Mass-Storage Structures: Devices and/or Systems that have been described as Mass Storage

This is a computer science engineering quiz on operating systems, which includes questions based on mass-storage devices.

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Which of the following is drop down list?

List Combo box Text area None

Which components appear in the initial Windows start up display?

Dialog boxes Start menu Taskbar All of above

I/O hardware contains ____________.

Bus

Controller

I/O port and its registers

All of the mentioned

The data-in register of I/O port is ____________.

Read by host to get input

Read by controller to get input

Written by host to send output

Written by host to start a command

The host sets _____ bit when a command is available for the controller to execute.

Write

Status

Command-ready

Control

When hardware is accessed by reading and writing to the specific memory locations, then it is called ____________.

Port-mapped I/O

Controller-mapped I/O

Bus-mapped I/O

None of the mentioned

Device drivers are implemented to interface ____________.

Character devices

Block devices

Network devices

All of the mentioned

The maximum size of a write file is limited to only?

Name of the file

Extension of the file

The amount of memory in your computer

All of above

Recently deleted files are stored in?

Recycle bin

Desktop

Taskbar

My computer

A small part of taskbar that has icons of background running applications is_____________.

Start button

Quick launch

Task bar

System tray

Tertiary storage is built with ____________.

A lot of money

Unremovable media

Removable media

Secondary storage

Floppy disks are examples of ____________.

Primary storage

Secondary storage

Tertiary storage

None of the mentioned

What is a magneto-optic disk?

Primary storage

Secondary storage

Removable disk

None of the mentioned

The magneto-optic head flies ___________ the disk surface than a magnetic disk head does.

Much farther from

Much closer to

At the same distance as

None of the mentioned

Optical disks ______ magnetism.

Use

Do not use

May use

None of the mentioned

Quiz/Test Summary
Title: Mass-Storage Structures: Devices and/or Systems that have been described as Mass Storage
Questions: 15
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james