Quiz 8 pt2 Flashcards
How many tiny read/write heads service each platter in a traditional hard disk drive (HDD)?
a. Eight
b. Five
c. Three
d. Two
d. Two
Which unit measures hard drive spindle speed?
a. Revolutions per minute (RPM)
b. Bytes per second (BPS)
c. Writes per second (WPS)
d. Reads per second (RPS)
a. Revolutions per minute (RPM)
_______________ technology is commonly used in desktop and laptop hard drives, memory cards, cameras, USB thumb drives, and other handheld devices.
a. Copper
b. Solid-state
c. Terminal
d. Magnetic
b. Solid-state
What hard drive technology typically implements a 2.5-inch, mSATA, or M.2 form factor?
a. SCSI
b. SATA
c. SSD
d. PATA
c. SSD
Less expensive SSDs typically implement less reliable _______________ memory technology in place of the more efficient _______________ technology to cut costs.
a. multi-level cell (MLC), single-level cell (SLC)
b. single-level cell (SLC), dual-level cell (DLC)
c. single-level cell (SLC), multi-level cell (MLC)
d. dual-level cell (DLC), single-level cell (SLC)
a. multi-level cell (MLC), single-level cell (SLC)
SATA drives come in three common SATA-specific varieties:
a. 1.5 Kbps, 3 Kbps, and 6 Kbps
b. 1.5 TBps, 3 TBps, and 6 TBps
c. 1.5 MBps, 3 MBps, and 6 MBps
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. NAND
b. ATAPI-6
c. ATA-7
d. AHCI
a. NAND
What type of power connector do all PATA drives use?
a. Mini
b. Standard Molex
c. P1
d. Sub
b. Standard Molex
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
How many PATA drives—including hard drives, optical drives, and tape drives—can be connected to a single ATA controller?
a. Two
b. Four
c. One
d. Six
a. Two
Which ATA revision introduced Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.)?
a. ATA-6
b. ATA-2
c. ATA-3
d. ATA-7
c. ATA-3
How many wires are in the SATA interface?
a. Four
b. Eight
c. Eighty
d. Seven
d. Seven
What is the maximum SATA device cable length?
a. 3 meters
b. 1 meter
c. 18 inches
d. 2 meters
b. 1 meters
What is the maximum PATA device cable length?
a. 2 meters
b. 3 meters
c. 1 meters
d. 18 inches
d. 18 inches
What is the maximum eSATA device cable length?
a. 1 meters
b. 2 meters
c. 3 meters
d. 18 inches
b. 2 meters
The most important advance in SATA involves _______________.
a. platter oxidation
b. data throughput
c. ohm ratings
d. magnetic interference
b. data throughput
Which version of SATA ties capable drives directly into the PCI Express bus on motherboards?
a. SATAe
b. SATA 3.0
c. SATA 2.0
d. SATA 1.0
a. SATAe
At what speed does the SATA 1.0 specification perform?
a. 1.5 GBPS
b. 1.0 GBPS
c. 2.5 GBPS
d. 2.0 GBPS
a. 1.5 GBPS
At what speed does the SATA 2.0 specification perform?
a. 2.0 GBPS
b. 3.0 GBPS
c. 1.5 GBPS
d. 6.0 GBPS
b. 3.0 GBPS
Which SATA variety runs at 6 GBPS?
a. SATA 2.0
b. SATA 1.0
c. SATA 6.0
d. SATA 3.0
d. SATA 3.0
Which SATA variety runs up to 16 GBPS?
a. SATA 3.0
b. SATA 2.0
c. SATA 1.0
d. SATA 3.2
d. SATA 3.2
Which drive technology rules the roost the server market?
a. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI)
b. Small computer system interface (SCSI)
c. Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.)
d. Redundant array of independent (or inexpensive) disks (RAID)
b. Small computer system interface (SCSI)
Which term refers to the mirroring technique in which each drive has its own controller?
a. Super-disk mirroring
b. Disk striping
c. Disk duplexing
d. Disk striping with parity
c. Disk duplexing
_______________ (without parity) means spreading the data among multiple (at least two) drives.
a. Disk striping
b. Disk duplexing
c. Parity
d. Disk mirroring
a. Disk striping
