Storage Devices

What is the name of the spinning disk in a Hard Disk Drive?

• Cone

• Platter

• CD

• DVD

Which storage device use a blue laser?

• DVD Drive

• Blu-Ray Drive

• CD Drive

• USB Drive

What does the above picture show?

• HDD

• SSD

• SDS

• DSD

What is 'volatile' storage?

• Storage which is deleted without power

• Storage which remains in memory without power

• Storage which cannot be changed

• Storage which can be changed

What is unique about ROM?

• It can be deleted

• It cannot be changed

• It is inside the computer

• It cannot be accessed externally

How is data stored on a Hard Disk Drive

• Using a high powered laser

• Using pits which represent 0s and 1s

• With complex circuitry

• With tiny magnets representing individual bits

What is the main different between Blu-ray and DVD?

• Blu-Ray stores less data

• Blu-ray uses a narrower laser

• DVDs cannot be rewritten

• Blu-Rays are HD

Which is an example of primary memory?

• RAM

• HDD

• SSD

• Flash Memory

Which of the following are true of primary memory? (choose more than one)

• It is always volatile

• It has direct access to the CPU

• It is non-volatile

• It is inside the computer

• It cannot be changed

What is offline-storage

• Storage which is not on the internet

• Storage which is volatile

• Storage which cannot be deleted

• Storage which is connected and stored externally