Storage Devices MCQS

1. _________ has smallest storage capacity

a. Floppy

b. CD

c. Zip disk

d. Hard disk

Correct Option: a

2. Computer transfers the desired data using ______ in primary storage

a. Transistors

b. Intermediate area

c. Circuits

d. Wires

Correct Option: b

3. As a storage device the advantages of CD-ROM is:

a. It is inexpensive

b. It makes less error than magnetic media

c. Data and information are retrieved more quickly than magnetic disk

d. All of above

Correct Option: b

4. A rigid, magnetically sensitive disk that spins rapidly and continuously inside the computer housing is termed as

a. Floppy disk

b. Hard disk

c. Audio cassette

d. Compact disc

Correct Option: b

5. ______ Is main and largest data storage device

a. Floppy disk

b. Hard disk

c. Optic disk

d. Memory card

Correct Option: b

6. _____has smallest storage capacity?

a. Floppy disk

b. Zip disk

c. Hard disk

d. CD

Correct Option: a

7. 1 GB is equal to

a. 1250 megabytes

b. 1296 megabytes

c. 1150 megabytes

d. 1024 megabytes

Correct Option: d

8. A computer disc can store computer data over

a. 560 megabytes

b. 380 megabytes

c. 420 megabytes

d. 680 megabytes

Correct Option: d

9. A DVD is____________

a. Output device

b. Optical disk

c. Hard disk

d. Solid state storage device

Correct Option: b

10. A non-erasable disk that store digitized audios

a. CD

b. CD-ROM

c. DVD-R

d. DVD-RW

Correct Option: a

11. A piece of data that can be transferred between cpu and back up storage is

a. Block

b. Stream

c. Cartridge

d. Gap

Correct Option: a

12. A Small storage device that can be used to transport files from one computer to another is called

a. Flash derive

b. Floppy disk

c. Hard disk

d. Compact disc

Correct Option: a

13. Advantage of optical storage device :

a. It can reuse

b. To store vast amount of data

c. Both a and b

d. None

Correct Option: c

14. All of the following is a secondary storage except?

a. Magnetic tapes

b. CDs

c. RAM

d. Magnetic disks

Correct Option: c

15. Capacity of BD _____________

a. 17GB

b. 5GB

c. 700GB

d. 50GB

Correct Option: d

16. Components that provide internal storage to the cpu are

a. Controllers

b. Internal chips

c. Registers

d. Program counters

Correct Option: c

17. For what type of data the magnetic tapes can be used as good storage media?

a. Back up and low volume data

b. Original but high volume data

c. Original but low volume data

d. Back up and high volume data

Correct Option: d

18. Hard discs، fixed head discs، floppy discs and optical discs all are types of۔۔۔۔?

a. Direct access storage

b. Serial access storage

c. Volatile access storage

d. Non impact access storage

Correct Option: a

19. How do the hard disk store information

a. Centrifugation

b. Magnetization

c. Propagation

d. Gravitation

Correct Option: b

20. How many bytes are stored in sector?

a. 1.44

b. 650

c. 1024

d. 512

Correct Option: d

21. How many examples of tertiary storage

a. Four

b. Three

c. Two

d. One

Correct Option: c

22. How much is one terabyte equal to?

a. 1024 bytes

b. 1024 kilobytes

c. 1024 megabytes

d. 1024 gigabytes

Correct Option: d

23. How will you know surely that the hard drive has failed?

a. Buzzing sound

b. Scrapping

c. Clicking

d. All of above

Correct Option: d

24. If a CD is made of soft elastic material it is called:

a. Floppy disk

b. Flash drive

c. Hard drive

d. Audio casette

Correct Option: a

25. Is not directly accessible by CPU?

a. Input devices

b. None of these

c. Secondary storage

d. Output devices

Correct Option: c

26. Laser beam technology is used by

a. Hard disk

b. USB drive

c. optical disk

d. zip disk

Correct Option: c

27. Magnetic storage device is used in:

a. DRAM

b. ROM

c. RAM

d. SRAM

Correct Option: c

28. Main memory is also called as_______?

a. Auxiliary storage

b. Immediate access store

c. Secondary storage

d. Backing store

Correct Option: b

29. Main store of the computer memory includes the۔۔۔۔?

a. Transfer delay time

b. Impact store

c. Working store

d. Data seek store

Correct Option: c

30. Megnatic device is an example of

a. Optical disk

b. Floppy disk

c. Tertiary storage

d. Hard disk

Correct Option: c

31. Most common type of optical disc is

a. BD

b. DVD

c. CD

d. All

Correct Option: d

32. Most commonly used storage device is:

a. Optical

b. Magnetic

c. Flash

d. All of these

Correct Option: b

33. Offline storage is also called

a. Disconnected storage

b. Optical storage

c. Digital storage

d. Hard disk

Correct Option: a

34. Offline storage is also known as ____ storage and it is on a medium that is not under the control of a _____ .

a. Disconnected,processing unit

b. Connected,main memory

c. Disconnected,storage devices

d. Connected , input devices

Correct Option: a

35. Optical disc is any storage media that holds contents in _____ and is read using a _____.

a. Digital form,laser assembly

b. Virtual form,laser beam

c. Digital form,laser beam

d. Virtual form,laser assembly

Correct Option: a

36. Primary storage device is :

a. Flexible disk

b. None of these

c. Volatile

d. Nonvolatile

Correct Option: c

37. Process of reading data from permanent store and writing it to computer’s main store

a. Writing the data

b. Reading the data

c. Saving the data

d. Loading the data

Correct Option: c

38. RAM stands for

a. Read access memory

b. Random anything memory

c. Random access memory

d. Read anywhere memory

Correct Option: c

39. Main memory is a(n):

a. Auxiliary storage

b. Optical

c. Primary storage

d. Secondary storage

Correct Option: c

40. Secondary storage memory is basically

a. Back up memory

b. Impact memory

c. Volatile memory

d. Non volatile memory

Correct Option: c

41. Storage capacity of magnetic tape is upto: _________.

a. Kilo byte

b. Giga byte

c. Mega byte

d. Tera byte

Correct Option: b

42. Tertiary storage is usually used to archive data that is not accessed _____.

a. Randomly

b. Frequently

c. Temporarily

d. Permanently

Correct Option: b

43. The acronym for the reusable optical storage is ______.

a. ROM

b. ROS

c. RW

d. DVD

Correct Option: c

44. The hard disk drive is the _____ and usually ________ data storage device in a computer

a. Random,smallest

b. Main,largest

c. Random,largest

d. Main,smallest

Correct Option: b

45. The largest data storage device in a computer

a. Magnetic tape

b. Hard disk

c. Compact disk

d. Blu ray

Correct Option: b

46. The most common type of optical media

a. BD

b. CD

c. DVD

d. All of these

Correct Option: d

47. The non volatile storage device is

a. Magnetic tape

b. Floppy disk

c. Compact disk

d. All of the above

Correct Option: d

48. The process of dividing the disk into tracks and sectors is called

a. Tracking

b. Formatting

c. Allotting

d. Crashing

Correct Option: b

49. The storage capacity of CD-ROM is about?

a. 660GB

b. 650KB

c. None of these

d. 650MB

Correct Option: d

50. The storage capacity of floppy disk is:

a. 144Mb

b. 1.44GB

c. 650GB

d. 1.44MB

Correct Option: d

51. _________ has smallest storage capacity.

a. Floppy disk

b. Zip disk

c. Hard disk

d. CD

Correct Option: a

52. The type of device that use rigid,permanently installed magnetic disk s to store data is:

a. Floppy

b. Hard disk

c. Permanent disk

d. Optical disk

Correct Option: b

53. The type of device which is 3 1/2 inch floppy drive is noting but

a. Output

b. Software

c. Storage

d. Input

Correct Option: c

54. To enable the computer for reading the disk, disk is inserted in

a. Disk drive

b. Memory

c. CPU

d. ALU

Correct Option: a

55. UDF stands for______________.

a. Universal data frequency

b. Unique disk format

c. Universal disk format

d. Undated disk format

Correct Option: c

56. What is a zip drive?

a. An output device

b. An input device

c. Software

d. A medium capacity removable disk storage

Correct Option: d

57. What is the main directory of a disk called?

a. Sub

b. Network

c. Root

d. Folder

Correct Option: c

58. What is the program required for writing to CD-RWs called?

a. CDF packet writer

b. BDF packet writer

c. VDF packet writer

d. LDE packet writer

Correct Option: c

59. When formatting a disk,the disk drive creates a set of magnetic concentric circles called

a. Clusters

b. Cylinders

c. Tracks

d. Sectors

Correct Option: c

60. When power is switched off, it will lost its data,such type of memory is classified as

a. Impact storage

b. Non impact storage

c. Volatile storage

d. Non volatile storage

Correct Option: c

61. Which device is replaced both magnetic and optical storage device:

a. Flash storage device

b. Optical storage device

c. Online cloud storage device

d. None of above

Correct Option: a

62. Which of the following disk has smallest storage capacity

a. Hard disk

b. Floppy disk

c. CD

d. Zip disk

Correct Option: b

63. Which of the following is an optical device?

a. CD-Recorder

b. Floppy disk

c. Hard disk

d. Zip disk

Correct Option: a

64. which of the following is fastest storage device?

a. CD-ROM

b. Hard disk

c. USB drive

d. Magnetic tape

Correct Option: b

65. Which of the following is non-volatile storage?

a. Primary

b. Cache

c. Secondary

d. Backup

Correct Option: c

66. Which of the following is storage device for multimedia?

a. DVD/BD

b. Emulation

c. CAM

d. Hard disk

Correct Option: a

67. Which of the following is the most common type of storage device?

a. Steel

b. Magnetic

c. Optical

d. Flash

Correct Option: b

68. Which of the following storage device is the fastest?

a. CD-ROM

b. Hard Disk

c. Magnetic tape

d. USB drive

Correct Option: b

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