Secondary Storage Media

Which of these devices below doesn't belong to the types of storage media

• magnetic

• optical

• induction

• solid state

Which one of the devices below containing magnetic tapes?

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Below is the advantage of internal hard disk drive

• it is generally not expensive

• not easily damaged

• fast data transfer rate

• has many moving parts

What is the name of this device

• flash memory card

• flash drive

• portable hard drive

• cassette tape

Flash memory cards are a type of EEPROM device. What does EEPROM stand for?

• erasable electrical programmable read-only memory

• electrically erasable programmed read-only memory

• electrically erased programmable read-only memory

• electrically erasable programmable read-only memory

Many people now store all their music in the following ways, except:

• in MP3 format in their mobile phones

• using "cloud" services

• streaming their music from the internet

• keeping the music in CDs stored at home

Blu-ray discs use a blue laser to read and write the data to the disc. This blue light has generally shorter wavelength than red light. What is the wavelength of this blue light?

• 650 nanometers

• 405 nanometers

• 100 nanometers

• 150 nanometers

Serial access starts from the beginning of the data and then access each record of the data until the required record is found. Which one of these devices below uses serial access?

• Hard disk drive

• Flash drive

• Cassette tape

• CD discs

Below are the reasons why it is important to back up your data, except

• to safeguard against hackers

• to use the files elsewhere

• to safeguard against loss of data/failure

• to safeguard against loss of hardware component

This device can be easily damaged if the correct shut down procedure is not carried out (this can lead to a head crash which would result in a loss of data)

• CD discs

• Fixed/internal hard disk drive (internal HDD)

• Flash drive

• Solid state drive (SSD)