ITE Chapter 8
Thumb drive is another term for a(n) ______.
USB flash drive
______ is the number of bytes (characters) a storage medium can hold.
capacity
Which of the following is not an example of NFC technology?
check your email
What do you do to optimize the OS (C:) hard drive in the following dialog box?
click the os and then click optimize
Which of the following is not a characteristic of solid state drives (SSDs)?
data on ssd can not be corrupted
A(n) ______ backup copies only the files that have changed since the last full backup.
differential
Which type of user is most likely to use a RAID?
enterprise
Which storage device is the best option for backing up files?
external hard drive
A storage medium is also called primary storage.
false
Continuous data protection is widely used by home and small business users.
false
If you are using a Mac and accidentally delete a file from the hard drive and need to recover it, look in the Recycle Bin.
false
In an optical disc, the absence of light is read as binary digit 1.
false
Items stored in RAM remain intact even when you turn off a computer or mobile device.
false
Perpendicular recording aligns the magnetic particles horizontally around the surface of the hard disk.
false
The chips in RFID tags usually can function as a processor.
false
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.
false
Which of the following cloud services does Evernote provide?
write documents
which of the following represents the most data
1 TB
Manufacturers measure optical disc drives relative to the original speed, using an X to denote a transfer rate of ______ KBps.
150
The amount of storage on OneDrive for a basic Microsoft account is ____________.
D. 15 GB
A group of two or more integrated hard drives is called a(n) ______.
RAID
The term hard drive refers collectively to hard disks and ______.
SSDs
SAS is a type of SCSI that uses ______ signals to transfer data, instructions, and information.
Serial
A gigabyte is approximately 1 ______ bytes.
billion
For what do organizations use tape drives?
data backup and archiving
______ is the process of dividing a hard disk into tracks and sectors.
formatting
A(n) ______ is a virtual perimeter or boundary that disables certain apps or cameras in secure areas.
geofence
Where is the flash drive listed in a Windows 7 Save As dialog box?
in the left pane below Computer.
What does a computer use to read the data on an optical disc?
laser beam
SDHC and miniSD are examples of ______.
memory cards
A megabyte is approximately 1 ______ bytes.
million
The simplest RAID storage design writes data on two drives at the same time and is called ______.
mirroring
______ is the process of transferring items from a storage medium into memory.
reading
To copy a selected file to an external drive, right-click the file, point to __________ on the shortcut menu, and then click the drive, such as Drive E:.
send to
Tape storage requires ______ access, which refers to reading or writing data consecutively.
sequential
What does a disk's form factor describe?
size
A(n) ______ is a flash memory storage device that contains its own processor to manage its storage.
ssd
Some RAID levels use ______, which splits data, instructions, and information across multiple drives in the array.
striping
Why do most people store files in the cloud?
to access the files on any device connected to the Internet
A storage appliance has its own IP address.
true
An optical disc typically stores data, instructions, and information in a single track that spirals from the center of the disc to the edge of the disc.
true
Blu-ray players are backwards compatible with DVD and CD formats.
true
EIDE is an interface that uses parallel signals to transfer data, instructions, and information.
true
Hard drives and flash memory storage use direct access storage techniques.
true
In RAID level 1, a backup disk exists for each drive.
true
NFC is a technology that uses close-range radio signals to transmit data between devices or a device and a tag.
true
The defragmentation process reduces the amount of time it takes the hard disk to locate and access the files necessary for programs to run.
true
The total number of items that can be stored on a gigabyte will vary, depending on file size, quality of media, and other factors.
true
The transfer rate of external hard drives usually is slower than that of internal hard drives.
true
Two types of smart cards are contact and contactless.
true
You should not remove a portable flash memory storage while it is in use because the operating system may still be accessing the device.
true
