MD-100 File System and Storage 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which Windows 10 feature allows you to combine multiple physical disks into a single logical storage pool with redundancy options?
- Storage Spaces (Correct answer)
- Disk Management
- Dynamic Disks
- RAID in BIOS
Correct answer: Storage Spaces
Storage Spaces lets you pool physical drives and create virtual disks with mirroring or parity for resilience.
Question 2: What does the 'Previous Versions' feature in Windows 10 rely on to restore earlier copies of files?
- Shadow Copies (Volume Shadow Copy Service) (Correct answer)
- File History
- OneDrive versioning
- Backup and Restore (Windows 7)
Correct answer: Shadow Copies (Volume Shadow Copy Service)
Previous Versions are created by the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS), which takes point-in-time snapshots of volumes.
Question 3: A user wants to automatically back up files in their Documents, Pictures, and Videos folders. Which built-in Windows 10 feature should they configure?
- File History (Correct answer)
- Backup and Restore (Windows 7)
- OneDrive only
- System Restore
Correct answer: File History
File History continuously backs up files in designated libraries and folders to a connected drive or network location.
Question 4: Which NTFS permission allows a user to list files in a folder but not read file contents?
- List Folder Contents (Correct answer)
- Read
- Read & Execute
- Traverse Folder
Correct answer: List Folder Contents
The 'List Folder Contents' permission lets users see file and subfolder names without granting access to read the actual file data.
Question 5: When NTFS permissions and Share permissions are both applied to a folder, which set of permissions takes effect for a network user?
- The most restrictive combination of both (Correct answer)
- NTFS permissions always win
- Share permissions always win
- The most permissive combination of both
Correct answer: The most restrictive combination of both
Windows applies the most restrictive result when combining NTFS and Share permissions for network access.
Question 6: Which command extends a simple volume on a dynamic disk using all available unallocated space from the command line?
- diskpart > extend (Correct answer)
- chkdsk /extend
- fsutil extend
- format /extend
Correct answer: diskpart > extend
In DiskPart, selecting the volume and running 'extend' expands it into adjacent unallocated space.
MD-100 File System and Storage 2
Which Windows 10 feature allows you to combine multiple physical disks into a single logical storage pool with redundancy options?