Troubleshooting Storage Devices 5.3

Question 1

Boot issues causes from

Answer 1

SSD/ Hard drive
Removable media
Network

Question 2

Legacy method of providing the boot information

Answer 2

Master Boot Record (MBR)

Question 3

a single partition

Answer 3

Windows

Question 4

Multiple partitions

Answer 4

Linux

Question 5

which operating system has Boot Configuration Data (BCD)

Answer 5

Windows

Question 6

which operating system has GRUB/LILO

Answer 6

Linux

Question 7

A specialized boot scheme with modern advantages and the inability to find a bootable device indicate a problem with MBR or GPT

Answer 7

GUID Partition Table (GPT)

Question 8

Older storage devices that spin and move the read/ write head across the platter

low cost, slower speed

Answer 8

Hard Disk Drive (HDD)

Question 9

Non volatile memory that stores data and can access data from the device

high cost, less storage, and faster speed

Answer 9

Solid state device (SSD)

Question 10

clicking sounds or grinding noises are signs of _____

Answer 10

hard disk drive mechanical problem

Question 11

adding physical memory will stop the disk from being used as a _____

Answer 11

swap file or page file

Question 12

Use _____ to see if the device is detected

Answer 12

disk management tools

Question 13

allows to read and write on the hard drive by identifying the _____

Answer 13

Sector

Question 14

which operating systems has sectors

Answer 14

windows and linux

Question 15

which drive has blocks

Answer 15

Solid state device

Question 16

monitors the hard drive and understands the health status of the drive

Answer 16

Self monitoring, analysis, and reporting technology (SMART)

Question 17

A hard disk drive has a lower IOPS than a solid-state device

Cloud can measure performance by using IOPS

Low IOPS can be an issue with the hardware or the software

Answer 17

SMART utility is monitoring input/output operations per second (IOPS)

Question 18

able to files back together and reduce read and write times

Answer 18

defragmentation tool

Question 19

if a RAID loses a disk, it will continue to operate as normal but a slower speed

RAID rebuild is the utility used to rebuild the RAID

Answer 19

Single disk failure

Question 20

Entire array or volume stops working

when the RAID fails, restore from backup, reconfigure, and rebuild using new disks

Answer 20

Full Raid Failure