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Chapter 6

The document discusses questions from a technical certification exam covering storage technologies. It includes 30 multiple choice questions about topics like hard drive interfaces, capacities and standards; optical disc formats; RAID configurations; tape storage limitations; and hard drive functionality like wear leveling and S.M.A.R.T. monitoring.

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Chapter 6

The document discusses questions from a technical certification exam covering storage technologies. It includes 30 multiple choice questions about topics like hard drive interfaces, capacities and standards; optical disc formats; RAID configurations; tape storage limitations; and hard drive functionality like wear leveling and S.M.A.R.T. monitoring.

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0.25 out of 0.

25 points

Which statement regarding the selection of a hard drive is accurate?


Selected
Answer:

c.
magnetic drives have larger capacity for the money than solid
state drives

Question 2

0.25 out of 0.25 points

What command line utility can be used to repair the BCD on a Windows
installation?
Selected Answer:

c.
bootrec

Question 3

0 out of 0.25 points

What SATA standard provides a transfer rate of 3 Gb/sec?


Selected Answer:

d.
SATA1

Question 4

0.25 out of 0.25 points

What two SD standards utilize the FAT file system?


Selected Answers:

a.
SD
b.
SDHC

Question 5

0.25 out of 0.25 points

What process writes sector markings to a hard drive?


Selected Answer:

a.
low-level formatting

Question 6

0.25 out of 0.25 points

How much data can an LTO Ultrium 5 tape hold, native and compressed?
b.
3.0TB compressed
d.
1.5TB native

Question 7

0.25 out of 0.25 points

The SATA drive technology utilizes a serial data path.


Selected Answer:

True

Question 8

0.25 out of 0.25 points

Which type of RAID volume is used for fault tolerance and only requires two
drives?
Selected Answer:

d.
RAID1

Question 9

0.25 out of 0.25 points

What two optical disc drive standards support writing discs with a total capacity of
8.5GB?
b.
DVD+R DL
c.
DVD-R DL

Question 10

0.25 out of 0.25 points

How many layers of data can exist on a single side of a Blu-ray disc?
Selected Answer:

a.
2

Question 11

0.25 out of 0.25 points

What two different file systems can be used on a Compact Disc (CD)?
b.
UDF
d.
CDFS

Question 12

0.25 out of 0.25 points

If a computer is performing slowly due to file fragmentation, what Windows tool


can be utilized to rearrange fragments?
Selected Answer:

b.
defragmentation tool

Question 13

0.25 out of 0.25 points

The 2.5" size hard drive is typically used in devices such as MP3 players.
Selected Answer:

False

Question 14

0.25 out of 0.25 points

What type of RAID is a combination of mirroring and striping?


Selected Answer:

d.
RAID10

Question 15

0.25 out of 0.25 points

What hard drive technology is used to predict when a drive is likely to fail?
Selected Answer:

b.
S.M.A.R.T.

Question 16

0.25 out of 0.25 points

What technology is used to assure that the logical block addressing on a solid
state drive does not always address the same physical blocks, in order to
distribute write operations?
Selected Answer:

a.
wear leveling

Question 17

0.25 out of 0.25 points

What two optical disc drive standards allow for rewritable discs?
b.
BD-RE
d.
DVD-RAM

Question 18

0.25 out of 0.25 points

The read/write head on a magnetic hard drive is at both the top and bottom of
each disk.
Selected Answer:

True

Question 19

0.25 out of 0.25 points

Why might you want to use a RAID 0 disk configuration?


Selected Answer:

b.
to improve overall disk performance

Question 20

0.25 out of 0.25 points

A SATA data cable has how many pins?


Selected Answer:

b.
7 pins

Question 21

0.25 out of 0.25 points

The SATA/600 standard is also known by what other name?


Selected Answer:

b.
SATAIII

Question 22

0.25 out of 0.25 points

What statement best describes a RAID 5?


Selected Answer:

a.
it requires 3 or more drives and uses parity checking

Question 23

0.25 out of 0.25 points

Which rotation speed is not a typical spindle rotation speed for magnetic hard
drives?
Selected Answer:

b.
3100

Question 24

0.25 out of 0.25 points

Hard drives that can be used for hot-swapping cost significantly less than regular
hard drives.
Selected Answer:

False

Question 25

0.25 out of 0.25 points

The faster the spindle rotates on a traditional magnetic drive, the better
performance it will have.
Selected Answer:

True

Question 26

0.25 out of 0.25 points

What is the current maximum storage capacity limit of a magnetic tape?


Selected Answer:

a.
185TB

Question 27

0.25 out of 0.25 points

A DAT72 tape is also known by what term?


Selected Answer:

b.
DDS-5

Question 28

0.25 out of 0.25 points

Which statement regarding hard drives is incorrect?


Selected Answer: a.
solid state drives are less expensive than magnetic hard drives

Question 29

0.25 out of 0.25 points

The hard drive firmware, UEFI/BIOS, and the OS address the sectors on a hard
drive utilizing what technology?
Selected Answer:

c.
logical block addressing

Question 30

0.25 out of 0.25 points

If you are adding a hard drive to a system that already has a drive with Windows
installed on it, what should you do?
Selected
Answer:

b.
boot Windows and use Disk Management to prepare the new
drive

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