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计算机专业英语Chapter007

MultipleChoiceQuestions 

1. Harddisksstoreandorganizefilesusingallthefollowing,except:

A. tracks

B. sectors

C. cylinders

D. paths

2. Whichofthefollowingistrueaboutaninternalharddisk?

A. Variableamountofstorage

B. Fixedamountofstorage

C. Portable

D. Slow

3. Onaharddiskeachtrackisdividedintoinvisiblewedge-shapedsectionscalled:

A. bits

B. platters

C. cylinders

D. sectors

4. Theharddisk'sdisksurfaceisscratchedandsomeorallofthedataisdestroyedwhenthereisa:

A. headcrash

B. cylindercrash

C. trackcrash

D. sectorcrash

5. Whichofthefollowingisnotanexampleofsecondarystorage?

A. Externalharddrives

B. RAID

C. RAM

D. Flashdrives

6. Anexternalharddisk:

A. isheavy.

B. ishardtoremove.

C. cannotbeusedinadditiontoaninternalharddisk.

D. usuallyconnectstoaUSBorFireWireport.

7. Storagethatretainsitsdataafterthepoweristurnedoffisreferredtoas:

A. volatilestorage.

B. sequentialstorage.

C. directstorage.

D. nonvolatilestorage.

8. Theprocessofaccessinginformationfromsecondarystoragedevicesisreferredtoas:

A. backingup.

B. restoring.

C. writing.

D. reading.

9. The____ofasecondarystoragedeviceindicateshowmuchdatathestoragemediumcanhold. 

A. access

B. capacity

C. memory

D. storage

10. Whichofthefollowingmeasurestheamountoftimerequiredbythestoragedevicetoretrievedataandprograms?

A. Nonvolatilemedia

B. Capacity

C. Accessspeed

D. RAM

11. Onewaytoimprovethestoragecapacityofaharddiskisto:

A. formatoften.

B. usefilepression.

C. increasememory.

D. usediskcaching.

12. Thisprocessimprovessystemperformancebyactingasatemporaryhigh-speedholdingareabetweenasecondarystoragedeviceandtheCPU. 

A. Datapression

B. Dataaccess

C. Diskcaching

D. RAID

13. WhichofthefollowingcharacteristicsaboutRAIDisincorrect?

A. expandedstoragecapability

B. fastaccessspeed

C. highlyreliable

D. onehigh-capacityharddiskdrive

14. Threewaystoimprovetheperformanceofaharddiskinclude:

A. diskcaching,RAID,andfileexpansion.

B. filepression,diskcaching,andfileencryption.

C. diskcaching,RAID,andfilepression.

D. RAID,filepressionanddiskexpansion.

15. Whichoftheseisnotanexampleofsolidstatestorage?

A. Digitalversatiledisc

B. SSDs

C. Flashmemorycards

D. USBdrives

16. Smartphonesusewhichofthesestoragetechnologies?

A. Opticaldrive

B. Solidstatedrive

C. Flashmemorycard

D. Flashdrive

17. Opticaldiscsusethesetorepresentdata. 

A. Analogsignals

B. Magneticcharges

C. Pitsandlands

D. Laserbeams

18. ACD-RWdisc:

A. canbewrittentoonlyonce.

B. canbeerasedandrewritten.

C. cannotbewrittenon.

D. cannotbeerased.

19. AllofthefollowingaretrueofDVD-ROMdrivesexcept:

A. Theyarealsoknownaserasableopticaldiscs.

B. Theycanprovideovertwohoursofhigh-qualityvideoandsoundparabletothatfoundinmotionpicturetheatres.

C. Theyareatypeofopticaldisc.

D. DVD-ROMstandsfor"digitalversatiledisc–readonlymemory".

20. Thestandardforhighdefinitionopticaldiscsis:

A. DVD-RAM

B. HDDVD

C. Blu-ray

D. HDCD

21. Thesediscshaveacapacityof50gigabytesononeside. 

A. HDDVD

B. CD

C. DVD

D. Blu-Ray

22. Solid-statestoragedevicesaredifferentthanharddisksinthatthey:

A. havenomovingparts.

B. haveahighercapacity.

C. havegreateraccessspeed.

D. arevolatile.

23. WhatisitcalledwhenserversontheInternetsupplyapplicationsasaservice,ratherthanaproduct?

A. Digitalversatileputing

B. Serviceputing

C. Cloudputing

D. Opticalputing

24. ThisallowsyoutouploadandstoredocumentsontheInternet. 

A. Cloudstorage

B. Flashdrive

C. SolidStatestorage

D. HardDiskdrive

25. Whichoftheseisnotamassstoragedevice?

A. RAIDsystem

B. Fileserver

C. Opticaldisc

D. Organizationalcloudstorage

True/FalseQuestions 

26. Mediaaretheactualphysicalmaterialthatholdsthedataandprograms. 

True    False

27. Theprocessofsavinginformationtoasecondarystoragedeviceisreferredtoasembedding. 

True    False

28. Secondarystorageprovidestemporaryorvolatilestorage. 

True    False

29. Harddisksusetracks,sectors,andcylinderstostoreandorganizefiles. 

True    False

30. Asmokeparticle,fingerprint,dust,orhumanhaircouldcauseaharddiskheadcrash. 

True    False

31. Ahardcrashtypicallyoccursonanopticaldiskwhenitmakescontactwithparticlesonitssurface. 

True    False

32. Externalharddrivesareusedprimarilytoplementaninternalharddisk. 

True    False

33. Externalharddisksusedifferenttechnologythaninternalharddisks. 

True    False

34. Diskcachingimproveshard-diskperformancebypressingfiles. 

True    False

35. Diskcachingusesabinationofhardwareandsoftware. 

True    False

36. RAIDconnectsseveralinexpensivehard-diskdrivestooneanother. 

True    False

37. Filepressionisonlyavailableonharddiskdrives. 

True    False

38. CD-ROMsareoftenusedtoarchivedataandtorecordmusicdownloadedfromtheInternet. 

True    False

39. DVDshavereplacedCDsasthestandardopticaldisc. 

True    False

40. Blu-rayDiscsarethehighdefinitionstandardandhaveafargreatercapacitythanDVDs. 

True    False

41. Facebookisanexampleofcloudstorage. 

True    False

42. IfyouhaveusedGoogleDocstocreateawordprocessingdocument,youhaveusedcloudputing. 

True    False

43. Inordertoaccessyourdocumentsandfilesthatarestoredinthecloud,youmusthaveanInternetconnection. 

True    False

44. Massstoragedevicesarespecializedhigh-capacitysecondarystoragedevicesdesignedtostorelargeamountsofdataforanorganization. 

True    False

45. Fileserversareappropriatedevicestouseinanenterprisestoragesystem. 

True    False

FillintheBlankQuestions 

46. _____speedisthemeasureoftheamountoftimerequiredbyastoragedevicetoretrievedataandprograms. 

________________________________________

47. Tracksaredividedintoinvisiblewedge-shapedsectionscalled_____. 

________________________________________

48. Disk_____improveshard-diskperformancebyanticipatingdataneedsandreducingtimetoaccessdatafromsecondarystorage. 

________________________________________

49. A（n）_____harddiskistypicallyconnectedtoaUSBorFireWireport. 

________________________________________

50. A_____occurswhenaread/writeheadmakescontactwiththeharddisk'ssurfaceorwithparticlesonitssurface. 

________________________________________

51. File_____programsscanfilesforwaystoreducetheamountofrequiredstorage. 

________________________________________

52. File_____expandspressedfiles. 

________________________________________

53. Duetoitsexpandedstoragecapability,fastaccessspeed,andhighreliability,_____isoftenusedbyInternetserversandlargeorganizations. 

________________________________________

54. USBdrivesarealsoknownas_____drives. 

________________________________________

55. _____memorycardsareaformofasolid-statestoragedevicewidelyusedinsmartphones,digitalmediaplayersandGPSnavigationsystems. 

________________________________________

56. CD-ROMisanexampleofa（n）_____typeofstoragemedium. 

________________________________________

57. DVD+RandDVD-RbothstandforDVD_____. 

________________________________________

58. Typicallyamicroputerusesan_____harddisktostoretheoperatingsystemandsoftwareapplications. 

________________________________________

59. DVDstandsfordigitalversatilediscordigital_____disc. 

________________________________________

60. Thehi-defstandardforopticaldiscsisthe_____Disc. 

________________________________________

61. Threemonstorageoptionsdiscussedinyourtextareharddisk,_____,andsolid-statestorage. 

________________________________________

62. With_____,oronlinestorage,youcanaccessyourfilesfromanyputerwithanInternetconnection. 

________________________________________

63. Agoodwaytosharefileswithothersistousea________,oronline,storageservice. 

________________________________________

64. Mostlargeorganizationsstoredatathroughastrategycalleda（n）_____topromoteefficientandsafeuseofdataacrossthenetworkswithintheirorganizations. 

________________________________________

EssayQuestions 

65. Discusstheimportanceandusesofsecondarystoragedevices. 

66. Listandexplainsomeoftheimportantcharacteristicsofsecondarystorage. 

67. Whatcausesaheadcrashtooccur?

68. DescribeaRAID. 

69. Whatissolid-statestorage?

Giveexamples. 

70. BrieflydiscussthedifferencesbetweenCD,DVD,andBlu-raydiscs. 

71. Describehowfilepressionworks.Explaintheadvantagesoffilepression. 

72. Describesomeoftheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofusingcloudputingandcloudstorage. 

73. Describesomeofthemassstoragedevicesthatsupportanenterprisestoragesystem. 

74. Whatisastorageareanetwork?

MultipleChoiceQuestions 

1. （p. 189） Harddisksstoreandorganizefilesusingallthefollowing,except:

A. tracks

B. sectors

C. cylinders

D. paths

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