Name: _________________ Review Questions Chapter 5

SCC CIS 29

Instructor Paul Bryant Due _____________ 2000 - Turned in ___________ 2000

#	Question	_________________Answer______________	_Reference__
1	Name two ways that a floppy drive cable can be connected to the computer.	.	.
2	How many sectors per track are there on a 3 ½" high-density floppy disk?	.	.
3	What two cables are connected to a floppy drive inside a computer?	.	.
4	What symbol is written to a disk to indicate that the track is formatted and data can be written to it?	.	.
5	What is the difference between a sector and a cluster?	.	.
6	What is another name for a cluster?	.	.
7	What is the purpose of the master boot record on a disk?	.	.
8	If a file is fragmented, describe how the entries in the FAT will look.	.	.
9	What cluster information for a file is found in the directory entry for the file?	.	.
10	Which bit in the file attribute byte tells if the file is a hidden file?	.	.
11	What is the difference between an external DOS command and an internal DOS command?	.	.
12	How can you make an exact copy of a disk if you only have one floppy drive on your computer?	.	.
13	List the steps to create an emergency startup disk using windows 95.	.	.
14	Why is it helpful to have EDIT.COM on the startup disk?	.	.
15	If a floppy drive is not working, why is it better to replace the drive than to repair it?	.	.
16	What might cause the error, "General failure reading drive A"?	.	.
17	How can you look at a 3 ½" floppy disk and tell if it is a high-density or double-density disk?	.	.
18	What do you check if you get the error, "Write protect error writing drive A:"?	.	.
19	List the steps that you would follow to install a new floppy drive as drive B.	.	.
20	How does the computer distinguish drive A from drive B?	.	.