
<p>worksheet07</p><p>Completion Complete each statement.</p><p>1. ______holds data, instructions, and information for future use.</p><p>2. A(n) ______is the physical material on which a computer keeps data, instructions, and information.</p><p>3. ______is the number of bytes (characters) a storage medium can hold.</p><p>4. A(n) ______is the computer hardware that records and/or retrieves items to and from storage media.</p><p>5. ______is the process of dividing a disk into tracks and sectors, so the operating system can store and locate data and information on the disk.</p><p>6. A(n) ______is a storage device that contains one or more inflexible, circular platters that magnetically store data, instructions, and information.</p><p>7. A(n) ______is the mechanism that reads and writes items in the drive as it barely touches the disk` recording surface.</p><p>8. A(n) ______is a portable, inexpensive storage medium that consists of a thin, circular, flexible plastic Mylar film with a magnetic coating enclosed in a square-shaped plastic shell.</p><p>9. Smaller computers and devices use ______that have a diameter of three inches or less for optical storage.</p><p>10. A(n) ______is a type of optical disc that users can read but not write or erase.</p><p>11. A(n) ______is a multisession optical disc on which users can write but not erase their own items such as text, graphics, and audio.</p><p>12. To write on a CD-RW disc, users must have CD-RW software and a(n) ______.</p><p>13. A(n) ______is a high-capacity optical disc on which users can read but not write or erase.</p><p>14. ______is a magnetically coated ribbon of plastic capable of storing large amounts of data and information at a low cost.</p><p>15. Comparable to a tape recorder, a(n) ______reads and writes data and information on a tape.</p><p>16. Tape storage requires ______, which refers to reading or writing data consecutively. 17. A(n) ______, which is similar in size to a credit card or ATM card, stores data on a thin microprocessor embedded in the card.</p><p>18. ______is a small sheet of film, usually about 4 inches by 6 inches, that stores microscopic images of documents.</p><p>Matching</p><p>Identify the letter of the choice that best matches the phrase or definition. a. CD-RW k. Flash memory b. nonvolatile l. sectors c. read/write storage media m. CD-R d. longitudinal n. SCSI e. platters o. cylinder f. disk controller p. transfer rate g. UMD q. hard disk h. HD-DVD r. volatile i. smart cards s. system unit j. solid state t. direct ____ 19. The operating system marks bad ones as unusable when a disk is formatted ____ 20. Contains at least one hard disk on most desktop computers ____ 21. Enclosed in an airtight, sealed case to protect it from contamination ____ 22. Used in descriptions of a storage device`s capabilities sometimes, instead of access time ____ 23. Describes a storage medium in which items are held only temporarily ____ 24. Device from which users can read and to which they can write any number of times ____ 25. Has a maximum storage capacity of 60 GB, with expectations of 90 GB in the future ____ 26. Another name for random access ____ 27. USB Flash drives are examples of this kind of storage medium ____ 28. Some printers have slots to read these worksheet07 Answer Section</p><p>COMPLETION</p><p>1. ANS: Storage</p><p>REF: 354 2. ANS: storage medium secondary storage</p><p>REF: 355 3. ANS: Capacity</p><p>REF: 356 4. ANS: storage device</p><p>REF: 356 5. ANS: Formatting</p><p>REF: 357 6. ANS: hard disk hard disk drive</p><p>REF: 358 7. ANS: read/write head</p><p>REF: 360 8. ANS: floppy disk diskette</p><p>REF: 365 9. ANS: mini discs</p><p>REF: 366 10. ANS: DVD-ROM CD-ROM compact disc read-only memory digital versatile disc-read-only memory (DVD-ROM) digital versatile disc-read-only memory DVD-ROM (digital versatile disc-read-only memory)</p><p>REF: 369 11. ANS: CD-R (compact disc-recordable) CD-R compact disc-recordable (CD-R) compact disc-recordable</p><p>REF: 370 12. ANS: CD-RW drive</p><p>REF: 370 13. ANS: DVD-ROM (digital versatile disc-read-only memory) DVD-ROM (digital video disc-read-only memory) DVD-ROM</p><p>REF: 372 14. ANS: Tape</p><p>REF: 374 15. ANS: tape drive</p><p>REF: 374 16. ANS: sequential access</p><p>REF: 374 17. ANS: smart card</p><p>REF: 378 18. ANS: Microfiche</p><p>REF: 379</p><p>MATCHING</p><p>19. ANS: L REF: 358 20. ANS: S REF: 358 21. ANS: Q REF: 358 22. ANS: P REF: 357 23. ANS: R REF: 356 24. ANS: C REF: 358 25. ANS: H REF: 372 26. ANS: T REF: 374 27. ANS: J REF: 376 28. ANS: K REF: 376</p>
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