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T/F Instead of, or in addition to, access time, some manufacturers state a storage device’s transfer rate because it affects access time |
True |
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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? |
Platter |
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Which storage term used to measure capacity is approximately a billion bytes? |
Gigabyte |
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Which of the following storage devices typically has the fastest transfer rate? |
RAM |
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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? |
Storage |
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T/F Depending on the card, manufacturers claim memory cards can last from 10 to 100 years |
True |
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Which of the following kinds of devices duplicates data, instructions, and information to improve data reliability? |
RAID |
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The process of copying audio and/or video data from a purchased disc and saving it on digital media is called ____ |
Ripping |
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Which of the following is NOT true about storage media and devices? |
Writing is the process of transferring items from storage media to memory |
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What does NAS stand for? |
Network Attached Storage |
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You are looking for a way to choose specific files to back up, regardless of whether or not the files have changed since the last incremental backup. Which of the following will you use? |
Selective Backup |
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A popular use of CD-RW and CD-R discs is to create audio CDs. What is the process of copying audio and/or video data from a purchased disc and saving it on digital media called? |
Ripping |
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Which of the following refers to the process of writing on an optical disc? |
Burning |
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Which of the following interfaces sends several bits at once? |
Parallel |
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Which of the following overcomes the major disadvantage of CD-R disks, which is being able to write on them only once? |
CD-RW |
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Which of the following is NOT a cloud storage provider? |
eCloud |
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Which of the following statements is NOT true about smart cards? |
Contact less smart cards communicate with a reader using Bluetooth technology |
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Which of the following provides a myriad of financial reporting requirements and guidelines for public companies? |
Sarbanes-Oxley Act |
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What is storage media? |
The physical material on which a computer keeps data, instructions and information |
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T/F The Sarbanes-Oxley Act provides a myriad of financial reporting requirements and guidelines for public companies |
True |
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Which of the following is NOT true about caring for optical discs? |
Moisten a nonabrasive cloth with warm water and ammonia to clean the disc |
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T/F Reading is the process of transferring data, instructions, and information from memory to a storage medium |
False |
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T/F When storage devices write data on storage media, they are creating input |
False |
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T/F One reason users store data and information using cloud storage is to view time-critical data and images immediately while away from a main office or location |
True |
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Which of the following is not a characteristic of a hard disk? |
Write-protect notch |
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T/F A screen display is considered nonvolatile because its contents disappear when power is removed |
False |
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Which of the following is not true about tape storage? |
A benefit of tape is that it allows for non-sequential access |
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What is the usual rate of speed for the platters in a hard disk? |
5,400 – 15,000 rpm |
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T/F The greater the disk cache, the slower the hard disk |
False |
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What kind of storage is an Internet service that provides storage to computer or mobile users? |
Cloud |
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Laptops with solid-state drives usually have a higher storage capacity than laptops with a traditional hard disk |
False |
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Which of the following is a type of backup you can only perform at your large enterprise? |
Continuous |
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You are looking to implement a high-speed network with the sole purpose of providing storage to other attached servers. Which of the following will you implement? |
SAN |
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Which of the following is true of tape? |
It is no longer used as a primary method of storage but is used most often for long-term storage and backup |
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T/F When a user issues a command to run an application, the operating system locates the application in memory and loads it into storage |
False |
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T/F A hard disk’s platters may continue to spin even after power is removed from the computer |
True |
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T/F External hard drives never have greater capacities than internal hard drives |
False |
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T/F M2 is an acronym for Magnetic Stick Micro |
False |
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Which of the following terms is the number of bytes (characters) a storage medium can hold? |
Capacity |
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Which of the following kinds of backup is another name for a full backup? |
Archival |
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T/F All computers can support multiple internal hard drives |
False |
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Which of the following is a type of optical disc that users can read from but not write to or erase? |
DVD-ROM |
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A group of two or more integrated hard disks is referred to as which of the following? |
RAID |
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Which of the following is a good practice to follow to avoid scratching or damaging a disc like the one in the accompanying figure? |
Hold the disc by its edges |
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A DVD-ROM uses all of the following to achieve a higher storage capacity than a CD-ROM EXCEPT ____ |
Making the disk single-session |
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One exabyte is approximately one trillion bytes |
False |
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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? |
RAID |
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You are looking for the best protection against data loss. Which of the following will you use? |
Archival Backup |
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T/F DVD-RW is a high-capacity optical disc on which users can read but not write or erase |
False |
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T/F A level 1 configuration enhances storage reliability because, if a disk should fail, a duplicate of the requested item is available within the array of disks |
True |
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Which of the following is the mechanism that reads and writes items in the drive as it barely touches the disk’s recording surface? |
Read/Write Head |
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T/F As with a hard disk, the single track on an optical disc is divided into variably sized sectors on which items are stored |
False |
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Which of the following does NOT use direct access? |
Tape |
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How do discs, like the one in the accompanying figure, commonly store items? |
in a single track that spirals from the center of the disc to the edge of the disc |
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Before any data can be read from or written on a hard disk, what must happen to the disk? |
Formatting |
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T/F To meet their large-scale needs, enterprises use special hardware geared for heavy use |
True |
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What does a controller control? |
The interface between the hard disk and the system bus |
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The inflexible, circular platters on which kind of disks use magnetic particles to store data, instructions, and information? |
Hard |
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Your company has elected to offload all storage management to an outside organization. What is the term for this? |
Outsourcing |
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Which of the following kinds of interfaces sends data one bit at a time? |
Serial |
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T/F Optical discs should be stored in a flat (horizontal) position |
False |
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Which of the following kinds of access refers to reading or writing data consecutively? |
Sequential |
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T/F Enterprises cannot implement both network attached storage and storage area networks |
False |
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Which statement best describes disk cache? |
memory chips on a hard disk that store frequently accessed items |
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Which of the following can be used to store a prepaid amount of money, such as for student purchases on campus? |
Smart Cards |
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T/F Some DVDs are double-sided |
True |
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You want a storage medium that allows you to locate a particular data item immediately, without having to move consecutively through items stored in front of the desired data item or file. What kind of access will this storage medium use? |
Direct |
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T/F Writing is the process of transferring data, instructions, and information from a storage medium into memory |
False |
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T/F You should defragment SSDs frequently because the location of the stored data has a significant impact on its access times |
False |
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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? |
Internal Hard Drives |
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Which of the following is true of SSDs compared to traditional hard disks? |
SSDs have faster transfer rate |
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Memory (chips) accesses items in which of the following units of time? |
Nanoseconds |
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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? |
Controller |
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T/F Disconnecting a USB flash drive while it is in use may cause damage to the files stored on the device |
True |
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T/F The process of writing on an optical disc is called burning |
True |
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Which of the following kinds of storage is NOT used by NAS and SAN solutions? |
Flash Memory |
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T/F One exabyte is approximately one trillion bytes |
False |
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T/F Laptops with solid-state drives usually have a higher storage capacity than laptops with a traditional hard disk |
False |
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T/F A hard disk’s platters may continue to spin even after power is removed from the computer |
True |
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You are looking for an RFID tag that does not contain a battery because you want one that is small enough to be embedded in skin. Which of the following will you use? |
Passive RFID tag |
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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 card Reader/Writer |
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Which of the following is not a competing re-writable DVD format? |
DVD+R |
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Storage devices access items in which of the following units of time? |
Milliseconds |
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T/F An allocation unit is the smallest unit of disk space that stores data and information |
False |
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T/F When writing or reading specific data, sequential access is much faster than direct access |
False |
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Which of the following is a device that reads from and writes on memory cards? |
Reader/Writer |
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Because a CD-R can be written on only one time, the format of these discs sometimes is called ____? |
WORM |
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You are looking for a backup that copies only the files that have changes since the last full backup. Which of the following will you use? |
Differential Backup |
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T/F On an optical disc, a land causes light to reflect, which is read as binary digit 0 |
False |
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What technology works with specially coated optical discs to etch labels directly on the disc? |
LightScribe |
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T/F You can erase a DVD+R |
False |
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Which of the following has a higher capacity and better quality than standard DVDs, especially for high-definition audio and video? |
Blu-Ray Disc |
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T/F The type of card you have will determine the type of card reader/writer needed |
True |
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T/F The images stored on microfilm and microfiche are so large that they can be read without a microfilm or microfiche reader |
False |
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Which of the following kinds of backup is another name for a selective backup? |
Partial |
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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? |
Active |
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What best describes an optical disc? |
a flat, round portable disc that is written and read by a laser |
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What is the term for the case that contains the same adapters found on a motherboard with which to connect the internal hard drive? |
Enclosure |
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What happens when a computer or mobile device starts up? |
The computer locates operating system in storage and loads in into RAM |
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Which of the following is a multi-session optical disc on which users can write, but not erase, their own items such as text, graphics, and audio? |
CD-R |
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On desktops, platters most often have a size of approximately 3.5 inches in diameter. What is the size also referred to as? |
Form Factor |
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Users subscribe to a cloud storage service, like the kind advertised in the accompanying figure, to do all of the following EXCEPT to ____ |
Make enterprises provide data center functions |
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What is the term for a narrow recording band that forms a full circle on the surface of a hard disk? |
Track |
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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? |
CD-R |
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Which of the following storage devices typically stores the operating system? |
Hard Disk/SSD |
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T/F All DVD-ROMs are single-sided |
False |
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What term refers to the amount of time it takes a storage device to locate an item on a storage medium? |
Access Time |
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Which of the following will you use if you are looking to perform backups in between full backups? |
Differential Backup |
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Items on a storage medium remain intact even when power is removed from the computer. What term describes this characteristic? |
Nonvolatile |
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Which of the following disc types can be written onto, but not erased? |
CD-R |
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T/F A DVD-RW is a high-capacity optical disc on which users can read but not write or erase |
False |
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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? |
Encyption |
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T/F A hard disk’s platters may continue to spin even after power is removed from the computer |
… |
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T/F RFID is more secure than contactless smart cards |
False |
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Which of the following is the largest from among the following? |
YB |
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T/F Each part of a CD-R can be written on multiple times, and the disc’s contents can be erased |
False |
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Which of the following is a high-capacity optical disc on which users can read but not write or erase? |
DVD-ROM |
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When storage devices write data, instructions, and information on storage media, they are creating output. What best describes the process of writing data? |
transferring items from memory to a storage medium |
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Which of the following statements is not true about hard drives? |
A hard disk that is mounted inside the system unit is sometimes called a permadisk |
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You want a storage medium that allows you to locate a particular data item immediately, without having to move consecutively through items stored in front of the desired data item or file. What kind of access will this storage medium use? |
Direct |
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T/F Instead of, or in addition to, access time, some manufacturers state a storage device’s transfer rate because it affects access time |
True |
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Some computers improve hard disk access time by using which of the following, which consists of memory chips that store frequently accessed items? |
Disc Cache |
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Which of the following kinds of cards stores data on an integrated circuit embedded in the card? |
Smart |
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You are using an optical disc on your game console. Which of the following is it most likely to be? |
Mini Disc |
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