Secondary Storage 2

Hard Disk Drives are a type of...

• Optical storage device

• Magnetic storage device

• Solid State memory

• Primary memory

CDs, DVDs and Blu-Rays are all types of...

• Magnetic storage devices

• Optical storage devices

• Solid State memory

• Primary memory

What category of storage is a Blu-Ray disk?

• Magnetic

• Optical

• Solid State

• Primary memory

Which of the 3 categories of secondary storage is the least durable due to its moving parts?

• Optical storage

• Primary memory

• Solid state storage

• Magnetic storage

Which optical storage device has an average memory size of around 4.7GB?

• CD

• DVD

• Blu-Ray

• USB flash drive

Which category of secondary storage devices has the fastest access speeds? (i.e. quicker to read and write to)

• Magnetic storage

• Solid state storage

• Primary memory

• Optical memory

Which category of secondary storage devices uses beams of light and lasers that read "pits" and "lands" as binary 1s and 0s?

• Magnetic storage

• Optical storage

• Solid state storage

Which of the TWO categories of secondary storage devices are highly portable? (i.e. easy to carry)

• Magnetic and Optical

• Solid state and Optical

• Solid state and Magnetic

Which of the secondary storage categories are the most durable (toughest to break)?

• Magnetic

• Solid State

• Optical

• Primary memory

Which of the 3 categories of secondary storage is the cheapest per megabyte (MB)?

• Magnetic

• Optical

• Solid State