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This section includes 373 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Technical Programming knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 301. |
Newer CD-ROM stores audio data of minutes |
| A. | 70 |
| B. | 75 |
| C. | 65 |
| D. | 80 |
| Answer» D. 80 | |
| 302. |
Tape drives for reels, cartridges and cassettes is said to be |
| A. | Similar design |
| B. | Different design |
| C. | Related/Reflective design |
| D. | Complex design |
| Answer» C. Related/Reflective design | |
| 303. |
During processing of record, tape state is said to be |
| A. | Moving |
| B. | Motionless |
| C. | Discrete |
| D. | Blocked |
| Answer» C. Discrete | |
| 304. |
Plastic ribbon of magnetic tape is wrapped with magnetizable recording material such as |
| A. | Iron oxide |
| B. | Chromium dioxide |
| C. | Zinc oxides |
| D. | Both a and b |
| Answer» E. | |
| 305. |
Commands are interpreted for operations of tape drive by the |
| A. | Tape controller |
| B. | Tape interpreter |
| C. | Tape connector |
| D. | Tape converter |
| Answer» B. Tape interpreter | |
| 306. |
Each side of a standard DVD-ROM disk can hold data up to |
| A. | 4.7 GB |
| B. | 9.4 GB |
| C. | 17 GB |
| D. | 140 GB |
| Answer» B. 9.4 GB | |
| 307. |
What are programs stored on ROM chips called? |
| A. | applications |
| B. | drivers |
| C. | firmware |
| D. | software |
| Answer» D. software | |
| 308. |
On magnetic disk's coated surface, invisible non-magnetized spots represents |
| A. | Charged cells |
| B. | Uncharged cells |
| C. | 1s |
| D. | 0s |
| Answer» E. | |
| 309. |
What do most laptops use instead of a DIMM? |
| A. | CRIMM |
| B. | Micro-RIMM |
| C. | SO-DIMM |
| D. | L-DIMM |
| Answer» D. L-DIMM | |
| 310. |
Tape drive uses two vacuum channels, which are designed to take up |
| A. | Slack tape |
| B. | As buffers |
| C. | Stretching prevention |
| D. | All of the Above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 311. |
Updation of contents of tape header level is commanded by tape controller with command known to be |
| A. | Write tape header level |
| B. | Update tape header level |
| C. | Alter tape header level |
| D. | Drop tape header level |
| Answer» B. Update tape header level | |
| 312. |
A magnetic disk's tracks are divided into smaller parts which is known as |
| A. | clusters |
| B. | sectors |
| C. | bytes |
| D. | slices |
| Answer» C. bytes | |
| 313. |
File which stores various versions of running programs is |
| A. | memory |
| B. | temp |
| C. | cache |
| D. | static |
| Answer» D. static | |
| 314. |
A medium used by magnetic tapes is said to be of |
| A. | Discrete |
| B. | Pointing |
| C. | Continuous |
| D. | Streaming |
| Answer» D. Streaming | |
| 315. |
Tape ribbon of magnetic tape is stored in |
| A. | Reels |
| B. | Small cartridge |
| C. | Cassette |
| D. | All of the Above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 316. |
Removing a program properly requires |
| A. | deleting it |
| B. | removing it |
| C. | disabling it |
| D. | uninstalling it |
| Answer» B. removing it | |
| 317. |
Process which lets you fit more data onto a magnetic disk is |
| A. | extraction |
| B. | defragmentation |
| C. | compression |
| D. | scanning |
| Answer» D. scanning | |
| 318. |
Magnetic storage devices includes |
| A. | compact disk |
| B. | hard disk |
| C. | audio tapes |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 319. |
Instructions of running program is carried by |
| A. | Primary storage |
| B. | Secondary storage |
| C. | Auxiliary memory |
| D. | Basic memory |
| Answer» B. Secondary storage | |
| 320. |
Method of storing data of a tape reel in adjacent bit configurations is known to be |
| A. | Absolute representation |
| B. | Linear representation |
| C. | Concurrent representation |
| D. | Parallel representation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 321. |
Process in which two or more records are grouped together is known to be |
| A. | Blocking |
| B. | Sectoring |
| C. | Packaging |
| D. | Recording |
| Answer» B. Sectoring | |
| 322. |
Digital Versatile Disc-Rewritable (DVD-RW) are rewritable up to |
| A. | 100 times |
| B. | 1000 times |
| C. | 500 times |
| D. | 2000 times |
| Answer» C. 500 times | |
| 323. |
Amount of data that can be stored on a given length of tape is known to be |
| A. | Data recording density |
| B. | Data recording speed |
| C. | Data recording length |
| D. | Data recording factor |
| Answer» B. Data recording speed | |
| 324. |
Data transfer rate of magnetic tape is computed in |
| A. | Files per second |
| B. | Words per second |
| C. | Characters per second |
| D. | Bits per second |
| Answer» D. Bits per second | |
| 325. |
Which among the following is the fastest memory component in a computer? |
| A. | Hard disk |
| B. | Registers |
| C. | Cache Memories |
| D. | RAM |
| Answer» C. Cache Memories | |
| 326. |
DVD-RW can hold ______ times more data than a full size CD-R. |
| A. | Two |
| B. | Five |
| C. | Seven |
| D. | Ten |
| Answer» D. Ten | |
| 327. |
Which of the following is a Volatile Memory? |
| A. | EPROM |
| B. | ROM |
| C. | RAM |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 328. |
Which of the following is a volatile memory ? |
| A. | EFPROM |
| B. | PROM |
| C. | EPROM |
| D. | RAM |
| Answer» E. | |
| 329. |
The term "red book", "yellow book" and "orange book" refers to |
| A. | SCSI |
| B. | IDE |
| C. | floppy drive |
| D. | CD-ROM standards |
| Answer» E. | |
| 330. |
The disks in which both the surfaces are used for recording are called |
| A. | Double-Sided (DS) disks |
| B. | Double Density(DD) disks |
| C. | High Density (HD) |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. Double Density(DD) disks | |
| 331. |
Which of the following correctly lists computer memory types from highest to lowest speed? |
| A. | Secondary Storage; Main Memory; Cache Memory; CPU Registers |
| B. | CPU Registers; Cache Memory; Secondary Storage; Main Memory |
| C. | CPU Registers; Cache Memory; Main Memory; Secondary Storage |
| D. | Cache Memory; CPU Registers; Main Memory; Secondary Storage |
| Answer» D. Cache Memory; CPU Registers; Main Memory; Secondary Storage | |
| 332. |
The Compact Disk (CD) was invented by |
| A. | Yoshiro Nakamatsu |
| B. | James Russell |
| C. | Jean Bartik |
| D. | Robert Dennard |
| Answer» C. Jean Bartik | |
| 333. |
Reusable optical storage will typically have the acronym ……….. |
| A. | CD |
| B. | DVD |
| C. | ROM |
| D. | RW |
| Answer» E. | |
| 334. |
What is the main purpose of secondary storage device? |
| A. | To increase the speed of computer |
| B. | To install operating system |
| C. | To networking |
| D. | To store data |
| Answer» E. | |
| 335. |
A hard disk is divided into tracks, which are further subdivided into |
| A. | clusters |
| B. | sectors |
| C. | vectors |
| D. | heads |
| Answer» C. vectors | |
| 336. |
Component which connects a disk drive to the computer's bus is |
| A. | a hard disk |
| B. | a drive interface |
| C. | a sensor |
| D. | a standard |
| Answer» C. a sensor | |
| 337. |
Time to move the read/write heads to a spot on the medium is defined as the |
| A. | read time |
| B. | transfer time |
| C. | seek time |
| D. | average access time |
| Answer» D. average access time | |
| 338. |
Drive access time is measured in |
| A. | nanoseconds |
| B. | milliseconds |
| C. | microseconds |
| D. | pico seconds |
| Answer» B. milliseconds | |
| 339. |
Swapping device which is used to hold the images of pages in main memory is called |
| A. | plex |
| B. | paging drum |
| C. | card punch |
| D. | optical mark reader |
| Answer» C. card punch | |
| 340. |
The current maximum capacity of a CD-ROM is |
| A. | 700 MB |
| B. | 750 MB |
| C. | 900 MB |
| D. | 1200 MB |
| Answer» D. 1200 MB | |
| 341. |
A CD is ________ in diameter and made up of polycarbonate plastic disk. |
| A. | 4.75 inch |
| B. | 5.75 inch |
| C. | 6.75 inch |
| D. | 3.75 inch |
| Answer» B. 5.75 inch | |
| 342. |
The average latency depends on _______ of the disk. |
| A. | Rotation per sec |
| B. | Rotation per minute |
| C. | Rotation per hour |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Rotation per hour | |
| 343. |
Which of the following mode guarantees the timing of data delivery? |
| A. | Control mode |
| B. | Interrupt mode |
| C. | Isochronous mode |
| D. | Bulk mode |
| Answer» D. Bulk mode | |
| 344. |
The storage capacity of a dual layer blu-ray disc is |
| A. | 20 GB |
| B. | 30 GB |
| C. | 40 GB |
| D. | 50 GB |
| Answer» E. | |
| 345. |
_______ is used to get the features of data accuracy, disk drive storage. |
| A. | Control mode |
| B. | Interrupt mode |
| C. | Isochronous mode |
| D. | Bulk mode |
| Answer» E. | |
| 346. |
For faster access of data from disk packs, ______ are used. |
| A. | Disks |
| B. | Tapes |
| C. | Cartridge |
| D. | Cylinders |
| Answer» E. | |
| 347. |
The USB 2.0 allows the maximum data speed at the rate of |
| A. | 480 MB/s |
| B. | 520 MB/s |
| C. | 250 MB/s |
| D. | 350 MB/s |
| Answer» E. | |
| 348. |
Bootable pen drives are also known as |
| A. | Heavy drives |
| B. | Light drives |
| C. | Live drives |
| D. | Hard drives |
| Answer» D. Hard drives | |
| 349. |
Memory stick is launched by |
| A. | Sony |
| B. | Microsoft |
| C. | Motorola |
| D. | IBM |
| Answer» B. Microsoft | |
| 350. |
For operation of writing to a magnetic tape ribbon, device used is known to be |
| A. | Zip Drive |
| B. | Tape Drive |
| C. | Flash drive |
| D. | WORM drive |
| Answer» C. Flash drive | |