NSCT – Secondary Storage Management MCQs 20 min Score: 0 Attempted: 0/20 Subscribe 1. . Secondary storage devices are used for: (A) Temporary data storage (B) Permanent data storage (C) CPU instruction storage (D) RegistersShow All AnswersShow All Answers 2. . Which of the following is a secondary storage device? (A) RAM (B) Hard Disk Drive (C) CPU Cache (D) ROMShow All Answers 3. . The main advantage of secondary storage over primary storage is: (A) Faster access (B) Higher capacity (C) Both B and C (D) Lower cost per bitShow All Answers 4. . Which of the following is a magnetic storage device? (A) SSD (B) Hard Disk Drive (C) Optical Disk (D) Flash DriveShow All Answers 5. . An optical storage device uses: (A) Light or laser (B) Magnetic fields (C) Electrical charge (D) Mechanical motionShow All Answers 6. . SSD stands for: (A) Solid State Device (B) Solid State Disk (C) Secondary Storage Device (D) System Storage DiskShow All Answers 7. . Which storage device has no moving parts and faster access time? (A) Hard Disk Drive (B) SSD (C) Optical Disk (D) Magnetic TapeShow All Answers 8. . The access method of a hard disk is: (A) Sequential access (B) Random access (C) Both B and C (D) Direct accessShow All Answers 9. . Magnetic tape is primarily used for: (A) High-speed processing (B) Main memory (C) Backup and archival (D) CPU registersShow All Answers 10. . RAID stands for: (A) Reliable Array of Integrated Disks (B) Random Access of Internal Data (C) Read And Input Device (D) Redundant Array of Independent DisksShow All Answers 11. . Which RAID level provides both mirroring and striping? (A) RAID 0 (B) RAID 10 (C) RAID 5 (D) RAID 1Show All Answers 12. . Disk scheduling algorithms are used to: (A) Schedule CPU (B) Manage memory (C) Schedule I/O requests to disk (D) Manage filesShow All Answers 13. . FCFS disk scheduling stands for: (A) Fast CPU First Scheduling (B) First Come First Serve (C) File Control For Storage (D) First Cache First ServeShow All Answers 14. . SSTF disk scheduling stands for: (A) Simple Storage Task First (B) Sequential Storage Transfer File (C) Shortest Seek Time First (D) Smallest Size Transfer FirstShow All Answers 15. . C-SCAN disk scheduling: (A) Uses shortest seek time (B) Services requests sequentially (C) Services requests in circular manner with uniform wait time (D) Ignores disk requestsShow All Answers 16. . Disk fragmentation occurs when: (A) Disk space is continuous (B) Free space is scattered in small blocks (C) Disk is formatted (D) CPU is idleShow All Answers 17. . Defragmentation is used to: (A) Increase CPU speed (B) Delete files (C) Reorganize scattered disk blocks (D) Manage memoryShow All Answers 18. . Optical disks can be: (A) Read-Only (B) Write-Once Read-Many (C) Rewritable (D) All of the aboveShow All Answers 19. . Cache memory in storage systems is used to: (A) Temporarily store frequently accessed data (B) Store all files permanently (C) Increase secondary storage capacity (D) Schedule CPUShow All Answers 20. . The main goal of secondary storage management is to: (A) Ensure efficient, reliable, and permanent data storage (B) Increase CPU speed (C) Manage registers (D) Allocate memoryShow All Answers
