CTec IT Level 3 Unit 2 LO1 (1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4)

which of the following is NOT a form of storage media?

• Optical Media

• Paper

• RAM

• Solid State Media

Why might developing countries have poorer connectivity?

• They can't afford satellites

• The towns are further apart

• They might have a less developed industrial base

• They have slower broadband speeds

What is an advantage of Solid State Media?

• It is relatively expensive

• It is Robust

• It is relatively inexpensive

• It holds more data

The internet is...

• a network of information devices

• the World Wide Web

• a private network

• a network of interconnected networks spanning the world

Who invented the internet?

• Bill Gates

• Steve Jobs

• Tim Berners-Lee

• Google

What is an advantage of shared devices?

• They are specialised computers

• More then one user can access at a time

• They are portable

• Information is stored remotely on the internet

Processing power is..

• the amount of calculations that can be completed in a fixed time

• the amount of data that can be stored on a device

• generally greater in portable devices

• is limited by miniaturisation

Why might someone choose a device with Solid State media over Magnetic media?

• It is less expensive and is more robust

• It holds more data and is faster when retrieving later.

• It is more robust and retrieves data faster despite being more expensive.

• It is more robust and retrieves data faster and is less expensive.

What does mutability mean?

• The ability to remove sound

• The ability to search storage media for data

• The ability to change the content of a storage media

• The ability to access data on a storage media

What is a disadvantage of potable devices?

• They typically have less processing power

• They typically are slow to retrieve data

• They typically use cloud storage

• They are best used for playing games