Chapter 8 Mass Storage Technologies

PATA drives used _______________-pin ribbon cables.

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The maximum SATA-device cable length is _______________ inches

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What is the maximum PATA device cable length? A. 18 inches B. 1 meters C. 2 meters D. 3 meters

A. 18 inches

Which term refers to the mirroring technique in which each drive has its own controller? A. Disk duplexing B. Disk striping C. Disk striping with parity D. Super-disk mirroring

A. Disk duplexing

_______________ (without parity) means spreading the data among multiple (at least two) drives. A. Disk striping B. Disk mirroring C. Disk duplexing D. Parity

A. Disk striping

Which unit measures hard drive spindle speed? A. Revolutions per minute (RPM) B. Bytes per second (BPS) C. Reads per second (RPS) D. Writes per second (WPS)

A. Revolutions per minute (RPM)

What hard drive technology typically implements a 2.5-inch, mSATA, or M.2 form factor? A. SSD B. PATA C. SCSI D. SATA

A. SSD

You are installing two PATA drives. How should you set the jumpers? A. Set one to master and the other to slave. B. Set one to primary and the other to secondary. C. Set one to first and the other to second. D. Set one to master and the other stand-alone.

A. Set one to master and the other to slave.

How many tiny read/write heads service each platter in a traditional hard disk drive (HDD)? A. Two B. Three C. Five D. Eight

A. Two

How many failures can RAID 0 withstand and remain functional? A. Zero B. One C. Two D. Up to three

A. Zero

What is the maximum SATA device cable length? A. 18 inches B. 1 meter C. 2 meters D. 3 meters

B. 1 meter

At what speed does the SATA 1.0 specification perform? A. 1.0 GBPS B. 1.5 GBPS C. 2.0 GBPS D. 2.5 GBPS

B. 1.5 GBPS

The current PATA standard provides support for _______________ at speeds of up to _______________. A. 144TB, 66MBps B. 144PB, 133MBps C. 144PB, 266MBps D. 144PB, 6Gbps

B. 144PB, 133MBps

Which ATA revision introduced Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.)? A. ATA-2 B. ATA-3 C. ATA-6 D. ATA-7

B. ATA-3

What tool can you use in Windows to configure and manage hard drives and RAID levels? A. FDISK B. Disk Management C. AHCI D. Device Manager

B. Disk Management

Disk mirroring/duplexing is also known as _______________. A. RAID 0 B. RAID 1 C. RAID 2 D. RAID 3

B. RAID 1

What type of power connector do all PATA drives use? A. Mini B. Standard Molex C. P1 D. Sub

B. Standard Molex

How many PATA drives—including hard drives, optical drives, and tape drives—can be connected to a single ATA controller? A. One B. Two C. Four D. Six

B. Two

How many functional failures can RAID 10 withstand and remain functional? A. One B. Up to two C. Up to four D. Up to 10

B. Up to two

A common SATA numbering method uses the term _______________ for each controller. A. pins B. channels C. lanes D. banks

B. channels

Which term is a type of controller that has chips with its own processor and memory? A. CMOS Northbridge controller B. BIOS controller C. Hardware RAID intelligent controllers D. Software RAID virtual controllers

C. Hardware RAID intelligent controllers

The Disk Management program in Windows Server versions can configure drives for _______________, and it works with PATA or SATA. A. RAID 0+1 B. RAID 0 or 10 C. RAID 0, 1, or 5 D. RAID 5 or RAID 10

C. RAID 0, 1, or 5

Which SATA variety runs at 6 GBPS? A. SATA 2.0 B. SATA 1.0 C. SATA 3.0 D. SATA 6.0

C. SATA 3.0

How many wires are in the SATA interface? A. Four B. Eight C. Seven D. Eighty

C. Seven

_______________ technology is commonly used in desktop and laptop hard drives, memory cards, cameras, USB thumb drives, and other handheld devices. A. Terminal B. Magnetic C. Solid-state D. Copper

C. Solid-state

What is the minimum number of drives needed to implement RAID 5? A. One B. Two C. Three D. Four

C. Three

Less expensive SSDs typically implement less reliable _______________ memory technology in place of the more efficient _______________ technology to cut costs. A. dual-level cell (DLC), single-level cell (SLC) B. single-level cell (SLC), dual-level cell (DLC) C. multi-level cell (MLC), single-level cell (SLC) D. single-level cell (SLC), multi-level cell (MLC)

C. multi-level cell (MLC), single-level cell (SLC)

Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) mode is enabled at the _______________ level and generally needs to be enabled before you install the operating system.

CMOS

Motherboards provide support for the SATA hard drive controllers via the system BIOS, but they require configuration in _______________ for the specific hard drives attached.

CMOS

SATA drives come in three common SATA-specific varieties: A. 1.5 Kbps, 3 Kbps, and 6 Kbps B. 1.5 MBps, 3 MBps, and 6 MBps C. 1.5 TBps, 3 TBps, and 6 TBps D. 1.5 Gbps, 3 Gbps, and 6 Gbps

D. 1.5 Gbps, 3 Gbps, and 6 Gbps

Which term specifies a type of nonvolatile flash memory that current SSD devices use to retain data when power is turned off or disconnected? A. ATAPI-6 B. ATA-7 C. AHCI D. NAND

D. NAND

Which SATA variety runs up to 16 GBPS? A. SATA 1.0 B. SATA 2.0 C. SATA 3.0 D. SATA 3.2

D. SATA 3.2

Which version of SATA ties capable drives directly into the PCI Express bus on motherboards? A. SATA 1.0 B. SATA 2.0 C. SATA 3.0 D. SATAe

D. SATAe

Which drive technology rules the roost the server market? A. Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.) B. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) C. Redundant array of independent (or inexpensive) disks (RAID) D. Small computer system interface (SCSI)

D. Small computer system interface (SCSI)

When configuring controllers, if the controllers are enabled and the drive is properly connected, the drive should appear in CMOS through a process called _______________. A. autoboot B. SMARTscan C. HDdetect D. autodetection

D. autodetection

The most important advance in SATA involves _______________. A. platter oxidation B. ohm ratings C. magnetic interference D. data throughput

D. data throughput

_______________ extends the SATA bus to external devices.

External SATA (eSATA) or External SATA or eSATA

_______________ is the ability to replace a bad drive without disturbing the operating system.

Hot-swapping or Hot swapping

The CompTIA A+ 1001 objectives list PATA motherboard ports as _______________ connectors.

IDE

_______________is a disk-optimization feature for SATA drives that enables faster read and write speeds.

Native command queuing (NCQ) or Native command queuing or NCQ

The _______________ specification supports a communication connection between the operating system and the SSD directly through a PCIe bus lane, reducing latency and taking full advantage of the wicked-fast speeds of high-end SSDs.

Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) or Non-Volatile Memory Express or Non Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) or Non-Volatile Memory Express or Nonvolatile Memory Express (NVMe) or Nonvolatile Memory Express or NVMe

The latest version of SATA, SATA Express (SATAe) or SATA 3.2, ties capable drives directly into the _______________ bus on motherboards.

PCI Express

_______________ is also called RAID 1+0 and sometimes called a "stripe of mirrors."

RAID 10

RAID that distributes data and parity information evenly across all the drives is known as _______________.

RAID 5

The process of reading and writing data at the same time to two drives is called _______________.

disk mirroring

Regardless of the external interface, you will find an ordinary SATA drive inside the _______________ (the name used to describe the casing of external hard drives).

external enclosure

Drive bay _______________ sit at the front of a bay and blow air across the drive.

fans

SATA creates a point-to-point connection between the SATA device and the SATA controller, the _______________.

host bus adapter (HBA) or host bus adapter or HBA

Windows supports _______________, drives that combine flash memory and spinning platters to provide fast and reliable storage.

hybrid hard drives (HHDs) or hybrid hard drives or HHDs

ATA hard drives are often referred to as _______________ drives.

integrated drive electronics (IDE) or integrated drive electronics or IDE

The _______________ on SATA controller and power cables makes it impossible to install either incorrectly.

keying

A traditional hard disk drive (HDD) is composed of individual disks, or aluminum platters that are coated with a(n) _______________ medium.

magnetic

Software RAID means the _______________ is in charge of all the RAID functions

operating system (OS) or operating system or OS

Faster drives mean better system performance, but they can also cause the computer to_______________.

overheat

Disk striping with parityprotects data by adding extra information, called _______________ data, that can be used to rebuild data if one of the drives fails.

parity

Hard drive cables have a colored stripe that corresponds to the number-one pin—called _______________—on the connector.

pin 1

Many folks refer to traditional HDDs as magnetic hard drives, or sometimes _______________-based hard drives.

platter

In technical terms, _______________ technology and devices are based on the combination of semiconductors and transistors used to create electrical components with no moving parts.

solid-state or solid state

Hard drives run at a set _______________, with the spinning platters measured in revolutions per minute (RPM).

spindle speed

As per the PATA standard, if there is only one hard drive, the drive's jumper is set to master or _______________.

standalone

Disk _______________, spreading data across multiple drives, by itself provides no redundancy.

striping

What is the maximum eSATA device cable length? A. 18 inches B. 1 meters C. 2 meters D. 3 meters

C. 2 meters

At what speed does the SATA 2.0 specification perform? A. 1.5 GBPS B. 2.0 GBPS C. 3.0 GBPS D. 6.0 GBPS

C. 3.0 GBPS

What is the minimum number of drives needed to implement RAID 6? A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Five

C. Four

If the controllers are enabled and the drive is properly connected, the drive should appear in CMOS through a process called_______________.

autodetection