Floppy Disk Quiz

What is a floppy disk primarily used for?

• Playing video games

• Streaming music

• Storing digital data

• Printing documents

In what decade were the first commercial floppy disks developed?

• 1980s

• 1970s

• 1960s

• 1990s

What was the diameter of the first floppy disks?

• 10 inches

• 8 inches

• 3.5 inches

• 5.25 inches

Which company was one of the first to sell floppy disks and drives separately?

• Apple

• Memorex

• Microsoft

• Sony

What was a common use of floppy disks in the 1980s and 1990s?

• Distributing software

• Online gaming

• Web browsing

• Video editing

What was the storage capacity of a standard 3.5-inch floppy disk?

• 4.0 MB

• 2.5 MB

• 1.44 MB

• 512 KB

What feature of a floppy disk prevents overwriting?

• Metal shutter

• Plastic shell

• Write-protect notch

• Magnetic coating

What was a significant disadvantage of floppy disks?

• Low capacity

• Durability

• Fast speed

• High cost

What does the term 'sneakernet' refer to?

• Transferring data using floppy disks

• A hardware component

• A software application

• A type of network

As of 2022, what symbol is still used in software to represent saving data?

• Hard drive icon

• Cloud icon

• Floppy disk symbol

• USB icon