4. Storage Solutions

Question 1

Which storage devices are considered only external drives?

Answer 1

SSD Flash Drives

USB Flash Drives

Question 2

What is the maximum transfer rate of a standard Ultra 3 SCSI?

Answer 2

160 MB/s

Question 3

Connection standards of SATA

Answer 3

Transmits in Serial

One drive per port

Question 4

Connection standards of SCSI

Answer 4

Connects up to 16 devices internal or external

Transmits in Parallel or Serial

Question 5

Connection standards of PATA

Answer 5

Can be connected to two drives

Transmits in Parallel

Question 6

Which term can be used to best describe RAID 10?

Answer 6

Stripe of Mirrors

Question 7

How much data can be written to a single sided DVD disc that contains only one layer?

Answer 7

4.7 GB

Question 8

Which type of optical computer storage disk allows you to write to it multiple times?

Answer 8

CD-RW

Question 9

Which component of a mechanical hard drive is used to store data temporarily?

Answer 9

The cache

Question 10

Which method is used to identify a Parallel ATA drive as the master drive of a computer system?

Answer 10

By placing the jumper correctly

Question 11

What allows a hard drive to be placed in a chassis and connect to a computer via a USB connection?

Answer 11

An external enclosure

Question 12

Which statement reflects how disk defragmenting works?

Answer 12

It analyses a disk and then consolidates fragmented files and folders and places them in contiguous spaces.

Question 13

Which statements reflect some of the specifications of an SSD hard drive?

Answer 13

Uses flash memory.

Uses SATA Bus internally.

Uses USB or eSATA externally.

Question 14

What type of cable is used by a PATA hard drive to connect to a motherboard?

Answer 14

Flat Ribbon Cable

Question 15

Which DOS command is the utility that scans, detects, and repairs hard drive issues and errors?

Answer 15

chkdsk

Question 16

Which connection on a SATA hard drive is used for connecting the data cable?

Answer 16

Small gold coloured pin

Question 17

Which cable is used to connect a Serial ATA hard drive to a motherboard?

Answer 17

Female red strap connector

Question 18

How much data can be written to a single sided Blu-Ray disc that contains two layers?

Answer 18

50 GB

Question 19

Which hard drive connection is an example of a legacy IDE connection to a motherboard?

Answer 19

Parallel ATA

Question 20

Which RAID specification offers fault tolerance and Mirroring?

Answer 20

RAID 1

Question 21

Which RAID specification offers striping and no fault tolerance?

Answer 21

RAID 0

Question 22

Which RAID specification offers striping and parity, and offers fault tolerance.

Answer 22

RAID 5

Question 23

What do the letters SCSI stand for?

Answer 23

Small Computer System Interface

Question 24

Which components of a computer are considered hot swappable?

Answer 24

USB Flash Drive

HDMI cables

External eSATA drive

Question 25

Which method is used to identify a Parallel ATA drive as the master drive of a computer system?

Answer 25

By placing the jumper correctly.

Question 26

Which term can be used to best describe RAID 10?

Answer 26

Stripe of Mirrors

Question 27

Which external storage connection gives the throughput of up to 5 gigabits per second?

Answer 27

USB 3.0

Question 28

Which operation communicates with the BIOS and can give an indication that the hard drive might be failing?

Answer 28

S.M.A.R.T

Question 29

What RAID specification offers disk striping with multiple parity drives and stripes data at bit level?

Answer 29

RAID 2

Question 30

What RAID specification offers block level disk striping with dedicated parity?

Answer 30

RAID 4

Question 31

What RAID specification offers disk striping with extra parity and requires at least four drives?

Answer 31

RAID 6

Question 32

What RAID specification offers bit level disk striping with dedicated parity?

Answer 32

RAID 3

Question 33

What RAID specification offers disk striping with extra parity?

Answer 33

RAID 5