Secondary Storage Device - Multiple Choice Questions

Secondary Storage System Multiple Choice Questions

 1. Computer has a built-in system clock that emits millions of regularly spaced electric pulses per _____ called clock cycles 

A. second 

B. millisecond 

C. microsecond 

D. minute 

Answer = second


2. It takes one clock cycle to perform a basic operation. 

A. True 

B. False 

C. Nothing Can be said 

D. None of the mentioned 

Answer = True


3. The operation that does not involves clock cycles is _________. 

A. Installation of a device 

B. Execute 

C. Fetch 

D. Decode 

Answer = Installation of a device


4.  The number of clock cycles per second is referred as  ________. 

A. Clock speed 

B. Clock frequency 

C. Clock rate 

D. Clock timing 

Answer = Clock speed


5. CISC stands for  ____________. 

A. Complex Information Sensed CPU. 

B. Complex Instruction Set Computer 

C. Complex Intelligence Sensed CPU. 

D. Complex Instruction Set CPU. 

Answer = Complex Instruction Set Computer


6. Which of the following processor has a fixed length of instructions.

A. CISC. 

B. RISC. 

C. EPIC. 

D. Multi-core 

Answer = RISC


7. Processor which is complex and expensive to produce is ________. 

A. RISC. 

B. EPIC. 

C. CISC. 

D. Multi-core 

Answer = CISC


8. The architecture that uses a tighter coupling between the compiler and the processor is ____________. 

A. EPIC. 

B. Multi-core 

C. RISC. 

D. CISC. 

Answer = EPIC


9. MAR stands for ___________. 

A. Memory address register 

B. Main address register 

C. Main accessible register 

D. Memory accessible register 

Answer = Memory address register


10. A circuitry that processes that responds to and processes the basic instructions that are required to drive a computer system is ________. 

A. Memory 

B. ALU. 

C. CU. 

D. Processor 

Answer = Processor


11. What is the high speed memory between the main memory and the CPU called.

A. Register Memory 

B. Cache Memory 

C. Storage Memory 

D. Virtual Memory 

Answer = Cache Memory


12. Cache Memory is implemented using the DRAM chips 

A. True 

B. False 

C. Nothing Can be said 

D. None of the mentioned 

Answer = False


13. Whenever the data is found in the cache memory it is called as  _________. 

A. HIT. 

B. MISs 

C. FOUND. 

D. ERROR. 

Answer = HIT


14.  LRU stands for ___________. 

A. Low Rate Usage 

B. Least Rate Usage 

C. Least Recently Used 

D. Low Required Usage 

Answer = Least Recently Used


15. When the data at a location in cache is different from the data located in the main memory, the cache is called _____________. 

A. Unique 

B. Inconsistent 

C. Variable 

D. Fault 

Answer = Inconsistent


16. Which of the following is not a write policy to avoid Cache Coherence.

A. Write through 

B. Write within 

C. Write back 

D. Buffered write 

Answer = Write within


17. Which of the following is an efficient method of cache updating.

A. Snoopy writes 

B. Write through 

C. Write within 

D. Buffered write 

Answer = Snoopy writes


18. In ____________ mapping, the data can be mapped anywhere in the Cache Memory. 

A. Associative 

B. Direct 

C. Set Associative 

D. Indirect 

Answer = Associative


19. The number of sign bits in a 32-bit IEEE format is ____. 

A. 1. 

B. 11. 

C. 9. 

D. 23. 

Answer = 1


20. The transfer between CPU and Cache is  ______________. 

A. Block transfer 

B. Word transfer 

C. Set transfer 

D. Associative transfer 

Answer = Word transfer


21. Any electronic holding place where data can be stored and retrieved later whenever required is ____________. 

A. memory 

B. drive 

C. disk 

D. circuit 

Answer = memory


22. Cache memory is the onboard storage. 

A. True 

B. False 

C. Nothing Can be said 

D. None of the mentioned 

Answer = True


23. Which of the following is the fastest means of memory access for CPU.

A. Registers 

B. Cache 

C. Main memory 

D. Virtual Memory 

Answer = Registers


24.  The memory implemented using the semiconductor chips is _________. 

A. Cache 

B. Main 

C. Secondary 

D. Registers 

Answer = Main


25. Size of the ________ memory mainly depends on the size of the address bus 

A. Main 

B. Virtual 

C. Secondary 

D. Cache 

Answer = Main


26. Which of the following is independent of the address bus.

A. Secondary memory 

B. Main memory 

C. Onboard memory 

D. Cache memory 

Answer = Secondary memory


27. ____________ storage is a system where a robotic arm will connect or disconnect off-line mass storage media according to the computer operating system demands 

A. Secondary 

B. Virtual 

C. Tertiary 

D. Magnetic 

Answer = Tertiary


28. What is the location of the internal registers of CPU.

A. Internal 

B. On-chip 

C. External 

D. Motherboard 

Answer = On-chip


29. MAR stands for ___________. 

A. Memory address register 

B. Main address register 

C. Main accessible register 

D. Memory accessible register 

Answer = Memory address register


30. If M denotes the number of memory locations and N denotes the word size, then an expression that denotes the storage capacity is ______________. 

A. M*N. 

B. M+N. 

C. 2M+N. 

D. 2M-N. 

Answer = M*N


31. Computer has a built-in system clock that emits millions of regularly spaced electric pulses per _____ called clock cycles 

A. second 

B. millisecond 

C. microsecond 

D. minute 

Answer = second


32. It takes one clock cycle to perform a basic operation. 

A. True 

B. False 

C. Nothing Can be said 

D. None of the mentioned 

Answer = True


33. The operation that does not involves clock cycles is ____________. 

A. Installation of a device 

B. Execute 

C. Fetch 

D. Decode 

Answer = Installation of a device


34.  The number of clock cycles per second is referred as  ______. 

A. Clock speed 

B. Clock frequency 

C. Clock rate 

D. Clock timing 

Answer = Clock speed


35. CISC stands for  ___________. 

A. Complex Information Sensed CPU. 

B. Complex Instruction Set Computer 

C. Complex Intelligence Sensed CPU. 

D. Complex Instruction Set CPU. 

Answer = Complex Instruction Set Computer


36. Which of the following processor has a fixed length of instructions.

A. CISC. 

B. RISC. 

C. EPIC. 

D. Multi-core 

Answer = RISC


37. Processor which is complex and expensive to produce _________. 

A. RISC. 

B. EPIC. 

C. CISC. 

D. multi-core 

Answer = CISC


38. The architecture that uses a tighter coupling between the compiler and the processor. 

A. EPIC. 

B. Multi-core 

C. RISC. 

D. CISC. 

Answer = EPIC


39. HLDA stands for _______. 

A. High level data 

B. High level data acknowledgment 

C. Hold Acknowledgement 

D. Hold Data 

Answer = Hold Acknowledgement


40.  Word length of a personal computer  ___________. 

A. 64bits 

B. 16 bits 

C. 8 bits 

D. 32 bits 

Answer = 8 bits


41. Winchester disks are a type of   _______. 

A. optical disks 

B. magnetic disks 

C. compact disks 

D. magnetic drives 

Answer = magnetic disks


42. Bernoulli disks are a type of magnetic floppy disks 

A. True 

B. False 

C. Nothing Can be said 

D. None of the mentioned 

Answer = False


43. A plug and play storage device that simply plugs in the port of a computer is __________. 

A. Flash drive 

B. Compact disk 

C. Hard disk 

D. CD. 

Answer = Flash drive


44.  What does USB stand for.

A. Universal Signal Board 

B. Universal Signal Bus 

C. Universal Serial Bus 

D. Universal Serial Board 

Answer = Universal Serial Bus


45. A device similar to a flash drive ______________. 

A. Memory card 

B. Compact drive 

C. Compact disk 

D. Memory disk 

Answer = Memory card


46. What does RAID stand for.

A. Redundant array of independent disks 

B. Redundant array of inexpensive disks 

C. Redundant array of intermediate disks 

D. Redundant array of  improper disks 

Answer = Redundant array of independent disks


47. A set of hard disk drives with a controller mounted in a single box, forming a single large storage unit is ____________. 

A. Disk array 

B. Drives 

C. Compact drives 

D. Multi-cores 

Answer = Disk array


48. The process in which a file is partitioned into smaller parts and different parts are stored in different disks is ____________. 

A. RAID. 

B. Mirroring 

C. Stripping 

D. RAID classification 

Answer = Stripping


49. Which of the following uses multiple hard disk platters mounted on a single central shift.

A. Disk drives 

B. Hard disks 

C. Disk packs 

D. Compact disks 

Answer = Disk packs


50. Which of the following is not a magnetic disk.

A. Floppy 

B. Winchester 

C. Zip 

D. FLASH. 

Answer = FLASH


51. ________________ is also called auxiliary storage. 

A. secondary memory 

B. tertiary memory 

C. primary memory 

D. cache memory 

Answer = secondary memory


52. Secondary storage virtually has an unlimited capacity because the cost per bit is very low. 

A. True 

B. False 

C. Nothing Can be said 

D. None of the mentioned 

Answer = True


53. Magnetic tape is a type of _________ access device. 

A. Sequential 

B. Direct access 

C. Step 

D. Indirect 

Answer = Sequential


54.  The magnetic tape is generally a plastic ribbon coated with ______. 

A. Magnesium oxide 

B. Chromium dioxide 

C. Zinc oxide 

D. Copper oxide 

Answer = Chromium dioxide


55. The dots on the magnetic tape represent ________. 

A. Binary digits 

B. Decimal digits 

C. Hex digits 

D. Oct digits 

Answer = Binary digits


56. Which of the following is the correct representation for a storage capacity of a tape.

A. Data recording density = Storage capacity 

B. Length = Storage capacity 

C. Storage capacity= Length * data recording density 

D. Storage capacity= Length + data recording density 

Answer = Storage capacity= Length * data recording density


57. __________________ is the amount of data that can be stored on a given length of tape. 

A. Storage capacity 

B. Length 

C. Data recording density 

D. Tape density 

Answer = Data recording density


58. The number of characters/second that can be transmitted to the memory from the tape is denoted by the term. 

A. Data transfer rate 

B. Transmission mode 

C. Transmission rate 

D. Data mode 

Answer = Data transfer rate


59. The typical value of data transfer rate is __________. 

A. 7.7 MB/s 

B. 6.6 MB/s 

C. 5.5 MB/s 

D. 10 MB/s 

Answer = 7.7 MB/s


60. Tape drive is connected to and controlled by _______. 

A. Interpreter 

B. Tape controller 

C. CPU. 

D. Processor 

Answer = Tape controller


61. ________________ is used for writing/reading of data to/from a magnetic ribbon. 

A. Magnetic disk 

B. Magnetic tape 

C. Magnetic frames 

D. Magnetic Ribbon 

Answer = Magnetic tape


62. Magnetic disk is a sequential access device. 

A. True 

B. False 

C. Nothing Can be said 

D. None of the mentioned 

Answer = False


63. The disk’s surface is divided into a number of invisible concentric circles called:. 

A. Drives 

B. Tracks 

C.  Slits 

D. References 

Answer = Tracks


64.  The number of sectors per track on a magnetic disk ________. 

A. less than 5. 

B. 10 or more 

C. 8 or more 

D. less than 7. 

Answer = 8 or more


65. Generally there are __________bytes in a sector. 

A. 64. 

B. 128. 

C. 256. 

D. 512. 

Answer = 512


66. Which of the following is not a part of disk address.

A. Sector size 

B. Sector number 

C. Track number 

D. Surface number 

Answer = Sector size


67. What does CHS stand for.

A. Cylinder-high-sector 

B. Concentric-head-sector 

C. Cylinder-head-sector 

D. Concentric-high-sector 

Answer = Cylinder-head-sector


68. The interval between the instant a computer makes a ret for the transfer of data from a disk system to the primary storage and the instance this operation is completed is called _________. 

A. Disk arrival time 

B. Disk access time 

C. Drive utilization time 

D. Disk utilization time 

Answer = Disk access time


69. Disk access time does not depends on which of the following factors __________. 

A. Seek time 

B. Latency 

C. Transfer rate 

D. Arrival rate 

Answer = Arrival rate


70. The time required to spin the desired sector under the read/write head, once the read/write head is positioned on the desired track. 

A. Seek time 

B. Arrival rate 

C. Latency 

D. Transfer rate 

Answer = Latency


71. A ____________ disk consists of a circular disk, which is coated with a thin metal or some other material that is highly reflective. 

A. magnetic 

B. optical 

C. compact 

D. hard 

Answer = optical


72. Optical disks are proved to be a promising random access medium for high capacity secondary storage. 

A. True 

B. False 

C. Nothing Can be said 

D. None of the mentioned 

Answer = True


73. The technology used in optical disks is ______. 

A. Reflective 

B. Refractive 

C. Laser Beam 

D. Diffraction 

Answer = Laser Beam


74.  The storage capacity of an optical disk is given by:. 

A. Number of sectors * number of bytes per sector 

B. Number of sectors * 2(number of bytes per sector). 

C. Number of sectors * 3(number of bytes per sector). 

D. Number of sectors * 0.5(number of bytes per sector). 

Answer = Number of sectors * number of bytes per sector


75. Rotation of the disk must vary __________ with the radius of the disk. 

A. directly 

B. inversely 

C. concurrently 

D. accordingly 

Answer = inversely


76. The tracks are divided into sectors whose size _______. 

A. remains the same 

B. keeps increasing 

C. keeps decreasing 

D. remains uneven 

Answer = remains the same


77. CLV stands for, in terms of rotation of the optical disk ___. 

A. Concurrent lines value 

B. Constant Linear velocity 

C. constant linear value 

D. concurrent linear velocity 

Answer = Concurrent lines value


78. The range of access times of optical disks is generally ______. 

A. 100 to 300 milliseconds 

B. 10 to 30 milliseconds 

C. 200 to 400 milliseconds 

D. 20 to 40 milliseconds 

Answer = 100 to 300 milliseconds


79. Which of the following is not a type of optical disk.

A. DVD. 

B. CD. 

C. WORM. 

D. Winchester 

Answer = Winchester

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