Multiple choice technology architecture

How can you tell that a particular ribbon cable should only be used to connect a floppy drive?

  1. it has a twist in it

  2. it has a red line along one edge

  3. it's wider than all the other ribbon cables

  4. it's white

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A Correct answer
Explanation

Floppy drive ribbon cables have a distinctive twist near the connector end - typically 7-10 wires are twisted between the drive A and drive B connectors. This twist is unique to floppy cables. Option B (red line) is the pin-1 indicator found on all ribbon cables, not specific to floppies. Floppy cables are actually narrower (34 pins) than IDE cables (40 pins), and color varies.