Deck 7: Storage Devices

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 ]

Answer 1

Disk Management

Question 2

What is an SSHD?

A)A mechanical hard drive that has shocks installed to protect against jolts
B)A drive that uses flash memory exclusively
C)A combination of SSD and mechanical hard drive
D)A drive that stores data sequentially instead of in sectors

Answer 2

C

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?

A)The operating system recognizes that a drive is installed.
B)The BIOS has been configured for AUTO mounting.
C)The drive has physically been installed in the computer.
D)The drive heads have moved and are in position over the disk platter.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

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

Question 5

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

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 ]

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 ]

Question 8

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

Question 9

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

Question 10

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

A)SATA transfers data in parallel, thus allowing faster transfers.
B)SATA supports internal and external devices.
C)Each SATA device connects to the host controller through a dedicated link.
D)SATA is more secure.
E)SATA supports more devices attached to the same cable.

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 ]

Question 12

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

Question 13

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

Question 14

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

A)The drive performs faster.
B)The drive can be moved to another computer without any configuration.
C)A drive volume can be changed from one file system to any other multiple times.
D)A volume can span disks.

Question 15

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

A)More secure
B)Faster data transfers
C)Fewer data errors
D)Increased amount of data stored on 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 ]

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 ]

Question 18

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

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?

A)It is used to hold BIOS settings.
B)It is used to hold a backup of the system.
C)It is used to hold specific applications that can be accessed and used before the operating system loads.
D)It is used to hold drive settings and parameters.

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 ]