1. Which of the following is NOT a reason why storage is necessary on a computer system?
2. Which of the following is an example of an optical storage device?
3. PC cards, flash memory cards, and smart cards are all examples of ________.
4. For which of the following reasons might you purchase an inkjet printer for your home computer?
5. Which of the following pointing devices is NOT usually associated with a notebook computer?
6. Which type of input device is used to copy contents of a piece of paper to a file, including both its text and graphics?
7. __________ is a block of storage space on a server that you rent for a specific period of time.
8. Which of the following best matches the storage capacity of a typical floppy disk?
9. Which of the following correctly describes the CD-R and DVD-R discs?
10. Which feature on a monitor display system determines the clarity or sharpness of the output?
- (1) Storage devices are nonvolatile
- (2) Storage devices are cheaper than RAM
- (3) Access time to the data is faster with storage devices than with memory
- (4) Storage devices provide backup services
- (5) None of these
2. Which of the following is an example of an optical storage device?
- (1) Compact disc
- (2) Zip disk
- (3) Hard disk
- (4) Floppy disk
- (5) Pen drive
3. PC cards, flash memory cards, and smart cards are all examples of ________.
- (1) Solid state storage devices
- (2) Volatile memory devices
- (3) Removable hard disks
- (4) Digital video discs
- (5) All
4. For which of the following reasons might you purchase an inkjet printer for your home computer?
- (1) It can print more volume in the same amount of time than a laser printer.
- (2) It has low per-page costs since ink is relatively inexpensive.
- (3) It is an affordable printer with the ability to print colored text or images.
- (4) It can produce the best quality color output of all printer types designed for personal computers.
- (5) None of these
5. Which of the following pointing devices is NOT usually associated with a notebook computer?
- (1) Joystick
- (2) Trackball
- (3) Pointing stick
- (4) Touchpad
- (5) Mouse
6. Which type of input device is used to copy contents of a piece of paper to a file, including both its text and graphics?
- (1) MICR
- (2) Bar code reader
- (3) Plotter
- (4) Scanner
- (5) OCR
7. __________ is a block of storage space on a server that you rent for a specific period of time.
- (1) Internet hard drive
- (2) Secondary storage
- (3) Primary storage
- (4) Rent2store
- (5) External hard drive
8. Which of the following best matches the storage capacity of a typical floppy disk?
- (1) 10 MB
- (2) 700 MB
- (3) 1.44 MB
- (4) 1 GB
- (5) 1 KB
9. Which of the following correctly describes the CD-R and DVD-R discs?
- (1) You may record data to the disc surface once and then may only read its contents.
- (2) You may read data from the disc but may not alter its contents.
- (3) You may record data to the disc surface multiple times and can read the current contents at any time.
- (4) You may record data to the disc surface multiple times but have no direct reading capability.
- (5) None of these
10. Which feature on a monitor display system determines the clarity or sharpness of the output?
- (1) Number of cathode ray tubes
- (2) Refresh rate
- (3) Screen size
- (4) Resolution
- (5) Both 2 and 4