WorksheetsStorage Devices
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Which of the following is an advantage of Solid State Storage?
It has spinning disks to read the data
The storage device is lightweight and silent
SSDs are very cheap to buy and have lots of storage
Cloud storage is very secure because the host has lots of security procedures in place.
True
False
Magnetic storage devices have...
Spinning discs that contain tracks and sectors
Floating gates to trap electrons
A read-write head that moves across the magnetic discs
Has pits and lands that represent 0 or 1
Cloud storage is...
actually in the cloud
storage that can be accessed from anywhere using the internet
robust because it has no moving parts
backed up very regularly
'A laser is shone onto the disc and the light is reflected based upon whether it hits a pit or land' describes which storage device?
Cloud storage
Optical storage
Magnetic storage
Solid State storage
Which of the following describes the functionality of solid state storage?
Traps electrons behind blocks of floating gates
Spinning discs are read using a read-write head
Access is only possible if you have a connection to the internet
Has a series of pits and lands that reflect light to a sensor
Which of the following storage devices is most suitable for use in mobile devices?
Cloud
Magnetic
Solid State
Optical
Which of the following is most commonly found in PCs?
Solid State Storage
Magnetic Storage
Cloud Storage
Optical Storage
Which of the following specifications would be better in terms of storage capacity speed of access to data?
PC with Magnetic Storage of 2TB
PC with SSD drive of 500GB
Mobile Phone with SSD of 128GB
Choose the most appropriate storage device for an all terrain camera crew tracking lions across Africa...
Cloud Storage
Solid State Storage
Magnetic Storage
Optical Storage
