CO2517

Which of these are parts of a non-SSD Hard drive? (select 3)

• Actuator

• Platter

• Head

• Cell

• Memory Module

Reorder these in order of size, starting with the smallest

• sector

• cluster

• track

• byte

This addressing scheme means you are limited to 8Gb disck size - due to its need to declare which cylinder, which head and which sector to access.

• LBA

• CHS

• MBR

Which of these is NOT part of an SSD?

• Controller

• Nand memory

• Arm

• Arrays

In which order does a PC boot up?

• POST

• Processing the Partition Table

• Loading a bootable partition

• Loading VBR

• Reading Hard drive MBR

What does POST stand for and what does it do?

• Power on System Technology. Provides power to the PC.

• Preventative on Start Task. Prevents unauthorised alteration before OS.

• Power on Self Test. BIOS self-diagnostic on hardware prior to use.

• Pre-Operating System Test. Assessed the hard drive is malware free.

What does MBR mean?

• Master Boot Record

• Mirror Back Reduction

• Matrix Bound Record

• Make Boot Readable

Which of these records are expected at the start of Sector 0?

• MBR

• VBR

• NBP

• SSD

Does the MBR contain boot code that instructs the BIOS what to do with any partitions within the hard drive?

• Yes

• No

The MBR can have the following areas? Select 3

• Boot Code

• A Partition Table

• A Signature Value

• End of File Declarations

• Boot Flags