The tracks on a disk which can be accessed without repositioning the R/W heads is
Surface
Cylinder
Cluster
All of the above
Correct Answer :
B. Cylinder
Related Questions
The ALU of a computer responds to the commands coming from
Primary memory
Control section
External memory
Cache memory
If in a computer, 16 bits are used to specify address in a RAM, the number of addresses will be
216
65536
64K
Any of the above
Regarding data, computers are very good at
store
Processing
retrieve
All of above
Who is credited with the idea of using punch cards to control patterns in a waving machine?
Pascal
Hollerith
Babbage
Jacquard
Which is a machine-oriented high-level language for the GEC 4080 series machines.
LOGO
SNOBOL
Babbage
ALGOL
Which of the items below are considered removable storage media?
Removable hard disk cartridges
(Magneto-optical) disk
Flexible disks cartridges
All of the above
People often call ______ as the brain of computer system
Control Unit
Arithmetic Logic Unit
Central Processing Unit
Storage Unit
What is the name of the new color laptop computer which is powered by a 386 processor at 33 MHz and is built by Epson?
AX3/33
NEC-20
Magnum 2000
HCL-3000
In which year was chip used inside the computer for the first time?
1964
1975
1999
1944
What is the name of the computer terminal which gives paper printout?
Display screen
Soft copy terminal
Hard copy terminal
Plotter
Which was the world's first microcomputer that used Intel 80386 microprocessor chip?
IBM PS/2
HP-9830
DeskPro-386
IBM-360
How many address lines are needed to address each machine location in a 2048 x 4 memory chip?
10
11
8
12
Which one is the largest space?
kilobyte
petabyte
terabyte
gigabyte
An area of a computer that temporarily holds data waiting to be processed is________
CPU
Memory
Storage
File
Offline device is
A device which is not connected to CPU
A device which is connected to CPU
A direct access storage device
An I/O device
The organization and interconnection of the various components of a computer system is
Architecture
Networks
Graphics
Designing
Before a disk drive can access any sector record, a computer program has to provide the record's disk address. What information does this address specify?
Track number
Sector number
Surface number
All of above
Who is the chief of Microsoft
Babbage
Bill Gates
Bill Clinton
none of these
To move a copy of file from one computer to another over a communication channel is called?
File transfer
File encryption
File modification
File copying
One computer that is not considered a portable computer is
Minicomputer
A laptop computer
Tablet PC
All of the above
The contribution of Konrad Zuse was long ignored because
He made the computers secretly
His computers were very complicated and it took time for the people to recognize its power
Of political reasons. He was German.
All of the above
In which language is source program written?
English
Symbolic
High level
Temporary
________ is the process of dividing the disk into tracks and sectors.
Tracking
Formatting
Crashing
Allotting
You use a(n) ________, such as a keyboard or mouse, to input information
output device
input device
storage device
processing device
The instructions that tell a computer how to carry out the processing tasks are referred to as computer________
programs
processors
input devices
memory modules
Which of the following is used as a primary storage device?
Magnetic drum
Hard Disks
All of above
Floppy
Word length of a Personal Computer is
4 bits
8 bits
16 bits
64 bits
Another word for a daisy wheel printer
Petal printer
Golf ball printer
Laser printer
Line printer
Floppy disks are available in
Single side single density
Single side double density
Both of above
None of above
The most important advantage of a video disk is
Compactness
Potential capacity
Durability
Cost effectiveness