Week 2: Storage and Formatting Flashcards
.What does SATA stand for?
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
Which Drives type have no moving parts?
Solid State, Thumb drives
Thumb drives use what kind of memory to retain data?
Flash Memory
GUID (Globally Unique Identifier) is the default Partition Scheme used for ___
Intel-Based Macs
The default Partition Scheme used for PowerPC-based macs.
APM (Apple Partition Map)
What is the default partition scheme used for non-mac based computers.
MBR (Master Boot Record)
What is the default volume format for mac computers?
Mac OS Extended Journaled
Define Partitions
The boundaries on the storage medium.
Define volume
How the files and folders are actually stored on the hardware.
Define Formatting
The act of creating a file system on a volume.
A ______ is a non-volatile random access device for digital data storage.
Hard Disk drive (HD)
A ____ drive is a data storage device that uses flash memory to store data. It was designed to replace HDD’s in computers to improve performance
solid-state drive (SSD)
TRUE or FALSE: Most SSD’s use the same SATA interface as HDD’s, but some are designed to use a PCIe and MicroPCIe interface.
TRUE
____ are small PCB’s that contain non-volatile memory chips that store data like a HDD or SSD.
Flash memory cards
TRUE or FALSE: Portable hard drives allow connectivity through USB, Firewire and eSATA
TRUE
The speed of USB 2.0 (Universal serial Bus)
480Mb/s
The speed of Firewire (IEEE 1394)
400Mb/s or 800Mb/s
The speed of eSATA (External SATA)
3GB/s or 6GB/s
The speed of thunderbolt
10GB/s
The most current type of interface used by hard drives to connect to motherboards
SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment)
Storage capacity of a CD
700MB
Storage capacity of a DVD
4.7GB
Storage capacity of a DVD-DL
8.5GB (approx.)
Storage capacity of a Blu Ray Disk
25GB
TRUE or FALSE: Free space on a drive must be partitioned before it can be used by an operating system.
TRUE
What is used to partition a disk into volumes on a Mac?
Disk Utility
TRUE or FALSE: You can store data on a volume before formatting.
FALSE, Volumes must be formatted with a file system BEFORE data can be stored on them.
What is created on a volume when it is formatted?
A file system
TRUE or FALSE: Intel-Based Macs can start up from both USB and FireWire external drives
TRUE
TRUE or FALSE: PowerPc-based Macs can start up from both USB and FireWire external drives
FALSE; PowerPC-based Macs can only start up from FireWire external drives.
