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ICT IGCSE Chapter 3 - Storage

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these is a Hard Disk Drive (HDD)?

a)
b)
c)
d)
2.

Which of these are magnetic storage devices?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
3.

Solid state storage has no moving parts?

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Which type of storage uses a laser?

a)

Magnetic

b)

Optical

c)

Solid State

5.

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

a)

Cloud

b)

Magnetic

c)

Solid State

d)

Optical

6.

Which of the following is most commonly found in PCs?

a)

Solid State Storage

b)

Magnetic Storage

c)

Cloud Storage

d)

Optical Storage

7.
What type of device is this? USB memory stick
a)
Input
b)
Output
c)
Storage
8.

A CD has one long track on it full of ...

a)

Grooves and pot holes

b)

Pits and Lands

c)

Bumps and Dots

d)

Dots and Grooves

9.
Optical device, fairly fragile, easy to snap or scratch.
a)
Flash memory
b)
Magnetic Tape
c)
CD
d)
Hard disk
10.
Not intended to be a portable storage device.
a)
CD
b)
Flash memory
c)
DVD
d)
Internal hard disk
11.
Large organisations use this type of storage device to  back up their systems daily.
a)
CD
b)
DVD
c)
Blu-ray
d)
Magnetic tape
12.
Typically has the largest storage capacity and is the cheapest per gb.
a)
Magnetic storage
b)
Solid state storage
c)
Optical storage
13.
Typically stores 650mb of data on it - usually music.
a)
DVD
b)
Blu-ray
c)
CD
d)
Floppy disk
14.
What is the most durable?
a)
Magnetic Tape
b)
Solid State Drive
c)
Hard Drive
d)
CD
15.
A ______ is the main storage device in your computer.
a)
CPU
b)
Hard drive
c)
Motherboard
d)
CD-Rom
16.
This storage device needs a computer with a specific  drive in order to read the disk. Cannot be read by a CD drive or DVD drive.  Used for high definition films.
a)
Blu-ray
b)
CD
c)
DVD
d)
Bluetooth
17.
Same as 1,024 GB
a)
1 TB
b)
1 GB
c)
1MB
d)
1 KB
18.
Very portable as it is designed to be fitted into small electronic devices.
a)
Flash memory devices
b)
Internal hard disk
c)
Magnetic tape
d)
Server
19.

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

20.

Which of these storage devices make use of optics (laser light) to store data? (Tick All)

a)

CD

b)

Fibre Optic Cable

c)

DVD

d)

Blue-Ray

e)

LED

21.

Besides COST or CAPACITY, which of these are characteristics of storage devices? (Select all)

a)

speed (data transfer rate)

b)

Durability

c)

Portability

d)

Reliability

e)

Data Storage Space

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