How Well Do You Know HDDs? Test your knowledge about Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) with this quiz! See if you can answer all 11 questions correctly delya90 published on January 190 responses 0 « Previous Next » Questions in vertical order 1/11 What does HDD stand for? Hard Disk Drive High Definition Display Hardware Data Decoder Half Duplex Drive 2/11 Which of the following is not a type of HDD interface? SATA IDE SCSI USB 3/11 What is the maximum storage capacity of a standard 3.5-inch HDD? 1 TB 16 TB 512 GB 4 TB 4/11 Which technology is used to store data magnetically in an HDD? Magnetic Recording Flash Memory Optical Burning Electric Impulses 5/11 What is the rotational speed of most consumer-grade HDDs? 7200 RPM 5400 RPM 10000 RPM 6/11 Which one of these is not a disadvantage of HDDs compared to SSDs? Higher power consumption Mechanical failure risk Loud operation Lower data transfer speed 7/11 In which year was the first HDD introduced? 1980 1956 1969 1975 8/11 What component of an HDD is responsible for moving read/write heads? Spindle Actuator Platter Controller 9/11 What is the smallest unit of data that can be accessed on an HDD? Byte Sector Bit Cluster 10/11 Which of the following is not a factor affecting HDD performance? Storage capacity Rotational speed Memory capacity Data transfer rate 11/11 What is the purpose of a HDD cache? To temporarily store frequently accessed data To increase data transfer speed To prevent data corruption To reduce power consumption
