Hardware and Computers Chp 5
what buses on the motherboard is the fastest
PC 3.0 x16
What function does RAID 5 add that makes it more fault tolerant than RAID0?
Parity
what drive type is the most resistant to damage when dropped
SSD
controls the rotation of the platters
spindle
in which other ways in a desktop could the 2.5 reader be reasonably installed
3.5" floppy drive and 5.25" optical drive
how wide are optical drives
5.25 inches
You want to install an SSD in your desktop computer, but the drive is far too narrow to fit snugly into the bays of your computer case. What do you do?
Buy a bay adapter that will allow you to install the narrow drive in a desktop case bay.
What is NOT a Microsoft proprietary file system?
CDFS
What memory card is physically the largest
CompactFlash
what kind of device is most likely to need a compact flash card
DSLR Camera
Why do hard drives tend to slow down over time?
Drives can reach full capacity, which hinders where data can be written to the drive. SSDs must erase a block before a block can be written. Magnetic drives take longer when having to read data from noncontiguous locations on the drive.
In the term SDHC, what does the HC stand for
High Capacity
SATA is being replaced by NVMe for SSDs. Waht technology did SATA for HDD
IDE
Typically what dimension varies between sizes of M.2 SSD cards
Length
What function does RAID1 perform
Mirroring
What power connector type did older drives require
Molex
What type of connector does this RAID card require to connect to the motherboard?
PCIe x 16
You have two matching hard drives in a system, which you plan to configure as a RAID array to improve performance. Which RAID configuration should you use?
RAID 0
Which of the following situations allows for data not to be lost in a RAID array?
RAID 1 and one hard drive fails
If we installed USB 3.0 card reader in this computer instead of a USB 2.0 card reader what of the following items would no longer work
The case's USB 3.0 ports
You install a SATA hard drive and then turn on the computer for the first time. You access BIOS/UEFI setup and see that the drive is not recognized. What should you do you do next?
Turn off the computer, open the case, and verify that the data cable and power cable are connected correctly.
A laptop has an SD card slot that no longer reads cards inserted in the slot. Which is the first and best solution to try?
Update Windows on the laptop.
You discover Event Viewer has been reporting hard drive errors for about a month. What is the first solution you should try to fix the problem?
Use the chkdsk command to repair the drive.
controls the read-write for the disk
actuator
The arrow in the image identifies the writer for the disk.
heads
holds the magnetic information
platters
