Question 1

The faster the spindle rotates on a traditional magnetic drive, the better performance it will have.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

What two optical disc drive standards support writing discs with a total capacity of 8.5GB?

Accepted Answer

A)   DVD-R
B)   DVD-R DL
C)   DVD+R DL
D)   DVD-RAME) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 3

Why might you want to use a RAID 0 disk configuration?

Accepted Answer

A)   to improve overall disk performance
B)   RAID 0 drives are less expensive than other RAID drives
C)   to prevent data loss in case of a drive failure
D)   because RAID 0 provides an automatic disk backupE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 4

What command line utility can be used to repair the BCD on a Windows installation?

Accepted Answer

A)   chkdsk
B)   fsutil
C)   dfrgl
D)   bootrecE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 5

Matching
Match each item with a statement below.
- a hardware component that facilitates a hardware RAID implementation

Accepted Answer

A)   autodetection
B)   fault tolerance
C)   storage card
D)   mirrored volume
E)   NAND flash memoryF)  WORM drive / cartridgeG)  file systemH)  spanningI)  striped volumeJ)  UDFK) A) and I)
L) A) and H) C

Question 6

Matching
Match each item with a statement below.
- a computer's ability to respond to a hardware failure

Accepted Answer

A)   autodetection
B)   fault tolerance
C)   storage card
D)   mirrored volume
E)   NAND flash memoryF)  WORM drive / cartridgeG)  file systemH)  spanningI)  striped volumeJ)  UDFK) B) and D)
L) D) and I)

Question 7

What two SD standards utilize the FAT file system?

Accepted Answer

A)   SD
B)   SDXC
C)   SDHE
D)   SDHCE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 8

Which statement regarding hard drives is incorrect?

Accepted Answer

A)   the 3.5" size is typically used in desktops
B)   a solid state drive has no moving parts
C)   solid state drives are less expensive than magnetic hard drives
D)   tracks on a hard drive are divided into sectorsE) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 9

Matching
Match each item with a statement below.
- assures that data written onto a tape will not be deleted or overwritten

Accepted Answer

A)   autodetection
B)   fault tolerance
C)   storage card
D)   mirrored volume
E)   NAND flash memoryF)  WORM drive / cartridgeG)  file systemH)  spanningI)  striped volumeJ)  UDFK) A) and C)
L) B) and I) F

Question 10

Matching
Match each item with a statement below.
-  sometimes called JBOD

Accepted Answer

A)   autodetection
B)   fault tolerance
C)   storage card
D)   mirrored volume
E)   NAND flash memoryF)  WORM drive / cartridgeG)  file systemH)  spanningI)  striped volumeJ)  UDFK) A) and D)
L) F) and J)

Question 11

What type of RAID is a combination of mirroring and striping?

Accepted Answer

A)   RAID0
B)   RAID1
C)   RAID5
D)   RAID10E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 12

Which statement regarding the selection of a hard drive is accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)   a faster spindle speed keeps the drive cooler but doesn't improve performance
B)   PATA drives are backward compatible with SATA drives
C)   USB drives are a good choice for fast internal drives
D)   magnetic drives have larger capacity for the money than solid state drivesE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 13

What technology is used to assure that the logical block addressing on a solid state drive does not always address the same physical blocks, in order to distribute write operations?

Accepted Answer

A)   wear leveling
B)   bit shifting
C)   block sliding
D)   data migrationE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

The SATA/600 standard is also known by what other name?

Accepted Answer

A)   SATAI
B)   SATAII
C)   SATAIII
D)   SATA revision 4E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 15

What is the installation of a new file system on a device known as? Describe this process.

Accepted Answer

Installing a new file system on a device...

Question 16

If you are adding a hard drive to a system that already has a drive with Windows installed on it, what should you do?

Accepted Answer

A)   you should boot from the Windows setup DVD to prepare the new drive
B)   boot Windows and use Disk Management to prepare the new drive
C)   use the BIOS setup screen to partition and format the new drive
D)   check that the new hard drive must use the same standard as the Windows driveE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 17

How is data organized on a magnetic hard drive?

Accepted Answer

Data is organized on a magnetic hard dri...

Question 18

The hard drive firmware, UEFI/BIOS, and the OS address the sectors on a hard drive utilizing what technology?

Accepted Answer

A)   logical sector addressing
B)   low level formatting
C)   logical block addressing
D)   high level formattingE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 19

Which rotation speed is not a typical spindle rotation speed for magnetic hard drives?

Accepted Answer

A)   3100
B)   5400
C)   7200
D)   10000E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 20

How many layers of data can exist on a single side of a Blu-ray disc?

Accepted Answer

A)   1
B)   2
C)   3
D)   4E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Exam 6: Supporting Hard Drives and Other Storage Devices

The faster the spindle rotates on a traditional magnetic drive, the better performance it will have.

Correct AnswerverifiedTrue

What two optical disc drive standards support writing discs with a total capacity of 8.5GB?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Why might you want to use a RAID 0 disk configuration?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

What command line utility can be used to repair the BCD on a Windows installation?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Matching Match each item with a statement below. - a hardware component that facilitates a hardware RAID implementation

Correct AnswerverifiedC

Matching Match each item with a statement below. - a computer's ability to respond to a hardware failure

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

What two SD standards utilize the FAT file system?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Which statement regarding hard drives is incorrect?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Matching Match each item with a statement below. - assures that data written onto a tape will not be deleted or overwritten

Correct AnswerverifiedF

Matching Match each item with a statement below. - sometimes called JBOD

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

What type of RAID is a combination of mirroring and striping?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Which statement regarding the selection of a hard drive is accurate?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

What technology is used to assure that the logical block addressing on a solid state drive does not always address the same physical blocks, in order to distribute write operations?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

The SATA/600 standard is also known by what other name?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

What is the installation of a new file system on a device known as? Describe this process.

Correct AnswerverifiedInstalling a new file system on a device...View AnswerShow Answer

If you are adding a hard drive to a system that already has a drive with Windows installed on it, what should you do?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

How is data organized on a magnetic hard drive?

Correct AnswerverifiedData is organized on a magnetic hard dri...View AnswerShow Answer

The hard drive firmware, UEFI/BIOS, and the OS address the sectors on a hard drive utilizing what technology?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Which rotation speed is not a typical spindle rotation speed for magnetic hard drives?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

How many layers of data can exist on a single side of a Blu-ray disc?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Correct Answer
verified
True

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified
C

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified
F

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified
Installing a new file system on a device...
View Answer

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified
Data is organized on a magnetic hard dri...
View Answer

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified