CompTIA A+ Quiz On Hard Drives: Test!

10 Questions | By Sandsk | Updated: Mar 21, 2022 | Attempts: 1188

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CompTIA A+ Quiz On Hard Drives: Test! - Quiz

. Have you ever heard of CompTIA+, and would you be able to pass this quiz on hard drives? You will have to know the difference between specific floppy drives, to prepare a disk to receive data, the first sector, and what firmware is on a circuit board. This quiz will help you learn about CompTIA+ hard drives.

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1.

A floppy drive that has the twist in the cable between it and the controller is drive _______.
- A.
  
  A
- B.
  
  B
- C.
  
  C
- D.
  
  D
2.

The process of marking tracks and sectors to prepare the disk to receive data is called ______________.
- A.
  
  Setting up the disk
- B.
  
  Formatting the disk
- C.
  
  Tracking the disk
- D.
  
  Aligning the head of the disk
3.

Data is written to and read from the disk via a magnetic ______________ mechanism in the floppy drive.
- A.
  
  Reader
- B.
  
  Platter
- C.
  
  Read/write head
- D.
  
  Sector
4.

Under all Windows operating systems, a floppy drive is always formatted using the __________file system.
- A.
  
  FAT12
- B.
  
  NTFS
- C.
  
  FAT64
- D.
  
  Cluster
5.

"Sector" refers to the way date is ____________stored on a disk, whereas "cluster" describes how data is ______________ organized.
- A.
  
  Logically, physically
- B.
  
  Neatly, not
- C.
  
  Illogically, physically
- D.
  
  Physically, logically
6.

The first sector on the disk is called the ______________.
- A.
  
  First sector
- B.
  
  Boot sector
- C.
  
  First record
- D.
  
  Sector A
7.

Before data can be written to a floppy disk, it must first be mapped in concentric circles called _____________.
- A.
  
  Tracks
- B.
  
  Paths
- C.
  
  Roads
- D.
  
  Sectors
8.

For today's hard drives, the _______________is firmware on a circuit board on or inside the drive housing and is an integral part of it.
- A.
  
  Platter
- B.
  
  BIOS
- C.
  
  Hard drive controller
- D.
  
  Head
9.

On today's hard drives, the number of sectors per track on a drive is not the same throughout the platter.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
10.

On Windows XP, one way to find the capacity of a hard drive is to right-click on the drive in Windows Explorer and choose Properties.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False