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Question 1. Which of the following is a physical storage media ?
  1.    Tape Storage
  2.    Optical Storage
  3.    Flash memory
  4.    All of the mentioned
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> All of the mentioned


All of the mentioned
The storage media are classified by the speed with which data can be accessed, by the cost per unit of data to buy the medium, and by the medium's reliability.


Question 2. __________ is increasingly being used in server systems to improve performance by caching frequently used data, since it provides faster access than disk, with larger storage capacity than main memory.
  1.    Flash memory
  2.    Disk
  3.    Main memory
  4.    Secondary memory
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Flash memory


Flash memoryFlash memory is of two types “ NAND and NOR.


Question 3. Which of the following stores several gigabytes of data but usually lost when power failure?
  1.    Flash memory
  2.    Disk
  3.    Main memory
  4.    Secondary memory
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Main memory


Main memoryThe contents of main memory are usually lost if a power failure or system crash occurs.


Question 4. The flash memory storage used are
  1.    NOR Flash
  2.    OR Flash
  3.    AND Flash
  4.    All of the mentioned
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> NOR Flash


NOR FlashNAND flash has a much higher storage capacity for a given cost, and is widely used for data storage in devices such as cameras, music players, and cell phones.


Question 5. The _________ is the fastest and most costly form of storage, which is relatively small; its use is managed by the computer system hardware.
  1.    Cache
  2.    Disk
  3.    Main memory
  4.    Flash memory
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Cache


CacheCache storage is easy to access because it is closer to the processor.


Question 6. Which is the cheapest memory device in terms of costs/bit ?
  1.    Semiconductor memory
  2.    Magnetic disks
  3.    Compact disks
  4.    Magnetic tapes
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Compact disks


Compact disksCompact disk is used for easy storage at lower cost .


Question 7. Optical disk _______ systems contain a few drives and numerous disks that can be loaded into one of the drives automatically (by a robot arm) on demand.
  1.    Tape Storage
  2.    Jukebox
  3.    Flash memory
  4.    All of the mentioned
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Jukebox


JukeboxThe most popular form of optical disks are CD and DVD.


Question 8. Tape storage is referred to as __________ storage.
  1.    Direct-access
  2.    Random-access
  3.    Sequential-access
  4.    All of the mentioned
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Sequential-access


Sequential-accessTape storage is used primarily for backup and archival data.


Question 9. The primary medium for the long-term online storage of data is the __________ where the entire database is stored on magnetic disk.
  1.    Semiconductor memory
  2.    Magnetic disks
  3.    Compact disks
  4.    Magnetic tapes
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Magnetic disks


Magnetic disksThe system must move the data from disk to main memory so that they can be accessed .


Question 10. There are "record-once versions of compact disk and digital video disk, which can be written only once; such disks are also called __________ disks.
  1.    Write-once, read-many (WORM)
  2.    CD-R
  3.    DVD-W
  4.    CD-ROM
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Write-once, read-many (WORM)


Write-once, read-many (WORM)There are also "multiple-write versions of compact disk (called CD-RW) and digital video disk (DVD-RW, DVD+RW, and DVD-RAM), which can be written multiple times.


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