Quiz 2 - Storage Device & Motherboards, Processors & Memory

What are the common speeds of a magnetic hard drive

• 5,400 to 10,000 RPM

• 7,000 to 8,000 RPM

• 1,500 to 4,600 RPM

• 3,600 to 7,200 RPM

Is a USB Pendrive a ROM or a RAM

• ROM

• RAM

Michael is a new IT Professional in your shop. He is troubleshooting a laptop and finds he needs to enter the date and time every time the system boots up. He asked you what you think the problem may be. How do you reply?

• Tell him to ensure the RAM is seated properly

• Tell him to check the power supply

• Tell him to remove and replace the northbridge chip

• Tell him to replace the CMOS battery

Motherboard_____describe the dimensions of the motherboard and the layout the motherboard components, This is important because motherboards are not interchangeable.

• Form factors

• motherboard slots

• Proprietary standards

• Adapter slots

Software that written to a read-only memory chip is called____.

• Firmaware

• Double-Sided memory

• POST software

• EPROM

What does RAID stand for?

• Random Access of Internal Data

• Redundant Array of Internal Data

• Regular Access of Independent Disks

• Redundant Array of Independent Disks

Within the motherboard chip set there are two chips which is comprise the largest part of the motherboard; these are the North and South bridges. The Northbridge is responsible for communication with which of the following

• CPU to PCI

• CPU to Memory

• CPU to USB

An array of disks is more likely to fail compared to a single disk. How is it that RAID arrays still manage to provide more data protection compared to a single disk?

• Using better quality disks

• Using dedicated hardware

• Using either mirroring or Striping

• Using either mirroring or parity

Which is NOT a part of a hard drive?

• Arm

• Platter

• Leg Assembly

• Heads

Which one of these is characteristic of RAID 5?

• Double Parity

• No Parity

• All Parity in a single disk

• Distributed parity