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Question 1

This process protects data by adding extra information that can be used to rebuild data if a drive fails

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Disk Stripping With Parity

Question 2

The geometry value that describes the number of sectors in each track.

Answer 2

Sectors Per Track

Question 3

Today the most often used method to move the actuator arms in a Hard Drive

Answer 3

Voice Coil

Question 4

This determines where a hard drive stores data

Answer 4

Geometry

Question 5

The onboard circuitry of the drive that translates logical geometry to the physical geometry

Answer 5

Sector Translation

Question 6

The traditional I/O addressing scheme, where the CPU talks directly to the hard drive via the BIOS to send and receive data. There are three different speeds.

Answer 6

PIO Modes

Question 7

ATA-4 introduced this new mode and it is now the primary way a hard drive communicates with a PC.

Answer 7

Ultra DMA

Question 8

Is composed of individual platters, with read/write heads on actuator arms controlled by a servo motor- all contained in a sealed case that prevents contamination by outside air.

Answer 8

HDD

Question 9

One of the two technologies used to move the arms in a hard drive. (not voice coil)

Answer 9

Stepper Motor

Question 10

An advanced method of RLL that uses powerful, intelligent circuitry to analyze each flux reversal and make a “best guess” as to what type of flux reversal it just read.

Answer 10

PRML

Question 11

ATA-7 introduced this the fastest and probably least adopted of all of the ATA speed, Ultra DMA mode 6.

Answer 11

ATA/133

Question 12

ATA Hard Drives are often referred to as this type of drive.

Answer 12

IDE

Question 13

A number ranging from 0 to 15 which provides a way for the host adapter to tell one device from another.

Answer 13

SCSI ID

Question 14

Spreading data among multiple drives. This provides no redundancy.

Answer 14

Disk Striping

Question 15

Another name for actuator arms which move the read/writ heads across the platter on the hard drive.

Answer 15

Head Actuator

Question 16

Another name for ATA-6 which increased the limit of hard drives to 144 petyabytes (144,000,000GB)

Answer 16

ATA/ATAPI6

Question 17

An extension to the ATA specification that enables non-hard drive devices such as CD_ROM drives and tape backups to connect the PC via the ATA controllers

Answer 17

ATAPI

Question 18

Using a separate controller on each drive. With two drives, each on a separate controller, the system will continue to operate even if the primary drive’s controller stops working.

Answer 18

Disk Duplexing

Question 19

A type of drive with no moving parts. It is faster and cooler than a regular hard drive.

Answer 19

SSD

Question 20

Helps predict when a hard drive is going to fall by monitoring the hard drive’s mechanical components.

Answer 20

S. M. A. R. T.

Question 21

Creates the ability of the Hard Drive to lie to the computer about its geometry through an advanced type of sector translation

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LBA

Question 22

The process of reading and writing data at the same time to two drives

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Disk Mirroring

Question 23

A tiny car that you plug directly into the 40-pin connector on a PATA drive that enables you to install a parallel ATA device, including a hard drive, optical drive, and other devices, to a serial ATA controller

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SATA Bridge

Question 24

A specific piece of track on a sliver, and each sector stores 512 bytes of data

Answer 24

sector

Question 25

These types of devices connect together in a string of devices called a chain

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SCSI

Question 26

Putting something on the ends of the wire to prevent an echo

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Termination

Question 27

A group of tracks of the same diameter on a hard drive.

Answer 27

Cylinder

Question 28

This type of interface started around 1990, and now virtually monopolizes the hard drive market

Answer 28

ATA

Question 29

A series of improvements to the ATA standard is also called ATA-2

Answer 29

EIDE

Question 30

A method to enable the hard drives to talk to RAM directly, using old-style DMA commands

Answer 30

DMA Modes

Question 31

A series of SCSI devices working together through a host adapter

Answer 31

SCSI Chain

Question 32

A point-to-point connection between the SATA device- HARD DISK, CS-ROM, CD-RW DVD-ROM, DVD-RW, BD-R, BD-RE, and so forth and the SATA controller

Answer 32

HBA

Question 33

Extends the SATA bus to external devices.

Answer 33

ESATA

Question 34

Each circle on a hard disk where you store data on the drive

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Track

Question 35

This new set of BIOS commands allows a system to handle drives up to 137 GB

Answer 35

INT 13

Question 36

Each platter on a hard disk requires two of these to read/write and store data on the disk

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Heads

Question 37

Also referred to as parallel ATA and send data in parallel, on 40 or 80 wired data cables

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PATA

Question 38

Using multiple drives for data protection and increasing speeds

Answer 38

RAID

Question 39

This is the name used to describe the casing of external hard drives

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External Enclosure

Question 40

The first ATA drives used this to connect to the computer by plugging into the drive and into a hard drive controller

Answer 40

40-Pin Ribbon Cable

Question 41

This technology has replaced parallel ATA. It sends data in serial, using only one wire for data transfers

Answer 41

SATA

Question 42

This type of cable uses additional wires that acts as grounds to improve the cable's capability to handle high speed signals

Answer 42

80- wire Cable