Review Questions

The answers to the Chapter Review Questions can be found in Appendix A.

1. What is the physical component where data is stored in a HDD?

A. Read/write head

B. Platter

C. Sector

D. Cluster

2. Which of the following is not one of the three major components of a hard disk drive system?

A. Drive interface

B. Controller

C. Hard disk

D. Host adapter

3. What is the largest NTFS volume size supported by Windows XP?

A. 256GB

B. 2TB

C. 128TB

D. 256TB

4. Which technology is based on flash memory and is intended to eventually replace conventional hard disk drives that have moving discs and other mechanisms?

A. USB flash drives

B. Memory cards

C. Solid-state drives

D. Optical drives

5. What is the formatted capacity of high-density 3½″ floppy ...

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