| ✓ | Identifying an IDE drive’s low-level formatting information |
| ✓ | Describing a standard IDE interface |
| ✓ | Differentiating between host adapter cards and controller cards |
| ✓ | Detailing the differences between various ATA versions |
| ✓ | Configuring IDE disk drives |
| ✓ | Selecting a master or a slave drive |
| ✓ | Identifying hard drive partitions and logical drives |
| ✓ | Listing the maximum throughput for a standard 40-pin IDE signal cable |
| ✓ | Knowing which IDE standard doubles the maximum throughput to 16.7MBps |
| ✓ | Explaining the IDE improvements provided by the AT Attachment Packet Interface (ATAPI) |
| ✓ | Contrasting a Primary and a Secondary IDE interface |
| ✓ | Identifying which specifications boost IDE throughput to 33.3MBps |
| ✓ | Stating which specification doubles the number of conductors in the IDE signal cable to 80 |
| ✓ | Reviewing the structure of an IDE controller |
| ✓ | Describing source termination configurations and implementations |
| ✓ | Contrasting the differences between parallel and serial ATA |
| ✓ | Differentiating between the two types of SATA cables |
| ✓ | Defining low-voltage differential signaling |
| ✓ | Identifying three important features of SATA II that make it more suited for enterprise environments |
| ✓ | Comparing online, offline, and nearline storage |
