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Mass storage management

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is an advantage of Solid State Storage?

a)

It has spinning disks to read the data

b)

The storage device is lightweight and silent

c)

SSDs are very cheap to buy and have lots of storage

2.

Magnetic storage devices have...

a)

Spinning discs that contain tracks and sectors

b)

Floating gates to trap electrons

c)

A read-write head that moves across the magnetic discs

d)

Has pits and lands that represent 0 or 1

3.

Which of the following storage devices is most suitable for use in mobile devices?

a)

Cloud

b)

Magnetic

c)

Solid State

d)

Optical

4.

Which of the following is most commonly found in PCs?

a)

Solid State Storage

b)

Magnetic Storage

c)

Cloud Storage

d)

Optical Storage

5.
Secondary storage is usually smaller than memory
a)
True
b)
False
6.
Which type of backing storage might be used for a full system backup 
a)
USB Flash drive
b)
DVD
c)
Floppy Disk
d)
Removable Hard Drive
7.
Magnetic disks are organised into.....
a)
circles and wedges
b)
sectors and tracks
c)
chunks and stretches
d)
disks and docks
8.
Solid State Drives use
a)
Non Volatile Flash Memory
b)
Volatile Flash Memory
c)
Volatile Storage Memory
d)
Non Volatile Magnetic Memory
9.

Why is secondary storage needed?

a)

It is non-volatile

b)

It is volatile

c)

It is quicker

d)

It is online

10.

What do the letters ROM stand for?

(a)  

11.

What do the letters RAM stand for?

(a)  

12.

What type of memory will be needed if the RAM is nearly full?

a)

ROM

b)

Virtual

c)

Cache

d)

Cloud

13.

What is the advantage of an SSD?

a)

Cheaper

b)

Smaller

c)

Bigger

d)

Faster