Connect- Computer Chapter 7

This allows you to upload and store documents on the Internet.

cloud storage

t/f
If you have used Google Docs to create a word processing document, you have used cloud computing.

True

t/f
The process of saving information to a secondary storage device is referred to as embedding.

false

Which of the following is not an example of secondary storage?
RAM
flash drives
external hard drives
RAID

RAM

Which of the following measures the amount of time required by the storage device to retrieve data and programs?
capacity
RAM
Access speed
nonvolatile media

access speed

t/f
File servers are appropriate devices to use in an enterprise storage system

true

Which of the following characteristics about RAID is incorrect?
highly reliable
one high-capacity hard disk drive
fast access speed
expanded storage capability

one high-capacity hard disk drive

t/f
Disk caching uses a combination of hardware and software

true

t/f
Hard disks use tracks, sectors, and cylinders to store and organize files

true

t/f
Media are the actual physical material that holds the data and programs

true

t/f
A hard crash typically occurs on an optical disc when it makes contact with particles on its surface.

false

The process of accessing information from secondary storage devices is referred to as _______.

reading

Which of these is not a mass storage device?

organizational cloud storage
RAID system
file server
optical disc

optical disc

Smartphones use which of these storage technologies?

flash memory card

t/f
CD-ROMs are often used to archive data and to record music downloaded from the Internet

false

t/f
Blu-ray discs are designed for high definition and have a far greater capacity than DVDs.

true

t/f
External hard drives are used primarily to complement an internal hard disk.

true

What is it called when servers on the Internet supply applications as a service, rather than a product?

cloud computing

This process improves system performance by acting as a temporary high-speed holding area between a secondary storage device and the CPU

disk caching

t/f
RAID connects several inexpensive hard-disk drives to one another.

true

t/f
External hard disks use different technology than internal hard disks

false

A CD-RW disc _______

can be erased and rewritten

t/f
Mass storage devices are specialized high-capacity secondary storage devices designed to store large amounts of data for an organization.

true

t/f
Disk caching improves hard-disk performance by compressing files.

false

The _______ of a secondary storage device indicates how much data the storage medium can hold

capacity

On a hard disk each track is divided into invisible wedge-shaped sections called _______.

sectors

t/f
A smoke particle, fingerprint, dust, or human hair could cause a hard disk head crash

true

An external hard disk _______.

usually connects to a USB or Thunderbolt port

t/f
File compression is only available on hard-disk drives

false

t/f
DVDs have replaced CDs as the standard optical disc

true

Hard disks store and organize files using all of the following, except _______.

paths

these discs have a capacity of 50 gigabytes on one side

Blu-Ray

One way to improve the storage capacity of a hard disk is to _______.

use file compression

The large capacity, high-definition optical discs designed to store hi-def video and video games are _______.

Blu-ray

Three ways to improve the performance of a hard disk include _______.

disk caching, RAID, and file compression

Which of these is not an example of solid state storage?

USB drives
flash memory cards
digital versatile disc
SSDs

digital versatile disc

which of the following is true about an internal hard disk?

often stores the operating system

t/f
In order to access your documents and files that are stored in the cloud, you must have an Internet connection.

true

t/f
Facebook is an example of cloud storage.

false

The hard disk’s surface is scratched and some or all of the data is destroyed when there is a _______.

head crash

All of the following are true of DVD-ROM drives except:

they are also known as erasable optical discs

t/f
Secondary storage provides temporary or volatile storage

fasle

Solid-state storage devices are different than hard disks in that they _______.

have no moving parts

Storage that retains its data after the power is turned off is referred to as _______

nonvolatile storage

Optical discs use these to represent data

pits and lands