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Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
Which of these is a Hard Disk Drive (HDD)?
Which of these are magnetic storage devices?
Solid state storage has no moving parts?
True
False
Which type of storage uses a laser light?
Magnetic
Optical
Solid State
Which of the following storage devices is most suitable for use in mobile devices?
Cloud
Magnetic
Solid State
Optical
Which of the following is most commonly found in PCs?
Solid State Storage
Magnetic Storage
Cloud Storage
Optical Storage
A CD has one long track on it full of ...
Grooves and pot holes
Pits and Lands
Bumps and Dots
Dots and Grooves
What is the name of the spinning disk in a Hard Disk Drive?
Cone
Platter
CD
DVD
Which storage device use a blue laser?
DVD Drive
Blu-Ray Drive
CD Drive
USB Drive
What is 'volatile' storage?
Storage which is deleted without power
Storage which remains in memory without power
Storage which cannot be changed
Storage which can be changed
What is unique about ROM?
It can be deleted
It cannot be changed
It is inside the computer
It cannot be accessed externally
What is the main different between Blu-ray and DVD?
Blu-Ray stores less data
Blu-ray uses a narrower laser
DVDs cannot be rewritten
Blu-Rays are HD
Which is an example of primary memory?
RAM
HDD
SSD
Flash Memory
USB stands for...............................
Uniform Serial Bus
Universal Serial Bus
Unique Serial Bus
Which of the following is an advantage of Solid State Storage?
It has spinning disks to read the data
The storage device is lightweight and silent
SSDs are very cheap to buy and have lots of storage
ROM stands for__________________
Random Only Memory
Read Only Memory
Access Only Memory
Storage device given in the picture uses
Direct Access
Serial Access
Parallel Access
Circular Access
For playing a video game which type of access is most suitable?
Direct Access
Serial Access
Parallel Access
Circular Access
CD-R can be rewritten any number of times
True
False
Optical storage device that provides protection from piracy
DVD
CD-ROM
Blu-Ray Disc
CD-RW
Most expensive storage device to buy
HDD
CD-RW
Blu-Ray
SSD
Optical disk having concentric tracks
DVD
CD
DVD-RAM
Blu-Ray
Slowest Access time
Magnetic Tape
HDD
CD
SSD
Picture is of?
HDD Platter
DVD-RAM
CD
SSD Disc
Which of the following is a best practice when backing up data?
Back up your data to an external device or digital media.
Back up your data to a folder on the same internal drive you use on a daily basis.
Back up your data to the same partition that contains the Windows operating system.
Back up your data without using encryption to make sure it is readable when restored.
Why back up data? Pick 3 reasons
Safeguard against loss data due to the storage device failure
Safeguard against virus
Safeguard against hackers
24/7 availability
Which type of access that access each record in turn until the required record is found?
Serial
Direct
Storage device that uses serial access and in a very slow form of data access, called?
Magnetic tape
CD-R/CD-RW
Memory stick
HDD
What is RW means in CD-RW?
Write once only
Can only be read
Can be written to or read from many times
A storage medium for portable devices like digital cameras, mobiles.
Memory card
USB
CD
Hard Disk
Most popular backup device.Small, lightweight plug and play device used to copy data from one computer to another
DVD
Hard disk
CD
Flash drive
Which of the followings are TRUE about RAM?
Temporarily stores data
Volatile memory
Non-volatile memory
Data is read only
Very Fast data access
Select all magnetic storage devices
HDD
CD
Blue-ray
SSD
Tape
Select all flash storage devices
SSD
HDD
DVD
Floppy
USB Memory Stick
How is data stored?
Binary values
Black and White
Red or Blue
Analogue
Pixels
Updating the data is most difficult in
HDD
CD
Magnetic Tape
SSD
A company is on budget and they need to backup their data weekly once. Speed in not their top priority. Which backup device is suitable for this company?
HDD
Magnetic Tapes
CD-RW
Cloud Backup
A professional travels too much and needs a large amount of data (terabytes). He also needs to backup the data on a daily bases. Weekly once the data needs to be copied to company servers. Which storage device is most suitable?
