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Has no moving parts Solid state drive

Moves the read/write heads across the disk surfaces in unisonActuator

Uses both solid state and magnetic technologies Hybrid hard drive

A single hard drive that works independently of other hard drives Basic disk

The overall structure an OS uses to name, store, and organize files on a drive File system

The smallest unit of space on a disk for storing a file and is made up of one or moresectors

Cluster

A table on a hard drive or floppy disk that tracks how space on a disk is used tostore files

FAT

Designed to provide greater security and to support more storage capacity than theolder file system

NTFS

Speeds up access time by allowing blocks of data to be read from the drive at onetime

Block mode

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The correct answer is: Has no moving parts Solid state drive, Moves the read/write heads across the disksurfaces in unison Actuator, Uses both solid state and magnetic technologies Hybrid hard drive, A single

hard drive that works independently of other hard drives Basic disk, The overall structure an OS uses to

name, store, and organize files on a drive File system, The smallest unit of space on a disk for storing a file

and is made up of one or more sectors Cluster, A table on a hard drive or floppy disk that tracks how space

on a disk is used to store files FAT, Designed to provide greater security and to support more storage

capacity than the older file system NTFS, Speeds up access time by allowing blocks of data to be read from

the drive at one time Block mode.

Question 2

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A ____ drive has one, two, or more platters, or disks, that stack together and spin in unison inside a sealedmetal housing that contains firmware to control reading and writing data to the drive and to communicate with

the motherboard.

Select one:

a. magnetic optical

b. floppy

c. magnetic hard

d. magnetic image

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The correct answer is: magnetic hard.

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The top and bottom of each disk of a magnetic hard drive have a ____ that moves across the disk surface as

all the disks rotate on a spindle.

Select one:

a. read head

b. read/write head

c. access headd. platter device

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The correct answer is: read/write head.

Question 4

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Each side, or surface, of one hard drive platter is called a ____.

Select one:

a. bubble

b. wing

c. tail

d. head

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The correct answer is: head.

Question 5

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Windows Vista technology that supports a hybrid drive is called ____.

Select one:

a. ReadyRAM

b. ReadySpin

c. ReadyDrive

d. ReadyDisk

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The correct answer is: ReadyDrive.

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The total number of ____ on the drive determines the drive capacity.

Select one:

a. sectors

b. wedges

c. platters

d. controllers

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The correct answer is: sectors.

Question 7

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____ on a circuit board inside the drive housing is responsible for writing and reading data to these tracks and

sectors and for keeping track of where everything is stored on the drive.

Select one:

a. Wetware

b. ROMc. Firmware

d. Software

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The correct answer is: Firmware.

Question 8

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During the ____ formatting process, you specify the size of the partition and what file system it will use.

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a. low-level

b. high-level

c. medium-level

d. physical

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The correct answer is: high-level.

Question 9

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The ATA interface standards are developed by Technical Committee T13 and published by ____.

Select one:

a. ISO

b. IEEE

c. IETF

d. ANSI

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The correct answer is: ANSI.

Question 10

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____ is a system BIOS feature that monitors hard drive performance, disk spin up time, temperature, distance

between the head and the disk, and other mechanical activities of the drive in order to predict when the drive is

likely to fail.

Select one:

a. S.M.A.R.T.

b. D.A.R.T.

c. S.T.A.R.T.

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d. S.P.I.N.

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The correct answer is: S.M.A.R.T..

Question 11

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The ____-conductor IDE cable has half the number of pins as it has wires.

Select one:

a. 40

b. 60

c. 80

d. 100

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The correct answer is: 80.

Question 12

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____ transfers data directly from the drive to memory without involving the CPU.

Select one:

a. RMA

b. DAM

c. SMA

d. DMA

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The correct answer is: DMA.

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____ mode involves the CPU and is slower than DMA mode.

Select one:

a. DMZ

b. PIO

c. RMA

d. PIN

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The correct answer is: PIO.

Question 14

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With ____, you can connect and disconnect a drive while the system is running.

Select one:

a. wet-swapping

b. cold-swapping

c. hot-swapping

d. block-swapping

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The correct answer is: hot-swapping.

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External ____ is up to six times faster than USB or FireWire.

Select one:

a. SATA

b. SCSI

c. IDE

d. DMA

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The correct answer is: SATA.

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____ is a standard for communication between a subsystem of peripheral devices and the system bus.

Select one:

a. SAS

b. SATA

c. SCSD

d. SCSI

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The correct answer is: SCSI.

Question 17

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A technology that configures two or more hard drives to work together as an array of drives is called ____.

Select one:

a. FLAG

b. RAID

c. RAIN

d. RAISE

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The correct answer is: RAID.

Question 18

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A drive ____ is a duplication of everything written to a hard drive.

Select one:

a. network

b. array

c. handle

d. image

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The correct answer is: image.

Question 19

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With ____, two hard drives are configured as a single volume.

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a. binding

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b. bonding

c. spanning

d. wrapping

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The correct answer is: spanning.

Question 20

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The first sector on the disk, called the boot sector or ____ record, contains the information about how the disk

is organized and the file system used.

Select one:

a. base

b. interface

c. slave

d. boot

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The correct answer is: boot.

Question 21

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When using an 80-conductor cable-select cable, the drive nearest the motherboard is the ____.

Select one:

a. master

b. slave

c. subordinate

d. major

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The correct answer is: master.

Question 22

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If you are mounting a hard drive into a bay that is too large, a ____ kit can help you securely fit the drive into

the bay.

Select one:

a. reversal bay

b. drive connecting

c. universal bay

d. bay adapter

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The correct answer is: universal bay.

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A hard disk drive (HDD), most often called a hard drive, comes in two sizes for personal computers: the 1.8"

size is used for laptop computers and the 2.5" size is used for desktops.

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TrueFalse

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The correct answer is 'False'.

Question 24

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Solid state hard drives cost more and are less rugged than magnetic hard drives.

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False

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The correct answer is 'False'.

Question 25

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Almost all hard drives sold today for desktop computers are magnetic hard drive.

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False

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The correct answer is 'True'.

Question 26

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If you are replacing a floppy drive, you must inform BIOS setup by accessing setup and changing the drive

type

Select one:

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True

False

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The correct answer is 'False'.

Question 27

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Hardware problems usually show up at POST, unless there is physical damage to an area of the hard drive

that is not accessed during POST.

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True

False

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The correct answer is 'True'.