CompTIA XK0-005 Exam - Topic 4 Question 52 Discussion

Actual exam question for CompTIA's XK0-005 exam

Question #: 52
Topic #: 4

A Linux administrator is creating a primary partition on the replacement hard drive for an application server. Which of the following commands should the administrator issue to verify the device name of this partition?

Asudo fdisk /dev/sda

Bsudo fdisk -s /dev/sda

Csudo fdisk -l

Dsudo fdisk -h

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Suggested Answer: C

The commandsudo fdisk -lshould be issued to verify the device name of the partition. Thesudocommand allows the administrator to run commands as the superuser or another user. Thefdiskcommand is a tool for manipulating disk partitions on Linux systems. The-loption lists the partitions on all disks or a specific disk. The commandsudo fdisk -lwill show the device names, sizes, types, and other information of the partitions on all disks. The administrator can identify the device name of the partition by looking at the output. This is the correct command to use to accomplish the task. The other options are incorrect because they either do not list the partitions (sudo fdisk /dev/sdaorsudo fdisk -h) or do not exist (sudo fdisk -s /dev/sda).Reference:CompTIA Linux+ (XK0-005) Certification Study Guide, Chapter 10: Managing Storage, page 317.

by Hobert at Apr 08, 2025, 04:16 PM

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Marget

2 months ago

Wait, can you really use -s for that? I thought it was just for size.

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Shantell

2 months ago

I thought it might be A at first, but C makes more sense.

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Emmett

3 months ago

Yeah, definitely C! That's the go-to command.

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Ruth

3 months ago

Not sure about that, I always use lsblk instead.

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Tasia

3 months ago

Pretty sure it's C, sudo fdisk -l shows all partitions.

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Vallie

3 months ago

I don't recall using `-h` for anything useful, so I'm leaning towards `-l` as the correct answer here.

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Antonio

4 months ago

I feel like I might confuse `-s` and `-l`, but I think `-l` is the one that lists the partitions.

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Sharee

4 months ago

I remember practicing with `fdisk`, and I think `-l` is definitely the command that shows all partitions, right?

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Theodora

4 months ago

I think the command to list partitions is `sudo fdisk -l`, but I'm not entirely sure if that's the right one for just verifying the device name.

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Sabra

4 months ago

I'm a little confused by the wording here. Is it asking for the command to create the partition, or just to verify the device name? I'll need to re-read the question a few times to make sure I understand it.

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Sang

4 months ago

Okay, I've got this. The question is specifically asking for the command to verify the device name, so the answer has to be C - sudo fdisk -l. That will show me the list of devices and partitions.

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Cheryl

5 months ago

I'm a bit unsure about this one. Is it asking for the command to verify the device name, or to actually create the partition? I'll need to think this through carefully.

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German

5 months ago

Hmm, this looks like a straightforward Linux command question. I think the answer is C - sudo fdisk -l. That should list all the partitions on the system.

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