What characteristic of read-only memory (ROM) makes it useful?
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a) ROM information can be easily updated
89%
b) Data in ROM is nonvolatile, that is, it remains there even without electrical power
4%
c) ROM provides very large amounts of inexpensive data storage
5%
d) ROM chips are easily swapped between different brands of computers
0%
e) None of these
To put information in a file on a magnetic disk, or in a computer's memory, so that it can be used later................
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a) Store
5%
b) Ship
7%
c) Shift
2%
d) Centre
1%
e) None of these
Aplace in the computer system where data and programs are temporarily stored................
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a) Paste
3%
b) Open
91%
c) Memory
2%
d) Pocket
1%
e) None of these
A removable magnetic disc that holds information.............
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a) Floppy disk
30%
b) Hard drive
0%
c) Monitor
8%
d) Portable
0%
e) None of these
The primary device that a computer uses to store information..............
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a) TV
6%
b) Storehouse
3%
c) Desk
87%
d) Hard drive
3%
e) None of these
All of the following storage media have read and write capabilities except................
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a) Flash memory cards
62%
b) CD-ROMs
15%
c) Hard disk drives
3%
d) Floppy disks
2%
e) None of these
...............is the process of dividing the disk into tracks and sector
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a) Tracking
64%
b) Formatting
2%
c) Crashing
6%
d) Allotting
1%
e) None of these
The term... refers to data storage systems that make it possible computer or electronic device to store and retrieve data
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a) retrieval technology
5%
b) input technology
75%
c) storage technology
0%
d) output technology
0%
e) None of these
..................is the maximum amount of data that can be stored on a ston medium.
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a) Magnetic storage
24%
b) Optical storage
20%
c) Solid-state stor
31%
d) Storage capacity
2%
e) None of these
Which of the following can only have sequential access?
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a) Disk
63%
b) Tape
14%
c) CD-ROM
4%
d) DVD-ROM
0%
e) None of these
When you save to......, your data will remain intact even when computer is turned off.
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17%
a) RAM
6%
b) mother board
75%
c) secondary storage
2%
d) primary storages device
0%
e) None of these
Which device can understand difference between data and program
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a) Input device
4%
b) Output device
13%
c) Memory
76%
d) Microprocessor
2%
e) None of these
Which of the following devices have a limitation that we can only it but can not erase or modify it?
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a) Tape drive
18%
b) Hard disk
47%
c) Compact disk
14%
d) Floppy disk
4%
e) None of these
Which of the following is the storage area within the computer itself with holds data only temporarily as the computer processes instruction
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8%
a) the hard disk
71%
b) main memory
12%
c) the control unit
8%
d) read-only memory
0%
e) None of these
If a memory chip is volatile, it will...........
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0%
a) explode if exposed to high temperatures
88%
b) lose its contents if currents it turned off
6%
c) be used for data storage only
6%
d) be used to both read and write data
0%
e) None of these
What characteristic of read-only memory (ROM) makes it useful?
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2%
a) ROM information can be easily updated
90%
b) Data in ROM is nonvolatile, that is, it remains there even without electrical power
6%
c) ROM provides very large amounts of inexpensive data storage
2%
d) ROM chips are easily swapped between different brands of computers
0%
e) None of these
A DVD is an example of a (n) .......
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14%
a) hard disk
54%
b) optical disc
4%
c) output device
29%
d) solid-state storage device
0%
e) None of these
Which of the following are advantage of CD-ROM as a storage media?
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a) CD-ROM is an inexpensive way to store large amount of data and information
25%
b) CD-ROM disks retrieve data and information more quickly than magnetic disks do
7%
c) CD-ROMs make less errors than magnetic media
44%
d) All of these
1%
e) None of these