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NTEN 111 - Midterm 1 Study Guide

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Preperation for NTEN 111 at Okanagan College (2015, Berg)
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Question 1

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Which of the following problems would NOT being identified during POST?
Answer
  • memory failure
  • bad monitor
  • bad video card
  • faulty CPU

Question 2

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In the figure below, Item D is the _______.
Image:
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Answer
  • system board connections for IDE and floppy drives
  • DIMM slots
  • P1 power connection on the system board
  • PCI local bus slots

Question 3

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The correct order of the boot process is:
Answer
  • POST, User is able to execute application software, ROM BIO searches for and loads OS, OS configures the system and completes loading
  • POST, ROM BIO searches for and loads OS, OS configures the system and completes loading, User is able to execute application software
  • POST, OS configures the system and completes loading, User is able to execute application software
  • POST, User is able to execute application software, OS configures the system and completes loading, ROM BIO searches for and loads OS

Question 4

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What's the first thing the Startup BIOS looks for on a hard drive during boot up?
Answer
  • DOS Boot Record
  • Master Boot Record Correct
  • NT Boot Record
  • Piece of Pie

Question 5

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POST stands for:
Answer
  • partial operating system test
  • Power-off self test
  • Power-on self test
  • Pre-operational system test
  • None of the above

Question 6

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Which of the following is NOT a motherboard form factor:
Answer
  • ATX
  • Micro-PTX
  • LPX
  • BTX
  • AT

Question 7

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Which statement is NOT true about CMOS chips:
Answer
  • They maintain their settings long after you remove the CMOS battery
  • They generally hold between 64 bytes and 512 bytes of memory
  • They are sometimes referred to as NVRAM
  • They contain resource settings for plug-and-play devices in the ESCD
  • They contain the Real Time Clock that holds PC's time and date settings

Question 8

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How many of the following components are part of the CPU? • ALU • Real Time Clock • branch predictor • Registers • Program Counter
Answer
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Question 9

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Which is commonly used to reference the process of division and multiplication of the system clock achieve the desired frequency?
Answer
  • Doubler and Tripler clocks
  • Derived System Clocks
  • Multiplier and Divider Clocks
  • Frequency Multiplexers

Question 10

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Which term is commonly used to reference the process of division and multiplication of the system clock to achieve the desired frequency?
Answer
  • Doubler and Tripler clocks
  • Derived System Clocks
  • Multiplier and Divider clocks
  • Frequency Multiplexers

Question 11

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Secondary cache, also called ______ cache, may be located either in the CPU cartridge or on the system board near the CPU.
Answer
  • L1
  • L2
  • L3
  • L4

Question 12

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How many of the following items are true regarding cache? ◦ Cache uses DRAM with is faster that SRAM (found in main memory) ◦ Cache is not always found in the CPU ◦ Cache is designed as temporary storage for the CPU ◦ The size of cache is matched to be equal to the amount of main memory in the computer
Answer
  • 0
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4

Question 13

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Early Pentium CPUs are said to have multi-processing capabilities because they ____________
Answer
  • Can process data coming in while sending data out
  • Have the ability to exist with other processors
  • Use multiple registers
  • Contain two Arithmetic Logic Units Correct

Question 14

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Secondary cache, also called ______ cache, may be located either in the CPU cartridge or on the system board near the CPU.
Answer
  • L4
  • L3
  • L2
  • L1

Question 15

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Different speeds for computer components are achieved by using what is called ___________.
Answer
  • Frequency Multiplexers
  • Multiplier and Divider clocks
  • Derived System Clocks
  • Doubler and Tripler clocks

Question 16

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Which part of the Accelerated Hub Architecture chipset does the Memory bus connect to on modern system boards.
Answer
  • I/O Controller Hub
  • ISA bus
  • Graphics Memory Controller Hub
  • South Bridge

Question 17

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The amount of addressable memory is determined by the size of the address bus.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 18

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The Multiplier is the term used to describe the ________________
Answer
  • the ratio of the Backside Bus speed to the Memory Bus speed
  • the ratio of the Backside Bus speed to the CPU operating speed
  • the ratio of the CPU operating speed to the Front Side Bus speed
  • the ratio of the PCI bus speed to the Memory Bus speed

Question 19

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The front side bus connects the CPU to the ______.
Answer
  • coprocessor
  • L1 cache
  • system clock
  • memory bus

Question 20

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A unit that attempts to guess which instruction will be executed next when the processor encouters a conditional jump
Answer
  • Control Unit
  • Branch Predictor
  • Hyper-Threading Technology
  • Cache

Question 21

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A unit that controls the operations of all components in the processor and executes conditional instructions
Answer
  • control unit
  • Instruction Register
  • Branch Predictor
  • ALU

Question 22

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Allows access to the hard disk drive, USB ports and other I/O devices
Answer
  • Cache
  • Program Counter
  • North Bridge
  • South Bridge

Question 23

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Allows access to the RAM and video card
Answer
  • North Bridge
  • South Bridge
  • West Bridge
  • East Bridge

Question 24

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A processor design where the circuitry for each stage of the pipeline is duplicated to allow multiple instructions to pass through in parallel
Answer
  • Cache
  • Arithmetic Logic Unit
  • Hyper-Threading Technology
  • Superscalar Architecture

Question 25

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An internal memory location that contrains the instruction that is to be executed.
Answer
  • Cache
  • Instruction Register
  • Branch Predictor
  • South Bridge

Question 26

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The part of the CPU that processes arithmetic and logical instructions
Answer
  • Floating Point Unit
  • Arithmetic Logic Unit
  • Multiplier Bus
  • Divisor Programming Unit

Question 27

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An internal memory location that contains the address of the next instruction to be executed
Answer
  • Counting Register
  • Address Bus Architecture
  • Address Memory Unit
  • Program Counter

Question 28

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Used as temporary storage for the CPU
Answer
  • RAM
  • ROM
  • Cache
  • Hard Disk Drive

Question 29

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The ___________ contains a group of secondary chips that relieves the CPU of processing traffic to and from all the buses and controllers on the system board.
Answer
  • DMA Controller
  • IRQ Controller
  • Chipset
  • Super I/O

Question 30

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Which three Buses connect to the GMCH in the Accelerated Hub Architecture Chipset design developed by Intel ? (Select three)
Answer
  • ISA
  • System
  • AGP
  • Memory
  • VESA-Local Bus
  • PCI

Question 31

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With 486 and higher CPUs, the cache controller is ________.
Answer
  • attached to the CMOS chip
  • not required, as the CPU itself controls the cache
  • housed on the system board
  • embedded in the CPU chip

Question 32

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Although different manufacturers may refer it with different proprietary names, the fast end of the Chipset Hub Architecture is still commonly referred to as the hub's ________.
Answer
  • Fast Bridge
  • ICH
  • North Bridge
  • South Bridge

Question 33

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Which of the following items relieves the CPU of processing traffic to and from all the buses and controllers on the system board?
Answer
  • IRQ Controller
  • Chipset
  • DMA Controller
  • Super I/O

Question 34

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The fast end of the Chipset Hub Architecture is still often referred to as the hub's ________.
Answer
  • South Bridge
  • North Bridge
  • ICH
  • East Bridge
  • West Bridge

Question 35

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How many of the following buses connect to the GMCH in the Accelerated Hub Architecture Chipset? •PCI • System • Memory • AGP • ISA • VESA-Local Bus
Answer
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Question 36

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Early IDE drives followed the IDE/ATA (Integrated Device Electronics AT Attachment) standard which used CHS mode translation and limited drive size to _____ Megabytes.
Answer
  • 356
  • 504
  • 768
  • 943

Question 37

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A SCSI chain must be terminated either by a passive, active or forced perfect terminator.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 38

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With IDE drives, the OS executes the remainder of the format process. This is known as a _____. Select one:
Answer
  • low level format
  • high-level format
  • partition
  • part

Question 39

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Beginning with IDE technology, the number of sectors per track varied depending on the location of the track.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 40

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Which SCSI ID would usually be used for Hard Drives?
Answer
  • 0
  • 2
  • 4
  • 7

Question 41

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In a process called _____, track and sector markings are written on the hard drive at the factory.
Answer
  • high-level formatting
  • low level formatting
  • partitioning
  • parking

Question 42

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IDE drives use a _____-pin cable.
Answer
  • 34
  • 40
  • 50
  • 68

Question 43

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LBA, or logical block addressing, is the most suitable translation mode for large capacity drives in use today.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 44

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What newer technology is being used to replace the 40 pin ribbon cables that have been used in the past for Hard Drives?
Answer
  • Parallel ATA
  • Serial ATA
  • Synchronous ATA
  • Single Mode ATA

Question 45

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Low level formatting of an IDE drive could permanently destroy the drive data and render the drive unusable.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 46

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Zone Bit Recording means ___________________
Answer
  • the number of sectors/track vary depending on the location of the track.
  • the tracks are arranged so the same number of sectors are used for all tracks.
  • each bit is recorded one zone at a time
  • a type of logical method of addressing larger capacity drives

Question 47

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Serial ports transmit data one byte at a time.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 48

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Which of the following is NOT a type of parallel port?
Answer
  • SPP
  • EPP
  • ECP
  • EDP

Question 49

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Parallel ports transmit data in parallel, _____ bit(s) at a time.
Answer
  • 1
  • 2
  • 4
  • 8

Question 50

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When the hard drive BIOS communicates with the system BIOS in a translation method unrelated to cylinders, heads and sectors, _______ mode is being used.
Answer
  • Normal
  • LBA
  • CHS
  • ECHS

Question 51

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Which of the following is true about SCSI vs EIDE?
Answer
  • EIDE is harder to set up than SCSI
  • SCSI is faster and more expensive
  • EIDE is faster and more expensive
  • SCSI is more popular than EIDE

Question 52

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The IDE/ATA standard for a hard drive set the maximum values for Cylinders/Heads/Sectors to be 65,536/16/256. Based on this CHS calculation, what will be the maximum hard drive capacity allowed?
Answer
  • 504 MB
  • 7.88 Gbits
  • 128 GB
  • 7.88 GB

Question 53

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In IDE and SCSI drives, a(n) _____ is mounted on a circuit board on the drive housing and is an integral part of the drive.
Answer
  • adapter
  • ROM bios
  • CMOS chip
  • controller

Question 54

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The number of sides or surfaces of hard drive platters contained in a hard disk is also referred to as the number of _____.
Answer
  • actuators
  • heads
  • platters
  • spindles

Question 55

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A null-modem cable can be used to directly connect two ____ devices.
Answer
  • DTE
  • DCE
  • DCA
  • DMA

Question 56

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Which statement is NOT true about CMOS chips:
Answer
  • They maintain their settings long after you remove the CMOS battery
  • They generally hold between 64 bytes and 512 bytes of memory
  • They are sometimes referred to as NVRAM
  • They contain resource settings for plug-and-play devices in the ESCD (Extended System Configuration Data) area
  • The contain the Real Time Clock that holds the PC’s time and date settings

Question 57

Question
The fast end of the Chipset Hub Architecture is still often referred to as the hub's ________.
Answer
  • South Bridge
  • North Bridge
  • ICH
  • East Bridge
  • West Bridge

Question 58

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Parallel ports are only able to transmit data in one direction at any given time.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 59

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Synchronous memory requires an external clock signal while Asynchronous does not.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 60

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How many of the following statements are true? ◦ DRAM is always faster that SRAM ◦ SRAM is lower cost that DRAM ◦ Both DRAM and SRAM are available in synchronous and asynchronous forms ◦ Both SRAM and DRAM retains values when the power is off
Answer
  • 0
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4

Question 61

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How many of the following statements are true? ◦ DRAM does not require refreshing to hold data ◦ SRAM allows for faster data access that DRAM ◦ SRAM costs more than DRAM per byte ◦ SRAM and DRAM memory cells are the same physical size per byte
Answer
  • 0
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4

Question 62

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How many of the following statements are true? ◦ ECC and non-ECC memory cost the same ◦ The parity bit in parity memory can be used to reconstruct bad data ◦ ECC memory allows for the correction of single bit errors ◦ Non-parity memory can detect and correct memory errors
Answer
  • 0
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4

Question 63

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How many of the following statements are true? ◦ ECC and non-ECC memory cost the same ◦ The parity bit in parity memory can be used to reconstruct bad data ◦ ECC memory allows for the correction of single bit errors ◦ Non-parity memory can detect and correct memory errors
Answer
  • Even
  • Odd

Question 64

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Which BUS version is set to replace AGP?
Answer
  • PCIe
  • ISA
  • Infiniband
  • PCI-X

Question 65

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With parity memory, the 8th bit is used to store parity for the bytes and as a result can only store a 7-bit value.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 66

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Synchronous SRAM is more expensive and about 30% slower than asynchronous SRAM.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 67

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What kind of Parity checking is being used if the following byte of data and it's parity bit are correct: Value: 1011 0111 Parity Bit: 1
Answer
  • even
  • equal
  • odd
  • balanced

Question 68

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Complete the following statement: _________ RAM holds data for a very short period of time and needs to be constantly refreshed, whereas _________ RAM, because of its construction, holds data until the power is turned off.
Answer
  • PRAM, DRAM
  • SRAM, DRAM
  • DRAM, SRAM
  • SRAM, PRAM

Question 69

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What is the name given to the automatic detection of the Manufacturer BIOS timing settings for a specific memory module via an EEPROM chip?
Answer
  • Ram Timing Detect
  • Auto-Timing Detect
  • Serial Presence Detect
  • Memory Alert

Question 70

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Generally speaking (and excluding Flash memory), RAM can be divided into two major categories, and those categories are static and dynamic.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 71

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You have a system board that accepts DDR266 RAM (ie. twice clock speed) but whose actual clock speed for the memory bus is 133MHz. You are using the AMD Athlon chip (Comparable to PIII). What is the approximate possible throughput of the memory bus with this combination in gigabytes per second?
Answer
  • 1.6GB/s
  • 2.1GB/s
  • 3.2GB/s
  • 1.06GB/s

Question 72

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One error-checking procedure for memory, whereby either every byte has an even number of ones or every byte has an odd number of ones is known as _____.
Answer
  • checksum
  • bit parity
  • ESCD
  • PRAM

Question 73

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What type of bus is displayed in the figure below
Image:
856a0f4c-e3fd-49c5-ac2c-fc939a0a81cb (image/jpeg)
Answer
  • 16-bit ISA
  • VESA
  • 8-bit ISA
  • PCI

Question 74

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The 16-bit ISA bus contains an extra ____ IRQ lines and ____ DMA channels above and beyond what is available for the 8 bit ISA Bus. (HINT: Remember DMA Channel 4 is used for the controller and not available to the bus)
Answer
  • 6,3
  • 3,6
  • 5,3
  • 5,4

Question 75

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Which of the following is a list of expansion bus types ?
Answer
  • MCA, PCI, Memory
  • ISA, EISA
  • ISA, PCD, AGD
  • PCI, DIMM, SIMM

Question 76

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The ______ ISA bus was so named because it had only an eight-bit data path.
Answer
  • 4-bit
  • 8-bit
  • 16-bit
  • 32-bit

Question 77

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ECC may be present on DIMM module, and correct single bit errors when possible.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 78

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DRAM SIMMs rapidly lose their data and must be refreshed every 3.86 milliseconds.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 79

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Using even parity, the computer makes the parity bit a 1 or 0 to make the number of ones in a byte _____.
Answer
  • even
  • equal
  • odd
  • balanced

Question 80

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All data stored in _____ is lost when the power is turned off.
Answer
  • PRAM
  • RAM
  • ROM
  • CMOS

Question 81

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On AGP 8x bus, the maximum throughput is ___________ (The current specs on an AGP bus are 32 bit Data Path and a 66 MHz clock)
Answer
  • 2.1 GB/s
  • 1.6 GB/s
  • 500 MB/s
  • 3.2 GB/s

Question 82

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The first expansion bus introduced in the 8086 processor IBM PC is called the _______ bus.
Answer
  • S-100
  • 8-bit ISA
  • 16-bit ISA
  • EISA

Question 83

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ECC RAM differs from parity and nonparity RAM in that it can ______.
Answer
  • retain data when the power is removed
  • detect errors
  • automatically save data to the hard drive
  • detect and potentially correct errors
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