204.3 Logical Volume Manager (weight: 3) LPIC-2 Practice Questions (Page 7)

Questions 31–34

1. 31foundation · easy

   Which command initializes a disk partition as a physical volume for use with LVM?

   • Apvcreate /dev/sdb1
   • Blvcreate /dev/sdb1
   • Cvgcreate /dev/sdb1
   • Dmkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1
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2. 32foundation · easy

   Which command shows a compact list of logical volumes with their names, sizes, and attributes?

   • Alvs
   • Bpvs
   • Cvgs
   • Dlvdisplay
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4. 33foundation · easy

   What is the main advantage of LVM thin provisioning?

   • AIt provides faster read/write performance by striping data across multiple disks.
   • BIt allows over-allocation of storage by creating thin logical volumes that use space only as data is written.
   • CIt automatically mirrors data to a second physical volume for redundancy.
   • DIt encrypts the logical volume to protect data at rest.
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5. 34foundation · easy

   What is the purpose of running pvcreate on a disk partition?

   • ATo create a logical volume on the partition
   • BTo mount the partition at a specified mount point
   • CTo format the partition with a filesystem
   • DTo mark the partition as usable by LVM by writing LVM metadata
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