IC3 Chapter 6
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Hard drives are nearly always external devices.
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The process of storing information on storage media
is called writing
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All hard drives have one read/write head on the top and one on the bottom of each platter.
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If a read/write head collides with the surface of a disk, this is called a head crash.
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Some hard drives can spin at rates as high as 120,000 revolutions per minute.
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Solid state disks store data using flash memory.
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Flash memory drives work faster than magnetic drives.
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A USB flash drive has several moving parts.
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Data on a flash drive is protected by a hard plastic or metal case.
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When the write-protect switch is "on," the computer can write to it but it cannot delete data already on it.
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USB flash drives require battery power.
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A PhotoCD is an example of a magnetic storage medium.
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To read data from an optical disc, a drive shines a laser beam on the disc and a laser sensor reads changes in the physical properties of the disc.
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Because a pit scatters laser light instead of reflecting it, it represents a data bit of 0.
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This is a hard drive's main function.
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Within a hard drive, these are the storage media.
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The surfaces of a hard drive's platters are divided into a set of circles, called ________.
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When you no longer need information stored on a hard drive, you can do this to it.
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In a hard drive, these components store and retrieve data on the platters.
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A hard drive stores data by creating these on the surface of its platters.
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The speed at which a hard drive's platters spin is measured in ________.
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What does the term SSD stand for?
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What type of memory does a USB flash drive use?
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Flash memory drives store data on a ________.
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A ________ allows a USB flash drive to read, write and erase data on the drive.
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This is used to keep data from being written or deleted on a USB flash drive.
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When data is damaged or made unusable, a storage device experiences this.
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All of the following are used to help prevent data loss EXCEPT ________.
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Which of the following is an example of an optical storage device?
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When discussing optical media, some people change the spelling of disk to this.
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A CD-ROM drive's speed is measured as a multiple of this number.
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On the reflective surface of an optical disc, this represents the binary number 1.
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Which of the following optical devices is a read-only device?
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Which of the following is NOT a common storage-device problem?
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