Chapter 8

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

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

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?

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

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?

Because a CD-R can be written on only one time, the format of these discs sometimes is called ____?

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

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?

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

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

On desktops, platters most often have a size of approximately 3.5 inches in diameter. What is the size also referred to as?

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

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?

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

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

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

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

What best describes an optical disc?

What causes a head crash on a hard disk?

What does a controller control?

What does NAS stand for?

What happens when a computer or mobile device starts up?

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

What is storage media?

What is the simplest RAID storage design?

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

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

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

What kind of controller uses serial signals to transfer data, instructions, and information?

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?

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

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

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

When storage devices write data, instructions, and information on storage media, they are creating output. What best describes the process of writing data?

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

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?

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?

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

Which of the following does NOT use direct access?

Which of the following has a higher capacity and better quality than standard DVDs, especially for high-definition audio and video?

Which of the following interfaces sends several bits at once?

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

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

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?

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

Which of the following is a type of backup you can only perform at your large enterprise?

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

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?

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

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?

Which of the following is NOT a cloud storage provider?

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

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

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

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

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

Which of the following is not true about tape storage?

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

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

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

Which of the following is true of tape?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

Which of the following statements is NOT true about smart cards?

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

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

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

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

Which of the following will you use if you are looking to perform backups in between full backups?

Which RAID level technique splits data, instructions, and information across multiple disks in the array?

Which statement best describes disk cache?

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

Which term is used to describe large businesses that require special hardware geared for heavy use, and maximum availability and efficiency to fit the needs of their hundreds or thousands of workers?

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?

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?

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?

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?

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?

You are looking for the best protection against data loss. Which of the following will you use?

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?

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

You want a form of backup that copies all program and data files. Which of the following will you use?

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?

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?

Your company has elected to offload all storage management to an outside organization. What is the term for this?