Storage Devices

Question 1

Characteristic features of magnetic drives? (3 answers)

Answer 1

High Capacity
Low Device Cost
Low Performance

Question 2

Characteristic features of Solid-State Drives (SSDs)? (3 answers)

Answer 2

Lower capacity in comparison to magnetic drives
Relatively high device cost
High Performance

Question 3

Identifies physical device embedded on a SCSI chain.

Answer 3

SCSI ID

Question 4

A method for identifying logical partitions on a SCSI drive?

Answer 4

LUN
(Logical Unit Number)

Question 5

What is the maximum allowable number of devices that can be attached to a parallel SCSI bus?

Answer 5

16 devices

Question 6

Characteristic features of SAS (3 Answers)

Answer 6

Does not require bus termination
Point-to-point connection
Serial interface

Question 7

A dedicated expansion card used for attaching external storage devices?

Answer 7

eSATA card

Question 8

What is the maximum number of devices that can be attached to a PC through a single PATA cable?

Answer 8

2

Question 9

Platters of a magnetic hard drive spin at a rate measured in:

Answer 9

Revolutions per minute (RPM)

Question 10

A magnetic drives form factor for desktops?

Answer 10

3.5 inch

Question 11

3 different storage media device interfaces for SSDs?

Answer 11

NVMe
SATA
PCIe

Question 12

A logical device interface used for accessing non-volatile memory storage devices attached via PCIe is known as:

Answer 12

NVMe

Question 13

SSD Form Factors (2 Answers)

Answer 13

M.2
mSATA

Question 14

What was the older, portable device SSD form factor that was superseded by M.2?

Answer 14

mSATA

Question 15

Which RAID level does not offer fault tolerance?

Answer 15

RAID 0

Question 16

Hardware RAID Level 0 is also known as:

Answer 16

Disk Striping

Question 17

Hardware RAID Level 1 is also known as:

Answer 17

Disk Mirroring

Question 18

Hardware RAID Level 10 requires a minimum of how many drives?

Answer 18

4 Drives

Question 19

Which type of RAID creates a striped set from a series of mirrored drives?

Answer 19

RAID 1+0

Question 20

What are 3 popular portable storage devices utilizing flash memory?

Answer 20

Thumb Drive
USB Drive
Flash Drive

Question 21

A proprietary flash memory card format used mainly in older digital cameras?

Answer 21

xD

Question 22

A file system designed for optical media?

Answer 22

CDFS
(Compact Disk File System)

Question 23

What are 3 examples of optical disc drives?

Answer 23

CD-ROM drive
DVD-ROM drive
BD-ROM drive

Question 24

Due to size restrictions and compact nature of laptops devices, this type of storage media becomes less commonly found on new laptops.

Answer 24

Optical Drives

Question 25

Which dedicated expansion slots/ports on the PC motherboard enables connecting an M.2 device?

Answer 25

B Key Slot
M Key Slot
B+M Key Slot

Question 26

Which state of the HDD LED light typically indicates the drive’s normal operation?

Answer 26

Intermittent flashing

Question 27

Which of the following metrics might be of help in diagnosing the declining performance of a storage drive?

Answer 27

IOPS
(Input/Output operations per second)

Question 28

Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.) monitors the system for what exactly?

Answer 28

HDD/SSD failures