English Private School of Kalba
Assessment B– February 2025
Sample Paper
Subject: ICT Year: 9
1. CD, DVD and Blu-ray are types of optical storage media.
Tick (✓) the most appropriate optical storage medium for each of the
statements.
CD DVD Blue-
ray
Stores lower quality audio files.
Has the highest storage capacity.
The RAM version of this
medium is used to record and
play recorded images at the
same time.
Stores high quality movies.
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2. Tick (✓) whether the following are optical, magnetic, or solid-state storage
media.
Optical Magnetic Solid-
state
Solid state
drive
Blue ray
Pen drive
Portable
hard disk
drive
3. Fill in the blanks:
a. _______________________ is the name given to the hardware on which
the data is stored.
b. Magnetic disks in an HDD are better known as ______________
c. _______________ is how long it takes to locate data on any type of media.
d. _______________ is used by magnetic disks, optical disks and solid-state
media when locating data.
e. Solid – state devices that plug into a computer USB port are known as ___
____
f. ___________is a very thin strip of plastic which is coated in a magnetic
layer.
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4. Indicate whether the following statements are True or False by putting
a Tick (✓) in the appropriate box.
True False
Both DVD’s and Blu-ray discs
can make use of dual layering
technology.
CD-RW can act as the same as
ROM chip.
Magnetic tapes make use of serial
access.
Cloud storage makes use of
Blue-ray disks to store
customers data and music.
5. Write the full form of the following:
1. SSD: _______________________
2. HDD:
3. CD: _______________________
4. DVD: _______________________
5. USB: _______________________
6. SD cards: _______________________
7. RAM: _______________________
8. ROM: _______________________
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6. Answer the following:
a) State three differences between SSD and HDD
SSD HDD
b) State two advantages and disadvantages between USB memory stick and
memory cards.
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
c) What is the difference between media and storage devices?
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
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d) Write a short note on Magnetic tape drives, include its uses.
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
e) Explain the main types of CD and DVD.
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
f) Which are the two types of data access?
____________________________________________________________
g) Compare the different storage devices.
Magnetic Optical Solid-state
Capacity
Speed
Cost
Portability
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English Private School of Kalba
Assessment B– February 2025
Sample Paper Answers
Subject: ICT Year: 9
1. CD, DVD and Blu-ray are types of optical storage media.
Tick (✓) the most appropriate optical storage medium for each of the
statements.
CD DVD Blue ray
Stores lower quality audio ✓
files.
Has the highest storage ✓
capacity.
The RAM version of this ✓
medium is used to
record and play
recorded images at the
same time.
Stores high quality movies. ✓
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2. Tick (✓) whether the following are optical, magnetic, or solid-state storage
media.
Optical Magnetic Solid-
state
Solid state ✓
drive
Blue-ray ✓
Pen drive ✓
Portable ✓
hard disk
drive
3. Fill in the blanks:
a. ____Media____________ is the name given to the hardware on which the
data is stored.
b. Magnetic disks in an HDD are better known as __Platter____.
c. ___Data access time____________ is how long it takes to locate data on any
type of media. d. ____Direct Access_______ is used by magnetic disks, optical
disks and solid-state media when locating data.
e. Solid – state devices that plug into a computer USB port are known as Flash
drives
f. Magnetic tape is a very thin strip of plastic which is coated in a magnetic
layer.
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4. Indicate whether the following statements are True or False by putting a
Tick (✓) in the appropriate box.
True False
Both DVD’s and Blu-ray discs ✓
can make use of dual layering
technology.
CD-RW can act as the same as ROM ✓
chip.
Magnetic tapes make use of serial ✓
access.
Cloud storage makes use of ✓
Blue-ray disks to store
customers data and music.
5. Write the full form of the following:
1. SSD: Solid State Drive
2.HDD: Hard Disk Drive
3.CD: Compact Disc
4.DVD: Digital Versatile Disc
5.USB: Universal Serial Bus
6. SD cards: Secure Digital card
7.RAM: Random Access Memory
8.ROM: Read Only Memory
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6. Answer the following:
a. State three differences between SSD and HDD
SSD HDD
Faster Slower
Shorter life Longer
span life span
Shock Fragile
resistant
b. State two advantages and disadvantages between USB memory stick and memory
cards.
Ans.
USB memory stick: Memory card:
Advantages: Advantages:
• Portable & Small • Robust
• Large capacities • Can be removed and placed in other
Disadvantages: devices.
• Easy to lose. Disadvantages:
• Can be damaged • Smaller capacities
• Can be damaged.
c. What is the difference between media and storage devices?
Ans. Media is the hardware on which the data is stored: eg: CD, DVD, USB
Storage device is the hardware used to read from or write to the media.
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d. Write a short note on Magnetic tape drives, include its use.
Ans. A magnetic tape is a very thin strip of plastic which is coated in a magnetic
layer. The data is stored as magnetized area or demagnetized area. It is
used as a backup media where vast amounts of data needs to be
stored and in long term archiving of data.
e. Explain the main types of CD and DVD.
Ans. The main types are:
1.CD ROM and DVD ROM: Stands for read-only memory. These
cannot be written to only read from.
2.CD-R and DVD-R: R stands for Recordable. It can be written only
once.
3.CD-RW and DVD-RW: Re-writable. These can be written to multiple
times.
f. Which are the two types of data access?
Ans. 1. Direct access or random access 2. Serial access.
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g. Compare the different storage devices.
Ans.
Magnetic Optical Solid-state
Capacity
Very large(1-2TB) 700mb About 1TB
Speed Fast Slow Very fast
Cost Very low Very low More expensive
Portability Not very portable More portable Very portable
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