CompTIA A+® Certification All-In-One For Dummies®, 2nd Edition

5.11. Prep Test

1. What is the size of a sector on a hard disk?

   1. ^ 512 bytes

   2. ^ 1K

   3. ^ 4K

   4. ^ 512K

2. How many devices can exist in an IDE chain?

   1. ^ 1

   2. ^ 2

   3. ^ 3

   4. ^ 4

3. What physical component of the disk is responsible for reading and writing data on the disk?

   1. ^ Platter

   2. ^ Sector

   3. ^ Cluster

   4. ^ Read/write head

4. How many wires can be found in an IDE ribbon cable for a hard disk?

   1. ^ 34

   2. ^ 40

   3. ^ 50

   4. ^ 66

5. In a SCSI chain, what devices are required to be terminated?

   1. ^ The first device in the chain

   2. ^ The last device in the chain

   3. ^ Devices at either end of the SCSI chain

   4. ^ Any hard disk in the SCSI chain

6. In a SCSI chain, what device should take a SCSI ID of 0?

   1. ^ CD-ROM

   2. ^ The bootable (first) hard disk

   3. ^ The SCSI host adapter

   4. ^ Printer

7. In an IDE chain, CD-ROM devices are usually what?

   1. ^ Masters

   2. ^ Terminated devices

   3. ^ Devices assigned ID 0

   4. ^ Slaves

8. Which of the following describes the cabling for internal SCSI?

   1. ^ 40-wire ribbon cable

   2. ^ 34-wire ribbon cable

   3. ^ 50-wire ribbon cable

   4. ^ None of the above

9. Which of the following best describes where the Master Boot Record is located?

   1. ^ Last track on the disk

   2. ^ First track on the disk

   3. ^ First sector on the first track of the first side of the first platter

   4. ^ First sector on the last side of the last platter

10. How many devices can exist in an EIDE chain?

    1. ^ 1

    2. ^ 2

    3. ^ 3

    4. ^ 4

11. 11Which of the following tools will help optimize the file system?

    1. ^ Backup

    2. ^ Defragment

    3. ^ ScanDisk

    4. ^ Format

12. What is the maximum capacity for a partition using the FAT file system?

    1. ^ 2MB

    2. ^ 2GB

    3. ^ 16GB

    4. ^ 2000GB

13. What type of partition is used to boot the computer?

    1. ^ Extended ...