CS 150 Computer Literacy

Quiz 6 Answers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Accessing data off the hard drive is as fast as accessing RAM

False – It is much slower

 

2. You need to format a disc before you use it

True

 

3. This storage device uses magnetic sensitive materials for recording informaiton:

Floppy Disc

 

4. A sector is?

A Pie shaped area on a disc

 

5. An advantage of a hard drive over RAM?

Cheaper

 

6. A track is?

A circular band on a disc

 

7. This is not a common type of storage media:

Sound

 

8. You should defragment your disk to?

Reorganize a disc for increased performance

 

9. RAID is

Keeping duplicate data on another disc

 

10. Seek time is?

The amount of time to find data on a disc and transfer the data

 

Bonus: The name of the airplane that just flew around the world without refueling?

GlobalFlyer