Quiz 8 pt2 Flashcards
How many tiny read/write heads service each platter in a traditional hard disk drive (HDD)?
a. Eight
b. Five
c. Three
d. Two
d. Two
Which unit measures hard drive spindle speed?
a. Revolutions per minute (RPM)
b. Bytes per second (BPS)
c. Writes per second (WPS)
d. Reads per second (RPS)
a. Revolutions per minute (RPM)
_______________ technology is commonly used in desktop and laptop hard drives, memory cards, cameras, USB thumb drives, and other handheld devices.
a. Copper
b. Solid-state
c. Terminal
d. Magnetic
b. Solid-state
What hard drive technology typically implements a 2.5-inch, mSATA, or M.2 form factor?
a. SCSI
b. SATA
c. SSD
d. PATA
c. SSD
Less expensive SSDs typically implement less reliable _______________ memory technology in place of the more efficient _______________ technology to cut costs.
a. multi-level cell (MLC), single-level cell (SLC)
b. single-level cell (SLC), dual-level cell (DLC)
c. single-level cell (SLC), multi-level cell (MLC)
d. dual-level cell (DLC), single-level cell (SLC)
a. multi-level cell (MLC), single-level cell (SLC)
SATA drives come in three common SATA-specific varieties:
a. 1.5 Kbps, 3 Kbps, and 6 Kbps
b. 1.5 TBps, 3 TBps, and 6 TBps
c. 1.5 MBps, 3 MBps, and 6 MBps
d. 1.5 Gbps, 3 Gbps, and 6 Gbps
d. 1.5 Gbps, 3 Gbps, and 6 Gbps
Which term specifies a type of nonvolatile flash memory that current SSD devices use to retain data when power is turned off or disconnected?
a. NAND
b. ATAPI-6
c. ATA-7
d. AHCI
a. NAND
What type of power connector do all PATA drives use?
a. Mini
b. Standard Molex
c. P1
d. Sub
b. Standard Molex
The current PATA standard provides support for _______________ at speeds of up to _______________.
a. 144TB, 66MBps
b. 144PB, 133MBps
c. 144PB, 266MBps
d. 144PB, 6Gbps
b. 144PB, 133MBps
How many PATA drives—including hard drives, optical drives, and tape drives—can be connected to a single ATA controller?
a. Two
b. Four
c. One
d. Six
a. Two
Which ATA revision introduced Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.)?
a. ATA-6
b. ATA-2
c. ATA-3
d. ATA-7
c. ATA-3
How many wires are in the SATA interface?
a. Four
b. Eight
c. Eighty
d. Seven
d. Seven
What is the maximum SATA device cable length?
a. 3 meters
b. 1 meter
c. 18 inches
d. 2 meters
b. 1 meters
What is the maximum PATA device cable length?
a. 2 meters
b. 3 meters
c. 1 meters
d. 18 inches
d. 18 inches
What is the maximum eSATA device cable length?
a. 1 meters
b. 2 meters
c. 3 meters
d. 18 inches
b. 2 meters
The most important advance in SATA involves _______________.
a. platter oxidation
b. data throughput
c. ohm ratings
d. magnetic interference
b. data throughput
Which version of SATA ties capable drives directly into the PCI Express bus on motherboards?
a. SATAe
b. SATA 3.0
c. SATA 2.0
d. SATA 1.0
a. SATAe
At what speed does the SATA 1.0 specification perform?
a. 1.5 GBPS
b. 1.0 GBPS
c. 2.5 GBPS
d. 2.0 GBPS
a. 1.5 GBPS
At what speed does the SATA 2.0 specification perform?
a. 2.0 GBPS
b. 3.0 GBPS
c. 1.5 GBPS
d. 6.0 GBPS
b. 3.0 GBPS
Which SATA variety runs at 6 GBPS?
a. SATA 2.0
b. SATA 1.0
c. SATA 6.0
d. SATA 3.0
d. SATA 3.0
Which SATA variety runs up to 16 GBPS?
a. SATA 3.0
b. SATA 2.0
c. SATA 1.0
d. SATA 3.2
d. SATA 3.2
Which drive technology rules the roost the server market?
a. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI)
b. Small computer system interface (SCSI)
c. Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.)
d. Redundant array of independent (or inexpensive) disks (RAID)
b. Small computer system interface (SCSI)
Which term refers to the mirroring technique in which each drive has its own controller?
a. Super-disk mirroring
b. Disk striping
c. Disk duplexing
d. Disk striping with parity
c. Disk duplexing
_______________ (without parity) means spreading the data among multiple (at least two) drives.
a. Disk striping
b. Disk duplexing
c. Parity
d. Disk mirroring
a. Disk striping
Disk mirroring/duplexing is also known as _______________.
a. RAID 2
b. RAID 0
c. RAID 1
d. RAID 3
c. RAID 1
What is the minimum number of drives needed to implement RAID 5?
a. Three
b. One
c. Four
d. Two
a. Three
What is the minimum number of drives needed to implement RAID 6?
a. Five
b. Two
c. Three
d. Four
d. Four
How many failures can RAID 0 withstand and remain functional?
a. Up to three
b. Zero
c. Two
d. One
b. Zero
How many functional failures can RAID 10 withstand and remain functional?
a. Up to four
b. Up to two
c. Up to 10
d. One
b. Up to two
What tool can you use in Windows to configure and manage hard drives and RAID levels?
a. FDISK
b. Disk Management
c. AHCI
d. Device Manager
b. Disk Management
The Disk Management program in Windows Server versions can configure drives for _______________, and it works with PATA or SATA.
a. RAID 0 or 10
b. RAID 5 or RAID 10
c. RAID 0, 1, or 5
d. RAID 0+1
c. RAID 0, 1, or 5
Which term is a type of controller that has chips with its own processor and memory?
a. CMOS Northbridge controller
b. Software RAID virtual controllers
c. Hardware RAID intelligent controllers
d. BIOS controller
c. Hardware RAID intelligent controllers
You are installing two PATA drives. How should you set the jumpers?
a. Set one to primary and the other to secondary.
b. Set one to first and the other to second.
c. Set one to master and the other stand-alone.
d. Set one to master and the other to slave.
d. Set one to master and the other to slave.
When configuring controllers, if the controllers are enabled and the drive is properly connected, the drive should appear in CMOS through a process called _______________.
a. SMARTscan
b. HDdetect
c. autoboot
d. autodetection
d. autodetection
A common SATA numbering method uses the term _______________ for each controller.
a. channels
b. pins
c. banks
d. lanes
a. channels
