This set of multiple choice SAN storage questions and answers focuses on various NAS storage protocols such as NFS, CIFS and SMB protocols.
1. Following are some of the file sharing protocols
a) Telnet
b) NFS & CIFS
c) FTP
d) HTTP
2. File access protocols operate in which layer of the OSI model
a) Application
b) Session
c) Transport
d) None of the mentioned
3. NFS & CIFS are
a) Filesystems
b) Operating systems
c) Transport protocols
d) File access protocols
4. Using file access protocols, data residing on which of the following can be accessed:
a) Local disk
b) Remote disk
c) Both
d) Neither
5. The file access protocols are primary features of
a) SAN
b) NAS
c) Router
d) Application server
6. NFS stands for
a) Null File System
b) New File System
c) Network File System
d) Netware File Server
7. NFS doesn’t have the following characteristics
a) Idempotent procedures
b) Over NetBIOS
c) Stateless
d) Uses RPC
8. NIS is used for?
a) Routing of packets
b) File sharing
c) Naming services
d) Terminal services
9. AutoFS is a feature used for?
a) Automatic space allocation
b) Scanning a filesystem
c) Directory services
d) Mounting filesystems
10. Following are Naming services
a) LDAP
b) FTP
c) RPC
d) Ping