ch. 8 – Flashcard

A group of two or more integrated hard disks is referred to as which of the following?

A hard disk platter’s spinning motion creates a cushion of air above the read/write head, which ensures that the read/write head makes contact with the platter surface instead of floating above the platter.

Although current internal hard disks are built to withstand shocks and are sealed tightly to keep out contaminants, head crashes still occur.

Some computers improve hard disk access time by using which of the following, which consists of memory chips that store frequently accessed items?.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act provides a myriad of financial reporting requirements and guidelines for public companies.

The hard disk that is mounted inside the system unit sometimes is called a(n) ____________________ disk because it is not portable.

The process of writing on an optical disc is called burning.

When a user issues a command to run an application, the operating system locates the application in memory and loads it into storage.

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of external hard drives over internal hard drives?

Which of the following is true of tape?

What does NAS stand for?

What is the simplest RAID storage design?

When storage devices write data, instructions, and information on storage media, they are creating output. What best describes the process of writing data?