WorksheetsHDD AND SSD
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3mins
Why is HDD the most common form of secondary storage?
It has a fast data access speed
It can store large amounts of data (in terabytes)
It has a relatively low cost per MB
It uses magnetising sectors
One of the parts of the HDD is:
(a)
Hard disks can be internally connected to the computers through:
SATA cable
Serial ATA cable
Serial AT Attachment cable
IDE cable
PATA cable
Data stored on a hard disk is:
Non-volatile
Volatile
Safely stored when the computer is turned off due to no power
Lost when the computer is turned off due to no power
Solid State Drives are:
Non-volatile
Robust
able to store data in flash memory
Non-magnetic
SSDs are more (a) compared to HDDs
SSDs are more common in capacities of:
256000 MB
16 GB
64000 MB
1280 MB
SSDs are used in (a)
What does non-volatile mean?
When the data is lost as soon as the computer is switched off
When the data is retained as soon as the computer is switched off
When the data is lost as soon as the computer is turned on
When the data is retained as soon as the computer is switched on
Write the correct labels by order
(a)
