Hardware Reference
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7.
Which of these would be a common capacity for a modern hard disk drive?
A.
500 GB
B.
500 MB
C.
500 KB
D.
500 TB
8.
What is the most popular interface used for external hard disk drives?
A.
PS/2
B.
SATA
C.
PATA
D.
USB
9.
How is the speed of the spinning platters in a hard disk measured?
A.
Megabytes
B.
RPM
C.
Milliseconds
D.
None of the above
10.
Which type of hard disk interface is serial?
A.
PATA
B.
SCSI
C.
SATA
D.
All of the above
11.
Which hard disk interface uses a wide ribbon-like cable with 40 wires?
A.
PATA
B.
SATA
C.
SCSI
D.
USB
12.
What type of disk preparation creates the cylinders, heads, and sectors (CHS)?
A.
Low-level formatting
B.
Partitioning
C.
High-level formatting
D.
Packet writing
