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Filesystem Recovery Course - File Storage Basics Test
A filesystem, if possible, tries to allocate clusters sequentially
true
false
How is a record storing file metadata and pointers to file content called in Linux?
short form directory
group descriptor
MFT record
indirect block table
directory
inode
What is a minimum unit of disk space a filesystem operates with?
sector
chunk
cluster
stripe
What is a compressed file?
a file containing zeros which are not actually stored on the disk
a file containing more than two identical blocks
a file containing fragments stored on disk in compressed form
a file consisting of more than one fragment
Check properties a file required to have
size
data and time of file creation
access rights
name
content
What is a sparse file?
a file containing zeros which are not actually stored on the disk
a file containing more than two identical blocks
a file containing a compressed block
a file consisting of more than one fragment
What is a minimum unit of disk space a physical device operates with?
sector
chunk
cluster
stripe
What is carving?
discovering files by searching the disk by file hashes
discovering files by searching the disk by file names
discovering files by searching the disk by file header signatures
What is fragmentation?
when a file is stored in several non-contiguous fragments
when two files have identical fragments
Check what makes carving impossible
journaling
checksums
deduplication
copy-on-write
fragmentation
sparse storage
compression
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