Question 1

What Windows tool is used to see whether a hard drive is recognized or is mounted, or whether there is an issue? [ Device Manager | Task Manager | Registry | Disk Management ]

Accepted Answer

Disk Management

Question 2

What is an SSHD?

Accepted Answer

An SSHD combines the speed of SSD (solid-state drive) with the storage capacity of a mechanical hard drive. It has a small amount of flash storage where frequently accessed data is stored for faster access, while the remaining data is stored on the spinning disks of a traditional hard drive. This results in faster boot and load times than a mechanical hard drive alone, while remaining cost-effective compared to a larger SSD.

Question 3

A technician is working on a hard drive problem.You walk up and the technician tells you the drive has mounted but still doesn't operate.What does this mean?

Accepted Answer

When a drive is mounted, it means that the operating system has recognized that a drive is installed and made it available for use. However, if the drive still doesn't operate, there may be other issues such as driver problems or physical damage to the drive.

Question 4

Can SSDs have head crashes? [ Yes | No ]
Explain your reason.

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Question 5

List one instance when you might recommend an SSD over a mechanical hard drive.

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Question 6

Which Windows technology allows you to combine multiple hard drives of different types and/or internal/external to be seen as one hard drive to the operating system?
[ VPN | virtualization | RAID | Storage Spaces | TPM ]

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Question 7

What is the maximum number of devices that can attach to an internal SATA drive cable that attaches to the motherboard?
[ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 ]

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Question 8

Which hard drive step prepares the drive to use a particular file system?
[ partitioning | high-level formatting | mounting | low-level formatting ]

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Question 9

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Question 10

What are two advantages of using SATA technology over PATA? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

SATA supports both internal and external devices, and each SATA device connects to the host controller through a dedicated link, which improves performance and reliability compared to PATA.

Question 11

A technician has been asked to recommend a mechanical hard drive in a computer where performance is a factor.Which feature should the technician focus on?
[ voltage output | voltage input | RPM | storage capacity | technology used ]

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Question 12

What type of memory do SSDs use? [ NVRAM | RAM | ROM | flash ]

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Question 13

How many total connectors attach to an internal SATA drive? [ 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 ]

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Question 14

What would be an advantage of converting a basic drive to a dynamic disk?

Accepted Answer

Dynamic disks support volume spanning, allowing a single volume to extend across more than one disk, which is not possible with basic disks.

Question 15

What is an advantage of having a drive that spins at a higher RPM?

Accepted Answer

A drive that spins at a higher RPM will have a faster data transfer rate. This is because more data can be read or written in each rotation of the platter.

Question 16

What are the three types of SATA devices? (Choose three.)
[ 1Gb/s | 1.5Gb/s | 2Gb/s | 3Gb/s | 5Gb/s | 6Gb/s | 10Gb/s | 100Gb/s ]

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Question 17

Which hard drive installation step allows a drive letter to be assigned to all or part of a hard drive? [ partitioning | high-level formatting | mounting | low-level formatting ]

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Question 18

Which internal drive type is more likely to be seen in a new home computer today?
[ ESDI | PATA | SCSI | SAS | SATA ]

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Question 19

You use a Windows tool to manage a particular hard drive that came with the system.You see a partition marked as an EFI partition.What is the purpose of this partition?

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An EFI partition, also known as an EFI system partition (ESP), is used to hold specific applications that can be accessed and used before the operating system loads. These applications are typically low-level utilities used for system recovery and troubleshooting. The EFI partition is a critical component of booting modern UEFI-based systems.

Question 20

Which RAID level provides fault tolerance and what is written on one hard drive is written to the second hard drive? [ 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 ]

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Quiz 7: Storage Devices

What Windows tool is used to see whether a hard drive is recognized or is mounted, or whether there is an issue? [ Device Manager | Task Manager | Registry | Disk Management ]

What is an SSHD?

A technician is working on a hard drive problem.You walk up and the technician tells you the drive has mounted but still doesn't operate.What does this mean?

Can SSDs have head crashes? [ Yes | No ] Explain your reason.

List one instance when you might recommend an SSD over a mechanical hard drive.

Which Windows technology allows you to combine multiple hard drives of different types and/or internal/external to be seen as one hard drive to the operating system? [ VPN | virtualization | RAID | Storage Spaces | TPM ]

What is the maximum number of devices that can attach to an internal SATA drive cable that attaches to the motherboard? [ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 ]

Which hard drive step prepares the drive to use a particular file system? [ partitioning | high-level formatting | mounting | low-level formatting ]

What is the most popular file system in use today? [ FAT | eFAT | exFAT | NTFS | FAT32 | FAT64 ]