2014 – Q17 (e)

As well as having the mobile app and website the company provides a DVD of recipes.

Complete the table below to show which types of storage (magnetic, optical or solid state) is most appropriate for each of the following uses and why. (3)

2014 q17 e

Smartphone (1 mark)

  • Storage: Solid State
  • Reason: Low power/size/robust/transfer rate

Webserver (1 mark)

  • Storage: Magnetic
  • Reason: Large capacity/low cost per MB

DVD (1 mark)

  • Storage: Optical
  • Reason: Portable/read by a range of devices

(If the candidate has one correct row (i.e. 1 mark) then an additional mark may be awarded for a correct column.

Cost with a reason an acceptable answer for all three devices.)

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