Optical Media

Question 1

What is the purpose of the small cable that connects an IDE optical drive to the soundcard

Answer 1

Sends CD audio from optical drive to the sound card

Question 2

You’re just finished installing a new hard disk in your computer. Now the DVD drive won’t work. What should you do first?

Answer 2

Make sure the DVD drive cables are connected

Question 3

What is the most important consideration when choosing a rewritable DVD drive?

Answer 3

Media compatibility

Question 4

Which of the following are optical storage devices(Select Three)

– CD
– DVD
– HDD
– SDHC
– BD
– Floppy disk
– SDD

Answer 4

CD
DVD
BD

Question 5

Due to a BLACKOUT, POWER IS NO LONGER COMING FROM THE WALL OUTLET AND YOUR COMPUTER IS NOW OFF. YOU DO NOT HAVE A UPS AND YOU NEED TO REMOVE A DISC OUT OF THE DVD DRIVE. WHAT IS THE EASIEST METHOD FOR RETRIEVING THE DISC?

Answer 5

Push and unbent paperclip into the hole on the front of the drive

Question 6

You place a new disc and optical drive to drive in the operating system’s file browser interface. An error message appears stating that the drive is not accessible. What should you do

Answer 6

Wait. Then try again

Question 7

Which optical media has the greatest storage capacity?

– Dual layer single-sided DVD
– Single layer single-sided Blu-ray disc
– Dual layer double-sided DVD
– Compact disc

Answer 7

Single layer single-sided Blu-ray disc

Question 8

You have a CD-RW drive that advertises speeds of 32x/12x/48x. What is the read speed of a drive?

Answer 8

48x

Question 9

Which Blu-ray standard defines rewritable disks

– BD-R/RW
–BD-RE
–BD-R
–BD-ROM

Answer 9

–BD-RE

Question 10

When you try to read a particular DVD-R disc, you receive an error message. Other disks work fine. Which of the following are most likely problems? (select 2)

– Dirty or scratched disk
– The driver spends too fast for the media
– Incorrect disk format
– Misaligned laser

Answer 10

Dirty or scratched disk

Incorrect disk format