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This section includes 373 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Technical Programming knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 201. |
Control and connection of a tape drive is maintained by |
| A. | Tape connector |
| B. | Tape integrator |
| C. | Tape modulator |
| D. | Tape controller |
| Answer» E. | |
| 202. |
Tape can be forwarded to be start of next block by command |
| A. | Forward space one file |
| B. | Forward space one block |
| C. | Forward space one cell |
| D. | Forward space one block |
| Answer» C. Forward space one cell | |
| 203. |
Examples of solid-state memory device includes |
| A. | flash memory drive |
| B. | CD-RW |
| C. | floppy disk |
| D. | hard disk |
| Answer» B. CD-RW | |
| 204. |
A tape's storage capacity is a multiple of its length and |
| A. | Word length |
| B. | Data recording density |
| C. | Block factor |
| D. | Tape's movement |
| Answer» C. Block factor | |
| 205. |
For operation of reading from a magnetic tape ribbon, device used is known to be |
| A. | Flash drive |
| B. | Hard drive |
| C. | Tape Drive |
| D. | Disk drive |
| Answer» D. Disk drive | |
| 206. |
When an IRG is reached while reading data, movement of tape is |
| A. | Paused |
| B. | Continued |
| C. | Ignored |
| D. | Stopped |
| Answer» E. | |
| 207. |
Magnetic tape usually have a known length of |
| A. | 50 to 500 feet |
| B. | 51 to 1100 feet |
| C. | 52 to 1800 feet |
| D. | 53 to 2400 feet |
| Answer» E. | |
| 208. |
Storage device such as hard disk and CD-ROM drives can be connected inside personal computers using the standard interface like |
| A. | SATA attachment |
| B. | BT attachment |
| C. | IDE attachment |
| D. | AT attachment |
| Answer» E. | |
| 209. |
Secondary storage of a computer performs operations that are |
| A. | Volatile |
| B. | Non-volatile |
| C. | Complex |
| D. | Non-circuitry |
| Answer» C. Complex | |
| 210. |
Most preferable type of magnetic tape in terms of its specifications, is said to be |
| A. | Tape cartridge |
| B. | Digital Audio Tape |
| C. | Streamer tape |
| D. | Tape reel |
| Answer» E. | |
| 211. |
Stored records on a magnetic tape are said to be of |
| A. | Fixed length |
| B. | Inter-record length |
| C. | Variable length |
| D. | Inter-block length |
| Answer» D. Inter-block length | |
| 212. |
A read and write assembly is used in tape reel, comprising of read/write head for each |
| A. | Cell |
| B. | Record |
| C. | Track |
| D. | Program |
| Answer» D. Program | |
| 213. |
Tape can be forwarded to be start of next file by command |
| A. | Forward space one block |
| B. | Forward space one cell |
| C. | Forward space one level |
| D. | Forward space one file |
| Answer» E. | |
| 214. |
When the user loads a program, where is it copied before it is run? |
| A. | BIOS |
| B. | hard drive |
| C. | RAM |
| D. | ROM |
| Answer» D. ROM | |
| 215. |
Diskette spin at about |
| A. | 3 revolutions per minute |
| B. | 30 revolutions per minute |
| C. | 300 revolutions per minute |
| D. | 3000 revolutions per minute |
| Answer» D. 3000 revolutions per minute | |
| 216. |
SDRAM comes on a stick known as a ____ on most modern PCs. |
| A. | DIPP |
| B. | RIMP |
| C. | SIMM |
| D. | DIMM |
| Answer» E. | |
| 217. |
Actual storage capacity of a tape with respect of its total storage capacity is about |
| A. | 25% - 50% |
| B. | 30% - 60% |
| C. | 35% - 70% |
| D. | 40% - 80% |
| Answer» D. 40% - 80% | |
| 218. |
Innermost group of tracks of a magnetic disk has |
| A. | 7 sectors per track |
| B. | 8 sectors per track |
| C. | 9 sectors per track |
| D. | 10 sectors per track |
| Answer» C. 9 sectors per track | |
| 219. |
To enable the computer for reading the disk, disk is inserted in |
| A. | memory |
| B. | CPU |
| C. | ALU |
| D. | disk drive |
| Answer» E. | |
| 220. |
Disk address for locating physical location of a record, comprises of track number and |
| A. | Sector number |
| B. | Cell number |
| C. | Block number |
| D. | Cylinder number |
| Answer» B. Cell number | |
| 221. |
Auxiliary storage is used to hold data and information of |
| A. | Intermediate results |
| B. | On-going processes |
| C. | Stored programs |
| D. | Final results |
| Answer» D. Final results | |
| 222. |
Data transfer rate's typical value is said to be |
| A. | 7.7 MB/second |
| B. | 9.9 MB/second |
| C. | 7.7 GB/second |
| D. | 9.9 GB/second |
| Answer» B. 9.9 MB/second | |
| 223. |
Magnetic tapes of modern time, for recording data uses code format named as |
| A. | BCD |
| B. | BECD |
| C. | EBCDIC |
| D. | ASCII |
| Answer» D. ASCII | |
| 224. |
Number of tracks possessed by a half inch tape cartridge is defined to be |
| A. | 33 tracks |
| B. | 34 tracks |
| C. | 35 tracks |
| D. | 36 tracks |
| Answer» E. | |
| 225. |
Tape is removed from tape drive, once processing is complete and is transferred to |
| A. | Online storage |
| B. | Offline storage |
| C. | Recycle storage |
| D. | Trash storage |
| Answer» C. Recycle storage | |
| 226. |
Hard disk record information |
| A. | by propagation |
| B. | by magnetization |
| C. | by centrifugation |
| D. | by gravitation |
| Answer» C. by centrifugation | |
| 227. |
Which RAM is tied to the system clock? |
| A. | ECC RAM |
| B. | EDORAM |
| C. | FPM RAM |
| D. | SDRAM |
| Answer» E. | |
| 228. |
Archival storage for off-line storage of data can be maintained by use of |
| A. | Tape reel |
| B. | Tape cartridge |
| C. | Streamer tape |
| D. | Digital Audio Tape |
| Answer» B. Tape cartridge | |
| 229. |
To find out how much memory is available, you could type _____. |
| A. | EMM |
| B. | MEM |
| C. | CHKDSK |
| D. | MEMMAKER |
| Answer» C. CHKDSK | |
| 230. |
Type of RAM which is used by solid-state drives to store data is |
| A. | dynamic RAM |
| B. | synchronous static RAM |
| C. | synchronous dynamic RAM |
| D. | parity RAM |
| Answer» B. synchronous static RAM | |
| 231. |
Controller command that releases tape drive's grip to unmount drive, can be identified as |
| A. | In-load |
| B. | Unload |
| C. | Forward space |
| D. | Back space |
| Answer» C. Forward space | |
| 232. |
When data are written on a tape, IRGs are created by |
| A. | User itself |
| B. | Programmer |
| C. | Storage device |
| D. | Automatically |
| Answer» E. | |
| 233. |
Storage type that is considered fast in operations is named |
| A. | Basic memory |
| B. | Virtual storage |
| C. | Secondary storage |
| D. | Primary storage |
| Answer» E. | |
| 234. |
Inter-record gap is of order of |
| A. | 0.3 inches |
| B. | 0.5 inches |
| C. | 0.7 inches |
| D. | 0.9 inches |
| Answer» C. 0.7 inches | |
| 235. |
A magnetic tape type that uses 1/2 inch wide tape ribbon sealed in a cartridge is called |
| A. | Streamer cartridge |
| B. | Tape cartridge |
| C. | Reel cartridge |
| D. | Digital cartridge |
| Answer» C. Reel cartridge | |
| 236. |
Amount of records stored together in each block is known to be |
| A. | Recording factor |
| B. | Selecting factor |
| C. | Spacing factor |
| D. | Blocking factor |
| Answer» E. | |
| 237. |
On a disk, physical location of a record is represented by |
| A. | Disk identifier |
| B. | Disk index |
| C. | Disk address |
| D. | Disk word number |
| Answer» D. Disk word number | |
| 238. |
Between organizations, data and programs can be exchanged and communicated through |
| A. | Digital Audio Tape |
| B. | Streamer tape |
| C. | Tape reel |
| D. | Tape cartridge |
| Answer» D. Tape cartridge | |
| 239. |
Two hard disk platters are mounted on a single central shaft, in a disk named as |
| A. | Bernoulli Disk |
| B. | Compact Disk |
| C. | Disk Packs |
| D. | Winchester Disks |
| Answer» D. Winchester Disks | |
| 240. |
A CD-ROM drive reads data from a spinning disk by focusing a |
| A. | laser on disk's surface |
| B. | read/write head on the disk's surface |
| C. | magnetic field on the disk's surface |
| D. | track on the disk's surface |
| Answer» B. read/write head on the disk's surface | |
| 241. |
A command of tape controller that rewinds tape to start of previous block is named to be |
| A. | Erase tape |
| B. | Delete one block |
| C. | Back space one block |
| D. | Remove tape header |
| Answer» D. Remove tape header | |
| 242. |
Type of data which can't be stored by CD-RW disks is |
| A. | read only |
| B. | audio |
| C. | numeric |
| D. | multimedia |
| Answer» B. audio | |
| 243. |
A tape drive for it?s reading and writing operations of data has individual |
| A. | Heads |
| B. | Block factors |
| C. | Tracks |
| D. | Invisible spots |
| Answer» B. Block factors | |
| 244. |
Data transfer rate's value is highly dependent over the |
| A. | Tape speed |
| B. | Data recording density |
| C. | Character length |
| D. | Both a and b |
| Answer» E. | |
| 245. |
Which of the following DIMMs is used in laptops? |
| A. | 144-pin SO-DIMM |
| B. | 168-pin DIMM |
| C. | 184-pin DIMM |
| D. | 195-pin DIMM |
| Answer» B. 168-pin DIMM | |
| 246. |
Storage magnetic tape device is divided into horizontal columns that are called |
| A. | Channels |
| B. | Sectors |
| C. | Frames |
| D. | Packets |
| Answer» B. Sectors | |
| 247. |
If data is not lost on power dissipation, storage is called as |
| A. | Circuitry |
| B. | Non-circuitry |
| C. | Volatile |
| D. | Non-volatile |
| Answer» E. | |
| 248. |
Addressing scheme used in magnetic disks is known to be |
| A. | CSH addressing |
| B. | CHS addressing |
| C. | Serial addressing |
| D. | Indexed addressing |
| Answer» C. Serial addressing | |
| 249. |
Records can be identified on a tape as each of data entry is separated by |
| A. | Backslashes |
| B. | Exclamation |
| C. | Blank spaces |
| D. | Full stop |
| Answer» D. Full stop | |
| 250. |
For deciding blocking factor, rule of thumb is that of an IBG as long as |
| A. | At least 2 times |
| B. | At least 5 times |
| C. | At least 10 times |
| D. | At least 20 times |
| Answer» D. At least 20 times | |