Which selection below has the greatest storage capacity?

A30 CDs
B2 DVD DLs
C7 DVDs
D1 BD

What makes an active heat sink different from a passive heat sink?

AThe active heat sink includes a fan.
BThe active sink doesn’t include a fan.
CThe active sink is integrated directly into the motherboard.
DThe active sink contains a dual processor.

Data for which there is temporarily no room in RAM is diverted to where on your computer?

AThe paging file on the hard drive
BThe system file on the hard drive
CThe memory file on the hard drive
DThe CPU cache

You are shopping for a new computer. You see the memory listing as 1GBX4. What does this mean?

A4 DDR first generation DIMMs
B1 GB of memory made up of 4 DIMMs
C4 GB of memory made up of 4 DIMMs
D1 DDR fourth generation DIMMS

Your mother wants to purchase a larger hard drive for her computer and asks you to see what type of drive interface she has. Her computer is connected to the motherboard by a gray ribbon cable that encases 40 pins. What type of drive interface does she have?

ASolid State
BIDE or EIDE
CSATA
DSCSI

What type of device is characteristic of an enterprise environment?

AA workstation used by a retired person
BA workstation used at an engineering firm
CA tablet computer used by an elementary school student
DA notebook used by a college student

What type of memory or storage device is prone to losing data if the power goes out?

AA USB stick
BAn External Drive
CA DDR SDRAM module
DA SATA drive

Which type of device below would you most likely consider installing a SCSI disk in?

AA server
BA notebook
CA laptop
DA desktop

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You want to purchase a new hard drive for your workstation and are deciding between an HDD and SDD drive. Which of the selections below is NOT an advantage that SDD has over HDD?

AThey don’t get fragmented.
BThey create less noise.
CThey create less heat.
DThey have a higher RPM rate.

Verified Answer :

1: (C) 7 dvd's, a BD (big data) is a an amount of data that cannot be stored by traditional means, so all though its the biggest, its not a storage device. 

2: (B), it uses a fan.

3: (A), in windows this is called a page file on your hard drive. 

4: (C). Four sticks of 1gb RAM totalling 4gb. 

5: (B), IDE cables are referred to as "ribbon cables" 

6: (B), workstation for an engineering firm. 

7: (C), ram is volatile, meaning its state is liable to change (in this case loosing data when powered off). 

8: (A), a server, all though technically all could. 

9: (D), ssd's do not rotate disks, thus they their RPM cannot be higher.