Exam 8: Digital Storage: Preserving on Media and on the Cloud

RAID levels are hierarchical.

The primary advantage of the ____________________ interface is the cables are thinner, longer, more flexible, and less susceptible to interference.

To meet their large-scale needs, enterprises use special hardware geared for heavy use.

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following is NOT true about storage media and devices?

Which of the following kinds of backup is another name for a selective backup?

You can erase a DVD-ROM.

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT You are looking for a term that can be used to refer globally to external hard disks and external SSDs. Which of the following can you use?

Which of the following is a high-capacity optical disc on which users can read but not write or erase?

The type of card you have will determine the type of card reader/writer needed.

Discuss how the speed of storage devices and memory is defined.

Like SCSI, ____________________ is a hard disk interface that uses parallel signals to transfer data, instructions, and information.

Which of the following kinds of RFID tags contains a battery that runs the chip's circuitry and broadcasts a signal to the RFID reader?

Which of the following is a small sheet of film, usually about 4 X 6 inches, that stores microscopic images of documents?

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT You want a storage medium that allows you to locate a particular data item immediately, without having to move consecutively through items stored in front of the desired data item or file. What kind of access will this storage medium use?

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT A popular use of CD-RW and CD-R discs is to create audio CDs. What is the process of copying audio and/or video data from a purchased disc and saving it on digital media called?

Although current internal hard disks are built to withstand shocks and are sealed tightly to keep out contaminants, head crashes still occur.

Which of the following kinds of devices duplicates data, instructions, and information to improve data reliability?

As with a hard disk, the single track on an optical disc is divided into variably sized sectors on which items are stored.

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Before any data can be read from or written on a hard disk, what must happen to the disk?

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT You are looking for a way to choose specific files to back up, regardless of whether or not the files have changed since the last incremental backup. Which of the following will you use?