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Storage Devices

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the spinning disk in a Hard Disk Drive?

a)

Cone

b)

Platter

c)

CD

d)

DVD

2.

Which storage device use a blue laser?

a)

DVD Drive

b)

Blu-Ray Drive

c)

CD Drive

d)

USB Drive

3.

What does the above picture show?

a)

HDD

b)

SSD

c)

SDS

d)

DSD

4.

What is 'volatile' storage?

a)

Storage which is deleted without power

b)

Storage which remains in memory without power

c)

Storage which cannot be changed

d)

Storage which can be changed

5.

What is unique about ROM?

a)

It can be deleted

b)

It cannot be changed

c)

It is inside the computer

d)

It cannot be accessed externally

6.

How is data stored on a Hard Disk Drive

a)

Using a high powered laser

b)

Using pits which represent 0s and 1s

c)

With complex circuitry

d)

With tiny magnets representing individual bits

7.

What is the main different between Blu-ray and DVD?

a)

Blu-Ray stores less data

b)

Blu-ray uses a narrower laser

c)

DVDs cannot be rewritten

d)

Blu-Rays are HD

8.

Which is an example of primary memory?

a)

RAM

b)

HDD

c)

SSD

d)

Flash Memory

9.

Which of the following are true of primary memory? (choose more than one)

a)

It is always volatile

b)

It has direct access to the CPU

c)

It is non-volatile

d)

It is inside the computer

e)

It cannot be changed

10.

What is offline-storage

a)

Storage which is not on the internet

b)

Storage which is volatile

c)

Storage which cannot be deleted

d)

Storage which is connected and stored externally

11.

Which of the following defines 'secondary storage'? (select more than one)

a)

Storage which does not have direct access to the CPU

b)

Storage which is volatile

c)

Storage with a slow transfer speed

d)

Storage with a fast transfer speed

e)

Storage which is inside the computer

12.

Which of the following is an example of 'secondary storage'?

a)

Flash memory

b)

Internal HDD

c)

External SSD

d)

DVD

13.

Which has the fastest transfer speed?

a)

HDD

b)

SSD