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___ stores data in a unique pattern of 1s and 0s.
RLL
100
How many drives can be supported with ATA-2 (sometimes called EIDE)?
Four
100
How many ATA devices can be connected to most PCs?
Four
100
What's the minimum number of drives needed for RAID 5?
Three
100
Internal SCSI devices connect to the host adapter with a ____ -pin ribbon cable.
68
200
Each platter requires ______ heads.
Two
200
Modern PATA drives use a ___________ connector for power
Molex
200
Which of the following does not require jumper settings?
SATA
200
A system with the _____ extension can handle drives up to 137 GB.
INT13
200
What hot- pluggable external hard drive technology uses shielded cable with lengths up to two meters outsides the PC?
eSATA
300
A _______ is a circle where data is stored on a drive.
Track
300
The _______ interface enables non-hard drive devices to connect to the PC via the ATA controllers.
ATAPI
300
The drive technology that supports only a single device per controller channel is known as ________.
SATA
300
The ________ standard features a 48-bit addressing scheme.
ATA/ATAPI-6
300
Laptops, memory cards, USB thumb drives, and hand-held devices often use __________ technology
Solid-state
400
Which of the following hard drive geometry values is no longer relevant in today's PCs?
Write precomp
400
How many wires does the SATA interface have?
Seven
400
What is a series of SCSI devices working together through a host adapter called?
SCSI chain
400
What hard drive technology typically implements a -1.8, -2.5, or -3.5 inch form factor?
SSD
400
ATA/66, ATA/100, and ATA/133 require a _______ cable.
80-wire
500
Which interface requires a ribbon cable and a built-in controller on the drive itself?
ATA
500
How many pins does an EIDE (ATA) drive have
40
500
The SCSI host adapter uses the _________ to differentiate between devices.
SCSI ID
500
Since any SCSI device might be on the end of a chain, most manufacturers build SCSI devices that can _______.
Self-terminate
500
What is the process of spreading data across multiple drives?
Disk striping