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Has no moving parts Moves the read/write heads across the disk surfaces in unison Uses both solid state and magnetic technologies A single hard drive that works independently of other hard drives The overall structure an OS uses to name, store, and organize files on a drive The smallest unit of space on a disk for storing a file and is made up of one or more sectors A table on a hard drive or floppy disk that tracks how space on a disk is used to store files Designed to provide greater security and to support more storage capacity than the older file system Speeds up access time by allowing blocks of data to be read from the drive at one time
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Solid state drive

Actuator

Hybrid hard drive

Basic disk

File system

Cluster

FAT

NTFS

Block mode

The correct answer is: Has no moving parts Solid state drive, Moves the read/write heads across the disk surfaces in unison Actuator, Uses both solid state and magnetic technologies Hybrid hard drive, A single hard drive that works independently of other hard drives Basic disk, The overall structure an OS uses to name, store, and organize files on a drive File system, The smallest unit of space on a disk for storing a file and is made up of one or more sectors Cluster, A table on a hard drive or floppy disk that tracks how space on a disk is used to store files FAT, Designed to provide greater security and to support more storage capacity than the older file system NTFS, Speeds up access time by allowing blocks of data to be read from the drive at one time Block mode.
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Question text A ____ drive has one, two, or more platters, or disks, that stack together and spin in unison inside a sealed metal housing that contains firmware to control reading and writing data to the drive and to communicate with the motherboard. Select one: a. magnetic optical b. floppy c. magnetic hard d. magnetic image Feedback The correct answer is: magnetic hard.
Question 3 Correct Mark 1 out of 1

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Question text The top and bottom of each disk of a magnetic hard drive have a ____ that moves across the disk surface as all the disks rotate on a spindle. Select one: a. read head b. read/write head c. access head d. platter device Feedback The correct answer is: read/write head.
Question 4 Correct Mark 1 out of 1

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Question text Each side, or surface, of one hard drive platter is called a ____. Select one: a. bubble b. wing c. tail d. head Feedback The correct answer is: head.
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Question text Windows Vista technology that supports a hybrid drive is called ____. Select one: a. ReadyRAM b. ReadySpin c. ReadyDrive d. ReadyDisk Feedback The correct answer is: ReadyDrive.
Question 6 Correct Mark 1 out of 1

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Question text The total number of ____ on the drive determines the drive capacity. Select one: a. sectors b. wedges c. platters d. controllers Feedback The correct answer is: sectors.
Question 7 Correct Mark 1 out of 1

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Question text ____ on a circuit board inside the drive housing is responsible for writing and reading data to these tracks and sectors and for keeping track of where everything is stored on the drive. Select one: a. Wetware b. ROM c. Firmware d. Software Feedback The correct answer is: Firmware.
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Question text During the ____ formatting process, you specify the size of the partition and what file system it will use. Select one:

a. low-level b. high-level c. medium-level d. physical Feedback The correct answer is: high-level.
Question 9 Correct Mark 1 out of 1

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Question text The ATA interface standards are developed by Technical Committee T13 and published by ____. Select one: a. ISO b. IEEE c. IETF d. ANSI Feedback The correct answer is: ANSI.
Question 10 Correct Mark 1 out of 1

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Question text ____ is a system BIOS feature that monitors hard drive performance, disk spin up time, temperature, distance between the head and the disk, and other mechanical activities of the drive in order to predict when the drive is likely to fail. Select one: a. S.M.A.R.T. b. D.A.R.T. c. S.T.A.R.T.

d. S.P.I.N. Feedback The correct answer is: S.M.A.R.T..

Question 11 Correct Mark 1 out of 1

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Question text The ____-conductor IDE cable has half the number of pins as it has wires. Select one: a. 40 b. 60 c. 80 d. 100 Feedback The correct answer is: 80.
Question 12 Correct Mark 1 out of 1

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Question text ____ transfers data directly from the drive to memory without involving the CPU. Select one: a. RMA b. DAM c. SMA d. DMA Feedback The correct answer is: DMA.
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Question text ____ mode involves the CPU and is slower than DMA mode. Select one: a. DMZ b. PIO c. RMA d. PIN Feedback The correct answer is: PIO.
Question 14 Correct Mark 1 out of 1

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Question text With ____, you can connect and disconnect a drive while the system is running. Select one: a. wet-swapping b. cold-swapping c. hot-swapping d. block-swapping Feedback The correct answer is: hot-swapping.
Question 15 Correct Mark 1 out of 1

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Question text External ____ is up to six times faster than USB or FireWire. Select one: a. SATA b. SCSI c. IDE d. DMA Feedback The correct answer is: SATA.
Question 16 Correct Mark 1 out of 1

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Question text ____ is a standard for communication between a subsystem of peripheral devices and the system bus. Select one: a. SAS b. SATA c. SCSD d. SCSI Feedback The correct answer is: SCSI.
Question 17 Correct Mark 1 out of 1

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Question text A technology that configures two or more hard drives to work together as an array of drives is called ____. Select one: a. FLAG b. RAID c. RAIN d. RAISE Feedback The correct answer is: RAID.
Question 18 Correct Mark 1 out of 1

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Question text A drive ____ is a duplication of everything written to a hard drive. Select one: a. network b. array c. handle d. image Feedback The correct answer is: image.
Question 19 Correct Mark 1 out of 1

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Question text With ____, two hard drives are configured as a single volume. Select one: a. binding

b. bonding c. spanning d. wrapping Feedback The correct answer is: spanning.

Question 20 Correct Mark 1 out of 1

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Question text The first sector on the disk, called the boot sector or ____ record, contains the information about how the disk is organized and the file system used. Select one: a. base b. interface c. slave d. boot Feedback The correct answer is: boot.
Question 21 Correct Mark 1 out of 1

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Question text When using an 80-conductor cable-select cable, the drive nearest the motherboard is the ____. Select one: a. master b. slave c. subordinate d. major Feedback

The correct answer is: master.

Question 22 Correct Mark 1 out of 1

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Question text If you are mounting a hard drive into a bay that is too large, a ____ kit can help you securely fit the drive into the bay. Select one: a. reversal bay b. drive connecting c. universal bay d. bay adapter Feedback The correct answer is: universal bay.
Question 23 Correct Mark 1 out of 1

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Question text A hard disk drive (HDD), most often called a hard drive, comes in two sizes for personal computers: the 1.8" size is used for laptop computers and the 2.5" size is used for desktops. Select one: True False Feedback The correct answer is 'False'.
Question 24 Correct Mark 1 out of 1

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Question text Solid state hard drives cost more and are less rugged than magnetic hard drives. Select one: True False Feedback The correct answer is 'False'.
Question 25 Correct Mark 1 out of 1

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Question text Almost all hard drives sold today for desktop computers are magnetic hard drive. Select one: True False Feedback The correct answer is 'True'.
Question 26 Incorrect Mark 0 out of 1

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Question text If you are replacing a floppy drive, you must inform BIOS setup by accessing setup and changing the drive type Select one:

True False Feedback The correct answer is 'False'.

Question 27 Correct Mark 1 out of 1

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Question text Hardware problems usually show up at POST, unless there is physical damage to an area of the hard drive that is not accessed during POST. Select one: True False Feedback The correct answer is 'True'.