interface ( SATA )

Question 1

the initial formatting of a HDD, done by the manufacturer, where each side of each platter is divided into circular tracks, and each track contains a number of sectors, each with the capacity of 512 bytes

Answer 1

low level formatting, also called geometry

Question 2

What are the main formats of HDD’s

Answer 2

3. 5 used in PC’s

2. 5 used in laptops

Question 3

high performance drives are rate between

Answer 3

15,000 - 10,000 rpm

Question 4

average drives are rated between

Answer 4

7200 - 5400 rpm

Question 5

this occurs as the read/write head locates a particular position on a HDD

Answer 5

delay latency

Question 6

high performance drives will have an access time of ?

Answer 6

below 3 ms

Question 7

a measure of how fast read/wire operations are performed on the disk platters

Answer 7

internal transfer rate

Question 8

measures how fast data can be transferred to the CPU across the bus

Answer 8

External transfer rate

Question 9

the number of hours that a device should operate before a critical incident can be expected

Answer 9

mean time between failures (MTBF)

Question 10

is the duration for which the device can be expected to remain reliable

Answer 10

life expectancy

Question 11

a HDD feature that passes status information and alerts back to monitor software

Answer 11

self monitoring analysis and reporting technology (S.M.A.R.T.)

Question 12

SSD uses what type of memory

Answer 12

flash memory

Question 13

HDD’s uses this technology to communicate with its buses

Answer 13

advanced host control interface (AHCI)

Question 14

SDD’s use this technology to communicate with its buses

Answer 14

NVM express (NVMe)

Question 15

legacy type of memory card installed as part of the motherboards chipset

Answer 15

embedded MMC (eMMC)

Question 16

SATA devices include

Answer 16

HDD, SSD, CD, DVD, Blu-Ray

Question 17

this storage device is most commonly used for data backing up all hard drives in a system

Answer 17

tape drives

Question 18

SATA1 provides a data transfer rate

Answer 18

1.5 Gbps

Question 19

SATA2 provides a data transfer rate

Answer 19

3 Gbps

Question 20

SATA3 provides a data transfer rate

Answer 20

6 Gbps

Question 21

CD has a capacity of

Answer 21

700 MB

Question 22

DVD single layer has a capacity of

Answer 22

4.7 GB

Question 23

DVD dual layer has a capacity of

Answer 23

8.5 GB

Question 24

Blu-ray single layer has a capacity of

Answer 24

25 GB

Question 25

Blu-ray double layer has a capacity of

Answer 25

50 GB