MTA Session 2

Question 1

What is still considered the standard for data transfer between system devices and can be used by peripheral devices and hard drives?

A. Serial

B. IDE

C. SCSI

D. Optical

Answer 1

C. SCSI

Question 2

Which type of SCSI does the following features best describe:

Also known as Narrow SCSI

Uses an 8-bit standard

Uses a 5 MHz clock that uses 5 MBps as the highest data rate

Can support up to devices being daisy-chained together

A. SCSI-1

B.SCSI-2

C.SCSI-3

Answer 2

A. SCSI-1

Question 3

Which type of SCSI does the following features best describe:

Also known as Fast SCSI or Fast/Wide SCSI

Uses an 8-bit or 16-bit standard

Fast SCSI uses an 8-bit bus at 10 MHz for a data rate of 10 MBps

Fast/Wide SCSI uses a 16-bit bus at 10 MHz for 20 MBps

Fast SCSI supports 8 devices and Fast/Wide SCSI supports 16 devices

A.SCSI 1

B.SCSI 2

C.SCSI 3

Answer 3

B.SCSI 2

Question 4

Which type of SCSI does the following features best describe:

Implementation Bits Clock (MHz) Data Rate (MBps)

Ultra SCSI 8 20 20

Ultra Wide SCSI 16 20 40

Ultra2 SCSI 8 40 40

Ultra2 Wide SCSI 16 40 80

Ultra3 SCSI (Ultra160) 16 40 160

A. SCSI 1

B. SCSI 2

C. SCSI 3

Answer 4

C. SCSI 3

Question 5

Which of the following type of SCSI Standard is meant for external storage and is also called “SCSI over TCP/IP? It is said that it will eventually replace Fibre Channel.

A.SCSI Ultra640

B.iSCSI

C.ipSCSI

D.SCSI320

Answer 5

B.iSCSI

Question 6

Which type of new technology needed to be developed by engineers to increase SCSI bus speeds to 40 MHz and operates on 3-volt logic levels?

A.LVD

B.HVD

C.HDD

D.SSD

Answer 6

A.LVD

Question 7

Most SCSI implementations use which of the following types of ends and allows multiple devices to be connected to the SCSI chain?

A.Asynchronous Ended

B.Single-Ended

C.Multimode Ended

D.Synchronous Ended

Answer 7

C.Multimode Ended

Question 8

Which of the following are the allowed lengths on a SCSI cable? (choose two)

A.1.5 feet to 12 feet

B.5 meters to 40 meters

C.1.5 meters to 12 meters

D.5 feet to 40 feet

Answer 8

D.5 feet to 40 feet

Question 9

Fill in the missing blanks: The _____ the SCSI standard, the _____ the cable length needs to be.

A.shorter; faster

B.faster; shorter

C.wider; faster

D.faster; faster

Answer 9

B.faster; shorter

Question 10

Fill in the blanks: SCSI cables must be _____ to avoid _____.

A.terminated; reflections

B.spliced; reflections

C.split; refractions

D.None of the above are true in this case

Answer 10

A.terminated; reflections

Question 11

What is the meaning of the acronym IDE?

A.Imported Data Errors

B.Integrated Drive Errors

C.Integrated Drive Electronics

D.Imported Drive Electronics

Answer 11

C.Integrated Drive Electronics

Question 12

What is the speed of an ATA-66 implementation?

A.66 Mbps

B.66 MBps

C.66 GBps

D.66 Gbps

Answer 12

B.66 MBps

Question 13

Which of the following data rate transfers do SATA drives start?

A.150 Mbps

B.133 Mbps

C.133 MBps

D.150 MBps

Answer 13

D.150 MBps

Question 14

Fill in the blanks: _____ drives can be connected to the _____ controller.

A.SATA; SAS

B.SAS; SATA

Answer 14

A.SATA; SAS

Question 15

Which of the following external storage type is the standard for today’s storage area networking (SAN) and can be used across fiber and copper lines?

A.Fiber Channels

B.Satellite Channels

C.Fibre Channels

D.TCP/IP Channels

Answer 15

C.Fibre Channels

Question 16

Fill in the blank: A system _____ is any part at which, or through which, communications may occur.

A.interference

B.interstate

C.interface

D.integration

Answer 16

C.interface

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT a component found in a backplane?

A.PCB

B.HBA

C.Hard drive receptacles

D.Optical drive receptacles

Answer 17

D.Optical drive receptacles

Question 18

What distance can SMF work over?

A.6 miles

B.10 miles

C.60 miles

D.100 miles

Answer 18

A.6 miles

Question 19

Using the description and image below, identify the following type of connector:

Allows fiber connections to switches and hubs

Are small, hot-swappable and hot pluggable

Provides the physical layer signaling for communications

A.RJ-45

B.GBIC

C.SCSI

D.RJ-11

Answer 19

B.GBIC

Question 20

What is the throughput speed of a 1GFC?

A.200 MBps

B.200 Mbps

C.1 Mbps

D.1 MBps

Answer 20

A.200 MBps

Question 21

The image below best represents which type of Fibre Channel architecture?

A. FC-P2P

B. FC-AL

C. FC-SW

D. Switched

Answer 21

B. FC-AL

Question 22

Which type of technology encapsulates Fibre Channel communications over TCP/IP?

A.iSCSI

B.SCSI1

C.FCIP

D.FCSI

Answer 22

C?

NOT

A?B?

Question 23

Which type of storage is also known as a file server?

A.SAN

B.Fibre

C.SCSI

D.NAS

Answer 23

D.NAS

Question 24

Which type of RAID is best described using the following descriptors:

Stripe set

Performance only

Minimum of two drives

No fault tolerance

A.RAID 0

B.RAID 1

C.RAID 3

D.RAID 5

Answer 24

A.RAID 0

Question 25

Which type of RAID is best described using the following descriptors:

Stripe set

Across mirror sets

A.RAID 1+0

B.RAID 0+1

C.RAID 5

D.RAID 6

Answer 25

B.RAID 0+1