Name ________________ Review Questions
SCC CIS 29 Chapter 6
Instructor Paul Bryant Due 2/26/2000 - Turned in ___________________
| # | Question | Answer | Reference |
| 1 | If a hard drive has three platters, how many heads does it have? | ___________________________________________ | ______________ |
| 2 | What two types of tables do DOS and Windows 9x use to manage the data on a hard drive? | . | . |
| 3 | What is the purpose of the master boot record on a hard drive? | . | . |
| 4 | Given that there are 512 bytes per sector, calculate the hard drive storage for the following: heads: 32, tracks (cylinders): 1024, sectors/track: 63 | . | . |
| 5 | Why does the logical geometry sometimes differ from the physical geometry of a hard drive? | . | . |
| 6 | How does an OS or other software communicate to the CPU that it wants to access data on a hard drive? | . | . |
| 7 | What organization is responsible for the IDE/ATA standard? | . | . |
| 8 | What two factors collectively are responsible for the 504 528-MB limit of the IDE/ATA standard? | . | . |
| 9 | In using large mode to access a hard drive, how is the 504 528-MB barrier broken? | . | . |
| 10 | How can you tell if your PC supports large mode? | . | . |
| 11 | Which is more popular, LBA mode or large mode? What is the difference between the two? | . | . |
| 12 | Name four ANSI standards for interfacing to hard drives. | . | . |
| 13 | How does block mode give faster access to a hard drive? How can you disable block mode? | . | . |
| 14 | If your BIOS does not support a large-capacity drive that you want to install, what four choices do you have? | . | . |
| 15 | If someone changes setup on a functioning PC from large mode to LBA mode, what is the worst thing that might happen to the hard drive? | . | . |
| 16 | What are the advantages of using VFAT? | . | . |
| 17 | When would it be appropriate to use FAT32 rather than FAT16 on a new hard drive? | . | . |
| 18 | Give a complete DOS command to create a directory called MYDATA on drive C. | . | . |
| 19 | Give a complete DOS command to make the file Resume.Doc read-only file. | . | . |
| 20 | List the steps to create a new subfolder under the DATA directory in a Windows 9x system. | . | . |
| 21 | In Windows 98, how would you examine the file properties of the file Resume.Doc? | . | . |
| 22 | What causes a file to be fragmented? | . | . |
| 23 | In Windows 98, what steps would you use to defragment a hard drive? | . | . |
| 24 | What is the difference between a lost cluster and a cross-banked cluster? | . | . |
| 25 | Can Windows 98 use DriveSpace to compress a hard drive that is using FAT32? | . | . |
| 26 | What is one advantage and one disadvantage of a hardware cache over a software cache for a hard drive? | . | . |
| 27 | SMARTDrive is to Windows 3.1 as ___________________ is to Windows 98. | . | . |
| 28 | What ANSI hard drive interface standard does not use a traditional hard drive cable? | . | . |
| 29 | What is the difference between narrow SCSI and wide SCSI? | . | . |
| 30 | Which holds more data, a Zip drive or a Jaz drive? | . | . |
