Displaying a disk layout with parted | LinuC Level 1 101 Exam original practice question

1.05.2Basic

Inspect the disk label, capacity, partition boundaries, and filesystem information for /dev/sdb using parted.

Do not enter an editing operation.

Which command is appropriate?

Hint 1: Focus on the requirement

Select the parted subcommand that displays the current layout without creating or deleting a partition.

Hint 2: Key terms

Review the short partitioning and LVM definitions before comparing the choices.

parted print: A parted subcommand that displays the disk and partition table.
Partition table: Metadata describing partition boundaries and types.
mklabel: A parted operation that creates a new disk label.
mkpart: A parted operation that creates a partition at specified boundaries.

Detailed explanation

Incorrectparted /dev/sdb mklabel gpt

Incorrect. mklabel creates a new label and can discard the existing layout.

Correctparted /dev/sdb print

Correct. parted /dev/sdb print displays the disk and partitions.

Incorrectparted /dev/sdb rm 1

Incorrect. rm deletes a partition.

Incorrectparted /dev/sdb mkpart primary 1MiB 1GiB

Incorrect. mkpart creates a partition.

An example you can run in a temporary verification environment.

parted --help | sed -n '1,24p'

print、mklabel、mkpart、rm等のコマンド説明

Environment: GNU Parted 3.x / ヘルプ表示のみ
Use read-only inspection or a disposable disk when learning storage commands.
Partition and LVM writes can destroy data; verify the target before running them.

Foundation review

print queries the layout; mklabel, mkpart, and rm are state-changing operations.

Use a disposable disk or help output when learning destructive partition commands.

Question IDKL-101-561

EnvironmentGNU Parted 3.x / ヘルプ表示のみ

Last technical review2026-08-13

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