Storage Devices
A) Non-volatile memory chips
B) Magnetic tape
C) Reflective surface and optical readers
D) Magnetic disks and platters
A) Non-volatile memory chips
Which of the following SATA devices is the best to use?
A) eSATA
B) SATA2
C) SATA
D) SATA3
E) eSATAp
E) eSATAp
Which Blu-ray standard defines rewritable disks?
A) BD-R
B) BD-RE
C) BD-ROM
D) BD-R/RW
B) BD-RE
You are running Windows 10 on your computer. You want to decrease the time it takes to write data to your drives. To do this, you have decided to create a Windows software RAID system using a striped volume.
Before you create the striped volume, which action MUST you take?
A) Use a multi-partition volume on a basic disk.
B) Convert basic disks to dynamic disks.
C) Format your disks to use MBR partitions.
D) Format your disks to use GPT partitions.
B) Convert basic disks to dynamic disks.
You are in the process of preparing a storage device and must determine which file system to use.
Which of the following BEST describes the advantage of using the exFAT file system rather than NTFS?
A) Support for volumes over 32 GB
B) Support for files over 4 GB
C) Lower memory and processor resource use
D) Access control lists and permissions
C) Lower memory and processor resource use
You need a storage device that has very large storage capacity, is fast, and is relatively inexpensive. Which storage device will best suit your needs?
A) USB flash drive
B) SSD
C) Hard disk
D) Optical
C) Hard disk
Which generation of SATA storage devices does the following?
Supports up to 6 Gbps data transfer rates; Addresses solid state drives.
A) SATA
B) eSATA
C) eSATAp
D) SATA2
E) SATA3
Which optical media has the greatest storage capacity?
A) Dual-layer, double-sided DVD
B) Single-layer, single-sided Blu-ray disc
C) Dual-layer, single-sided DVD
D) Compact Disc
B) Single-layer, single-sided Blu-ray disc
Ben is concerned about losing data due to a hard disk failure. His computer will only support a maximum of three disks. To protect his data, you have decided to use RAID (redundant array of independent disks).
Which of the following RAID types would give Ben the BEST mirrored data protection?
A) RAID 0
B) RAID 1
C) RAID 5
D) RAID 10
B) RAID 1
A) EFS
B) FAT32-formatted partition
C) Ext4-formatted partition
D) NTFS-formatted partition
D) NTFS-formatted partition
Which storage device uses aluminum platters for storing data?
A) DLT tape
B) DVD disc
C) SD card
D) Hard disk
E) CD-ROM disc
D) Hard disk
You are building a new computer and have purchased a motherboard that includes four built-in SATA connectors.
Which of the following MOST accurately lists the maximum number of SATA devices you can connect to the motherboard using the integrated ports?
A) 4
B) 8
C) 16
D) 32
E) 64
A) 4
You have a CD-RW drive that advertises speeds of 32x/12x/48x. What is the read speed of the drive?
A) Depends upon the manufacturer's speed designation standards
B) 32x
C) 48x
C) 48x
You have been asked to configure the drives in a computer. The end user wants to use striping without incorporating any fault tolerance.
Which of the following will BEST meet these requirements?
A) RAID 1
B) RAID 5
C) RAID 0
D) Expanded volume set
C) RAID 0
You have added two new hard disks to a Windows computer. The disks are configured as basic disks.
Which of the following could be configured on these disks? (Select TWO).
A) Extended partitions with logical drives
B) Striped volumes
C) Spanned volumes
D) Primary partitions
E) Simple volumes
A, D
Which of the following is a magnetic storage device?
A) Hard disk
B) Solid state drive
C) DVD
D) Flash device
A) Hard disk
Which of the following tasks would you complete as part of a SATA installation?
A) Plug the 15-pin power connector into the SATA drive.
B) Complete a low-level format of the drive.
C) Configure the device ID using a jumper.
D) Set the master/slave relationship using a jumper.
E) Use the 4-pin molex power connector.
A) Plug the 15-pin power connector into the SATA drive.
Which of the following are optical storage devices? (Select THREE)
A) SSD
B) SDHC
C) USB flash drive
D) HDD
E) CD
F) DVD
G) BD
E, F, G
You are building a new computer that will contain two hard disks. To provide increased performance, you have decided to configure the drives using RAID technology.
Which of the following will BEST meet your needs?
A) RAID 0
B) RAID 5
C) RAID 2
D) RAID 1
A) RAID 0
You have an extra disk on your system that has three primary partitions and an extended partition with two logical drives. You want to convert the partitions to simple volumes, preferably without losing any data.
Which of the following is the BEST step to perform?
A) Delete the partitions and re-create them as simple volumes.
B) Run the convert command.
C) Run the fixboot command to convert the partition type to GPT.
D) Upgrade the disk to a dynamic disk.
D) Upgrade the disk to a dynamic disk.
Which of the following is not an advantage of SSDs over HDDs?
A) Low power consumption
B) Inexpensive
C) Durable
D) Small and light
B) Inexpensive
Which interface is primarily used for internal hard drives in modem desktop PC systems?
A) PATA
B) SCSI
C) USB
D) Firewire
E) SATA
E) SATA
Due to a blackout, power is no longer coming from the wall outlet, and your computer is now off. You do not have a UPS, and you need to remove a disc out of the DVD drive. What is the easiest method for retrieving the disc?
A) Press the drive's eject button while pressing the computer's restart button.
B) Remove the drive and carefully pry open the tray.
C) Add a UPS between the wall outlet and the computer.
D) Push an unbent paper clip into the hole on the front of the drive.
D) Push an unbent paper clip into the hole on the front of the drive.
You have a computer with three hard disks. A RAID 0 volume uses space on Disk 1 and Disk 2. A RAID 1 volume uses space on Disk 2 and Disk 3. Disk 2 fails. Which of the following is true?
A) Data on the RAID 1 volume is accessible; data on the RAID 0 volume is not.
B) Data on both volumes is still accessible.
C) Data on both volumes is not accessible.
D) Data on the RAID 0 volume is accessible; data on the RAID 1 volume is not.
A) Data on the RAID 1 volume is accessible; data on the RAID 0 volume is not.
While configuring a computer, you find that you need to create, format, and manage the partitions and volumes on your hard drives.
Which of the following is the BEST command line utility to use?
A) DiskPart
B) DiskMan
C) chkdsk
D) Disk Management
E) format
A) DiskPart