Security bits in FAT & NTFS?

[G)-(OST]

I have a question for all you FAT/NTFS gurus out there, 3 actualy.
Below are 3 questions from an assignment I am doing at the moment, I am having trouble finding the answers, as you can see, the answers are multiple choice, A,B,C or D, I'd be happy if someone could point me in the right direction to research the answer, a few links would be great. (guns1inger, my bet is that you know the answers)

NOTE: I do not expect the answers from anyone, just a few links if you know some.


8. How many securities bit allocated in FAT 16

A. 1
B. 2
C. 4
D. 5

9. How many securities bit allocated in FAT 32

A. 1
B. 2
C. 4
D. 5


10. How many security bit allocated in NTFS

A. 1
B. 2
C. 4
D. 5

[guns1inger]

Is there some context associated with this question ? I cannot find a reference to "securites bit", for starters.

This is a pretty comprehensive run down on the NTFS file system, and it doesn't get a mention there : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc976808.aspx

[Forum Troll]

I've never heard of that either... and there's no mention of it in my A+ test book.. perhaps the manual or teacher has confused this with something else??

[guns1inger]

If you google the phrase "securities bit", the first link returned (and the only one to actually contain the phrase as writ) is your post in another forum looking for the same answer. That says a lot.

[Nelson37]

SFAIK, there is no such thing as a "security bit" in FAT16, at least. 8.3 for the name, with the point counted, Hidden, Read-only, Archive, and System. If the questions are printed EXACTLY as you typed, there may be some sort of language barrier, or the instructor is using non-standard terms. "Securities" are something you buy from a stockbroker.

This would come under the heading of "useless information". Lots of stuff in various certifications which you only need for the test, and have absolutely zero real-world practical value. Example - a four-bit section of a byte is called a "nibble". You just don't need to know that, though I did find it somewhat humorous.

There is something called a "security descriptor" which might be related, but IIRC this is described in terms of bytes, not bits, though they are giving you multiple bit answers which could equate to bytes.

I found when teaching an A+ class that the book was so full of useless and outdated info that I pretty much abandoned it about halfway through the course. I used several sample tests to teach from and emphasized the things they would actually need to know.

[G)-(OST]

There is no other context associated with the questions, the previous question is,


7. What is the max Partition size in NTFS?

A. 1 Gig
B. 2 Gig
C. 16 Gig
D. 2 Tera Bytes
E. 16 Hexa Bytes

& the one after the 3 questions is,

11. CDFS stand for

A. Cedo file system
B. CD file system
C. Canada Denmark File System
D. Complete file system


I was starting to think that it is writen wrong, but I double checked, & I copied & pasted the 3 questions, so this is the way I got them, like i said, I have spent countless hours searching for the answers, without any luck, I have even searched for "security clusters" also with no luck, I have asked some of the other students, & they have also been unsuccessful with answering the questions, I am considering to hand my assignment in without answering these questions, as I do not know what to do, like you said, I have even asked in an dedicated pc help forum, also without any luck.

[MOVIEGEEK]

I also have never heard of security/securities bit but the other answers are as follows:

7.D
11.B

http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/c/cdfs.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/storage/getstorfacts.mspx

[G)-(OST]

Yeah, I knew those, it's just the 3 questions in between that are shiting me.

I have even asked the teacher if they were correctly written, & he said they were, but he did tell us that we could replace the word bit for clusters, I have searched for that too, with no luck. I am at a dead end.

[MOVIEGEEK]

The only thing close is cluster size(1,2,4,etc):
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/140365

[Nelson37]

I absolutely cannot think of a possible scenario wherein the terms "bit" and "cluster" are interchangeable.

Warning bells are going off.