InfoTech 2.4 Storage devices & Grammar 18: Passive

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English - 9AA1

Information Technology - 4 Storage devices

Grammar 18

2. Reading

Read the suggestion form sent from an employee in the IT department to his manager. Then, choose the correct answers.

1. What is the main idea of the form?

1. a request for new equipment
2. suggestions on improving efficiency
3. where to place new storage devices
4. how to speed up file transfers

2. Which drive stores more data than magnetic tape?

1. zip drive
2. RAID
3. SATA
4. USB flash drive

3 It can be inferred the USB flash drives are...

1. less reliable than magnetic tape.
2. more efficient than floppy disks.
3. more expensive than zip drives.
4. less efficient than SATA drives.

3. Vocabulary

Fill in the blanks with the correct 

words and phrases from the word bank.

Set up a(n) _______ to combine drives.

The old drive has low _______ and holds little data.

A(n) _______ can only be written on once.

A(n) _______ uses removable disks to transfer data.

Without _______, no more data will fit on that drive.

A(n) _______ can be written again and again.

_______ software improves hard drive performance.

memory storage density

data compression

Array

CD-R

zip drive

CD-RW

RAID

4. Vocabulary

Check the sentence that uses 

the underlined parts correctly.

Check the sentence that uses
the underlined parts correctly.

1. Save the file on the >USB Flash drive<.
2. >Arrays< are made from a series of floppy disks.

Check the sentence that uses
the underlined parts correctly.

1. >SATA drives< are used to increase processing speeds.
2. A >drive failure< means the data disk drive is inaccessible.

Check the sentence that uses
the underlined parts correctly.

1. >RAID arrays< are made of magnetic tape
2. >Floppy disks< are an older technology

6. Listening

True or False

1. The company will purchase and array.

1. True
2. False

2. All of the requests were approved.

1. True
2. False

3. Management thinks a new main data backup device is too expensive.

1. True
2. False

7. Listening

Complete the conversation

7. Complete the conversation

Grammar 18

De lijdende vorm (1)

De lijdende vorm (Passive)

Bedrijvende vorm: het onderwerp voert de handeling uit.

• Ze bouwen dit schip in Japan.

Lijdende vorm: Het onderwerp ondergaat de handeling.

• Dit schip wordt gebouwd in Japan.

De lijdende vorm (Passive)

Be + voltooid deelwoord (ww+ed)

• The post is delivered every day.
• His bike was stolen.

Tegenwoordige tijd                                      Verleden tijd

I am asked  - he/she/it is asked              I/he/she/it was asked

you/we/they are asked                               you/we/they were asked