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Q131.

Which hole is used to mark the location of the first sector in a soft-sectored disk.

Address

Location

Index

Label

Discuss

Answer: (c).Index

Q132.

Bubble memory is a

Sequential access device only

Direct access device only

Combination of sequential and direct access devices

All of the above

Discuss

Answer: (c).Combination of sequential and direct access devices

Q133.

What is the storage capacity of a Hollerith card which is organized into nibbles?

128

240

Discuss

Answer: (d).240

Q134.

A vertically aligned set of tracks on a disk pack is known as

Cluster

Surface

Cylinder

Panel

Discuss

Answer: (c).Cylinder

Q135.

Who is 1988 announced the latest version of CD-ROM called CD-ROMXA (extended architecture) which provides a documented means of integrating digital audio with computer data on a CD-ROM disk?

Sony

Philips

Microsoft

All of the above

Discuss

Answer: (d).All of the above

Q136.

What are the concentric circles on floppy disks know as?

Tracks

Cylinders

Sectors

Segments

Discuss

Answer: (a).Tracks

Q137.

Hard disks are formatted in the same manner as floppy disks. However, before a hard disk can be formatted, it must first be _____

partitioned

sectioned

deleted

inter-sectioned

Discuss

Answer: (a).partitioned

Q138.

The no of logical records in a physical record is

Group

Blocking factor

Sector

Field

Discuss

Answer: (b).Blocking factor

Q139.

The magnetic storage chips used to provide nonvolatile direct access storage of data and that have no moving parts are known as

Magnetic core memory

Magnetic tape memory

Magnetic disk memory

Magnetic bubble memory

Discuss

Answer: (d).Magnetic bubble memory

Q140.

A common example of a data storage medium is

cartidge

floppies

cluge

disk

Discuss

Answer: (d).disk

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