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WorksheetsICT Storage Devices and Media
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 14mins
Digital Virtual Drive
Digital Versatile Disc
Secondary storage devices can be grouped into three categories - what are they?
Magnetic, Flash and Optical
Magnetic, Optical and Solid State
Solid State, Flash and Hard Drives
Hard Drives, CDs and USBs
Hard Disk Drives are a type of...
Optical storage device
Magnetic storage device
Solid State memory
Primary memory
CDs, DVDs and Blu-Rays are all types of...
Magnetic storage devices
Optical storage devices
Solid State memory
Primary memory
Magnetic tape storage is what kind of device...
Solid state memory
Optical storage
Magnetic storage
Primary memory
What category of storage device is a HD card?
Magnetic
Optical
Solid state
Primary memory
What category of storage is a Blu-Ray disk?
Magnetic
Optical
Solid State
Primary memory
Which optical storage device has an average memory size of around 4.7GB?
CD
DVD
Blu-Ray
USB flash drive
Which category of secondary storage devices has the slowest access speeds? (i.e. slower to read and write to/from)
Magnetic devices
Optical devices
Solid state memory
Primary storage
The smallest unit of data used:
a bit
a byte
a gigabyte
a megabyte
What unit of data are most other units of data based on?
a byte
a megabyte
a bit
a gigabyte
The following is the correct order of units of storage from lowest to highest:
a bit, a nibble, a byte, a kilobyte, a megabyte, a gigabyte, a terabyte
a bit, a byte, a nibble, a kilobyte, a megabyte, a gigabyte, a terabyte
a bit, a nibble, a byte, a megabyte, a kilobyte, a gigabyte, a terabyte
a byte, a bit, a nibble, a megabyte, a kilobyte, a gigabyte, a terabyte
The only two digits used in the binary number system are _______.
1 and 2
0 and 1
0 and 2
2 and 3
One ____________ is approximately 1,000 bytes.
terabyte
gigabyte
megabyte
kilobyte
One ____________ is about 1 million bytes.
terabyte
gigabyte
megabyte
kilobyte
One ____________ is about 1 billion bytes.
terabyte
gigabyte
megabyte
kilobyte
Which of these are the correct place values for binary?
128,64,32,16,8,4,2,1
128, 68,34,12,6,4,2,1
1,0
0,1
Which of the following is a type of non-volatile memory?
RAM
ROM
Cache
Registers
What is the primary function of a hard drive?
To process data
To store data
To display data
To input data
Which storage device is known for its high speed and durability?
Hard Disk Drive
Solid State Drive
Magnetic Tape
CD
What is the primary function of RAM in a computer system?
To connect to the internet
To provide temporary storage for data in use
To process data
To store data permanently
Which of the following is a characteristic of Solid State Drives (SSDs)?
They have moving parts
They are slower than Hard Disk Drives
They use flash memory
They are primarily used for optical storage
What does the acronym 'ROM' stand for?
Read Only Memory
Rapid Output Memory
Random Access Memory
Read Operative Memory
Which of the following is a type of volatile memory?
Magnetic tape
Flash memory
ROM
RAM
What does SSD stand for?
Static Storage Device
Solid Storage Disk
Solid State Drive
Super Speed Disk
