Summary

1. 

What is the primary striping level, allowing a single virtual file system to be constructed of multiple physical disks?

1. 0

2. 1

3. 2

4. 3

2. 

What is the primary mirroring level, where all data written to a virtual file system is copied in real time to a separate mirroring disk?

1. 0

2. 1

3. 2

4. 3

3. 

What is the process of spreading data across different physical disks while presenting a single logical interface for the logical volume?

1. Backups

2. Mirroring

3. Striping

4. Parity

4. 

What is the level of content redundancy that retains more than one copy of a system’s data across different disks?

1. Backups

2. Mirroring

3. Striping

4. Parity

5. 

What is the command that creates state database replicas for virtual file systems?

1. metastat

2. metaclear

3. metainit

4. metadb

6. 

What is the command that initializes metadevices?

1. metastat

2. metaclear

3. metainit

4. initmeta

7. 

Which of the following is a possible cause of disk failure?

1. Switching off a Solaris server without first powering down

2. Halting a system without synchronizing disk data

3. Defective hardware, including damage to disk blocks and heads

4. All of the above

8. 

Which of the following checks is not performed on inodes during fsck?

1. A check of the file system size

2. A check of the total number of inodes

3. Making a tally of reported free blocks and inodes

4. Checking that all file systems are mounted

9. 

What happens if a bad block number is detected by fsck?

1. The superblock is backed up

2. The superblock is cleared

3. The inode is cleared

4. The disk needs to be reformatted at a low level

10. 

Which of the following is not a valid fsck phase?

1. Check Blocks and Sizes

2. Check Filenames

3. Check Pathnames

4. Check Connectivity