S22 - Troubleshooting Storage Devices

Question 1

What is Window’s Boot Loader Called

Answer 1

Boot Configuration Data (BCD)

Question 2

What is Linux’s Boot Loader Called

Answer 2

GRUB / LILO

Question 3

What does inability to find a bootable device indicate a problem with

Answer 3

MBR or GPT

Question 4

What can we do to monitor a HDD’s function

Answer 4

Listening, Feeling, Looking

Question 5

What can you use to check for connected storage devices on windows system

Answer 5

Disk management tools

Question 6

To recover bad storage sectors / the data what can we use

Answer 6

Disk utility: check disk

Question 7

What is the SSD equivalent of Sectors

Answer 7

Blocks

Question 8

Function of Self-Monitors Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART)

Answer 8

Self-diagnostic program that alerts the OS if there is a failure with the storage device/s

Question 9

Define IOPS

Answer 9

Input/output operations per second

Question 10

What can low IOPS mean

Answer 10

an issue with the hardware or software

Question 11

What can we do with the use of a OS tool to creates IOPS

Answer 11

Use the defragmentation tool to put files back together to reduce read and write times

Question 12

What causes fragmentation

Answer 12

Deleting and rewriting