1) True or false: HDDs are slower than SSDs a) True b) False 2) Which of these is not an example of magnetic storage? a) HDD b) Floppy disk c) Zip disk d) CD-ROM 3) What is defragmentation? a) Repairing broken hard disks b) Rearranging the data in a a hard drive c) Destroying hard drives to hide incriminating data 4) Why does HAMR increase a HDD's storage capacity? a) The disk is heated which makes it more receptive to magnetism b) Data is stored as heated particles rather than magnetism c) HAMR doesn't increase capacity 5) Which of these is not a measure of access time? a) Seek time b) Settle time c) Rotational latency d) RPM 6) True or false: The cost per GB of HDDs has decreased over time a) True b) False 7) True or false: Today, HDDs are redundant since SSDs are much faster a) True b) False 8) True or false: HDDs are robust because they have no moving parts a) True b) False

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