Exam 8: Digital Storage

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT On desktops, platters most often have a size of approximately 3.5 inches in diameter. What is the size also referred to as?

Flash memory cards are a type of ____________________ media, which means they consist entirely of electronic components and contain no moving parts.

Users subscribe to a cloud storage service, like the kind advertised in the accompanying figure, to do all of the following EXCEPT to ____.

A screen display is considered nonvolatile because its contents disappear when power is removed.

A hard disk's platters may continue to spin even after power is removed from the computer.

Which of the following kinds of interfaces sends data one bit at a time?

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following is not true about tape storage?

Which of the following is NOT a common type of memory card?

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which RAID level technique splits data, instructions, and information across multiple disks in the array?

Writing is the process of transferring data, instructions, and information from a storage medium into memory.

Which of the following is NOT a cloud storage provider that places a folder on your computer with contents you can synchronize across multiple devices?

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT When storage devices write data, instructions, and information on storage media, they are creating output. What best describes the process of writing data?

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following disc types can be written onto, but not erased?

You began work as a consultant to individuals and businesses, making recommendations to them about the kinds of storage systems they should buy and what equipment they should have. Sayed is an enterprise user. Which of the following is the closest to the level of need for his business?

You can read, write, and erase a DVD-R.

Instead of, or in addition to, access time, some manufacturers state a storage device's transfer rate because it affects access time.

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT A standard CD-ROM is called a single-session disc. Why are they called single-session discs?

A(n)____________________ on a hard disk, such as that shown in the accompanying figure, is made of aluminum, glass, or ceramic and is coated with an alloy material that allows items to be recorded magnetically on its surface.

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT You want to help ensure that unauthorized people will not be able to view the files on a given medium. Which of the following will you use?

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