Chapter 2 Identifying Storage

Question 1

What does the HDD used for pg70

Answer 1

Used for permanent storage and quick access

Question 2

What are the three components the HDD contain. Pg 70

Answer 2

Controller Hard disk and Host bus adapter

Question 3

What are the component that exist in a external shell of the hard drive ? Pg 72

Answer 3

Platter Read/write heads Tracks Sectors Cylinder Clusters

Question 4

File system laid down on the tracks and their sectors routinely group a configurable number of sectors into equal or larger sets called? Pg 74

Answer 4

Clusters or allocation unit

Question 5

T/F the spin rate in a hard disk is measured in mph

Answer 5

False

Question 6

What does SSD stands for ? Pg 75

Answer 6

Solid-state drives

Question 7

What is a solid state memory? Pg 75

Answer 7

Limited to a finite number of write operation

Question 8

T/F the SSD read contents more slower that it’s counterparts. Pg 75

Answer 8

False.

Question 9

The SSD is separated into two broad categories, what are they? Pg 75

Answer 9

Volatile DRAM based and non volatile flash based

Question 10

A __________ is a magnetic storage medium that used a diskette made of thin flexible plastic enclosed in a protective casing. Pg75

Answer 10

Floppy disk

Question 11

What does FDD stands for pg76

Answer 11

Floppy diskette drive

Question 12

T/f information written on a CD-ROM can be erased ? Pg 78

Answer 12

False.

Question 13

What does HDD stands for? Pg 70

Answer 13

Hard Disk Drive