Question 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