COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Before Any Data Can Be Read from or Written

question 39

Multiple Choice

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Before any data can be read from or written on a hard disk, what must happen to the disk?

• A) partitioning
• B) wiping
• C) formatting
• D) encrypting

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Definitions:

Variable Costing

An accounting methodology that only includes variable production costs (costs that change with the level of output) in product costs.

Absorption Costing

An accounting method that includes all of the costs associated with manufacturing a product in the cost of that product.

Operating Income

Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), a measure of a company's profitability from its operations.

Variable Costing

An accounting method that assigns only variable production costs to products, treating fixed costs as period costs.