Deck 8: Digital Storage

Question 1

SAS is a type of SCSI that uses ______ signals to transfer data, instructions, and information.

A) serial
B) parallel
C) analog
D) vertical

Answer 1

A

Question 2

A megabyte is approximately 1 ______ bytes.

A) thousand
B) million
C) billion
D) trillion

Answer 2

B

Question 3

What does a disk's form factor describe?

A) size
B) operating system
C) speed
D) capacity

Answer 3

A

Question 4

A(n) ______ is a flash memory storage device that contains its own processor to manage its storage.

A) thumb drive
B) optical disc
C) SSD
D) magnetic hard disk

Question 5

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

A) SSDs have slower access times than hard disks.
B) Some computers have both a hard disk and an SSD.
C) Defragmentation is not required.
D) SSDs are quieter than hard disks.

Question 6

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 to explain speed of storage devices and memory. You tell her that all of the following are true, EXCEPT:

A) Some manufacturers state a storage device's transfer rate because it affects access time.
B) Optical discs are good options to store movies and music.
C) The access time of memory is slow compared with that of storage devices.
D) Transfer rates for storage are stated in KBps, MBps, and GBps.

Question 7

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following is NOT true about hard disks?

A) They contain one of more inflexible circular platters.
B) They use magnetic particles to store data, instructions, and information.
C) A desktop hard disk is much smaller than that of a laptop.
D) The alignment of the magnetic particles represents the data.

Question 8

The term hard drive refers collectively to hard disks and ______.

A) USB flash drives
B) SSDs
C) memory cards
D) optical discs

Question 9

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following is NOT a recommendation when deciding what to upload to the cloud?

A) Upload financial and insurance documents.
B) Back up only the files you are sure you will need again in the future.
C) Even if you have access to installation media, back up your programs and apps.
D) Review your files and remove those you no longer need.

Question 10

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What occurs during a head crash?

A) The top platter collapses.
B) The read/write head touches the surface of a platter.
C) A hard disk attempts to store data into a flawed sector.
D) The rpm of the hard disks platters is too high, causing friction.

Question 11

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.

A) SSD
B) USB flash drive
C) Memory card
D) Optical disc

Question 12

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

A) Capacity
B) File size
C) Capability
D) Disk dimension

Question 13

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

A) home
B) small business
C) enterprise
D) mobile

Question 14

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT As it pertains to drives, which of the following best defines the purpose of a controller?

A) Interact between the operating system and applications
B) Support traffic on a small home network
C) Prioritize actions within a CPU
D) Transfer data, instructions, and information from a drive to and from the system bus and other components

Question 15

______ is the process of dividing a hard disk into tracks and sectors.

A) Fragmentation
B) Detachment
C) Dissection
D) Formatting

Question 16

SDHC and miniSD are examples of ______.

A) USB flash drives
B) memory cards
C) controllers
D) portable hard drives

Question 17

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

A) To provide standard licensing options for owners of creative works
B) To create a portal of low-cost or free art that can be used by others
C) To provide accessibility guidelines for artwork used on the web
D) To enact legislation to protect artists' work

Question 18

A gigabyte is approximately 1 ______ bytes.

A) thousand
B) million
C) billion
D) trillion

Question 19

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

A) SSD
B) RAID
C) multidisk
D) duplicate drive

Question 20

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

A) Writing
B) Reading
C) Archiving
D) Scanning

Question 21

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

A) security zone
B) safety gate
C) geofence
D) defense net

Question 22

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

A) Hold the can of compressed air upright while blowing excess dust off of the surface.
B) You should wipe debris off the disc's surface from the edge toward the center.
C) It is OK to insert a wet disc in a computer.
D) Use a gel toothpaste on a scratched area if you do not have a rubbing compound.

Question 23

Thumb drive is another term for a(n) ______.

A) memory stick
B) SSD
C) USB flash drive
D) memory card

Question 24

A SAN is a high-speed network with the sole purpose of providing storage to other attached ______.

A) storage devices
B) servers
C) security systems
D) smart devices

Question 25

Credit cards are a type of ______ stripe card.

A) electronic
B) digital
C) encoded
D) magnetic

Question 26

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

A) 5
B) 150
C) 500
D) 1500

Question 27

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

A) If one hardware component fails or malfunctions, another can assume its tasks
B) When hardware or software becomes obsolete and is replaced with newer models
C) When employees unknowingly duplicate data entry in a database
D) The use of external consultants who provide the same tasks as internal employees

Question 28

Which of the following cloud services does Carbonite provide?

A) back up files
B) write documents
C) synchronize files
D) stream music

Question 29

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

A) data storage
B) network security
C) outsourcing
D) federal taxation

Question 30

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

A) dents/mesas
B) bumps/smooths
C) pits/lands
D) holes/levels

Question 31

Which of the following cloud services does Evernote provide?

A) back up files
B) write documents
C) synchronize files
D) stream music

Question 32

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following is NOT recommended for safe credit card use?

A) Purchase an RFID-proof wallet.
B) Avoid using cards with photos.
C) Do not sign a black charge slip.
D) Do not carry extra cards.

Question 33

A(n) ______ drive is comparable to a cassette recorder.

A) NAS
B) tape
C) SAM
D) magnetic stripe

Question 34

A(n) ______ backup copies only the files that have changed since the last full backup.

A) differential
B) archival
C) selective
D) partial

Question 35

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

A) striping
B) divesting
C) duplicating
D) mirroring

Question 36

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.

A) CD-ROM
B) CD-R
C) CD-RW
D) CD-DVD

Question 37

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.

A) HD-DVD
B) Blu-ray
C) DVD-RW
D) DVD-ROM

Question 38

Tape storage requires ______ access, which refers to reading or writing data consecutively.

A) continuous
B) successive
C) sequential
D) normal

Question 39

Some RAID levels use ______, which splits data, instructions, and information across multiple drives in the array.

A) striping
B) divesting
C) duplicating
D) mirroring

Question 40

A storage medium is also called primary storage.

Question 41

Hard disks are read/write storage media.

Question 42

The transfer rate of external hard drives usually is slower than that of internal hard drives.

Question 43

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.

Question 44

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.

Question 45

Perpendicular recording aligns the magnetic particles horizontally around the surface of the hard disk.

Question 46

The total number of items that can be stored on a gigabyte will vary, depending on file size, quality of media, and other factors.

Question 47

An optical disc typically stores data, instructions, and information in a single track that spirals from the center of the disc to the edge of the disc.

Question 48

SSDs typically have higher storage capacities than hard disks.

Question 49

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

Question 50

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

Question 51

The defragmentation process reduces the amount of time it takes the hard disk to locate and access the files necessary for programs to run.

Question 52

Hard drives and flash memory storage use direct access storage techniques.

Question 53

Desktops and traditional laptops usually have an optical disc drive.

Question 54

If you are using a Mac and accidentally delete a file from the hard drive and need to recover it, look in the Recycle Bin.

Question 55

EIDE is an interface that uses parallel signals to transfer data, instructions, and information.

Question 56

A storage appliance has its own IP address.

Question 57

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

Question 58

Blu-ray players are backwards compatible with DVD and CD formats.

Question 59

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

Question 60

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

Question 61

CDs and DVDs are examples of types of ______ discs.

Question 62

A land causes light to reflect, while a(n) ______ absorbs light.

Question 63

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.

Question 64

Continuous data protection is widely used by home and small business users.

Question 65

______ is a magnetically coated ribbon of plastic that is capable of storing large amounts of data and information at a low cost.

Question 66

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

Question 67

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

Question 68

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

Question 69

A(n) ______ is a narrow recording band that forms a full circle on the surface of a hard disk.

Question 70

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

Question 71

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

Question 72

Describe how storage and memory interact.

Question 73

With serial transfers, data is sent one bit at a time. ______ transfers send several bits at once.

Question 74

Two types of smart cards are contact and contactless.

Question 75

______ is the number of bits in an area on a storage medium.

Question 76

The chips in RFID tags usually can function as a processor.

Question 77

Microsoft OneDrive and Google Drive are examples of ______ storage.

Question 78

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

Question 79

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

Question 80

NFC is a technology that uses close-range radio signals to transmit data between devices or a device and a tag.