INTO TO COMPUTING MIDTERM EXAM

Secondary storage devices are also referred to as (a)  

• A device called (a)   is need to be installed in able to read and write on a removable storage media.

These are devices that provide long term storage and cannot be accessed directly by the CPU.

(a)  

A ________ resembles a cassette tape both of which one can access data serially (sequentially).

• magnetic tape

• floppy disk

• floppy disks

• zip disks

A ________ resembles a cassette tape both of which one can access data serially (sequentially).

• magnetic tape

• floppy disk

• floppy disks

• zip disks

• ______ is also called as diskette or a 3.5” diskette. It has a capacity of 1.44MB however they are no longer used these days due the introduction of compact disks and flash disks.

• magnetic tape

• floppy disk

• floppy disks

• zip disks

• The outer case of a floppy disk is made up of a plastic and used to protect the inner part from damage called the _____.

• disk platter

• disk hub

• disk label

• This disk can hold a capacity of 250 MB

• jaz disk

• floppy disk

• zip disk

• This disk has a capacity of 2 GB

• jaz disk

• floppy disk

• zip disk

• This disk hold large quantities of data preferably 700MB

• CD-ROM

• COMPACT DISKS

• Digital Versatile Disk