FC0-U71 Tech Concepts and Terminology Practice Question
Which of the following storage technologies uses spinning platters and a mechanical arm to read and write data?
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HDD
HDDs (Hard Disk Drives) use spinning magnetic platters and a mechanical read/write head.
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RAM
Why it's wrong here
RAM is volatile memory.
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HDD
Why this is correct
Correct.
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Firmware
Why it's wrong here
Firmware is software, not storage.
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SSD
Why it's wrong here
SSDs use flash memory.
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Variation 1. Which of the following storage types uses spinning platters to read and write data?
easy- A.SSD
- B.RAM
- ✓ C.HDD
- D.Cache
Why C: HDDs (Hard Disk Drives) use spinning magnetic platters, while SSDs use flash memory.
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