Hard Drives
Test your knowledge of hard drives.
- 1.During bootup, an error message appears that says, "No Fixed Disks Present". What are some likely causes?
- A.
Poor hard drive cable connection
- B.
Insufficient memory
- C.
Bad/missing hard drive or drive controller
- D.
Wrong jumper settings on drive(s)
- E.
Incorrectly configured CMOS settings.
- 2.A hard drive must have a minimum of __________ in order to install an operating system.
- A.
8 megabytes of cache
- B.
One extended partition
- C.
4200 RPM
- D.
One partition
- E.
One master boot record
- 3.Division of a hard disk into separate areas of data is called __________.
- A.
Clustering
- B.
Formatting
- C.
Sectioning
- D.
Fragmenting
- E.
Partitioning
- 4."Volumes" are
- A.
Groups of cylinders
- B.
Partitions
- C.
Master boot records
- D.
Usually assigned a drive letter
- E.
Groups of folders
- 5.Partitioning a hard drive allows one to
- A.
Increase disk space
- B.
Install multiple operating systems on it
- C.
Proceed with formatting
- D.
Share drive letters
- E.
Encrypt files
- 6.The boot sector on a basic disk contains
- A.
The master boot record
- B.
Speadsheets
- C.
A copy of system BIOS
- D.
Games
- E.
The partition table
- 7.Where is the boot sector located on a basic disk?
- A.
First sector
- B.
Second sector
- C.
Last sector
- D.
In the cache
- E.
The file allocation table
- 8.On a basic disk, the first sector of the hard drive is called
- A.
The first partition
- B.
Cylinder 0
- C.
The boot sector
- D.
The partition table
- E.
The stripe
- 9.In Windows 2000 and XP, what does the term "basic disk" denote?
- A.
A disk with standard features only
- B.
A disk with a MBR
- C.
A single hard drive
- D.
A partitioning scheme
- E.
A FAT32 formatted drive
- 10.In Windows 2000 and XP, what does the term "dynamic disk" denote?
- A.
A resizeable partition
- B.
A constantly changing partition
- C.
An advanced partitioning scheme proprietary to Microsoft
- D.
A drive containing multiple MBR's
- E.
A drive with more than one installation of Windows
- 11.Partition tables on basic disks are limited to a maximum of ____ partitions.
- A.
2
- B.
3
- C.
4
- D.
64
- E.
Unlimited
- 12.Partition tables on a basic disk may contain
- A.
Primary and secondary partitions
- B.
Two primary partitions and two extended partitions
- C.
Unlimited partitions
- D.
Up to four primary partitions
- E.
Three primary partitions and one extended partition
- 13.Extended partitions
- A.
Are labeled
- B.
Are bootable
- C.
Are not bootable
- D.
Are limited to twice the size of primary partitions
- E.
Contain logical drives
- 14.All primary partitions must have
- A.
An operating system
- B.
An entry in the partition table
- C.
Logical drives
- D.
A corresponding extended partition
- E.
A unique identifier such as a drive letter or folder
- 15.The boot sector in a basic disk contains
- A.
The master boot record and file allocation table
- B.
The master boot record and partition table
- C.
BIOS and file allocation table
- D.
The partition table and file allocation table
- E.
Boot.ini
- 16.How many read/write heads are there per platter?
- A.
1
- B.
2
- C.
3
- D.
4
- 17.PC hard drives are typically sealed air-tight to prevent contamination
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 18.PC hard drive air filters should be replaced periodically to prevent head damage
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 19.The heads of a hard drive float on
- A.
A gimbal
- B.
A bearing
- C.
A cushion of air
- D.
A film of oil
- E.
A magnetic field
- 20.Data is recorded on a platter as
- A.
Pits and lands
- B.
Electric charges
- C.
Magnetic fields
- D.
Flux reversals
- E.
Cells
- 21.Groups of flux reversals are called
- A.
Clusters
- B.
Sectors
- C.
Spans
- D.
Domains
- E.
Runs
- 22.The expression "RLL 1, 7" indicates
- A.
RLL version 1, release 7
- B.
The drive needs reformatting
- C.
Minimum and maximum run lengths
- D.
Cylinder 1, sector 7
- 23.PRML is a form of
- A.
Data encoding
- B.
Parallel communication standard
- C.
RLL
- D.
Disk encryption
- 24.The technology that records fluxes on the platter vertically is called
- A.
Vertical recording
- B.
Ultra high density modulation
- C.
Flux run unlimited
- D.
Perpendicular recording
- E.
ANSI 2381.5
- 25.PRML stands for
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