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Computer Storage Devices MCQ

An external hard disk _______.

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Correct Answer: Usually connects to a USB or Thunderbolt port.

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Usb drives can store up to ____ of data

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Correct Answer: All of the above

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A ____ is a place to store something temporarily.

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Correct Answer: Cache

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Pata hard disk drives require a five-pin ______ power cable for proper connectivity.

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Correct Answer: Molex

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____ uses a number of hard drives to store information across multiple drive units.

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Correct Answer: RAID

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External hard drives today typically connect to a computer via a usb or ____ port.

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Correct Answer: FireWire

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____ means saving data in computer memory and retrieval is accessing data from memory.

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Correct Answer: Storage

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“Low cost per bit stored” is the characteristic of:

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Correct Answer: Secondary memory

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The non volatile storage device is:

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Correct Answer: Magnetic tape

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Which of the following is the storage device for multimedia?

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Correct Answer: The DVD/BD

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As storage media the advantages of CD-ROM is:

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Correct Answer: It makes less error than magnetic media

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

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Correct Answer: Back up and high volume data

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What is the main directory of a disk called?

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Correct Answer: Root

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What is a zip drive?

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Correct Answer: A medium capacity removable disk storage system

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The type of device which is 3 ½ inch floppy drive is nothing but:

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Correct Answer: Storage

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The storage devices such as hard disks and CD ROM drives can be connected inside personal computers using the standard interface such as:

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Correct Answer: AT attachment

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It is a magnetic storage device:

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Correct Answer: Compact disk

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To enable the computer to read the disk, it is inserted in:

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Correct Answer: Disk drive

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In ____________ storage device the access time is effectively independent of the location of data.

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Correct Answer: Direct access

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The acronym for the reusable optical storage is:

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Correct Answer: RW

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How do the hard disks record information?

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Correct Answer: Magnetization

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The storage device that uses rigid, permanently installed magnetic disks to store data is:

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Correct Answer: Hard disk

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