CPT 209 Final Review Flashcards
SAS is optimal for use in ___________________ and workstations because it has a more versatile array of connectors and is faster at reading and writing data in a continuous computer session
Standard Homes
Magnetic hard drive read/write heads are controlled by an _____________, which moves the read/write heads across the disk surfaces in unison.
actuator
ATAPI is a legacy standard interface system designed to connect hard drive, CD-ROM drive, ZIP, and large Tape drives.
True
With ______________________, you can connect and disconnect a drive while the system is running.
hot-swapping
What command can be used to make sure that the hard drive does not have bad sectors?
chkdsk
The slower the spindle rotates on a traditional magnetic drive, the better performance it will have.
False
Most current magnetic hard drives use ________ byte sectors.
4096
RAID 5 requires three or more drives and uses _________ checking.
parity
Why might you want to use a RAID 0 disk configuration?
to improve overall disk performance
Besides capacity, SD cards come in three physical sizes and are rated for ____________ in classes.
memory
Which type of RAID volume is used for fault tolerance and only requires two drives?
RAID 1
What two optical disc drive standards allow for rewritable discs?
BD-RE
DVD-RAM
The hard drive firmware, UEFI/BIOS, and the OS address the sectors on a hard drive utilizing what technology?
logical block addressing
If you are adding a hard drive to a system that already has a drive with Windows installed on it, what should you do?
boot Windows and use Disk Management to prepare the new drive
The boot sector that holds an MBR partition table can be repaired.
True
What two optical disc drive standards support writing discs with a total capacity of 8.5GB?
DVD-R DL
DVD+R DL
A _____________________ has no moving parts and is built using nonvolatile memory, which is similar to that used for USB flash drives.
Solid State Drive
Scenario:
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
What are current (non-legacy) file systems used with macOS?
APFS
Ext3
Mac OS Extended
Legacy IDE uses what pin counts on it’s ribbon cables?
40
Which type of removable storage media can provide up to 2 TB of storage?
SDXC
The read/write head on a magnetic hard drive is at both the top and bottom of each disk.
True
NVMe interface standard is used only by SSDs.
True
This form factor used to be called SFF-8639 and was targeted almost entirely at server and enterprise markets.
SSD Form Factor