Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 Exam Storage & File Services 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which Windows Server 2012 role provides centralized management of distributed file system namespaces and replication?
- File and Storage Services
- DFS (Distributed File System) (Correct answer)
- BranchCache
- Work Folders
Correct answer: DFS (Distributed File System)
DFS (Distributed File System) provides namespace aggregation and DFS Replication (DFSR) to synchronize folder content across multiple servers.
Question 2: What Windows Server 2012 feature allows laptops and remote workers to synchronize work files with a corporate server without requiring VPN?
- Offline Files
- BranchCache
- Work Folders (Correct answer)
- DFS Replication
Correct answer: Work Folders
Work Folders, introduced in Windows Server 2012 R2, allows users to sync work files to personal devices over HTTPS without requiring a VPN connection.
Question 3: Which partition style should be used for a disk larger than 2 TB in Windows Server 2012?
- MBR (Master Boot Record)
- GPT (GUID Partition Table) (Correct answer)
- Dynamic Disk
- FAT32
Correct answer: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
GPT (GUID Partition Table) supports disks larger than 2 TB and up to 128 partitions, making it required for large modern storage devices.
Question 4: In Windows Server 2012, what is the default cluster size (allocation unit) when formatting a volume with NTFS?
- 512 bytes
- 2 KB
- 4 KB (Correct answer)
- 64 KB
Correct answer: 4 KB
The default NTFS cluster size is 4 KB for volumes up to 2 TB, balancing disk space efficiency with performance for most workloads.
Question 5: Which Windows Server 2012 feature caches frequently accessed files on local branch office servers or client PCs to reduce WAN traffic?
- DFS Replication
- BranchCache (Correct answer)
- Offline Files
- Storage Spaces
Correct answer: BranchCache
BranchCache caches content from headquarters servers at branch office locations (either on a hosted cache server or distributed among PCs), reducing WAN bandwidth consumption.
Question 6: When setting up a Storage Space with two-way mirror resiliency, what is the minimum number of physical disks required?
- 1
- 2 (Correct answer)
- 3
- 5
Correct answer: 2
A two-way mirror Storage Space requires a minimum of 2 physical disks because it maintains two copies of the data, one on each disk.
Question 7: Which command-line tool introduced in Windows Server 2012 can manage Storage Spaces, virtual disks, and storage pools?
- DiskPart
- Fsutil
- Storage Cmdlets (PowerShell) (Correct answer)
- Diskperf
Correct answer: Storage Cmdlets (PowerShell)
Windows Server 2012 introduced PowerShell storage cmdlets (e.g., New-StoragePool, New-VirtualDisk) for managing Storage Spaces, storage pools, and virtual disks from the command line.
Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 Exam Storage & File Services 2
Which Windows Server 2012 role provides centralized management of distributed file system namespaces and replication?