Storage Devices and Media

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What are the methods of accessing data?

• Serial and Direct access

• Direct and Parallel access

• Serial and Parallel access

• None of the above

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RAM is:

• volatile

• non-volatile

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What happens to volatile data when a computer is switched off?

• Data is lost

• Data is automatically saved to the server

• You are unable to switch the computer on

• Nothing will happen

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What is not an advantage of SSD ( Solid-State Drive ) over HDD ( hard disk drive )

• They are more reliable

• They are cheaper

• Data access is considerably faster on HDD

• They are more thin

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A disadvantage of portable Hard Disks are

• they are difficult to steal

• they can be attached to any computer that has a USB port

• there is a danger of viruses being transferred

• a large storage capacity to transfer files between computers

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What is NOT advantage of hard disk drive (HDD)

• They have very fast data transfer

• They have very large memory capacities

• They have fast access times

• They read/write operations are silent

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Where could magnetic tape be used?

• When backing up your PC

• Where direct access is required

• Where parallel access is required

• When backing up Servers

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Which type of access do magnetic tapes use?

• Direct

• Serial

• Cereal

• Die Rex

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Magnetic Tape advantages include

• their small storage capacity

• the time taken to move to the position where data is stored

• being able to hold an entire server backup on one tape

• every record being accessed in turn

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In which type of CD can data be written only once?

• CD-ROM

• CD-RW

• CD-R

• CD

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Select the most appropriate optical storage medium which the highest storage capacity

• CD

• DVD

• MiniDisc

• Blu-Ray

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An example of solid-state backing storage include

• DVD-R

• Flash Memory Card

• CD-R

• Portable hard disk

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Memory Stick advantages include:

• No moving parts

• Subject to scratches

• Easily lost

• Lower access speeds than a hard disk

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What does it mean by backing up data?

• Erasing Data

• Archiving Data

• Quarantined Data

• Cleaning Data

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SSD is short from

• Super state drive

• Solid super drive

• Solid state drive

• Super service drive

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What on the picture?

• HDD

• Memory Card

• DVD drive

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Allows data to be written to them on one occasion only

• CD-R

• DVD

• CD

• Blu-ray

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An advantage of fixed hard disks is

• A very high access speed

• A very slow transfer rate

• Easy transfer of data between computers

• Mediocre storage capacity

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Which type of access do CD-RWs use

• Direct

• Serial

• Die Rex

• Cereal

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Select the most appropriate optical storage medium to stores lower quality audio files

• CD

• DVD

• Mini-Disc

• Blu-Ray

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Which access that need to go through the data stored one by one to reach the desired data?

• Serial Access

• Direct Access

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Which of these that is small and thin in size, can store a big size of data, need a reader

• Hard Disk Drive

• Solid State Drive

• Flash Memory Stick

• Flash Memory Card

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Optical drives use serial access

• true

• false

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Laser light is used to read data on optical drives

• true

• false

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Which are methods of accessing data?

• Serial and Direct access

• Direct and Parallel access

• Serial and Parallel access

• None of the above

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What is ROM used for?

• It is the main memory of the computer

• Booting up the machine

• Stores the entire operating machine

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Where could magnetic tape be used?

• When backing up your PC

• Where direct access is required

• Where parallel access is required

• When backing up Servers

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An example of solid state backing storage include

• DVD-R

• Flash Memory Card

• CD-R

• Portable hard disk

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Which type of access do magnetic tapes use?

• Direct

• Serial

• Cereal

• Die Rex