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ICT Storage Devices and Media

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the most durable?
a)
Magnetic Tape
b)
Solid State Drive
c)
Hard Drive
d)
CD
2.
What is this a microscopic picture of?
a)
Memory Stick 
b)
CD
c)
Magnetic Tape
d)
SD Card 
3.
Why do computers use binary to read data from memory?
a)
It's all they understand 
b)
It's quicker 
c)
Computers are made up of electronic switches 
d)
Computers only read 1's and 0's because it's all they can do
4.
What type of memory is accessed the quickest?
a)
Solid State Memory
b)
Magnetic Storage
c)
Blu-Ray
d)
CD/DVD
5.
DVD stands for
a)

Digital Virtual Drive

b)
Digital Video Disc
c)
Digitised Video Disc 
d)

Digital Versatile Disc

6.
Optical storage uses RAM to save it's data
a)
True
b)
False
7.
What type of memory is inside an iPhone?
a)
Magnetic Tape
b)
Solid State
c)
Optical
8.

Secondary storage devices can be grouped into three categories - what are they?

a)

Magnetic, Flash and Optical

b)

Magnetic, Optical and Solid State

c)

Solid State, Flash and Hard Drives

d)

Hard Drives, CDs and USBs

9.

Hard Disk Drives are a type of...

a)

Optical storage device

b)

Magnetic storage device

c)

Solid State memory

d)

Primary memory

10.

CDs, DVDs and Blu-Rays are all types of...

a)

Magnetic storage devices

b)

Optical storage devices

c)

Solid State memory

d)

Primary memory

11.

Magnetic tape storage is what kind of device...

a)

Solid state memory

b)

Optical storage

c)

Magnetic storage

d)

Primary memory

12.

What category of storage device is a HD card?

a)

Magnetic

b)

Optical

c)

Solid state

d)

Primary memory

13.

What category of storage is a Blu-Ray disk?

a)

Magnetic

b)

Optical

c)

Solid State

d)

Primary memory

14.

Which optical storage device has an average memory size of around 4.7GB?

a)

CD

b)

DVD

c)

Blu-Ray

d)

USB flash drive

15.

Which category of secondary storage devices has the slowest access speeds? (i.e. slower to read and write to/from)

a)

Magnetic devices

b)

Optical devices

c)

Solid state memory

d)

Primary storage

16.

The smallest unit of data used:

a)

a bit

b)

a byte

c)

a gigabyte

d)

a megabyte

17.

What unit of data are most other units of data based on?

a)

a byte

b)

a megabyte

c)

a bit

d)

a gigabyte

18.

The following is the correct order of units of storage from lowest to highest:

a)

a bit, a nibble, a byte, a kilobyte, a megabyte, a gigabyte, a terabyte

b)

a bit, a byte, a nibble, a kilobyte, a megabyte, a gigabyte, a terabyte

c)

a bit, a nibble, a byte, a megabyte, a kilobyte, a gigabyte, a terabyte

d)

a byte, a bit, a nibble, a megabyte, a kilobyte, a gigabyte, a terabyte

19.

The only two digits used in the binary number system are _______.

a)

1 and 2

b)

0 and 1

c)

0 and 2

d)

2 and 3

20.

One ____________ is approximately 1,000 bytes.

a)

terabyte

b)

gigabyte

c)

megabyte

d)

kilobyte

21.

One ____________ is about 1 million bytes.

a)

terabyte

b)

gigabyte

c)

megabyte

d)

kilobyte

22.

One ____________ is about 1 billion bytes.

a)

terabyte

b)

gigabyte

c)

megabyte

d)

kilobyte

23.

Which of these are the correct place values for binary?

a)

128,64,32,16,8,4,2,1

b)

128, 68,34,12,6,4,2,1

c)

1,0

d)

0,1

24.
How does a computer system work?
a)
Input - Process - Output
b)
Process- Output -Input
c)
Output - Input - Process
25.

Which of the following is a type of non-volatile memory?

a)

RAM

b)

ROM

c)

Cache

d)

Registers

26.

What is the primary function of a hard drive?

a)

To process data

b)

To store data

c)

To display data

d)

To input data

27.

Which storage device is known for its high speed and durability?

a)

Hard Disk Drive

b)

Solid State Drive

c)

Magnetic Tape

d)

CD

28.

What is the primary function of RAM in a computer system?

a)

To connect to the internet

b)

To provide temporary storage for data in use

c)

To process data

d)

To store data permanently

29.

Which of the following is a characteristic of Solid State Drives (SSDs)?

a)

They have moving parts

b)

They are slower than Hard Disk Drives

c)

They use flash memory

d)

They are primarily used for optical storage

30.

What does the acronym 'ROM' stand for?

a)

Read Only Memory

b)

Rapid Output Memory

c)

Random Access Memory

d)

Read Operative Memory

31.

Which of the following is a type of volatile memory?

a)

Magnetic tape

b)

Flash memory

c)

ROM

d)

RAM

32.

What does SSD stand for?

a)

Static Storage Device

b)

Solid Storage Disk

c)

Solid State Drive

d)

Super Speed Disk