nerdexam
CompTIA

FC0-U61 · Question #542

Which of the following is a benefit of partitioning a drive?

The correct answer is C. Increased available space. Partitioning a drive logically divides a physical drive into separate sections, which can allow for better organization and management of storage space for different purposes, effectively ensuring dedicated 'available' space for specific functions.

Infrastructure

Question

Which of the following is a benefit of partitioning a drive?

Options

  • AIncreased network bandwidth
  • BReduced risk of corruption
  • CIncreased available space
  • DReduced malware risk

How the community answered

(16 responses)
  • B
    6% (1)
  • C
    94% (15)

Why each option

Partitioning a drive logically divides a physical drive into separate sections, which can allow for better organization and management of storage space for different purposes, effectively ensuring dedicated 'available' space for specific functions.

AIncreased network bandwidth

Partitioning a drive is a local storage management technique and has no direct impact on network bandwidth.

BReduced risk of corruption

While isolating file systems might limit the scope of corruption to a single partition, partitioning itself does not inherently reduce the overall risk of corruption across the entire drive.

CIncreased available spaceCorrect

Partitioning a drive creates distinct logical volumes from a single physical drive, enabling users to dedicate specific portions of the drive for particular operating systems or data, thereby ensuring or maintaining 'available space' for their intended use cases.

DReduced malware risk

Partitioning a drive is a storage organization method and does not directly provide a mechanism to reduce malware risk, which is addressed by security software and practices.

Concept tested: Drive partitioning benefits

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/storage/disk-management/overview-of-disk-management

Topics

#drive partitioning#disk management

Community Discussion

No community discussion yet for this question.

Full FC0-U61 Practice