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Chapter 5
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1The ____ is the device or substance that actually holds data.
- Astorage speed
- Bstorage method
- Cstorage device
- Dstorage medium
2A ____ device isn’t restricted to any specific order when accessing data.
- Arandom access
- Bserial access
- Clinear access
- Ddynamic access
3A ____ reorganizes disk content so that a file’s contents are stored in sequential sectors, tracks, and
platters.- Adisk organization utility
- Bdisk defragmentation utility
- Cdisk reorganization firmware
- Ddisk defragmentation firmware
4A single disk sector usually holds ____ or 4096 bytes.
- A512
- B1024
- C760
- D250
5A storage device or medium is ____ if it holds data without loss over long periods.
- Anonvolatile
- Bvolatile
- Carchival
- Ddynamic
6____ is a generic term for describing secondary storage data transfer units.
- ASector
- BWafer
- CCluster
- DBlock
7Sony and Philips originally developed compact disc (CD) technology for storing and distributing music
in the ____ format.- AMPEG Layer 3
- Bcompressed digital audio
- CCD digital audio
- Ddisk digital audio
8Memory devices comprised of semiconductors and other forms of RAM with longterm or permanent
data retention are generically known as ____.- Avolatile memory
- Bpersistent memory
- Cnonvolatile memory
- Dtertiary storage
9The time the disk controller must wait for the right sector to rotate beneath the heads is called ____.
- Arotational delay
- Btracktotrack seek time
- Csynchronization delay
- Daverage access time
10____ is the most important characteristic differentiating primary and secondary storage.
- ACapacity
- BSpeed
- CDensity
- DTransfer rate
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