Deck 8: Digital Storage: Preserving on Media and on the Cloud

Question 1

Which of the following is the mechanism that reads and writes items in the drive as it barely touches the disk's recording surface?

A) read/write head
B) disc index
C) input vector
D) platter notch

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which of the following is the largest from among the following?

A) TB
B) EB
C) YB
D) ZB

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following is made of aluminum, glass, or ceramic and is coated with an alloy material that allows items to be recorded magnetically on its surface?

A) sector
B) read/write head
C) vector
D) platter

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT a cloud storage provider?

A) eCloud
B) Amazon Cloud Drive
C) Box
D) Google Drive

Question 5

Some computers improve hard disk access time by using which of the following, which consists of memory chips that store frequently accessed items?

A) warehouse
B) disk cache
C) base
D) home

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of external hard drives over internal hard drives?

A) They can transport a large number of files.
B) They can add storage space to a mobile computer.
C) They can easily store large audio and video files.
D) They leave data in the computer.

Question 7

A group of two or more integrated hard disks is referred to as which of the following?

A) pocket
B) UFC
C) RAID
D) baseline

Question 8

Which of the following is a device that reads from and writes on memory cards?

A) access stick
B) reader/writer
C) access port
D) restorer

Question 9

Storage devices access items in which of the following units of time?

A) nanoseconds
B) macroseconds
C) milliseconds
D) petaseconds

Question 10

What is the term for the case that contains the same adapters found on a motherboard with which to connect the internal hard drive?

A) drive manager
B) vector
C) enclosure
D) platter

Question 11

The inflexible, circular platters on which kind of disks use magnetic particles to store data, instructions, and information?

A) hard
B) digital
C) optical
D) indexed

Question 12

Which of the following is true of SSDs compared to traditional hard disks?

A) SSDs have lower storage capacities.
B) SSDs generate more heat.
C) SSDs have faster transfer rates.
D) SSDs have a shorter life.

Question 13

Which of the following devices is the computer hardware that records and/or retrieves items to and from a flash drive or external hard drive, for example?

A) concatenation
B) indexed
C) resolved
D) storage

Question 14

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

A) SDXC
B) Memory Stick PRO Duo
C) MX6
D) SDHC

Question 15

Memory (chips) accesses items in which of the following units of time?

A) nanoseconds
B) microseconds
C) milliseconds
D) seconds

Question 16

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

A) save time by storing large files instantaneously
B) allow others to access files
C) store offsite backups of data
D) make enterprises provide data center functions

Question 17

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?

A) Dropbox
B) Google Drive
C) SkyDrive
D) CloudDrive

Question 18

Which of the following terms is the number of bytes (characters) a storage medium can hold?

A) resolution
B) dimensionality
C) capacity
D) retention

Question 19

What kind of storage is an Internet service that provides storage to computer or mobile users?

A) encrypted
B) shared
C) cloud
D) net

Question 20

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a hard disk?

A) write-protect notch
B) read/write head
C) sectors and tracks
D) capacity

Question 21

Which of the following is a high-capacity optical disc on which users can read but not write or erase?

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

Question 22

Which of the following kinds of devices are servers connected to a network with the sole purpose of providing storage?

A) RAID
B) RAS
C) NAS
D) RAN

Question 23

Which of the following interfaces sends several bits at once?

A) parallel
B) serial
C) SATA
D) SAS

Question 24

Which of the following overcomes the major disadvantage of CD-R disks, which is being able to write on them only once?

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

Question 25

Which of the following kinds of devices duplicates data, instructions, and information to improve data reliability?

A) RAID
B) RAS
C) NAS
D) RAN

Question 26

Which of the following kinds of backup is another name for a selective backup?

A) incremental
B) archival
C) partial
D) continuous

Question 27

Which of the following is a type of optical disc that users can read from but not write to or erase?

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

Question 28

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

A) parallel
B) serial
C) EIDE
D) SCSI

Question 29

What kind of disc is a type of storage media that consists of a flat, round, portable disc made of metal, plastic, and lacquer that is written to and read by a laser?

A) magnetic
B) solid-state
C) laser-ready
D) optical

Question 30

Which of the following is a multisession optical disc on which users can write, but not erase, their own items such as text, graphics, and audio?

A) CD-R
B) CD-W
C) CD-RW
D) CD-RWR

Question 31

The process of copying audio and/or video data from a purchased disc and saving it on digital media is called ____.

A) burning
B) storing
C) ripping
D) grabbing

Question 32

Which of the following is not a competing rewritable DVD format?

A) DVD-RW
B) DVD+R
C) DVD+RAM
D) DVD+RW

Question 33

Which of the following kinds of backup is another name for a full backup?

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

Question 34

How do discs, like the one in the accompanying figure, commonly store items?

A) in random locations anywhere between the center of the disc and the edge of the disc
B) in multiple pie-shaped sections that break a track into arcs
C) in a single track that spirals from the center of the disc to the edge of the disc
D) in multiple concentric tracks from the center of the disc to the edge of the disc

Question 35

Which of the following consists of a special-purpose chip and electronic circuits that govern the transfer of data, instructions, and information from a drive to and from the system bus and other components in the computer?

A) controller
B) media router
C) storage indexer
D) circuitry tablet

Question 36

Which of the following kinds of storage is NOT used by NAS and SAN solutions?

A) disk
B) flash memory
C) optical disc
D) tape

Question 37

Which of the following is a good practice to follow to avoid scratching or damaging a disc like the one in the accompanying figure?

A) Hold the disc by its edges.
B) Stack the discs whenever possible.
C) Touch the underside of a disc.
D) Do not worry about exposing discs to any type of contaminant.

Question 38

A DVD-ROM uses all of the following to achieve a higher storage capacity than a CD-ROM EXCEPT ____.

A) making the disc denser by packing the pits closer together
B) using two layers of pits
C) making the disc double-sided
D) making the disc single-session

Question 39

A standard CD-ROM is referred to as this kind of disc because manufacturers write all items on the disc at one time. What is the term used?

A) multisession
B) single-session
C) unisession
D) compound-session

Question 40

What do discs, like the kind shown in the accompanying figure, usually measure?

A) 3.5 inches in diameter and less than one-twentieth of an inch thick
B) 4.75 inches in diameter and less than one-twentieth of an inch thick
C) 3.5 inches in diameter and more than one-twentieth of an inch thick
D) 4.75 inches in diameter and more than one-twentieth of an inch thick

Question 41

Which of the following kinds of access refers to reading or writing data consecutively?

A) direct
B) random
C) sequential
D) indexed

Question 42

The use of microfilm and microfiche provides all of the following advantages EXCEPT ____.

A) they greatly reduce the amount of paper firms must handle
B) they are inexpensive
C) they have the longest life of any storage media
D) they can be read without a reader

Question 43

Which of the following kinds of cards stores data on an integrated circuit embedded in the card?

A) tool
B) micro
C) view
D) smart

Question 44

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What is being measured using KBps, MBps, and GBps?

A) capacity rate
B) recall time
C) access time
D) transfer rate

Question 45

Which of the following is true of tape?

A) It is no longer used as a primary method of storage but is used most often for long-term storage and backup.
B) It is used as a primary method of storage and for long-term storage and backup.
C) It is no longer used for long-term storage and backup but is used most often as a primary method of storage.
D) It is no longer used as a primary method of storage or for long-term storage and backup.

Question 46

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Items on a storage medium remain intact even when power is removed from the computer. What term describes this characteristic?

A) nonversatile
B) nonvolatile
C) nonviolate
D) nonviolent

Question 47

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which storage term used to measure capacity is approximately a billion bytes?

A) megabyte
B) gigabyte
C) kilobyte
D) terabyte

Question 48

Which of the following is a small, rectangular, plastic housing for tape?

A) tape store
B) tape key
C) tape base
D) tape cartridge

Question 49

Which of the following does NOT use direct access?

A) optical discs
B) tape
C) hard disks
D) flash memory storage

Question 50

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?

A) internal hard drives
B) optical storage devices
C) memory sets
D) SANs

Question 51

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

A) optical storage devices
B) external hard drives
C) SANs
D) memory sets

Question 52

Which of the following is a small sheet of film, usually about 4 X 6 inches, that stores microscopic images of documents?

A) Microfilm
B) Microtape
C) Microfiche
D) Microsheet

Question 53

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What is storage media?

A) The software used to display items in storage.
B) The hardware that records and retrieves items from storage.
C) The physical material on which a computer keeps data, instructions, and information.
D) The data and information stored on a computer.

Question 54

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What happens when a computer or mobile device starts up?

A) The computer locates operating system in storage and loads it into RAM.
B) The computer accesses the memory and loads a program such as a word processing program.
C) The computer searches for instructions in RAM.
D) The computer opens application software from ROM.

Question 55

Which of the following kinds of RFID tags contains a battery that runs the chip's circuitry and broadcasts a signal to the RFID reader?

A) passive
B) contact
C) embedded
D) active

Question 56

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following is NOT true about storage media and devices?

A) Storage media also is called secondary storage.
B) A storage medium with a capacity of 750 GB can hold approximately 750 billion bytes.
C) In cloud storage, the actual storage media used is transparent to the user.
D) Writing is the process of transferring items from storage media to memory.

Question 57

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?

A) receiving input and translating it into computer language
B) using a word processor to input data to a file
C) transferring items from memory to a storage medium
D) retrieving items from a storage medium to the operating system

Question 58

Which of the following provides a myriad of financial reporting requirements and guidelines for public companies?

A) Digital Millennium Copyright Act
B) PATRIOT ACT
C) Sarbanes-Oxley Act
D) none of the above

Question 59

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What term refers to the amount of time it takes a storage device to locate an item on a storage medium?

A) access time
B) capacity time
C) recall time
D) transfer time

Question 60

Which of the following can be used to store a prepaid amount of money, such as for student purchases on campus?

A) smart cards
B) floppy disks
C) ExpressCards
D) hard disks

Question 61

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What best describes an optical disc?

A) a disc made of metal, plastic, and lacquer that can add additional hard drive storage
B) a portable device made for photographs and other visual file types
C) a storage device used for digital cameras
D) a flat, round portable disc that is written and read by a laser

Question 62

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?

A) encryption
B) embedding
C) concatentation
D) file linking

Question 63

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

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

Question 64

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What is the term for a narrow recording band that forms a full circle on the surface of a hard disk?

A) sector
B) track
C) cluster
D) platter

Question 65

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What is the usual rate of speed for the platters in a hard disk?

A) 2,000 to 4,000 rpm
B) 5,400 to 15,000 rpm
C) 12,000 to 25,000 rpm
D) 24,500 to 36,000 rpm

Question 66

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Some personal computer manufacturers provide a hard disk configuration that connects multiple smaller disks into a single unit that acts like a single large hard disk. What is this grouping called?

A) RAID
B) AXS
C) RPM
D) ACIS

Question 67

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following is NOT true about caring for optical discs?

A) Never bend a disc.
B) Moisten a nonabrasive cloth with warm water and ammonia to clean the disc.
C) Do not expose discs to extreme temperatures or humidity.
D) Store optical discs in jewel boxes and store them vertically.

Question 68

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following statements is not true about solid state media?

A) Flash memory chips are a type of solid state media.
B) They consist entirely of electronic components, such as integrated circuits.
C) They contain moving parts.
D) They are more durable and shock resistant than other types of media.

Question 69

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What technology works with specially coated optical discs to etch labels directly on the disc?

A) FireWire
B) LabelWriter
C) LightScribe
D) DiscTitle

Question 70

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following storage devices typically stores the operating system?

A) RAM
B) hard disk/SSD
C) memory card
D) optical disc

Question 71

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?

A) form factor
B) capacity
C) RPM
D) transfer rate

Question 72

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Before any data can be read from or written on a hard disk, what must happen to the disk?

A) partitioning
B) wiping
C) formatting
D) encrypting

Question 73

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following refers to the process of writing on an optical disc?

A) bleeding
B) burning
C) browning
D) blaring

Question 74

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following storage devices typically has the fastest transfer rate?

A) RAM
B) hard disk
C) memory card
D) optical disc

Question 75

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

A) Manufacturers write all items on the disc at one time.
B) They can be used only once.
C) A CD-ROM can include only one type of file per disc.
D) They are used for only one purpose.

Question 76

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT If your computer or printer does not have a built-in slot for memory cards, you can purchase a device that can access the data stored on the memory card. What is that device called?

A) a memory stick
B) a transfer port
C) a read/write head
D) a card reader/writer

Question 77

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which statement best describes disk cache?

A) an enhanced read/write head that speeds up the revolutions per minute
B) memory chips on a hard disk that store frequently accessed items
C) bits added to the storage medium in order to have higher density
D) a controller that receives a request for data

Question 78

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following statements is not true about hard drives?

A) A hard drive contains one or more inflexible, circular platters that use magnetic particles to store data.
B) The alignment of metal particles represents either a 0 bit or a 1 bit.
C) The system unit on most desktops and laptops contains at least one hard disk.
D) A hard disk that is mounted inside the system unit is sometimes called a permadisk.

Question 79

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What causes a head crash on a hard disk?

A) A platter skips a revolution.
B) The motor that spins the platters causes a short circuit in the read/write head.
C) A read/write head touches the surface of a platter.
D) The head actuator positions the read/write head arms over the incorrect location.

Question 80

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT You are using an optical disc on your game console. Which of the following is it most likely to be?

A) CD-RW
B) mini disc
C) play disc
D) DVD-ROM