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This quiz contains multiple-choice problems on sequential and direct access, magnetic tapes, storage devices, magnetic and optical disks.
A computer has a built-in clock that emits millions of regularly spaced electric pulses per __ called clock cycles.
Second
Millisecond
Microsecond
Minute
It takes one clock cycle to perform a basic operation. True or false?
True
False
The operation that does not involve clock cycles is
The installation of a device
Execute
Fetch
Decode
The number of clock cycles per second is referred as
Clock speed
Clock frequency
Clock rate
Clock timing
CISC stands for
Complex information sensed CPU
Complex instruction set computer
Complex intelligence sensed CPU
Complex instruction set CPU
Which of the following processors has a fixed length of instructions?
CISC
RISC
EPIC
Multi-core
One example of a processor that is complex and expensive to produce is
RISC
EPIC
CISC
Multi-core
The architecture that uses a tighter coupling between the compiler and the processor is
EPIC
Multi-core
RISC
CISC
Word length of a personal computer is
64 bits
16 bits
8 bits
32 bits
HLDA stands for
High-level data
High-level data acknowledgment
Hold acknowledgement
Hold data
__ is also called auxiliary storage.
Secondary memory
Tertiary memory
Primary memory
Cache memory
The magnetic tape is generally a plastic ribbon coated with
Magnesium oxide
Chromium dioxide
Zinc oxide
Copper oxide
The magnetic tape is a type of __ access device.
Sequential
Direct access
Step
Indirect
The dots on the magnetic tape represent
Binary digits
Decimal digits
Hexadecimal digits
Octal digits
Which of the following is the correct representation for the storage capacity of a tape?
Data recording density = Storage capacity
Length = Storage capacity
Storage capacity = Length * data recording density
Storage capacity = Length + data recording density
