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CSC134_Chapter 4: Secondary Storage

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

USB flash drives use solid state memory.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

2.

A CD-ROM is re-writable.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

3.

Solid state hard drives have moving parts.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

4.

The term capacity refers to:

a)

how shiny the device is

b)

the amount of data you can store on the device

c)

how easily you can damage the device

d)

the speed of the device

5.

The term durability refers to:

a)

the speed of the device

b)

the amount of data you can store on the device

c)

how easily you can damage the device

d)

how shiny the device is

6.

The term portability refers to:

a)

how easy it is to carry around/transport the device

b)

the speed of the device

c)

the amount of data you can store on the device

d)

how shiny the device is

7.

Which one of these is commonly used to measure storage capacity?

a)

The number of text documents you can store on it

b)

Bytes

c)

Hertz

d)

Amps

8.

All secondary storage devices are external to the computer

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

9.

If you use online storage and your internet goes down, the data is permanently lost

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

10.

ROM is a primary storage device

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

11.

A(n) ______ card is a credit card, entertainment card, bank card or other similar card, with a stripe that contains information identifying you and the card.

a)

Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC)

b)

magnetic stripe

c)

Secure Digital

d)

microSDHC

12.

A group of two or more integrated hard disks is called a _______.

a)

backup

b)

platter

c)

RAID

d)

portable hard disk

13.

Users subscribe to a cloud storage service to ______.

a)

access files from any computer that has Internet access

b)

allow others to access their files

c)

store offsite backups off data

d)

All of the above

14.

The process of accessing information from secondary storage devices is referred as ________.

a)

writing

b)

reading

c)

backing up

d)

restoring

15.
Magnetic disks are organised into.....
a)
circles and wedges
b)
sectors and tracks
c)
chunks and stretches
d)
disks and docks
16.
A disadvantage of hard drives is
a)
They have moving parts
b)
They are volatile
c)
They don't last long
d)
They are hard to use
17.

Secondary storage devices can be grouped into three categories - what are they?

a)

Magnetic, Flash and Optical

b)

Magnetic, Optical and Solid State

c)

Solid State, Flash and Hard Drives

d)

Hard Drives, CDs and USBs

18.

CDs, DVDs and Blu-Rays are all types of...

a)

Magnetic storage devices

b)

Optical storage devices

c)

Solid State memory

d)

Primary memory

19.

Which category of secondary storage devices has the fastest access speeds? (i.e. quicker to read and write to)

a)

Magnetic storage

b)

Solid state storage

c)

Primary memory

d)

Optical memory

20.
DVD stands for
a)
Digital Versatile Disc
b)
Digital Video Disc
c)
Digitised Video Disc 
d)
Digital Virtual Drive 
21.

It stores microscopic images of documents on a roll or sheet film.

a)
b)
c)
d)
22.

The following are some of devices used in Enterprise Storage System except:

a)

File servers

b)

RAID

c)

Networked Attached Storage (NAS)

d)

RFID tag

23.

Volatile means data on a storage medium remain intact when you turn off a computer or mobile device.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

24.

Which definition of optical discs are FALSE?

a)

CD-ROM can be read from but not written to

b)

CD-R is an optical disc on which users can write once, but not erase.

c)

CD-RW is an erasable multi-session disc

d)

DVD-ROM is a re-writable high capacity optical disc on which users can read but not write or erase

25.

Storage Area Network (SAN) is a high-speed network with the sole purpose of providing storage to other attached servers.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE