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How many wires does the SATA interface have? |
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Laptops, memory cards, USB thumb drives, and hand-held devices often use ____ technology. |
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The SCSI host adapter uses the ____ to differentiate between devices. |
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A system with the ____ extension can handle drives up to 137 GB. |
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Modern PATA drives use a ____ connector for power. |
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What add-on board might you also find a SSD hard drive attached to? |
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Internal SCSI devices connect to the host adapter with a ____-pin ribbon cable. |
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What do nonvolatile flash memory devices use to retain data when power is turned off or disconnected? |
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How many ATA devices can be connected to most PCs? |
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What is the process of spreading data across multiple drives? |
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How many pins does an EIDE (ATA) drive have? |
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A ____ is a circle where data is stored on a drive. |
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Some early versions of what specification used a 25-pin connector? |
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What's the minimum number of drives needed for RAID 5? |
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How is hard drive spindle speed measured? |
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Revolutions per minute (RPM) |
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Which RAID levels combined dedicated data drives with dedicated parity drives? |
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All of the following are common hard drive speeds EXCEPT: |
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The drive technology that supports only a single device per controller channel is known as _____. |
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How many devices are supported per SATA controller channel? |
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What tool can you use in Windows to configure and manage hard drives and RAID levels? |
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