Storage and Hardware Quiz

Provides permanent or nonvolatile storage.

• Secondary storage

• RAM

• Primary storage

• NAS

Hardware that reads data and programs from storage media.

• Storage devices

• Density

• Sectors

• Disk caching

Concentric rings on a hard-disk platter.

• Sectors

• Tracks

• Vectors

• Platters

Each track is divided into invisible wedge-shaped sections called _____.

• Sectors

• Blocks

• Zones

• Segments

Increases storage capacity by reducing the amount of space required to store data and programs.

• File server

• File compression

• Storage area network

• Hybrid drive

Optical disc most common on today’s personal computers.

• DVD

• Flash memory card

• NAS

• Sector

Which of the following is NOT an important characteristic of secondary storage?

• Storage media

• Capacity

• Access speed

• File compression

Similar to internal hard-disk drives except they use solid-state memory.

• DVDs

• Cloud storage

• SSDs

• NAS

Type of network topology in which each device is connected to a common cable called a backbone.

• star

• bus

• peer-to-peer

• ring

A widely used Internet protocol.

• TCP/IP

• WAN

• LAN

• Bluetooth