Description : Why are disk storage devices popular?
Last Answer : Largely because of their direct access capabilities
Description : What is the storage capacity of a 5-1/4" double-sided, high density floppy disk?
Last Answer : 1,200,000 bytes or 1.2 megabytes.
Description : Which of the following storage devices can store maximum amount of data? A) Floppy Disk B) Hard Disk C) Compact Disk D) Magneto Optic Disk
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : Which is one of the important I/O devices and is most commonly used as permanent storage device in any processor: a. Soft disk b. Hard disk c. Botha &b d. None of these
Last Answer : b. Hard disk
Description : Which of the following storage devices exposes its storage to clients as Raw storage that can be partitioned to create volumes? a) block b) file c) disk d) all of the mentioned
Last Answer : block
Description : One of the popular mass storage device is CD ROM. What does CD ROM stand for? A) Compactable Read Only Memory B) Compact Data Read Only Memory C) Compactable Disk Read Only Memory D) Compact Disk Read Only Memory
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : Other than disk, what is another media used for backup files?
Last Answer : Magnetic tape.
Description : What is the temperature range within which a disk will operate?
Last Answer : 10 to 50 degrees Celsius or 50 to 120 degrees Fahrenheit.
Description : What can exposure to a magnetic field do to the data on a disk?
Last Answer : Destroy some or all of it.
Description : What type of hard disk drive interface has all of the controller card electronics included in the disk drive itself?
Last Answer : Integrated drive electronics (IDE).
Description : What type of disk drive interface has most of the electronics on a controller card mounted in the host computer?
Last Answer : ST-506/412 interface.
Description : The control electronics component of a floppy or hard disk drive performs what three main functions?
Last Answer : a. Spins the disk at the correct speed. b. Moves the heads across the recording surface. c. Tells the write/read heads when to write data and when to read it.
Description : Cartridge hard disk drives with 14" disk packs may require what additional types of preventive maintenance?
Last Answer : a. Cleaning with a special cleaning disk. b. Cleaning air filters. c. Cleaning spindles, rails, and slides. d. Cleaning and buffing read/write heads.
Description : Approximately how often should you clean a floppy disk drive that gets heavy use?
Last Answer : Once a month
Description : A kit for cleaning floppy disk drives contains what two items?
Last Answer : . a. A cloth or fiber cleaning disk. b. A bottle of cleaning solution.
Description : Why do floppy disk drives require more preventive maintenance than hard disk drives?
Last Answer : They are not sealed units, and they use flimsy plastic disks with an oxide coating that wears off and sticks to the heads
Description : In the actuator arm assembly of a hard disk drive transport, what device can position the magnetic heads to the correct track of a hard disk more accurately than a dc stepper motor?
Last Answer : Voice coil servo.
Description : Hard disk drive transports contain the electromechanical parts that perform what three functions?
Last Answer : a. Rotates the hard disk platters. b. Writes data to and reads data from the disk platters
Description : What part of a floppy disk drive transport contains the circuitry which controls the electromechanical parts of the transport?
Last Answer : Drive electronics circuit board.
Description : What part of a floppy disk drive transport uses a dc stepper motor to position the magnetic heads over the recording surface of a floppy disk?
Last Answer : Actuator arm assembly.
Description : The head arm assembly of a floppy disk drive transport has how many read heads and how many write heads?
Last Answer : Two read heads and two write heads.
Description : The drive motor of a 3-1/2", 1.44-MB floppy disk drive spins the disk at what RPM?
Last Answer : 600 RPM.
Description : What are the four most important parts of a floppy disk drive transport?
Last Answer : a. Drive motor/spindle assembly. b. Head arm assembly. c. Actuator arm assembly. d. Drive electronics circuit board.
Description : What method for encoding digital data enables you to store more data in less space by limiting the distance between pulses on a hard disk?
Last Answer : Run length-limited (RLL) encoding.
Description : Older, single-sided, single-density floppy disk drives would probably use what method for encoding digital data onto the floppy disk?
Last Answer : Frequency-modulation encoding.
Description : What is the most common method for erasing a hard disk?
Last Answer : Reformat the disk.
Description : What is the most common type of hard disk failure?
Last Answer : Head-crash.
Description : When computers use the cylinder method to store data on a hard disk pack, what three items make up the address that tells the computer where on a specific disk to store the data?
Last Answer : . a. Cylinder number. b. Recording surface number.
Description : What are the three most common sizes of hard disk platters?
Last Answer : 3-1/2 inches, 5-1/4 inches, and 14 inches.
Description : What three components determine the address that locates where on a floppy disk the computer will store the data?
Last Answer : a. disk side number, b. track number, and c. sector number.
Description : The process of formatting a floppy disk is called what type of sectoring?
Last Answer : Soft sectoring.
Description : What are the three levels of floppy disk density?
Last Answer : a. Single-density, b. double-density, and c. high-density.
Description : What type of floppy disk is made to store data on both sides of the disk
Last Answer : Double-sided.
Description : What is a floppy disk?
Last Answer : A thin, flexible platter coated with magnetic material so characters can be recorded.
Description : How does a magnetic drum differ from a magnetic disk?
Last Answer : The tracks in which the data is stored are assigned to channels that form circular bands around the drum.
Description : What two ways can data be physically organized on a disk pack?
Last Answer : By cylinder or sector.
Description : What precedes each record on a disk?
Last Answer : A disk address
Description : An operating system manages (a) memory (b) processor (c) disk and I/O devices (d) All of these -Technology
Last Answer : (d) An operating system manages disk and I/O devices as it is responsible for input from keyboard, mouse etc. It also manages the computer memory, so that each process can run most effectively.
Description : Which of the following devices have a limitation that we can only store information to it but cannot erase or modify it? A) Floppy Disk B) Hard Disk C) Tape Drive D) CDROM
Description : Which of the following Devices have a limitation that we can only read it but can not erase and modify it? 1) Tape Drive 2) Hard Disk 3) Compact Disk 4) Floppy Disk
Last Answer : 4) Floppy Disk
Description : Which of the following devices have a limitation that we can only information to it but cannot erase it-- 1) Floppy Disk 2) Hard Disk 3) Tape Drive 4) CDROM
Last Answer : 4) CDROM
Description : Arrange the following devices in ascending order of the speed: A. RAM B. Hard disk C. Cache D. Floppy 1) ABDC 2) BDAC 3) DBAC 4) BADC
Last Answer : 3) DBAC
Description : Which most popular input device is used today for interactive processing and for the one line entry of data for batch processing? a. Mouse b. Magnetic disk c. Visual display terminal d. Card punch
Last Answer : Mouse
Last Answer : a. Mouse
Description : Which one of the magnetic storage disk is also known as diskette? Explain it with its advantages and disadvantages. -Technology
Last Answer : Floppy disk drive is also known as diskette or FDD. It is a computer disk drive that enables a user to save data on removable diskettes.This portable storage device is a rewritable media that can ... damaged and not much reliable.2. Quite slow to access and retrieve data.3. Easily affected by heat
Description : Which of the following storage device can be used for storing large backup data? (a) Floppy disks (b) Hard disk (c) Magnetic tapes (d) None of these -Technology
Last Answer : "B) Hard Disk.
Description : What Hard Disk Drives are a form of what type of storage?
Last Answer : long term magnetic storage
Description : What is the process of copying software programs from secondary storage media to the hard disk called? 1) Configuration 2) Download 3) Storage 4) Upload 5) Installation
Last Answer : Answer :5