Storage Devices and Media Quiz

Describe the characteristics of an internal hard disk including capacity, platters, read/write heads, cylinders, sectors and tracks, revolutions per minute, transfer rate, and access time

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Discuss the purpose of network attached storage devices, external and removable hard disks, and hard disk controllers

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What is the process of reading from a storage medium?

• Transferring items from a storage medium into memory

• Transferring items from memory to a storage medium

What is the process of writing to a storage medium?

• Transferring items from a storage medium into memory

• Transferring items from memory to a storage medium

What does access time measure?

• The amount of time it takes a storage device to locate an item

• The time required to deliver an item from memory to the processor

What is a hard disk?

• A device that contains one or more inflexible, circular platters

• A device that stores data using magnetic particles

What is RAID?

• Redundant array of independent disks

• A type of hard disk

What is a network attached storage (NAS) device?

• A server connected to a network for storage

• A type of hard disk

What is a removable hard disk?

• A hard disk that you insert and remove from a drive

• A hard disk that is permanently attached to a computer

What are solid state drives (SSDs)?

• A type of flash memory storage

• A type of magnetic hard disk