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CPT 209 Chapter 5 Exam Questions and Answers Already Passed Latest Update Scenario: Sharon is troubleshooting a computer and wants to test the hard drive in another computer. Sharon removes the hard drive and notices that it does not have a SATA power connection. The connector for power is white and has four pins instead. What type of connector will Sharon need to test the hard drive in the computer she is using? - Answers Molex connector Magnetic hard drive read/write heads are controlled by an _____________, which moves the read/write heads across the disk surfaces in unison. - Answers Actuator The hard drive firmware, UEFI/BIOS, and the OS address the sectors on a hard drive utilizing what technology? - Answers Logical Block Addressing Scenario: While working on your computer, you receive the POST error, "Drive Not Recognized." - You check your SATA cable to see if it is the problem, and it tests fine. - You remove the hard drive and test it in a computer system known to be in good working condition and find that the hard drive is working. You can move data and check to make sure the OS files are not corrupt. - You use a power supply tester to see if the voltage for the SATA power connection is correct, and the test shows the power is correct. - You check BIOS to make sure the hard drive can be recognized and find that all settings in BIOS are at default, so the system should recognize the hard drive. What might be the problem with your hard drive system? - Answers SATA port has failed What technology is used to assure that the logical block addressing on a SSD does not always address the same physical blocks, in order to distribute write operations? - Answers Wear Leveling Which type of removable storage media can provide up to 2 TB of storage? - Answers SDXC What two optical disc drive standards support writing discs with a total capacity of 8.5GB? - Answers DVD+R DL, DVD-R DL What command can be used to make sure that the hard drive does not have bad sectors? - Answers chkdsk In an SSD drive, flash memory is stored on ______________________________ (EEPROM) chips inside the drive housing. - Answers electronically erasable programmable read-only memory Which type of RAID volume is used for fault tolerance and only requires two drives? - Answers RAID 1 With ______________________, you can connect and disconnect a drive while the system is running. - Answers hot-swapping What two different file systems can be used on a Compact Disc (CD)? - Answers UDF, CDFS What type of RAID is a combination of mirroring and striping? - Answers RAID 10 What process writes sector markings to a magnetic hard drive? - Answers low-level formatting Which file system is used by small-capacity USB flash drives and memory cards? - Answers FAT A SATA data cable has how many pins? - Answers 7 pins Data is organized on a magnetic hard drive in __________ circles, called tracks. Each track is divided into segments called __________. - Answers concentric, sectors The SATA drive technology utilizes a serial data path. - Answers True Scenario: This morning when Paul turned on his computer at work, it would not boot. Instead, Paul reported that he heard a loud clicking noise coming from inside his computer. What might be the problem with Paul's computer? - Answers Magnetic hard drive failed magnetic drives have larger capacity for the money than solid state drives. - Answers True DVD single-side dual layer - Answers 8.5 GB BD double-side quad layer - Answers 128 GB BD double-side dual layer - Answers 25 GB DVD double-side dual layer - Answers 9.4 GB BD double-side single layer - Answers 15.9 GB CD - Answers 700 MB Scenario: Terry came into work and turned on his computer. - During the boot process, the computer shut down. - When he tried again, the computer showed the error message, OS not found. - Terry called the help desk and explained the computer issue. - The help desk technician asked Terry to open the computer. As a help desk technician, what would you have Terry check on his computer with the case cover removed? - Answers SATA cable connection What hard drive technology is used to predict when a drive is likely to fail? - Answers S.M.A.R.T. If a computer is performing slowly due to file fragmentation, what Windows tool can be utilized to rearrange fragments? - Answers Defrag and Optimization tool

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CPT 209 Chapter 5 Exam Questions and Answers Already Passed Latest Update 2025-2026

Scenario:



Sharon is troubleshooting a computer and wants to test the hard drive in another computer.



Sharon removes the hard drive and notices that it does not have a SATA power connection.



The connector for power is white and has four pins instead.



What type of connector will Sharon need to test the hard drive in the computer she is using? -
Answers Molex connector

Magnetic hard drive read/write heads are controlled by an _____________, which moves the
read/write heads across the disk surfaces in unison. - Answers Actuator

The hard drive firmware, UEFI/BIOS, and the OS address the sectors on a hard drive utilizing
what technology? - Answers Logical Block Addressing

Scenario:



While working on your computer, you receive the POST error, "Drive Not Recognized."



- You check your SATA cable to see if it is the problem, and it tests fine.

- You remove the hard drive and test it in a computer system known to be in good working
condition and find that the hard drive is working. You can move data and check to make sure
the OS files are not corrupt.

- You use a power supply tester to see if the voltage for the SATA power connection is correct,
and the test shows the power is correct.

- You check BIOS to make sure the hard drive can be recognized and find that all settings in
BIOS are at default, so the system should recognize the hard drive.

, What might be the problem with your hard drive system? - Answers SATA port has failed

What technology is used to assure that the logical block addressing on a SSD does not always
address the same physical blocks, in order to distribute write operations? - Answers Wear
Leveling

Which type of removable storage media can provide up to 2 TB of storage? - Answers SDXC

What two optical disc drive standards support writing discs with a total capacity of 8.5GB? -
Answers DVD+R DL, DVD-R DL

What command can be used to make sure that the hard drive does not have bad sectors? -
Answers chkdsk

In an SSD drive, flash memory is stored on ______________________________ (EEPROM) chips
inside the drive housing. - Answers electronically erasable programmable read-only memory

Which type of RAID volume is used for fault tolerance and only requires two drives? - Answers
RAID 1

With ______________________, you can connect and disconnect a drive while the system is running.
- Answers hot-swapping

What two different file systems can be used on a Compact Disc (CD)? - Answers UDF, CDFS

What type of RAID is a combination of mirroring and striping? - Answers RAID 10

What process writes sector markings to a magnetic hard drive? - Answers low-level formatting

Which file system is used by small-capacity USB flash drives and memory cards? - Answers FAT

A SATA data cable has how many pins? - Answers 7 pins

Data is organized on a magnetic hard drive in __________ circles, called tracks. Each track is
divided into segments called __________. - Answers concentric, sectors

The SATA drive technology utilizes a serial data path. - Answers True

Scenario:

This morning when Paul turned on his computer at work, it would not boot.



Instead, Paul reported that he heard a loud clicking noise coming from inside his computer.



What might be the problem with Paul's computer? - Answers Magnetic hard drive failed

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