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Question 1

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

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

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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Identify the letter of the choice that best matches the phrase or definition.

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A hard disk that uses parallel signals to transfer data, instructions, and information

EIDE

Technology that uses radio signals to communicate with a tag placed in or attached to an object, animal, or a person

transfer rate

Optical disc whose quality far surpasses that of CDs

CD-RW

Sometimes used in descriptions of a storage device's capabilities, instead of access time

RAID

A type of SCSI that uses serial signals to transfer data, instructions, and information

CD-ROM

Its reliability tends to diminish with each successive rewrite

density

Also called a thumb drive

sectors

Optical disc that users can read but not write on or erase

RFID

The number of bits in an area on a storage medium

SAS

A narrow recording band that forms a full circle on the surface of the disk

CD-R

Administrators can quickly add storage to their network with this kind of device

SSD

Optical disc on which users can write once, but not erase, their own items

NAS

A group of two or more integrated hard disks

DVD

The operating system marks bad ones as unusable when a disk is formatted

USB flash drive

A storage device that typically uses flash memory to store data, instructions, and information

track

Premises

A hard disk that uses parallel signals to transfer data, instructions, and information

Technology that uses radio signals to communicate with a tag placed in or attached to an object, animal, or a person

Optical disc whose quality far surpasses that of CDs

Sometimes used in descriptions of a storage device's capabilities, instead of access time

A type of SCSI that uses serial signals to transfer data, instructions, and information

Its reliability tends to diminish with each successive rewrite

Also called a thumb drive

Optical disc that users can read but not write on or erase

The number of bits in an area on a storage medium

A narrow recording band that forms a full circle on the surface of the disk

Administrators can quickly add storage to their network with this kind of device

Optical disc on which users can write once, but not erase, their own items

A group of two or more integrated hard disks

The operating system marks bad ones as unusable when a disk is formatted

A storage device that typically uses flash memory to store data, instructions, and information

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EIDE

transfer rate

CD-RW

RAID

CD-ROM

density

sectors

RFID

SAS

CD-R

SSD

NAS

DVD

USB flash drive

track

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Premises

Responses

A hard disk that uses parallel signals to transfer data, instructions, and information

Technology that uses radio signals to communicate with a tag placed in or attached to an object, animal, or a person

Optical disc whose quality far surpasses that of CDs

Sometimes used in descriptions of a storage device's capabilities, instead of access time

A type of SCSI that uses serial signals to transfer data, instructions, and information

Its reliability tends to diminish with each successive rewrite

Also called a thumb drive

Optical disc that users can read but not write on or erase

The number of bits in an area on a storage medium

A narrow recording band that forms a full circle on the surface of the disk

Administrators can quickly add storage to their network with this kind of device

Optical disc on which users can write once, but not erase, their own items

A group of two or more integrated hard disks

The operating system marks bad ones as unusable when a disk is formatted

A storage device that typically uses flash memory to store data, instructions, and information

Premises

A hard disk that uses parallel signals to transfer data, instructions, and information

Technology that uses radio signals to communicate with a tag placed in or attached to an object, animal, or a person

Optical disc whose quality far surpasses that of CDs

Sometimes used in descriptions of a storage device's capabilities, instead of access time

A type of SCSI that uses serial signals to transfer data, instructions, and information

Its reliability tends to diminish with each successive rewrite

Also called a thumb drive

Optical disc that users can read but not write on or erase

The number of bits in an area on a storage medium

A narrow recording band that forms a full circle on the surface of the disk

Administrators can quickly add storage to their network with this kind of device

Optical disc on which users can write once, but not erase, their own items

A group of two or more integrated hard disks

The operating system marks bad ones as unusable when a disk is formatted

A storage device that typically uses flash memory to store data, instructions, and information

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Question 3

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

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

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.

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.

A gigabyte is approximately 1 ______ bytes.

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

CDs and DVDs are examples of types of ______ discs.

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

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

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.

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.

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

SSDs typically have higher storage capacities than hard disks.

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

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

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

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

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.