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Quiz about computer back up strategies

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Name 3 popular back up strategies:

Flash drive, Online storage, Portable hard drives.

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Name the 5 steps required to write a CD / DVD

1. Explorer, 2. Select files/ folder, 3. Drag to CD/ DVD drive, 4. Repeat until space full, 5. Right-click on drive - select "Burn".

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Difference between Backup and Archive

Backup - copy in case you need it. Archive - data not accessed.

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Difference between Backup and Archive

Backup - copy in case you need it. Archive - data not accessed.

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Why are CD / DVD not the best for backup?

Take a long time to write, space quite limited, can get scratched - lose data.

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What does "formatting" a disk mean?

To prepare a disk to be written to.

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What does "disk defragment" do?

A utility that puts the parts of files back together again, speeds your computer up.

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Name 3 disadvantages of using a CD / DVD for backup:

Scratches, Dust, Size available, Slow

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Disk defragmentation and disk cleanup are what types of programs?

Utility

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Disk cleanup also details components of Windows - True or False?

True - unused components

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Which is more important: Backups or Archives?

Backups

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Processing occurs in the following 4 hardware components:

Motherboard, ROM, RAM, CPU

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Speed of the CPU is measured in?

GHz - Gigahertz

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The ROM is responsible for:

Holding the programs which control the hardware.

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The computer's operating software is booted by which hardware component?

CPU

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How doe backup software work?

Looks for files that have changes and only copies that to the updated backups folder.

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