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.
