Storage Devices - quiz

Storage Devices

1. List of some computing devices that are available on today’s market. For each one explain the main storage device/method used.

    

iPhone
Playstation 3
Macbook
Laptop
HDTV

2. Complete the table below.

 

Device	Capacity	Speed of access	Portable?	Durable?
USB Memory Stick	2GB - 64GB	Fast	Yes	Sort of/Yes
HDD - Hard Disk Drive	2TB	Fast	Internal - No  External - Yes	No
CD	700 MiB	Slow	Yes	No
DVD	47GB	Slow	Yes	Sort of/Yes
Memory Card	2 - 32 GB	Fast	Yes	Yes
SSD - Solid State Drive	4TB	Very Fast	Internal - No  External -Yes	No

 

3. The invention and increased use of cloud computing has allowed people to transfer a large bulk of their storage to an online solution. Discuss and compare the benefits and drawbacks of using local storage versus cloud storage.

 

Benefits:  Cloud - Infinate power and storage

                 Local - Limited power and storage

 

Drawbacks: Cloud - Anyome can hack into your account because it is on the internet

                    Local - You have control of your storage

 

4. Suggest an appropriate storage device for each of the following applications.

-   Store a high definition movie

   

    Blue-Ray   

 

-   Distribute some software that you’ve written
   

    CD

- Transfer GCSE Media coursework between home and school
   
     USB Memory Stick

 

-  Storage area on a college network

     

    Hard Drive  

 

5. Describe two factors that should be considered when selecting a suitable storage medium to use in a given situation.

    
    how much space is needed
    the price of the storage device

 

6. Name one device that makes use of solid state memory storage.

   
    RAM
      

7. Describe one benefit of using a magnetic storage device like a HDD compared to a

solid state device, such as an SSD for storing files on a network.

   HDD is less expensive than an SDD