Exam 11: Hard Drive Technologies

SCSI ID numbers can range from 0 to ____.

What is the function of cable select jumper setting?

What's the minimum number of drives needed for RAID 5?

The hard drive at the end of a cable-select cable is the ____________________ and the one in the middle is the slave.

With the introduction of ATAPI,the ATA standards are often referred to as __________ instead of just ATA.

Why does BIOS no longer require the landing zone geometry?

A system with the ____ extension can handle drives up to 137 GB.

The process of connecting one SCSI device directly to another SCSI device is called ____________________.

What hot-pluggable external hard drive technology uses shielded cable with lengths up to two meters outside the PC?

The general rule pertaining to SCSI is that users should terminate only the ends of the ____________________.

If a SCSI chain has internal and external drives,where does it need to be terminated?

SATA enables installation of a parallel ATA device to a serial ATA controller by using a device called a (n)____________________.

SSDs use either ____________________ or ____________________ technology to store and retrieve data.

What is sector translation?

What is INT13?

The most common way to protect data is by a method called ____________________.

ATA (IDE)drives connect to the computer via a(n)____________________ plug and a controller.

RAID that does not provide any data redundancy is known as ____________________.

What is flux and flux reversal?

Which operating system has built-in software for RAID 5?