3.1 Magnetic media and magnetic storage medias

Magnetic tape is a very thin strip of plastic which is coated in a __________

• magnetic layer (iron oxide)

• Plastic

• Silicon

• Paper

Magnetic tape ______ expensive than hard disk drive

• less

• extremely

• more

"Magnetic tape has very slow data access times."

Based on the statement, select TRUE or FALSE.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Select the use of fixed hard disk drives.

• Used as backup media

• Used to transfer data/files/software between computers

• Storing applications software

"Fixed hard disk drives and portable hard disk drives has a large memory capacity."

Based on the statement, select TRUE or FALSE

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which component of an hard disk drives (HDD) reads and writes data on the disk platters?

• CPU

• Operating System (OS)

• Actuator

Does magnetic tape needs another tape to store the final updated version when updating?

• YES

• NO

"Fixed hard disk drives have little moving parts which can affect their overall stability"

Based on the statement, select TRUE or FALSE

• FALSE

• TRUE