Identifying an LVM volume group | LinuC Level 1 101 Exam original practice question

1.05.2Basic

Aggregate multiple physical volumes and allocate capacity to logical volumes for different purposes.

Which capacity pool is this?

Hint 1: Focus on the requirement

Select the LVM layer that aggregates PV capacity and provides a pool for later LV allocation.

Hint 2: Key terms

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

Detailed explanation

IncorrectEFIシステムパーティション（ESP）

Incorrect. An ESP is a UEFI boot partition, not an LVM pool.

Incorrect物理ボリューム（PV）

Incorrect. A PV is an individual lower-level device.

Correctボリュームグループ（VG）

Correct. A VG is the pool made from one or more PVs.

Incorrect論理ボリューム（LV）

Incorrect. An LV is a virtual block device carved from the VG.

An example you can run in a temporary verification environment.

vgs --help 2>&1 | sed -n '1,12p'

volume group情報を表示するvgsの使用法

Environment: LVM2 / 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

VG is the aggregation layer; PV is input and LV is the allocated output.

Check free extents and membership before extending or reallocating a volume group.

Question IDKL-101-570

EnvironmentLVM2 / ヘルプ表示のみ

Last technical review2026-08-13

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