Exam 8: Digital Storage

A(n) ______ is a virtual perimeter or boundary that disables certain apps or cameras in secure areas.

Manufacturers measure optical disc drives relative to the original speed, using an X to denote a transfer rate of ______ KBps.

Because of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, companies have faced new requirements for what?

Desktops and traditional laptops usually have an optical disc drive.

A(n) ______ backup sometimes is called an archival backup.

List and describe the four main backup methods. What is the name of a backup service used only by large enterprises?

Outsourcing is when an enterprise offloads storage management to an outside organization or cloud storage provider.

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Optical discs store items by using microscopic ______ (indentations) and ______ (flat areas).

List advantages and disadvantages of SSDs over hard disks. Which should you use, and why?

Items stored in RAM remain intact even when you turn off a computer or mobile device.

A storage medium is also called primary storage.

A(n) ______ backup sometimes is called a partial backup.

The simplest RAID storage design writes data on two drives at the same time and is called ______.

In an optical disc, the absence of light is read as binary digit 1.

Hard disks, SSDs, and memory cards are all types of ______ devices.

You should not remove a portable flash memory storage while it is in use because the operating system may still be accessing the device.

Hard disks are read/write storage media.

Because the user accesses files on cloud storage through a browser using an app from the storage provider, the actual media on which the files are stored are transparent to the user.

For CD-RW, the "RW" stands for ______.

Microsoft OneDrive and Google Drive are examples of ______ storage.