Storage Devices Quiz

What is the device that reads and writes data from secondary storage called?

Thomas is working on a school project and needs to store a large video file. He decides to use an optical storage device. Which of the following options should he choose?

(a)  

• Hard Disk

• USB Memory Stick

• Solid State Drive

• Blu-ray

Aarav, Arjun, and Muhammad are working on a project about optical disks. They are discussing the purpose of pits and lands on these disks. What do they conclude?

• They are used to store zeros and ones

• They are used to reflect laser light

• They are used to increase storage capacity

• They are used to improve data access speed

Priya is planning a movie night at her place and wants to store a collection of her favorite motion pictures and movies. Which type of optical media should she use for this purpose?

• CD-R

• CD-RW

• DVD-R

• DVD-RW

This is a close up of a CD. What is shown on this close up?

b

a

Magnetic South Poles

Lands

Pits

Magnetic North Poles

The image shows the way data is stored in a CD and in a DVD. The spacing between the Lands shows us that a DVD is able to store ________ data than a CD.

Optical disks contain a (a)   track which runs from the​ (b)   of the disk (c)  

• spiral
• centre
• circular
• outside
• outward
• inward

Reorder the following in terms of Storage Capacity (Lowest to Highest)

• Solid State Drive

• Blu-Ray Disk Drive

• Compact Disk Drive

• Magnetic Disk Drive

• Digital Versatile Disk Drive

Reorder the following in terms of Storage Capacity (Lowest to Highest)

• Digital Versatile Disk Drive

• Compact Disk Drive

• Magnetic Disk Drive

• Blu-Ray Disk Drive

• Solid State Drive

Reorder the following in terms of Durability (Best to Worst - i.e. Most Durable to Least Durable)

• Solid State Drive

• Cloud Storage

• Optical Disk Drive

• Magnetic Disk Drive

• Pen Drive (USB)