Computer storage devices - computer awareness questions
Q1. The process of dividing the disk into tracks and sectors is called
1. Tracking
2. Allotting
3. Crashing
4. Formatting
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ2. The type of device which is 3 ½ inch floppy drive is nothing but
1. Storage
2. Input
3. Output
4. Software
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ3. What is the program required for writing to CD-RWs called?
1. LDE packet writer
2. CDF packet writer
3. VDF packet writer
4. BDF packet writer
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: VDF packet writer
Q4. The storage device that uses rigid, permanently installed magnetic disks to store data is
1. Floppy
2. Permanent disk
3. Optical disk
4. Hard disk
View Answer / Hide Answer Q5. How will know surely that the hard drive has failed?
1. Scrapping
2. Clicking
3. Buzzing sound
4. All of the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ6. ____________has smallest storage capacity
1. Floppy disk
2. Zip disk
3. Hard disk
4. CD
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ7. UDF stands for
1. Undated disk format
2. Universal data frequency
3. Unique disk format
4. Universal disk format
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Universal disk format
Q8. As storage media the advantages of CD-ROM is
1. It is inexpensive
2. Data and information are retrieved more quickly than magnetic disks
3. It makes less error than magnetic media.
4. All of the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: It makes less error than magnetic media
Q9. A DVD is
1. Optical disk
2. Output device
3. Solid state storage device
4. Hard disk
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ10. How much is one terabyte equal to?
1. 1024 megabytes
2. 1024 bytes
3. 1024 kilobytes
4. 1024 gigabytes
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ11. RAM stands for
1. Read anywhere memory
2. Random access memory
3. Read access memory
4. Random anything memory
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Random access memory
Q12. What is the term used for the disk content that is recorded at the time of manufacturer and that cannot be changed or erased by the user?
1. Read only
2. Write only
3. Once only
4. Run only
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ13. Which of the following is the most common type of storage device?
1. Steel
2. Magnetic
3. Optical
4. Flash
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ14. What is a zip drive?
1. An output device
2. An input device
3. A medium capacity removable disk storage system
4. Software
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: A medium capacity removable disk storage system
Q15. The acronym for the reusable optical storage is
1. RW
2. DVD
3. ROM
4. ROS
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ16. HDD stands for
1. High disk drive
2. Hard Digital disk
3. High digital drive
4. Hard disk drive
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ17. What is the main directory of a disk called?
1. Folder
2. Root
3. Sub
4. Network
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ18. The storage devices such as hard disks and CD ROM drives can be connected inside personal computers using the standard interface such as
1. SATA attachment
2. BT attachment
3. IDE attachment
4. AT attachment
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ19. To enable the computer to read the disk, it is inserted in
1. Memory
2. CPU
3. Disk drive
4. ALU
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ20. For what type of data the magnetic tapes can be used as good storage media?
1. Back up and high volume data
2. Back up and low volume data
3. Original but high volume data
4. Original but low volume data
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Back up and high volume data
Q21. How do the hard disks record information?
1. Propagation
2. Magnetization
3. Centrifugation
4. Gravitation
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ22. “Low cost per bit stored” is the characteristic of
1. Hard disk
2. Primary memory
3. Secondary memory
4. All of the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ23. Which of the following is the secondary storage device that uses a long plastic strip coated with a magnetic material as recording medium?
1. Compact disk
2. Hard disk
3. Magnetic tape
4. None of the above
View Answer / Hide Answer Q24. The storage device that can be transported is
1. Diskette/CD’s
2. Hard disk
3. System cabinet
4. Main memory
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ25. Which of the following is the storage device for multimedia?
1. CAM
2. The DVD/BD
3. The hard disk
4. Emulation
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ26. In ____________ storage device the access time is effectively independent of the location of data.
1. Primary storage
2. Secondary storage
3. Direct access
4. Indirect access
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ27. What kind of storage medium is cassette tape considered?
1. Secondary
2. Primary
3. Volatile
4. Tertiary
View Answer / Hide Answer Q28. The non volatile storage device is
1. Magnetic tape
2. Floppy disk
3. Compact disk
4. All of the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ29. What do you mean by diskette?
1. Primary storage device
2. Low cost, thin flexible magnetic disk storage
3. High volume storage device
4. All of the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Low cost, thin flexible magnetic disk storage
Q30. It is a magnetic storage device
1. Compact disk
2. Hard disk
3. Audio tapes
4. All of the above
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