Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education 2009 Certification MS-CIT Bank Set 21 - Question Paper

1. Increasing storage capacity by reducing the amount of space needed to store the data by replacing repeating trends with a token is called file compression
1) TRUE
2) FALSE

2. Magnetic tape ________ are used with mainframes
1) reels
2) streamers
3) flyers
4) drives

3. Magnetic tape is an example of a direct access storage medium
1) TRUE
2) FALSE

4. Magnetic tape reels are typically used with microcomputers
1) TRUE
2) FALSE

5. Magnetic tape streamers allow easy backup of a microcomputer's hard disk
1) TRUE
2) FALSE

6. Magnetic tape streamers are typically used with microcomputers
1) TRUE
2) FALSE

7. Most disks are volatile storage devices
1) TRUE
2) FALSE

8. Music is available on the Internet in special compressed music files called MP3s
1) TRUE
2) FALSE

9. One or more metallic platters sealed inside a container that is mounted inside the system unit defines a(n)
1) internal hard disk
2) hard disk cartridge
3) hard disk pack
4) megabyte drive

10. Secondary storage devices are nonvolatile
1) TRUE
2) FALSE

11. Secondary storage devices are volatile
1) TRUE
2) FALSE

12. Secondary storage is __________, which means it keeps its data after the power is turned off
1) volatile
2) sequential
3) direct
4) nonvolatile

13. Several hard disk platters aligned 1 above the other, and frequently obtained external to the system unit is a(n)
1) internal hard disk
2) hard disk cartridge
3) hard disk pack
4) megabyte drive

14. Storage devices that lose their data when powered down are stated to be nonvolatile
1) TRUE
2) FALSE

15. Storage devices that lose their data when powered down are stated to be volatile
1) TRUE
2) FALSE

16. Storing frequently used data from the hard disk into memory is called caching
1) TRUE
2) FALSE

17. Storing frequently used data from the hard disk into memory is called disk Salvage
1) TRUE
2) FALSE

18. Tape is a kind of __________ storage
1) magneto-optical
2) DVD
3) direct access
4) sequential access

19. The _________ has the largest capacity of the removable floppy disks
1) 2HD
2) Zip
3) SuperDisk
4) HiFD

20. The 2HD on a disk tag means
1) 2 MB storage capacity
2) two-sided, high density
3) 2 MB hard disk
4) two-sided hard disk

21. The advantage obtained in a hard disk cartridge is that the cartridge is Removable
1) TRUE
2) FALSE

22. The data on a floppy disk is recorded in rings called
1) sectors
2) ringers
3) roundels
4) tracks

23. The data on an optical disk are represented by bumpy areas called _______ on the disk surface
1) bumps
2) flats
3) lands
4) pits

24. The data on an optical disk are represented by flat areas called _______ on the disk surface

Earning:   Approval pending.