How Well Do You Know HDDs?

Question 1

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What does HDD stand for?

Hard Disk Drive

Answer

High Definition Display

Answer

Hardware Data Decoder

Answer

Half Duplex Drive

Question 2

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Which of the following is not a type of HDD interface?

SATA

IDE

SCSI

USB

Answer

Flash Memory

Answer

Optical Burning

Answer

Electric Impulses

Answer

Higher power consumption

Answer

Mechanical failure risk

Answer

Loud operation

Answer

Controller

Answer

Storage capacity

Answer

Rotational speed

Answer

Data transfer rate

Answer

To increase data transfer speed

Answer

To prevent data corruption

Answer

To reduce power consumption

Question 3

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What is the maximum storage capacity of a standard 3.5-inch HDD?

1 TB

16 TB

512 GB

4 TB

Question 4

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Which technology is used to store data magnetically in an HDD?

Magnetic Recording

Question 5

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What is the rotational speed of most consumer-grade HDDs?

7200 RPM

5400 RPM

10000 RPM

Question 6

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Which one of these is not a disadvantage of HDDs compared to SSDs?

Lower data transfer speed

Question 7

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In which year was the first HDD introduced?

1980

1956

1969

1975

Question 8

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What component of an HDD is responsible for moving read/write heads?

Spindle

Actuator

Platter

Question 9

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What is the smallest unit of data that can be accessed on an HDD?

Byte

Sector

Bit

Cluster

Question 10

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Which of the following is not a factor affecting HDD performance?

Memory capacity

Question 11

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What is the purpose of a HDD cache?

To temporarily store frequently accessed data