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Computer Storage

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the most durable?
a)
Magnetic Tape
b)
Solid State Drive
c)
Hard Drive
d)
CD
2.
Solid state hard drives are more suitable than magnetic hard drives for portable devices.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
Solid state hard drives have moving parts.
a)
False
b)
True
4.
The term capacity refers to
a)
the amount of data you can store on the device
b)
how shiny the device is
c)
how easily you can damage the device
d)
the speed of the device
5.
Which one of these is commonly used to measure storage capacity
a)
bytes
b)
the number of text documents you can store on it
c)
hertz
d)
Mb/s
6.

Data and instructions stored in this Internal memory is lost when computer is turned off

a)

ROM

b)

RAM

c)

USB

d)

Hard disk

7.

Volatile storage keeps data when power is removed

a)

True

b)

False

8.

A sales person requires that a large number of document, data, presentation, image, and video files be accessible on their personal mobile device when making sales pitches to new customers. A cloud solution is not feasible, since cellular and internet connections are not always guaranteed at a customer site.


Which of the following accessories would a technician suggest to BEST meet the sales person's requirements?

a)

Credit card reader

b)

Micro SD Card

c)

Docking station

d)

Wireless hotspot

9.

What method does an SD card use for storing data?

a)

Magnetic disks and platters

b)

Non-volatile memory chips

c)

Magnetic tape

d)

Reflective surface and optical readers

10.

Which of the following is a magnetic storage devices?

a)

Solid state drive

b)

Hard Disk

c)

Flash Device

d)

DVD

11.

Which of the following is not an advantage of SSDs over HDDs?

a)

Low power consumption

b)

Small and light

c)

Durable

d)

Inexpensive

12.

You are in the process of purchasing several new Windows-based computers to replace broken or outdated computers. You have heard that solid state drives (SSDs) can significantly increase the overall performance of the system.


Which of the following BEST describes the features of solid state drives (SSDs) compared to hard disk drives (HDDs)? (Select TWO).

a)

An SSD uses flash technology to store data.

b)

An SSD stores a large amount of storage cheaply.

c)

An SSD can be adversely affected by magnetism

d)

SSD spindles spin at a faster rate than HDD.

e)

An SSD opens files faster than an HDD.

13.

Joseph has started using virtual machines (VMs) to help his software development process. As the number of VMs has increased, Joseph has noticed that his hard drive is almost full. He would like you to buy and connect an external hard drive where additional VMs can be stored. When the drive arrives, you find it has the type of connector shown in the image.


Which type of connector is on the external hard drive?

a)

SATA

b)

eSATA

c)

VHDC SCSI

d)

SCSI

14.

Which of the following tasks would you complete as part of a SATA installation?

a)

Plug the 15-pin power connector into the SATA drive.

b)

Configure the device ID using a jumper

c)

Complete a low-level format of the drive

d)

Use the 4-pin molex power connector.

15.

Which of the following is the most common disk interface used for optical drives on home and office computers?

a)

Parallel port

b)

SCSI

c)

IDE/EIDE

d)

SATA

16.

Which Blu-ray standard defines rewritable disks?

a)

BD-RE

b)

BD-R

c)

BD-R/RW

d)

BD-ROM

17.

Which optical media has the greatest storage capacity?

a)

Compact disc

b)

Dual-layer, Single-sided DVD

c)

Dual-layer, Double-sided DVD

d)

Single-layer, Single-sided Blu-ray disc

18.

Which of the following are optical storage devices? (Select THREE.)

a)

CD

b)

DVD

c)

USB flash drive

d)

SSD

e)

BD

19.

Due to a blackout, power is no longer coming from the wall outlet, and your computer is now off. You do not have a UPS, and you need to remove a disc out of the DVD drive.


What is the easiest method for retrieving the disc?

a)

Remove the drive and carefully pry open the tray.

b)

Add a UPS between the wall outlet and the computer.

c)

Push an unbent paper clip into the hole on the front of the drive.

d)

Press the drive's eject button while pressing the computer's restart button.

20.
CDs store more data than floppy drives.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
Optical storage uses RAM to save it's data
a)
True
b)
False
22.
Amount of time it takes storage devices to begin reading data
a)
process time
b)
access time
c)
print time
d)
idel time
23.
needle-like part of the HD that writes and reads data from the platter
a)
actuator
b)
spindle
c)
read/write head
d)
cable
24.
Why is a Hard Disk Drive (HDD) not very portable? (9)
a)
It has moving parts
b)
It will break if you touch it
c)
It is too small
d)
It is too large
25.

The types of storage are listed below from least expensive per GB to the most expensive per GB. Which order is correct? (9)

a)

Solid State, Optical, Magnetic

b)

Optical, Magnetic, Solid State

c)

Magnetic, Solid State, Optical

d)

Optical, Solid State, Magnetic

e)

Magnetic, Optical, Solid State