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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Which of the following is correct sequence of smallest to largest unit of storage size ? |
| A. | Petabyte, Kilobyte, Megabyte, Gigabyte, Terabyte |
| B. | Kilobyte, Megabyte, Terabyte, Petabyte, Gigabyte |
| C. | Megabyte, Terabyte, Gigabyte, Kilobyte, Petabyte |
| D. | Kilobyte, Megabyte, Petabyte, Terabyte, Gigabyte |
| E. | Kilobyte, Megabyte, Gigabyte, Terabyte, Petabyte |
| Answer» F. | |
| 2. |
A byte is a collection of |
| A. | four bits |
| B. | six bits |
| C. | eight bits |
| D. | ten bits |
| E. | twelve bits |
| Answer» D. ten bits | |
| 3. |
Which of the following is the smallest measure of storage ? |
| A. | Terra byte |
| B. | Gigabyte |
| C. | Kilobyte |
| D. | Megabyte |
| E. | Byte |
| Answer» F. | |
| 4. |
Kilobyte equals to how many bytes ? |
| A. | 1000 |
| B. | 1035 |
| C. | 100 |
| D. | 1008 |
| E. | 1024 |
| Answer» F. | |
| 5. |
Which of the following statements is / are true ? |
| A. | Cache memories are bigger than RAM |
| B. | Cache memories are smaller than RAM |
| C. | ROM are faster than RAM |
| D. | Information in ROM can be written by users |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. ROM are faster than RAM | |
| 6. |
What is the main folder on a storage device |
| A. | Root directory |
| B. | Interface |
| C. | Device driver |
| D. | Platform |
| E. | Main directory |
| Answer» B. Interface | |
| 7. |
Where are programs and data to be used by the computer available ? |
| A. | Processing unit |
| B. | Output |
| C. | Storage |
| D. | Input |
| Answer» D. Input | |
| 8. |
The ........ indicates how much data a particular storage medium can hold. |
| A. | storage |
| B. | access |
| C. | capacity |
| D. | memory |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. access | |
| 9. |
A directory within a directory is called ......... |
| A. | mini directory |
| B. | junior directory |
| C. | sub directory |
| D. | part directory |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. part directory | |
| 10. |
Full form of MB is |
| A. | microbytes |
| B. | megabytes |
| C. | minibytes |
| D. | millibytes |
| E. | kilobit |
| Answer» C. minibytes | |
| 11. |
...... acts as temporary high speed holding area between the memory and the CPU thereby improving processing capabilities. |
| A. | ROM |
| B. | RAM |
| C. | Temporary memory |
| D. | Cache memory |
| E. | Flash memory |
| Answer» E. Flash memory | |
| 12. |
...... is the ability of a device to 'jump' directly t the requested data. |
| A. | Sequential access |
| B. | Random access |
| C. | Quick access |
| D. | All of the above |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Quick access | |
| 13. |
Floppy disks are organised as |
| A. | files |
| B. | heads and folders |
| C. | tracks and sectors |
| D. | All of these |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. All of these | |
| 14. |
The ....... is the amount of data that a storage device can move from the storage to the computer per second |
| A. | data migration rate |
| B. | data digitising rate |
| C. | data transfer rate |
| D. | data access rate |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. data access rate | |
| 15. |
Which media has the ability to have data / information stored (written) on them by users more than once ? |
| A. | CD-R disks |
| B. | CD-RW disks |
| C. | Zip disks |
| D. | Opti disks |
| E. | CD-RW disks and Zip disks |
| Answer» C. Zip disks | |
| 16. |
Volatility is a property of |
| A. | computer networks |
| B. | ROM |
| C. | disk |
| D. | software |
| E. | RAM |
| Answer» F. | |
| 17. |
Which of the following is a temporary primary memory ? |
| A. | PROM |
| B. | RAM |
| C. | ROM |
| D. | EPROM |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. ROM | |
| 18. |
'FDD, stands for |
| A. | Floppy Drive Detector |
| B. | Floppy Drive Demodulator |
| C. | Floppy Disk Drive |
| D. | Floppy Demodulator Disk |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. Floppy Demodulator Disk | |
| 19. |
What does the computer abbreviation 'MB' used for ? |
| A. | Megabit |
| B. | Millionbytes |
| C. | Megabytes |
| D. | Millionbit |
| E. | Microbytes |
| Answer» D. Millionbit | |
| 20. |
Virtual memory allocates hard disk space to supplement the immediate, functional memory capacity of what ? |
| A. | ROM |
| B. | EPROM |
| C. | The registers |
| D. | Extended memory |
| E. | RAM |
| Answer» F. | |
| 21. |
A ....... is approximately a million bytes. |
| A. | gigabyte |
| B. | kilobyte |
| C. | megabyte |
| D. | terabyte |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. terabyte | |
| 22. |
....... is having more memory addresses than are physically available. |
| A. | Virtual memory |
| B. | System software |
| C. | Application software |
| D. | RAM |
| E. | Vertical memory |
| Answer» B. System software | |
| 23. |
Which of the following is the high speed memory which compensates the gap in speeds of processor and main memory ? |
| A. | Cache |
| B. | PROM |
| C. | EPROM |
| D. | SRAM |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. PROM | |
| 24. |
The data storage hierarchy consists of |
| A. | Bits, Bytes, Records, Fields, Files and Databases |
| B. | Characters, Fields, Records, Files and Databases |
| C. | Bytes, Bits, Fields, Records, Files and Databases |
| D. | Bits, Bytes, Fields, Records, Files and Databases |
| E. | Other than those given as options |
| Answer» E. Other than those given as options | |
| 25. |
Which among the following is another name for a group of 4 dits ? |
| A. | Nibble |
| B. | Byte |
| C. | Kilo Byte |
| D. | Mega Byte |
| E. | Peta Byte |
| Answer» B. Byte | |