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Shelly Cashman Series Lab - Maintaining Your Hard Drive
Name ____________________________________
Course and Division _______________________
Date ___________________ Page 1 of 2
As you step through the Interactive Lab, answer the following
questions in the spaces provided. For multiple choice
questions, enter the appropriate letter on the blank line.
1. A hard disk is _____________.
a. software
b. a computer program
c. a hardware device
d. a type of monitor
2. Define the term access time.
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
3. The time it takes the platter to rotate and position
the first data item beneath the read/write heads is
called _____________.
a. seek time
b. rotational delay
c. average seek time
d. average rotational delay
4. Average seek time is approximately half of the disk's
width. True or False? _____________
5. Writing data to a hard disk works just the same as
reading from it. True or False? _____________
6. The time it takes to save or load data to or from
the hard disk is called the disk _____________.
a. response rate
b. throughput
c. performance rating
d. transfer rate
Shelly Cashman Series Lab - Maintaining Your Hard Drive
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7. Data is written to both sides of a hard disk in
concentric circles called _____________, which are
further divided into _____________.
a. tracks, sectors
b. cylinders, tracks
c. sectors, tracks
d. sectors, cylinders
8. Identify the two methods used to write data to a hard
disk.
______________________ _______________________
9. A typical computer system has a hard disk with a
storage capacity ranging from _____________.
a. 20 to 50 kilobytes
b. 100 to 1000 megabytes
c. 500 megabytes to 2 gigabytes
d. 1000 to 2000 characters
10. A complete file is always stored in contiguous
sectors. True or False? _____________
11. Explain the process of defragmenting a hard disk.
__________________________________________________________
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12. An optimized hard disk _____________ for the most
frequently used files.
a. reduces the transfer rate
b. increases the transfer rate
c. reduces the access time
d. increases the access time