Cloud Storage

Which of the following is an example of remote data storage?

• Saving a digital picture to a hard drive

• Saving a digital photo to a CD
• Saving a digital photo to an online photo album
• Saving a digital photo to a flash drive

Place these in order from smallest to largest storage capacity: a) cloud, b)thumb drive, c)laptop, d) data center

• A, B, D, C
• D, A, B, C

• B, C, D, A

• A, B,C, D

If a laptop relies heavily on the cloud for all of its storage needs, its hard drive must be:

• Uncluttered
• Slow
• Full

One drawback of streaming movies and music from the cloud is that ...

• cloud services are expensive.
• most songs and movies are not on the cloud yet.
• the cloud is not open to the public.
• you can't keep the media on your device.

If two users are accessing the same network through the cloud, they are probably...

• are using the same device.
• are in the same location.
• can access the same shared resources.
• accessed the cloud at the same time.

Shared resources can be assessed by multiple users.

• True
• False

Businesses uses cloud services to streamline their operations.

• True
• False

Mrs. Luke wants to buy a photo editing program. Which of the following is the best argument against buying the cloud-based program?

• The cloud based version of the program is frequently updated.
• The software requires a huge amount of storage space,
• The full version costs hundreds of dollars.
• The internet connection is not the most reliable.

Netflix, Hulu, Amazon offer very expensive streaming services for videos and music.

• True
• False

If you use gmail, your emails are probably stored locally.

• True

• False