a virtual disk be preferable to the use of a physical volume?

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​Disks that are formatted using the GUID Partitioning Table (GPT) can hold larger volume sizes,and benefit from increased reliability provided by which feature below?

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​An administrator wants to utilize a RAID volume that provides redundancy using disk striping with parity.What type of RAID should the administrator select?

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Select the PowerShell cmdlet below that can be used to create a new volume.​

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The biggest disadvantage in using virtual disks instead of physical volumes is the lack of portability.​

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​A physical disk that is available for adding to a storage pool is considered to be a member of what initial pool?

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How does a virtual disk's layout affect a volume created on the virtual disk?

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Which disk subsystem is considered to be the most reliable for use in enterprise and high-utilization environments?

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Which of the following scenarios would provide for an ideal use of the ReFS file system?

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A simple space storage layout is similar to which non-fault tolerant RAID technology?​

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How does Windows Server 2012 R2's storage tiering feature work?

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A parity space ​storage layout is similar to a RAID 1 volume,in that a parity bit is written to the spare drive.

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What feature new to Windows Server 2012 provides the ability to find identical sets of data on a SAN based storage array and reduce the identical sets to a single instance,in order to reduce space?

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All existing partitions must be deleted using Disk Management,then the disk can be converted to GPT.

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Under what circumstances would an administrator choose to format a volume using the FAT file system?

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The most commonly used network technologies within SANs are Fibre Channel and ___________.

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The biggest disadvantage in using virtual disks instead of physical volumes is the lack of portability.

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