Exam 8: Digital Storage

Critical Thinking Questions Case 8-2 You work part-time at a computer equipment store in the optical disc section. A customer asks about DVD formats. You tell her that a(n) ______ is a more expensive DVD format that has higher capacity and better quality.

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Question 1

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The speed of storage devices and memory is defined by ______ time.

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Question 2

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access

SSDs typically have higher storage capacities than hard disks.

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Question 3

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Which type of user is most likely to use a RAID?

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Question 4

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following is true about cleaning and fixing scratches on an optical disc?

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 5

The process of writing on an optical disc is called ______.

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Question 6

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following best describes the purpose of the Creative Commons?

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 7

A(n) ______ hard drive is a separate freestanding storage device that connects with a cable to a USB port or other port on a computer or mobile device.

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Question 8

CDs and DVDs are examples of types of ______ discs.

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Question 9

Identify the letter of the choice that best matches the phrase or definition.

A hard disk that uses parallel signals to transfer data, instructions, and information

EIDE

Technology that uses radio signals to communicate with a tag placed in or attached to an object, animal, or a person

transfer rate

Optical disc whose quality far surpasses that of CDs

CD-RW

Correct Answer:

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A hard disk that uses parallel signals to transfer data, instructions, and information

Technology that uses radio signals to communicate with a tag placed in or attached to an object, animal, or a person

Optical disc whose quality far surpasses that of CDs

Sometimes used in descriptions of a storage device's capabilities, instead of access time

A type of SCSI that uses serial signals to transfer data, instructions, and information

Its reliability tends to diminish with each successive rewrite

Also called a thumb drive

Optical disc that users can read but not write on or erase

The number of bits in an area on a storage medium

A narrow recording band that forms a full circle on the surface of the disk

Administrators can quickly add storage to their network with this kind of device

Optical disc on which users can write once, but not erase, their own items

A group of two or more integrated hard disks

The operating system marks bad ones as unusable when a disk is formatted

A storage device that typically uses flash memory to store data, instructions, and information

(Matching)

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Question 10

A group of two or more integrated hard drives is called a(n) ______.

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Question 11

A gigabyte is approximately 1 ______ bytes.

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Question 12

With a personal cloud, your files are stored on a server on the Internet that stores only just your files and is maintained by a cloud storage provider.

(True/False)

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Question 13

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following best describes the term, redundancy, as it pertains to enterprise businesses?

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 14

In RAID level 1, a backup disk exists for each drive.

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Question 15

Critical Thinking Questions Case 8-1 You have been chosen to be a teaching assistant at your school. A student comes to you with questions about storage devices. The student asks you which type of storage device is best to store the operating system and applications. You tell her that a(n) ______ is a good option.

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Question 16

______ is the process of transferring items from a storage medium into memory.

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Question 17

Critical Thinking Questions Case 8-2 You work part-time at a computer equipment store in the optical disc section. A customer asks about differences between CD formats. You tell her that a(n) ______ is an erasable multisession disc users can write on multiple times.

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 18

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following is NOT true about SSDs?

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Question 19

______ is the number of bytes (characters) a storage medium can hold.

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Critical Thinking Questions Case 8-2 You work part-time at a computer equipment store in the optical disc section. A customer asks about DVD formats. You tell her that a(n) ______ is a more expensive DVD format that has higher capacity and better quality.

The speed of storage devices and memory is defined by ______ time.

SSDs typically have higher storage capacities than hard disks.

Which type of user is most likely to use a RAID?

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following is true about cleaning and fixing scratches on an optical disc?

The process of writing on an optical disc is called ______.

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following best describes the purpose of the Creative Commons?

A(n) ______ hard drive is a separate freestanding storage device that connects with a cable to a USB port or other port on a computer or mobile device.

CDs and DVDs are examples of types of ______ discs.

A group of two or more integrated hard drives is called a(n) ______.

A gigabyte is approximately 1 ______ bytes.

With a personal cloud, your files are stored on a server on the Internet that stores only just your files and is maintained by a cloud storage provider.

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following best describes the term, redundancy, as it pertains to enterprise businesses?

In RAID level 1, a backup disk exists for each drive.

______ is the process of transferring items from a storage medium into memory.

Critical Thinking Questions Case 8-2 You work part-time at a computer equipment store in the optical disc section. A customer asks about differences between CD formats. You tell her that a(n) ______ is an erasable multisession disc users can write on multiple times.

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following is NOT true about SSDs?

______ is the number of bytes (characters) a storage medium can hold.

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