Part 1 (Study Guide Module 8)

A gigabyte is approximately how many bytes? 

• 1. 1,000,000 (one-million)

• 2. 1,000 (one-thousand)

• 3. 1,000,000,000,000 (one-trillion)

• 4. 1,000,000,000 (one-billion)

A megabyte is approximately how many bits? 

• 1. 1,000,000,000

• 2. 1,000

• 3. 1,000,000

• 4. 1,000,000,000,000

The term hard drive refers collectively to hard disks and __________. 

• 1. USB flash drives

• 2. SSDs

• 3. optical discs

• 4. memory cards

What is the process of dividing a hard disk into tracks and sectors? 

• 1. Detachment

• 2. Formatting

• 3. Dissection

• 4. Fragmentation

What is a flash memory storage device that contains its own processor to manage its storage?

• 1. SSD

• 2. Thumb drive

• 3. Optical disc

• 4. Magnetic Hard Disk

A group of two or more integrated hard drives is called what? 

• 1. Duplicate Drive

• 2. Multidisk

• 3. SSD

• 4. RAID

What does a disk's form factor describe? 

• 1. size

• 2. operating system

• 3. capacity

• 4. speed

What type of user is most likely to use a RAID? 

• 1. Home

• 2. Small Business

• 3. Enterprise

• 4. Mobile

What is the number of bytes (characters) a storage medium can hold? 

• 1. Capacity

• 2. Disk dimension

• 3. Full size

What is the process of transferring items from a storage medium into memory? 

• 1. Archiving

• 2. Scanning

• 3. Writing

• 4. Reading