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Optical Storage

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Optical storage devices save data as patterns of dots that can be read using

a)

Laser Light

b)

Solar light

c)

Magnetic field

2.

What do the initials DVD stand for?

a)

Data Versatile Disc

b)

Digit Versatile Disc

c)

Digital Versatile Disc

3.

What type of storage device would be most suitable for the distribution of movies?

a)

Hard drive

b)

USB

c)

DVD-ROM

d)

DVD

4.

Which one of these devices is optical?

a)

USB flash drive

b)

Magnetic stripe

c)

CD

d)

SSD

5.

Optical storage media are all the mediums that use a light source to read or write data onto a disc

a)

True

b)

False

6.

_______________optical discs have data written onto them when they are manufactured. This data cannot be changed.

a)

Read/write

b)

Read-only

c)

All

7.

When CD-Rs and DVD-Rs are burnt, the laser makes _____________ marks on the silver-coloured metal layer. This is why these discs cannot be erased

a)

Temporary

b)

Permanent

8.

Compact Disc - Read-Only Memory (CD-ROM) discs can hold around __________ of data

a)

25 - 50GB

b)

4.7GB

c)

800MB

9.

____________are used to distribute all sorts of data: software (e.g. office applications or games), music, electronic books

a)

Pen drive

b)

Hard disk

c)

CD-ROMs

10.

DVD can store more data compared to blue ray disk.

a)

False

b)

True