Chapter 5 Quiz Flashcards
Sharon is troubleshooting a computer and wants to test the hard drive in another computer. Sharon removes the hard drive and notices that it does not have a SATA power connection. The connector for power is white and has four pins instead.
What type of connector will Sharon need to test the hard drive in the computer she is using?
Molex connector
What process writes sector markings to a hard drive?
low-level formatting
This morning when Paul turned on his computer at work, it would not boot. Instead, Paul reported that he heard a loud clicking noise coming from inside his computer.
What might be the problem with Paul’s computer?
Magnetic hard drive failed.
Match the Optical Drive type to the amount of data the disk will hold.
1) 50GB
2) 700MB
3) 128GB
4) 4.7GB
5) 9.4GB
6) 25GB
50GB DVD single-side dual layer
700MB BD double-side dual layer
128GB CD
4.7GB BD double-side quad layer
9.4GB BD double-side single layer
25GB DVD double-side dual layer
During normal Windows operations, you receive a BSOD, and your computer shuts down. You restart the computer and receive the error again. You go online to check the error and see that it is an error related to reading data from virtual memory.
What hardware might cause this BSOD error?
Hard drive
You and a friend decide to watch a movie on your computer. The movie is saved on a second hard drive on your system. When you are ready to watch the movie, you can’t find it on your computer. You try to locate the second hard drive, and it is no longer listed in Windows.
What might be the problem with the movie and the hard drive?
Hard drives has crashed
If a computer is performing slowly due to file fragmentation, what Windows tool can be utilized to rearrange fragments?
Defrag and Optimization tool
What technology is used to assure that the logical block addressing on a solid state drive does not always address the same physical blocks, in order to distribute write operations?
wear leveling
The SATA drive technology utilizes a serial data path.
True
Tim has an old server computer that his company uses as a backup. One of the hard drives has gone bad and needs to be replaced. The cable that the hard drive uses is not one that Tim has ever seen before, so he posts a picture of it on the company collaboration board to get help in deciding what type of hard drive he will need to order.
Identify the type of cable from the picture. (Check chapter 5 question 1 for picture)
a. IDE
b. SATA
c. PATA
d. SCSI
d. SCSI
Jessica wants to purchase a new hard drive. She wants a drive that has fast access because she will use it to edit videos on her PC. She also needs a lot of storage and wants to have at least 4 TB available to save her videos. Jessica wants to keep the cost down as much as possible possible.
What type of hard drive should Jessica purchase?
a. USB HDD
b. SSD HDD
c. 7200 RPM magnetic HDD
d. 5400 RPM magnetic HDD
c. 7200 RPM magnetic HDD
Keion works as a freelancer creating websites and designing logos for clients. He recently had a hard drive failure and lost work for a client, and he would like to prevent the same type of problem from happening again. Keion does not want to rely on a backup but would like a way to ensure that his data is safe on his computer. You recommend that he create a RAID array that will duplicate his work onto two disks.
What RAID configuration should you recommend to Keion?
a. RAID 10
b. RAID 5
c. RAID 1
d. RAID 0
c. Raid 1
Terry came into work and turned on his computer. During the boot process, the computer shut down. When he tried again, the computer showed the error message, OS not found. Terry called the help desk and explained the computer issue. The help desk technician asked Terry to open the computer.
As a help desk technician, what would you have Terry check on his computer with the case cover removed?
a. SATA cable connection
b. Properly seated RAM
c. CMOS battery
d. P1 Power connection
a. SATA cable connection
You recently installed a new RAID controller card in a PCIe expansion slot on your computer. After setting up the controller, you transfer data from the backup you created over to the computer. When you finish the setup, you turn the computer off and return it to its normal location. When you turn the computer on, you immediately receive the error message, “RAID not found.”
What might be the problem?
a. Hard drives in the RAID have failed
b. Power supply could not support the RAID controller
c. Motherboard could not support the RAID controller
d. Expansion card failed or became unseated
d. Expansion card failed or became unseated
This morning when Paul turned on his computer at work, it would not boot. Instead, Paul reported that he heard a loud clicking noise coming from inside his computer.
What might be the problem with Paul’s computer?
a. SSD hard drive failed.
b. DVD drive failed.
c. Video card failed.
d. Magnetic hard drive failed.
d. Magnetic hard drive failed.
You and a friend decide to watch a movie on your computer. The movie is saved on a second hard drive on your system. When you are ready to watch the movie, you can’t find it on your computer. You try to locate the second hard drive, and it is no longer listed in Windows.
What might be the problem with the movie and the hard drive?
a. Hard drives has crashed
b. Movie has been deleted.
c. Video player application has crashed.
d. Video card has crashed.
a. Hard drives has crashed
You are installing a new hard drive in a system in which the hard drive will run at 6.0Gbps.
What can you use to determine whether the SATA port on which you are connecting the drive will also run at 6.0Gbps?
a. All ports are standard.
b. Hard drive driver.
c. Motherboard manual.
d. UEFI/BIOS will provide the standard
c. Motherboard manual
While working on your computer, you receive the POST error, “Drive Not Recognized.” You check your SATA cable to see if it is the problem, and it tests fine. You remove the hard drive and test it in a computer system known to be in good working condition and find that the hard drive is working. You can move data and check to make sure the OS files are not corrupt. You use a power supply tester to see if the voltage for the SATA power connection is correct, and the test shows the power is correct. You even check BIOS to make sure the hard drive can be recognized and find that all settings in BIOS are at default, so the system should recognize the hard drive.
What might be the problem with your hard drive system?
a. Computer virus has deleted your MBR.
b. Hard drive jumpers.
c. UEFI has the wrong hard drive type.
d. Motherboard SATA port has gone bad.
d. Motherboard SATA port has gone bad
During normal Windows operations, you receive a BSOD, and your computer shuts down. You restart the computer and receive the error again. You go online to check the error and see that it is an error related to reading data from virtual memory.
What hardware might cause this BSOD error?
a. Motherboard BIOS/UEFI
b. Hard drive
c. Processor
d. RAM
b. Hard drive
If a computer is performing slowly due to file fragmentation, what Windows tool can be utilized to rearrange fragments?
a. Computer Management
b. Defraggler
c. Defrag and Optimization tool
d. Disk Cleanup
c. Defrag and Optimization tool
What process writes sector markings to a hard drive?
a. Partitioning
b. High-level formatting
c. Sector provisioning
d. Low-level formatting
d. Low-level formatting
What SATA standard provides a transfer rate of 3 GB/sec?
a. SATA3.2
b. SATA2
c. SATA3
d. SATA1
b. SATA2
If you are adding a hard drive to a system that already has a drive with Windows installed on it, what should you do?
a. Boot Windows and use Disk Management to prepare the new drive
b. Boot from the Windows setup DVD or USB to prepare the new drive.
c. Use the BIOS setup screen to partition and format the new drive.
d. Check that the new hard drive must use the same standard as the Windows drive.
a. Boot Windows and use Disk Management to prepare the new drive.
Why might you want to use a RAID 0 disk configuration?
a. Improve overall disk performance
b. RAID 0 drives are less expensive than other RAID drives
c. RAID 0 provides an automatic disk backup
d. Prevent data loss in case of a drive failure
a. Improve overall disk performance
What command line utility can be used to repair the BCD on a Windows installation?
a. chkdsk
b. diskpart
c. dfrgui
d. bootrec
d. bootrec
What type of RAID volume is used for fault tolerance and only requires two drives?
a. RAID 5
b. RAID 0
c. RAID 10
d. RAID 1
d. RAID 1
When installing a SATA hard drive, is it true or false that you need to move the jumpers on the back of the drive to instruct the computer on which hard drive is the bootable drive?
True
False
False
If you receive a S.M.A.R.T. error on your computer, the hard drive has failed and must be replaced in order for the system to boot.
True
False
False
Devon would like to install a new hard drive on his computer. Because he does not have a SATA port available on his motherboard, he has decided to purchase a NVME SSD hard drive.
How can Devon attach a NVME device to his computer? (Select all that apply.)
a. U.2 port on the motherboard
b. M.2 slot on the motherboard
c. Internal USB connection
d. PCIe expansion card
a. U.2 port on the motherboard
b. M.2 slot on the motherboard
d. PCIe expansion card
During routine maintenance on your server, you discover that one of the hard drives on your RAID array is starting to go bad. After you replace the drive and rebuild the data, you believe you fixed the problem. The next morning you arrive at work and discover that the RAID has completely failed. None of the disks are working. Your server is still running because you installed the OS on a non-RAID disk, but all the data is missing, and the server shows that none of your RAID disks are found.
What might be the problem with your server? (Select all that apply.)
a. Motherboard
b. CPU
c. RAM
d. Power supply
e. RAID controller
a. Motherboard
e. RAID controller
