Memory and Storage - Technical MCQs

Q1:

Which is not a hard disk performance parameter?

A Seek time

B Break time

C Latency period

D Access time

ANS:B - Break time

Seek Time is measured defines the amount of time it takes a hard drive's read/write head to find the physical location of a piece of data on the disk.

Latency is the average time for the sector being accessed to rotate into position under a head, after a completed seek.