Lesson 11 Chapter 1 - Removable Media and RAID

Question 1

What is removable media?

Answer 1

Removable media is any type of mass-storage device that has the ability to connect and disconnect from a device to be used in another device freely

Question 2

What are the 3 groups of removable media? What are some examples of each group?

F, O, E

Answer 2

1. Flash Media - USB flash drives, Flash memory cards
2. Optical Media - Shiny disc technology like DVDs, CD-ROMs or Blu-Rays
3. External drives - hard drives, optical drives, tape drives, anything that connects via external cable

Question 3

What does RAID stand for?

Answer 3

RAID = Redundant Array of Independent Disks

Question 4

What is RAID used for?

Answer 4

RAID is used as a method of combining the capacity of multiple physical storage devices into a single pool of storage (either to improve access times or prevent data loss or both)

Question 5

Removable flash memory comes in two different families:

Answer 5

1. USB Flash drives
2. Memory cards

AKA Flash Media

Question 6

Memory card is a generic term for different small cards used in what kinds of devices? (7)

c, t, n, c, p, l, d

Answer 6

1. cameras
2. tablets
3. notebooks
4. cars
5. printers
6. laptops
7. desktop pcs

Question 7

What are 3 names that USB flash drives are also called?

Answer 7

1. USB thumb drives
2. Jump drives
3. Flash memory drives

Question 8

USB flash drives (like all USB devices) are ___ _____

Answer 8

hot-swappable

Question 9

USB flash drives have a storage capacity of up to ___ ___

Answer 9

USB = 64GB

Question 10

SD memory cards have a total capacity of up to ___ ___

Answer 10

2TB

Question 11

What are the 2 smaller form-factor versions of SD cards?

Answer 11

micro-SD
mini-SD

Question 12

Most electronic devices only use a single format when it comes to ___ ___ ___

Answer 12

flash memory cards

Question 13

Your PC must have a ___ ___ to access the data on the card directly

Answer 13

card reader

Question 14

How else can you read a memory card if you don’t have a card reader?

Answer 14

connect it to an electronic device (like a camera) and connect the device to the computer via a USB cable

(the device will show up as an external drive)

Question 15

What happens if you copy, paste, or move files from an NTFS volume to a FAT32 or exFAT flash drive?

Answer 15

Those files lose all NTFS attributes, including any encryption/security

Question 16

How do you troubleshoot a USB flash drive not showing up in File Explorer? What if you’re using a port replicator or dock?

Answer 16

USB flash drive: Make sure it’s connected securely, and if using a port replicator or dock uses a direct PC USB port

Question 17

How do you troubleshoot a flash memory card not showing up in File Explorer? External and Internal readers (2)

Answer 17

Flash memory card: If using an external card reader, try using a different USB port. If internal, remove and try reconnecting it.

Question 18

What’s the most common physical issue with USB flash drives and how do you fix it?

Answer 18

The most common issue is the connector becoming loose from repeated connects/disconnects. Replace the drive when it starts to wobble (no choice with flash media)

Question 19

You need to eject flash media from the PC before physically removing it or risk data corruption. T or F?

Answer 19

False as of Windows 10 and 11, a new feature enables you to remove a USB storage device at any time (except when actively writing to it) without a problem