Microsoft Corporation - A+ Certification Training Kit
- What is the purpose of an IDE drive?
- How many drives can be connected to a single IDE connector?
- What is the best method of determining the number of drives available on a computer?
- What three things should be checked when a floppy disk drive fails?
- What is the best way to ensure long life from a floppy disk drive?
- When you purchase a new floppy disk drive controller, what can you expect to receive with it?
- Other than physical size, what are the only differences between a 5.25-inch floppy disk drive and a 3.5-inch floppy disk?
- What type of cable is used to connect a floppy disk drive to the external data bus?
- What is the proper way to install a floppy disk drive cable?
- To which pin must the Number 1 wire of the floppy disk drive cable be connected?
- You've received the following error message: "General failure reading Drive A:". What is the most likely problem?
- Are floppy disk controllers sensitive to ESD?
- You receive an error message that ends with "Abort, Retry, Fail?" What is the most likely cause of the error?
- Why is a voice coil actuator arm better than a stepper motor actuator arm?
- Define hard disk drive geometry.
- What is the best way to determine the geometry of an unknown drive?
- Describe HDI.
- BIOS limits the number of heads to _____________.
- BIOS limits the number of cylinders to _____________.
- How many bytes of data does a sector hold?
- What is the maximum number of sectors per track?
- What does CHS stand for?
- What type of drive is standard on today's personal computer?
- Name the characteristics of the different hard disk drive types.
- What is a partition? What are the two types of partition?
- Define a cluster.
- What is the FAT and how does it work?
- What is fragmentation?
- How can you minimize the impact of a hard disk drive failure?
- What is the function of ScanDisk?
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