Deck 3: Storage

Question 1

With rewritable optical media, the laser permanently alters the disc surface.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

With a CD, the storage medium and the storage device are permanently sealed together to form one piece of hardware called a fixed-media storage system.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Many new personal computers come with a C drive partition ready to use for programs and data and another logical drive set up as a recovery partition.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Storage devices can be internal (located inside the system unit), external (plugged into an external port on the system unit), or remote (located on another computer).

Question 5

SSDs are an especially attractive option for portable computers and mobile devices.

Question 6

Since retrieving data from memory is much faster than from the hard drive, disk caching can speed up performance.

Question 7

Users do not have to be concerned with how files are physically stored on a storage medium.

Question 8

Traditionally, the magnetic particles on a hard disk have been aligned vertically, perpendicular to the hard disk's surface.

Question 9

Some view cloud storage as a specific type of online storage that can be accessed on demand by various Web applications.

Question 10

"Tracking up data" refers to creating a second copy of important files.

Question 11

USB flash drives are designed to be very portable and very small.

Question 12

A common RAID technique is disk mirroring, in which data is written to two duplicate drives simultaneously.

Question 13

Virtually all computer users today need at least one convenient free USB port, in order to connect external hard drives, flash memory drives, and other storage hardware.

Question 14

Recordable optical discs can be written to, but the discs cannot be erased and reused.

Question 15

While the memory used for disk caching can be a designated portion of RAM, today's hard drives typically use a disk cache consisting of memory chips located on a circuit board inside the hard drive case.

Question 16

Storage media are volatile.

Question 17

One reason advanced users may partition a primary hard drive is to be able to use two different operating systems on the same hard drive.

Question 18

Flash memory storage systems are not subject to mechanical failures like hard drive and optical disc systems, and are therefore more resistant to shock and vibration.

Question 19

Flash memory media can be inserted into a reader in several ways.

Question 20

Although cost is a factor when comparing similar devices, it is often not the most compelling reason to choose a particular technology.

Question 21

When hard drives containing critical data become damaged, systems design firms may be able to help out.

Question 22

The data on a(n) read-only disc cannot be erased, changed, or added to, since the pits that are molded into the surface of the disc when the disc is produced are permanent.

Question 23

A storage medium is inserted into the appropriate ____ to be read from or written to.

A) storage processor
B) bay
C) board
D) storage device

Question 24

Regardless of how storage devices are connected to a computer, ____ and/or names are typically assigned to each storage device.

A) letters of the alphabet
B) vowels
C) single-digit numbers
D) special characters

Question 25

Much more data can be stored on a(n) holographic disc than on a CD of the same physical size.

Question 26

Most storage servers are based on magnetic hard disks, although SSD and magnetic tape storage systems are also possible.

Question 27

Online storage systems accessed via the Internet have the advantage of being able to be accessed from any PC that has an Internet connection.

Question 28

Optical discs are thin circular discs made out of molded polycarbonate substrates.

Question 29

One or more sectors form a(n) track , the smallest storage area on a hard disk.

Question 30

Internal hard drives are not designed to be removed, unless they need to be repaired or replaced.

Question 31

In terms of functionality, the distinction between NAS and HHDs is blurring, since they both provide storage services to the network.

Question 32

Usually the storage device and storage medium are two separate pieces of hardware (that is, the storage medium is ____).

A) procurable
B) static
C) removable
D) configurable

Question 33

To record, erase, or overwrite rewritable optical discs, track change technology is used.

Question 34

The most common internal hard drive interface standard for desktop computers today is serial ATA.

Question 35

A ____ is the hardware where data is actually stored.

A) storage device
B) storage memory
C) storage processor
D) storage medium

Question 36

With random access, the data can only be retrieved in the order in which it is physically stored on the medium.

Question 37

Some drive letters, such as the letter ____ typically used with the primary hard drive, are usually consistent from computer to computer and do not change even if more storage devices are added to a computer.

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) H

Question 38

There are two parts to any storage system: the storage device and the storage processor .

Question 39

RAM is volatile .

Question 40

The process of recording data onto an optical disc is called tracking .

Question 41

Data files are also often called ____.

A) scripts
B) documents
C) databases
D) sheets

Question 42

The recommended file system for computers running current versions of Windows is ____.

A) FAT
B) FAT32
C) NTFS
D) FAT64

Question 43

____ means that data can be retrieved directly from any location on the storage medium, in any order.

A) Indirect access
B) Random access
C) Sequential access
D) Online access

Question 44

One type of storage device that is sometimes used with computers and that uses sequential access is a ____.

A) hard drive
B) flash drive
C) compact card
D) magnetic tape drive

Question 45

____ optical discs can be recorded on, erased, and overwritten just like magnetic disks.

A) Erasable
B) Rereadable
C) Rewritable
D) Recordable

Question 46

The elements shown in the accompanying figure are ____, which are used to organize related documents.

A) files
B) drives
C) folders
D) clipboards

Question 47

Each hard disk is divided into pie-shaped groups of ____.

A) tracks
B) clusters
C) files
D) sectors

Question 48

A ____, as shown in the accompanying figure, consists of a vertical stack of tracks, with the same relative track on each disk surface.

A) sector
B) segment
C) cylinder
D) section

Question 49

External hard drives today typically connect to a computer via a USB or ____ port.

A) IrDA
B) Firewall
C) Bluetooth
D) FireWire

Question 50

Conventional CD discs use ____ lasers.

A) red
B) infrared
C) blue
D) violet

Question 51

Partitions are sometimes referred to as ____.

A) logical floppies
B) cylinder drives
C) logical drives
D) partition sectors

Question 52

A ____ is a place to store something temporarily.

A) sector
B) cache
C) track
D) tape

Question 53

A strategy for speeding up hard drive performance is ____.

A) disk caching
B) disk tracking
C) disk backing up
D) disk wiring

Question 54

Media that allow random access are sometimes referred to as ____ media.

A) optical
B) identifiable
C) addressable
D) nonidentifiable

Question 55

To keep files organized, related documents are often stored in ____ (also called directories) located on the storage medium.

A) indexes
B) labels
C) folders
D) programs

Question 56

Virtually all personal computers come with a(n) ____ that is used to store most programs and data.

A) hard drive
B) floppy drive
C) Zip drive
D) external drive

Question 57

CD-ROM discs and DVD-ROM discs are ____ optical discs and come prerecorded with commercial products.

A) recordable
B) rewritable
C) write-only
D) read-only

Question 58

Anything (such as a program, letter, digital photograph, or song) stored on a storage medium is referred to as a(n) ____.

A) label
B) index
C) folder
D) file

Question 59

The time required to move the read/write heads to the cylinder that contains (or will contain) the desired data is called the ____.

A) initial time
B) rotational delay
C) data movement time
D) seek time

Question 60

A ____ partition contains the data necessary to restore a hard drive back to its state at the time the computer was purchased and is designed to be used only if the computer malfunctions.

A) troubleshooting
B) malfunction
C) recovery
D) dual-boot

Question 61

Most computer tapes today are in the form of ____ tapes, as shown in the accompanying figure.

A) floppy
B) flash
C) optical
D) cartridge

Question 62

A(n) ____________________ hard drive is a hard drive that contains both a large amount of flash memory and magnetic hard disks.

Question 63

Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions Case 3-1 Dan is a small business owner who depends on his computer to keep track of customer and sales data. He is investigating storage options because it is critical for him to ensure that his data is safe in the event of a computer failure. As Dan is very concerned about maintaining the security of his business data, he should look for an external hard drive that comes with built-in ____.

A) zipping
B) sequential access
C) encryption
D) holographic technology

Question 64

In addition to tracks, sectors, and clusters, hard drives also have ____________________.

Question 65

____ provide(s) a method of storing data on two or more hard drives that work in combination to do the job of a larger drive.

A) Storage Area Networks (SANs)
B) RAID (redundant arrays of independent disks)
C) Network Attached Storage (NAS)
D) Holographic Storage

Question 66

Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions Case 3-2 Rodney owns a computer that he uses to work, keep in touch with friends and family, watch movies, listen to music, and use the Internet. Rodney wants to be able to easily carry files with him wherever he goes but he also has a tendency to lose things. Knowing this, he should probably save those files on a ____ drive which he can then attach to his backpack.

A) USB flash
B) hard
C) fusion
D) CD

Question 67

One technology for 3D storage systems that, after many years of research and development, is now a reality is ____.

A) lithographic storage
B) holographic storage
C) serigraphic storage
D) laser-graphic storage

Question 68

A(n) ____________________ stores copies of data or programs that are located on the hard drive and that might be needed soon in memory chips in order to avoid having to retrieve the data or programs from the hard drive when they are requested.

Question 69

To record data, holographic storage systems split the light from a blue laser beam into ____ beams.

A) two
B) four
C) five
D) ten

Question 70

Smart cards and holographic drives are examples of ____ systems.

A) Wi-Fi
B) satellite
C) artificial intelligence
D) storage

Question 71

Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions Case 3-2 Rodney owns a computer that he uses to work, keep in touch with friends and family, watch movies, listen to music, and use the Internet. If Rodney wants to be able to record, erase, and overwrite the files on a CD, he should get a ____.

A) CD-R
B) CD-HD
C) CD-RW
D) CD-BD

Question 72

To read data, the reference beam projects the hologram containing the requested data onto a ____ that reads the entire data page at one time.

A) spacer
B) modulator
C) header
D) detector

Question 73

Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions Case 3-2 Rodney owns a computer that he uses to work, keep in touch with friends and family, watch movies, listen to music, and use the Internet. If Rodney wants to record music files onto a CD, he needs to make sure that his operating system has CD-____ capabilities.

A) mirroring
B) burning
C) hybrid
D) striping

Question 74

Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions Case 3-1 Dan is a small business owner who depends on his computer to keep track of customer and sales data. He is investigating storage options because it is critical for him to ensure that his data is safe in the event of a computer failure. A friend of Dan suggested to him that he can use an external hard drive for his data storage and backup needs. To use an external hard drive, Dan should make sure that his computer has an available USB or ____ port.

A) ScanDisk
B) Zip
C) flash
D) FireWire

Question 75

____________________ are hard drives that use flash memory technology instead of magnetic technology to store data.

Question 76

____________________ data refers to data stored on a device's storage medium that will still be there after you have powered off and on your device.

Question 77

____ devices are high-performance storage servers that are individually connected to a network to provide storage for the computers connected to that network.

A) Network attached storage (NAS)
B) Super network storage
C) Holographic Storage
D) RAID (redundant arrays of independent disks)

Question 78

Some smart cards today store ____ data-such as the characteristics of a fingerprint-in the card and use that data to ensure the authenticity of the card's user before authorizing the smart card transaction.

A) biometric
B) holographic
C) optical
D) biomagnetic

Question 79

A ____ is a separate piece of hardware containing multiple high-speed hard drives.

A) storage server
B) storage drive
C) storage client
D) storage base

Question 80

RAID 0 uses disk ____, which spreads files over several disk drives.

A) burning
B) striping
C) clustering
D) mirroring