Deck 4: Computer Peripherals and Storage Devices

Question 1

An __________ printer would be non-impact as they work through spraying ink or toner and fusing it to the paper.

A)Inkjet
B)Wax
C)Laser or LED
D)All of the above

Answer 1

All of the above

Question 2

The term __________________ is important primarily in that it distinguishes quiet printers from noisy and impact types of printers.

A)Impact
B)Non Impact
C)Force
D)None of the above

Answer 2

Non Impact

Question 3

Computers have an _______________ subsystem,

A)Input
B)Output
C)Proper
D)Both (A) and (B)

Answer 3

Both (A) and (B)

Question 4

The CRT monitor creates a picture out of many rows or lines of tiny__________ dots.

A)Black
B)White
C)Plain
D)Colored

Question 5

In plasma type of displays_____________ gas is used.

A)Ionized
B)Oxygen
C)Carbon dioxide
D)All the above

Question 6

The time required to locate and retrieve the data from the storage unit is

A)Access time
B)Access mode
C)Storage capacity
D)Storage cost

Question 7

_________stores binary information using clocked sequential circuits.

A)RAM
B)SRAM
C)DRAM
D)ROM

Question 8

_________ stores binary information in the form of electric charges that are applied to capacitors inside the chip.

A)RAM
B)SRAM
C)DRAM
D)ROM

Question 9

The data recording density is measured in

A)Bits per inch
B)Bytes per inch
C)Kilobytes per inch
D)Megabytes per inch

Question 10

Storage capacity of a tape is equal to the product of data recording density and ________.

A)Area of tape
B)Breadth of tape
C)Height of tape
D)Length of tape

Question 11

Inter-track gaps are used to separate the adjacent tracks so that the interference of magnetic fields is ________.

A)Minimized
B)Maximized
C)Expanded
D)None of the above

Question 12

Tracks are commonly divided into sections called _________.

A)Cells
B)Sectors
C)Both (A) and (B)
D)None of the above

Question 13

If there are 100 tracks on each disk surface, there are ________ cylinders in the disk pack.

A)99
B)101
C)100
D)1000

Question 14

If a disk pack consists of 4 plates each having 2655 tracks having 125 sectors per track. Also, each sector can store 512 bytes, then, storage capacity is approximately.

A)1 MB
B)1GB
C)1 X 1010 bytes
D)10 GB

Question 15

The average seek time in most systems is

A)10-100 milliseconds
B)10-100 seconds
C)10-100 minutes
D)10-100 hours

Question 16

The time taken for positioning the head on a specific track is called

A)Average time
B)Latency time
C)Seek time
D)None of the above

Question 17

The rotational speed of a disk is measured in

A)Rotation per minute
B)Rotation per second
C)Rotation per hour
D)None of the above

Question 18

Which of the following is used as wildcards

A)/
B)=
C)*
D)All of the above

Question 19

For a 3.5 disk high density disk which has 80 tracks, 18 sectors/tracks, 512bytes/sector, the disk storage capacity is approximately

A)1.4 MB
B)1.4 GB
C)1.4 KB
D)None of the above

Question 20

The size for the disk platters range between _________ in diameter.

A)1 to 10 inches
B)1 to 15 inches
C)1 to 20 inches
D)1 to 14 inches

Question 21

A zip disk has a capacity of about

A)1 MB
B)70 MB
C)150 MB
D)100 MB

Question 22

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

Question 23

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

Question 24

The current maximum capacity of a CD-ROM is

A)700MB
B)750 MB
C)900 MB
D)1200 MB

Question 25

The storage capacity of a dual layer blu-ray disc is

A)20 GB
B)30 GB
C)40 GB
D)50 GB