NFS, CIFS, SMB Protocol Interview Questions & Answers

This set of SAN questions and answers helps anyone preparing for SNIA & CompTIA Storage+ certification exams. One should practice our complete set of questions and answers continuously for 2-3 months for thorough understanding of SAN Fundamentals and various exams and interviews.

1. Which command is used to view NFS shared directories?
a) share
b) shareall
c) sharetab
d) dfshares
View Answer

Answer: d
Explanation: None.

2. Which file would you edit to mount an NFS filesystem at system boot time?
a) /etc/fstab
b) /etc/dfs/dfstab
c) /etc/vfstab
d) /etc/nfstab
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Answer: a
Explanation: None.

3. Which command would mount the directory utilities from the server named sanfoundry on the local mount point /opt/sf
a) mount -f nfs /sf:sanfoundry /opt/sf
b) mount -F nfs sanfoundry:/sf /opt/sf
c) mount -F nfs sanfoundry:/opt/sf /sf
d) mount /opt/sf sanfoundry:/sf
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Answer: b
Explanation: None.
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4. CIFS runs over the following protocols:
a) TCP/IP
b) FTP
c) SNMP
d) DNS
View Answer

Answer: a
Explanation: None.

5. CIFS doesn’t support the following
a) Oplocks
b) Batch command
c) Unicode support
d) Stateless
View Answer

Answer: d
Explanation: None.
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6. CIFS is used in the following OS
a) Windows
b) Unix
c) Netware
d) All the mentioned
View Answer

Answer: d
Explanation: None.

7. CIFS was originally derived from
a) PCB
b) NTFS
c) SMB
d) NIS
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Answer: c
Explanation: None.
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8. CIFS authentication is done by
a) Kerberos
b) NTLM
c) Both LDAP and NTLM
d) Both Kerberos and NTLM
View Answer

Answer: d
Explanation: None.

9. SMB was originally developed by
a) IBM
b) Microsoft
c) 3COM
d) Intel
View Answer

Answer: a
Explanation: None.
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10. RPC is used for
a) transporting data over the network
b) executing program on different computer
c) reporting process control
d) none of the mentioned
View Answer

Answer: b
Explanation: None.

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