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WorksheetsMass Storage Technologies Application
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which of the following is a common spindle of speed for an HDD?
5200
7200
9200
Not applicable. HDDs have no moving parts
Which form factor connects directly to a dedicated motherboard socket?
2.5 inch SSD
3.5 inch SSD
M.2 SSD
eSATA SSD
How many PATA hard drives can you have on a system with two PATA hard drive controllers?
1
2
3
4
How do you differentiate two PATA drives on the same cable?
The flat ribbon cable has a seven-wire twist that determines which is which.
You set jumpers on the individual drives to determine which is master and which is a slave.
The PATA controller determines the hierarchy.
Both drives are considered equal.
What happens if you cable a PATA hard drive incorrectly?
You can destroy that hard drive.
The data will be erased, but the hard drive will be okay.
The system will not be able to communicate with that hard drive.
The drive installs in compatibility mode.
What is the maximum cable length of an internal SATA device?
2 meters
12 inches
18 inches
1 meter
What is the maximum number of SATA drives you can have on a system?
One master, one slave
Two, with no master/slave distinction
Eight
There is no maximum other than the limitations of your motherboard/host card.
Which SATA version offers the least overhead (and thus best performance)?
AHCI
SATA 2.0
PATA 3.0
SATAe
Which standard supports magnetic SATA drives most efficiently?
AHCI
CMOS
SATA-IO
SATA 3.2
Which RAID standard requires at least four drives?
RAID 1
RAID 4
RAID 5
RAID 10
