When Your Hard Drive Has to Wait for the Correct

question 100

Multiple Choice

When your hard drive has to wait for the correct sector to spin to the read/write head, the delay is known as ________.

• A) read time
• B) access time
• C) seek time
• D) latency

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Definitions:

Fair Value

An estimate of the price at which an asset or liability could be traded in a fair transaction between willing parties.

Accelerated Depreciation

A depreciation method that allows a larger depreciation deduction in the early years of an asset's life and smaller deductions in the later years.

Straight-Line Method

An accounting method that allocates an equal portion of the cost of an asset over its useful life for the purposes of depreciation.

Depreciation Expense

Allocating the expense of a physical asset in a structured manner throughout its service life.