JSS 1 Digital Technologies Flashcards: Computer Storage Units from Bits to Terabytes

Question 1

What is computer storage?

Accepted Answer

the retention of digital data for present or future use

Question 2

The smallest unit of digital data is a ____.

Accepted Answer

bit

Question 3

A bit can have the value ____.

Accepted Answer

0 or 1

Question 4

How many bits make one byte?

Accepted Answer

8 bits

Question 5

Using binary measurement, one kilobyte equals ____.

Accepted Answer

1,024 bytes

Question 6

Using binary measurement, one megabyte equals ____.

Accepted Answer

1,024 kilobytes

Question 7

Using binary measurement, one gigabyte equals ____.

Accepted Answer

1,024 megabytes

Question 8

Using binary measurement, one terabyte equals ____.

Accepted Answer

1,024 gigabytes

Question 9

Which order lists storage units from smallest to largest?

Accepted Answer

bit, byte, kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte, terabyte

Question 10

How many bits are in 4 bytes?

Accepted Answer

32 bits

Question 11

How many bytes are in 40 bits?

Accepted Answer

5 bytes

Question 12

How many kilobytes are in 2 megabytes using binary units?

Accepted Answer

2,048 KB

Question 13

How many megabytes are in 3 gigabytes using binary units?

Accepted Answer

3,072 MB

Question 14

How many gigabytes are in 2 terabytes using binary units?

Accepted Answer

2,048 GB

Question 15

A 4 GB file requires how many 1 GB storage spaces?

Accepted Answer

4

Question 16

Which unit is most suitable for stating the capacity of a large laptop drive: terabyte, bit, byte, or kilobyte?

Accepted Answer

terabyte

Question 17

Which unit is most suitable for the size of one typed character: byte, terabyte, gigabyte, or megabyte?

Accepted Answer

byte

Question 18

A 900 MB file and a 200 MB file need a total of ____.

Accepted Answer

1,100 MB

Question 19

If a 2,048 MB drive contains 1,024 MB of data, the unused space is ____.

Accepted Answer

1,024 MB

Question 20

Which statement is correct about a 1 TB drive and a 1 GB drive?

Accepted Answer

The 1 TB drive has greater storage capacity.

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