Quiz on Information Storage Media

Which of the following is an example of primary storage?

• Hard drive

• DVD

• RAM

• USB flash drive

Which type of storage is considered volatile?

• SSD

• RAM

• DVD

• Blu-ray

Which of the following storage devices is optical?

• USB flash drive

• Hard disk drive

• CD-ROM

• SSD

What is an advantage of cloud storage?

• No internet connection is required

• Data is stored locally on the device

• Accessible from anywhere with an internet connection

• Data cannot be lost

Which of these has the largest storage capacity?

• CD

• DVD

• Blu-ray

• Floppy disk

What is a disadvantage of using an SSD over an HDD?

• SSDs are slower

• SSDs have moving parts

• SSDs are generally more expensive per GB

• SSDs consume more power

A business needs to store large amounts of archival data. Which storage solution is most suitable?

• RAM

• Cloud storage

• SSD

• Optical discs

What type of storage is best for long-term backup storage?

• RAM

• Magnetic tape

• Cache memory

• CPU registers

Which of the following describes flash memory?

• Uses magnetic storage technology

• Non-volatile, solid-state storage

• Optical storage that requires a laser to read

• Requires constant power to retain data

Which of these is an example of secondary storage?

• ROM

• RAM

• Hard disk drive

• Cache memory