Questions and Answers for storage devices

· Backing storage:
Name two items which are storage media.
Flash memory card Graph plotter Magnetic disc OCR OMR Touch pad

· Explain why the following are used with PCs.

Pen drives- To transfer smaller files

Blu-ray- For storage of up to 50gb and can hold HD movies

Fixed hard disc drives- Used in computers to store the permanent files

· Ring two items which are output devices.

Blu-ray disc

Optical mark reader

Graph plotter

Projector

Web cam

Graphics tablet

· Complete the following sentences using the most suitable storage device or medium listed below.

(a)memory stick

(b)fixed hard disk drive

(c)DVD R

A student taking his coursework home to develop would use a memory stick

A company selling copies of games would use a DVD R

An office worker who never took her work home would store her work on a fixed hard disk drive