Neco 2021 Data Processing Question 27

Practice objective / multiple choice question 27 from the 2021 Neco Data Processing examination.

Neco 2021 Data Processing Objective / Multiple Choice Medium Difficulty
Question 27 NECO • 2021 • DATA_PROCESSING • objective

A company is deciding between storing a set of files on a FAT32 file system (cluster size = 8\,KB, metadata per file = 0.5\,KB) and an NTFS file system (cluster size = 4\,KB, metadata per file = 1\,KB). The five files have sizes: 2{,}500\,bytes, 9{,}800\,bytes, 12{,}300\,bytes, 25{,}600\,bytes and 33{,}000\,bytes. For each file system, compute the total disk space used (clusters plus metadata) and state which file system uses less space.

Answer Options

A. NTFS (incorrect)
Correct Answer B. NTFS
C. FAT32
D. Both file systems use the same amount of space
Correct Answer
B
Correct Option:
NTFS

About This Question

This is Neco 2021 Data Processing Question 27. It is one of the objective questions from the 2021 Neco Data Processing examination.

Difficulty level: Medium .

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