Chapter 3

Question 1

What is a named place on a storage medium into which the user can place files in order to keep the files stored on that medium organized?

Answer 1

Folder

Question 2

What is a hard drive that uses flash memory chips instead of metal magnetic hard disks?

Answer 2

solid-state drive (SSD)

Question 3

What is a type of storage medium read from and written to using a laser beam?

Answer 3

optical discs

Question 4

What is a network of hard drives or other storage devices that provide storage for a network of computers?

Answer 4

Storage Area Network

Question 5

What is a small, rectangular flash memory storage medium, such as a Secure Digital (SD) card?

Answer 5

Flash Memory Card

Question 6

What refers to using a storage device that is accessed via the Internet?

Answer 6

Cloud storage

Question 7

What is a storage method that uses several hard drives working together, typically to increase performance and/or fault tolerance?

Answer 7

Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID)

Question 8

What is memory used in conjunction with a magnetic hard drive to improve system performance?

Answer 8

Disk cache

Question 9

What is something stored on a storage medium, such as a program, a document, or an image?

Answer 9

File

Question 10

What is the primary storage system for most computers; used to store most programs and data used with that computer?

Answer 10

Hard Drive

Question 11

True or False: A computer system with a C drive and a D drive must have two physical hard drives.

Answer 11

False

Question 12

True or False: The smallest amount of space a file on a hard drive can use is one cluster.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

True or False: External hard drives typically connect via a flash memory reader.

Answer 13

False

Question 14

True or False: A CD-R disc can be written to by the user.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

True or False: A hybrid hard drive contains both magnetic hard disks and optical discs.

Answer 15

False

Question 16

he drive letter that would most likely be assigned to the primary hard drive on a typical personal computer is _______

Answer 16

C

Question 17

Storage media are not _____, meaning they do not lose their contents when the power is shut off.

Answer 17

Volatile

Question 18

CDs, DVDs, and BDs are examples of ________ discs.

Answer 18

Optical

Question 19

A _________ looks similar to a credit card but contains a chip and other circuitry that can store data.

Answer 19

Smart Card

Question 20

Secure Digital (SD) cards are one type of ___________medium.

Answer 20

Flash Memory