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This section includes 239 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Operating System knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 151. |
Type of magnetic tape named reel is known to be of size |
| A. | 1/2 inch |
| B. | 1/3 inch |
| C. | 1/4 inch |
| D. | 1/5 inch |
| Answer» B. 1/3 inch | |
| 152. |
Storage which has a smallest storage capacity is |
| A. | floppy disk |
| B. | zip disk |
| C. | hard disk |
| D. | compact disk |
| Answer» B. zip disk | |
| 153. |
What is the storage capacity of a dual layered Blue Ray disc? |
| A. | 80 GB |
| B. | 50 GB |
| C. | 10 GB |
| D. | 25 GB |
| Answer» C. 10 GB | |
| 154. |
DVD technology uses an optical media to store the digital data. DVD is an acronym for |
| A. | Digital Vector Disc |
| B. | Digital Volume Disc |
| C. | Digital Versatile Disc |
| D. | Digital Visualization Disc |
| Answer» D. Digital Visualization Disc | |
| 155. |
What type of devices are CDs or DVDs ? |
| A. | Input |
| B. | Output |
| C. | Software |
| D. | Storage |
| Answer» E. | |
| 156. |
Which of the following has the smallest storage capacity ? |
| A. | zip disk |
| B. | hard disk |
| C. | floppy disk |
| D. | data cartridge |
| Answer» D. data cartridge | |
| 157. |
What is the storage capacity of a single layered Blue Ray disc? |
| A. | 80 GB |
| B. | 50 GB |
| C. | 10 GB |
| D. | 25 GB |
| Answer» E. | |
| 158. |
When you save to this, your data will remain intact even when the computer is turned off. |
| A. | RAM |
| B. | Motherboard |
| C. | Secondary storage device |
| D. | Primary storage device |
| Answer» D. Primary storage device | |
| 159. |
What is the main purpose of the secondary storage device? |
| A. | To Store Data |
| B. | To Networking |
| C. | To increase the speed of Computer |
| D. | To Install Operating System |
| Answer» B. To Networking | |
| 160. |
Storage capacity of secondary storage is said to be of |
| A. | Virtually unlimited capacity |
| B. | Virtually limited capacity |
| C. | Virtually volatile capacity |
| D. | Virtually non-volatile capacity |
| Answer» B. Virtually limited capacity | |
| 161. |
Process of dividing the disk into tracks and sectors is called |
| A. | tracking |
| B. | allotting |
| C. | crashing |
| D. | formatting |
| Answer» E. | |
| 162. |
CD-ROMs are pre-stamped by a process named to be |
| A. | Stamping |
| B. | Recording |
| C. | Mastering |
| D. | Manufacturing |
| Answer» D. Manufacturing | |
| 163. |
Term which is used for the disk content that is recorded at the time of manufacturing and cannot be changed or erased by user is |
| A. | read only |
| B. | write only |
| C. | run only |
| D. | save only |
| Answer» B. write only | |
| 164. |
Example of serial access store is |
| A. | floppy disc |
| B. | program tape |
| C. | magnetic tape |
| D. | magnetic disc |
| Answer» D. magnetic disc | |
| 165. |
Storage devices falling in direct access form of secondary storage is/are of |
| A. | One type |
| B. | Two types |
| C. | Three types |
| D. | Four types |
| Answer» C. Three types | |
| 166. |
Encoding scheme used by optical disk drives is named as |
| A. | BCD |
| B. | EBCDIC |
| C. | ASCII |
| D. | CLV |
| Answer» E. | |
| 167. |
Which of the following correctly represents the track pattern of an optical disk ? |
| A. | a |
| B. | b |
| C. | c |
| D. | d |
| Answer» B. b | |
| 168. |
Optical disk storage of direct access drive includes CD-ROM and |
| A. | Winchester disk |
| B. | Floppy disk |
| C. | Zip disk |
| D. | WORM disk |
| Answer» E. | |
| 169. |
Warping may end up as twisted tape ribbon, which may cause |
| A. | Loss of data |
| B. | Deletion of data |
| C. | Garbage values in data |
| D. | Converted form of data |
| Answer» B. Deletion of data | |
| 170. |
For positioning of read and write heads over desired track requires time, defined to be |
| A. | Latency |
| B. | Throughput time |
| C. | Access time |
| D. | Seek time |
| Answer» E. | |
| 171. |
All of the followings are included in removable media except …………. |
| A. | CD-ROMs |
| B. | Diskette |
| C. | DVDs |
| D. | Hard Disk Drive |
| Answer» E. | |
| 172. |
In streamer tape, number of tracks can vary depending upon the |
| A. | Tape drive |
| B. | Tape controller |
| C. | Tape word length |
| D. | Tape streaming |
| Answer» B. Tape controller | |
| 173. |
A magnetic disk's surface is divided into invisible concentric circles known to be |
| A. | Cells |
| B. | Intervals |
| C. | Tracks |
| D. | Records |
| Answer» D. Records | |
| 174. |
Reading data is performed in magnetic disk by |
| A. | Lower surface |
| B. | Read/write leads |
| C. | Sectors |
| D. | Track |
| Answer» C. Sectors | |
| 175. |
To overcome limitations of primary storage, we can use |
| A. | Flash memory |
| B. | Cache memory |
| C. | Auxiliary memory |
| D. | Virtual memory |
| Answer» D. Virtual memory | |
| 176. |
A normal CD-ROM usually can store up to __________data? |
| A. | 680 KB |
| B. | 680 Bytes |
| C. | 680 MB |
| D. | 680 GB |
| Answer» D. 680 GB | |
| 177. |
As compared to diskettes, the hard disks are |
| A. | Slowly accessed |
| B. | Less rigid |
| C. | More expensive |
| D. | More portable |
| Answer» D. More portable | |
| 178. |
Number of tracks possessed by a streamer tape is defined to be |
| A. | 2-20 tracks |
| B. | 3-30 tracks |
| C. | 4-40 tracks |
| D. | 5-50 tracks |
| Answer» D. 5-50 tracks | |
| 179. |
A Digital Versatile Disk (DVD) can store______ Gigabyte of information. |
| A. | 4.6 |
| B. | 5.6 |
| C. | 6.6 |
| D. | 7.6 |
| Answer» B. 5.6 | |
| 180. |
During the recovery cycle from a faliure one |
| A. | each pair of physical block is examined |
| B. | specified pair of physical block is examined |
| C. | first pair of physical block is examined |
| D. | last pair of physical block is examined |
| Answer» B. specified pair of physical block is examined | |
| 181. |
.............. Gigabytes = 1 Terabyte. |
| A. | 1204 |
| B. | 1104 |
| C. | 1024 |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 182. |
In a computer system, related files are generally stored in the same |
| A. | track |
| B. | table |
| C. | folder |
| D. | wallet |
| Answer» D. wallet | |
| 183. |
CD can store up to ___________ MB of data. |
| A. | 550 |
| B. | 1000 |
| C. | 750 |
| D. | 1500 |
| Answer» D. 1500 | |
| 184. |
Which of following can not be accessed randomly |
| A. | DRAM |
| B. | SRAM |
| C. | ROM |
| D. | Magnetic tape |
| Answer» E. | |
| 185. |
1 gigabytes is equal to |
| A. | 1024 bytes |
| B. | 1024 kilobytes |
| C. | 1024 megabytes |
| D. | 1024 bits |
| Answer» D. 1024 bits | |
| 186. |
The size of a floppy disks varies from |
| A. | 250KB to 360 KB |
| B. | 360 KB to 1 GB |
| C. | 360 KB to 2 GB |
| D. | 360 KB to 2.88 MB |
| Answer» E. | |
| 187. |
Time a device takes to read actual data is classified as |
| A. | transfer time |
| B. | seek time |
| C. | seek delay |
| D. | access delay |
| Answer» B. seek time | |
| 188. |
Backing store that have short access time and consists no moving parts is classified as |
| A. | timed discs |
| B. | bubble memory |
| C. | exchangeable discs |
| D. | non exchangeable discs |
| Answer» C. exchangeable discs | |
| 189. |
A piece of time taken by disc to rotate it and read data from right place is classified as |
| A. | rotational delay |
| B. | access delay |
| C. | seek time delay |
| D. | reversal delay |
| Answer» B. access delay | |
| 190. |
Type of backup storage in which data is read in a sequence is classified as |
| A. | permanent access |
| B. | storage access |
| C. | direct access |
| D. | serial access |
| Answer» E. | |
| 191. |
In fixed head discs, rotational delay plus transfer time is equal to |
| A. | access time |
| B. | delay time |
| C. | processing time |
| D. | storage time |
| Answer» B. delay time | |
| 192. |
Secondary storage memory type is |
| A. | volatile memory |
| B. | non volatile memory |
| C. | impact memory |
| D. | virtual memory |
| Answer» C. impact memory | |
| 193. |
Which access method is used to access cassette tape? |
| A. | Direct |
| B. | Both Sequential and Direct |
| C. | Sequential |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 194. |
For recording data in magnetic disks, a standard binary code is used of size |
| A. | 4 bits |
| B. | 8 bits |
| C. | 16 bits |
| D. | 32 bits |
| Answer» C. 16 bits | |
| 195. |
Large length of blank spaces to allow acceleration and deceleration are called |
| A. | streamer gaps |
| B. | cartridge gaps |
| C. | block gaps |
| D. | inter block gaps |
| Answer» E. | |
| 196. |
Which device is used to backup the data? |
| A. | Floppy Disk |
| B. | Tape |
| C. | Network Drive |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 197. |
Storage location of information being accessed determines variation in |
| A. | Data storage |
| B. | Location |
| C. | Access time |
| D. | Processing time |
| Answer» D. Processing time | |
| 198. |
CD-ROM stands for |
| A. | Compactable Read Only Memory |
| B. | Compactable Disk Read Only Memory |
| C. | Compact Disk Read Only Memory |
| D. | Compact Data Read Only Memory |
| Answer» D. Compact Data Read Only Memory | |
| 199. |
In sequential access device, data can be retrieved in same way as |
| A. | Operated |
| B. | Accessed |
| C. | Updated |
| D. | Stored |
| Answer» E. | |
| 200. |
The time required to locate and retrieve the data from the storage unit is |
| A. | Access time |
| B. | Access mode |
| C. | Storage capacity |
| D. | Storage cost |
| Answer» B. Access mode | |