HW204: Final Quiz: Storage Deep Dive | Open Tech Academy Learning Center

1.What must you confirm before buying a replacement drive?

Advertised peak speed and brand familiarity before interface or fit.Capacity target before checking whether the system accepts the drive type.Physical fit, interface support, capacity needs, and the data migration plan.Release date and product tier before backup or migration planning.

2.What should you do first with a possibly failing drive?

Check health indicators before deciding whether repair tools are worth the risk.Protect and copy important data before repair experiments add stress.Use read-focused recovery steps before write-heavy repair attempts.Prioritize the files that matter most if the drive may not survive a full clone.

3.Why is an SSD usually better for the operating system than an old HDD?

It changes the motherboard chipset into a newer storage platform.Lower latency and faster random access improve boot and everyday responsiveness.It provides the cheapest capacity for every large archive workload.It gives graphics workloads additional VRAM under load.

4.Why leave free space on a drive?

For updates, temporary files, maintenance, and healthy drive behavior.So display drivers can unlock higher refresh rates.So motherboard firmware can train memory at higher speeds.So the PSU has reserve wattage for storage write bursts.

5.What is storage responsible for?

Negotiating display refresh modes through the graphics driver.Holding volatile workspace for open apps at memory-controller speed.Running CPU instructions before they reach the operating system.Retaining saved data and installed software after power is removed.