Elizabeth Mabrey
Comptia A+ Core 1 and Core 2
CompTIA A+ 2B.RV
Storage Devices
Answer the following questions:
1. True or false? A solid-state drive (SSD) attached to an
M.2 port must be using the non-volatile memory host
controller interface specification (NVMHCI) or NVM
Express (NVMe).
Answer: False, an M.2 is a physical form factor and can
support both SATA and NVME interfaces.
2. What basic factor might you look at in selecting a
high-performance hard disk drive?
Answer: Speed.
3. If you have a computer with three hard disks, what
type of RAID fault-tolerant configuration will make best
use of them?
Answer: RAID 5.
4. You are configuring four 120 GB drives in a RAID 5
array. How much space will be available?
Answer: 360 GB
5. What is the minimum number of disks required to
implement RAID 10, and how much of the disks’ total
capacity will be available for the volume?
Answer: Minimum of 4 disks and 50% of the capacity will
be available.
6. True or false? A memory card reader is needed to
attach a thumb drive to a PC.
Answer: False.