Storage Devices MCQs 31 min Score: 0 Attempted: 0/31 Subscribe 1. Which of the following is a primary storage device? (A) CD-ROM (B) Hard Disk (C) RAM (D) USB Drive 2. Which of the following is a secondary storage device? (A) Hard Disk (B) ROM (C) RAM (D) CPU Registers 3. Which storage device is volatile? (A) Hard Disk (B) ROM (C) RAM (D) SSD 4. Which storage device is non-volatile? (A) ROM (B) Registers (C) RAM (D) Cache 5. Which storage device uses magnetic storage? (A) SSD (B) CD-ROM (C) Flash Drive (D) Hard Disk 6. SSD stands for: (A) Super Storage Device (B) Solid State Drive (C) Standard Storage Disk (D) Static Storage Device 7. Which storage device is fastest for data access? (A) SSD (B) Hard Disk (C) USB Drive (D) Optical Disk 8. Which storage device is used for permanent storage of programs? (A) Registers (B) RAM (C) Cache (D) ROM 9. Optical storage devices include: (A) CD, DVD, Blu-ray (B) Hard Disk (C) SSD (D) RAM 10. Which of the following is an example of portable storage? (A) Hard Disk (B) USB Flash Drive (C) SSD (D) Cache 11. Which storage device can be written once and read many times? (A) PROM (B) CD-ROM (C) RAM (D) EPROM 12. EPROM can be erased using: (A) Heat (B) UV light (C) Magnet (D) Electricity 13. Which storage device is commonly used in smartphones and cameras? (A) Optical Disk (B) Hard Disk (C) RAM (D) Flash memory 14. Magnetic tape is mainly used for: (A) Fast data access (B) Running programs (C) Backup and archival (D) Temporary storage 15. Which storage device has no moving parts? (A) SSD (B) Hard Disk (C) CD-ROM (D) Floppy Disk 16. Floppy disks are an example of: (A) Optical storage (B) Magnetic storage (C) Solid-state storage (D) Cloud storage 17. Blu-ray disks can store up to: (A) 700 MB (B) 25–50 GB (C) 4.7 GB (D) 1 TB 18. Which storage device is most suitable for long-term archival? (A) Registers (B) RAM (C) Cache (D) Magnetic tape 19. Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) are measured in: (A) Bytes per second (B) RPM and GB/TB (C) Hertz (D) Watts 20. Which storage device is rewritable multiple times? (A) RAM (B) PROM (C) Flash Drive (D) ROM 21. Which type of storage is used in cloud computing? (A) Magnetic Disk (B) Optical Disk (C) Registers (D) Network storage / Server storage 22. Which of the following is an example of primary storage? (A) Cache (B) Hard Disk (C) DVD (D) USB Drive 23. Which storage device is slower than SSD but cheaper per GB? (A) RAM (B) Hard Disk (C) Cache (D) Registers 24. Write speed and read speed are faster in: (A) HDD (B) SSD (C) CD-ROM (D) Floppy Disk 25. ROM is mainly used to store: (A) Music files (B) Temporary data (C) Video files (D) BIOS and firmware 26. Cloud storage is considered: (A) Primary storage (B) CPU memory (C) Secondary / Remote storage (D) Cache memory 27. Optical disks store data using: (A) Pits and lands reflecting light (B) Magnetic charges (C) Electrical pulses (D) Mechanical pins 28. The difference between SSD and HDD is: (A) SSD has no moving parts, HDD has spinning disks (B) SSD is slower than HDD (C) HDD is solid-state (D) SSD uses magnetic storage 29. Floppy disks store data using: (A) Optical marks (B) Laser (C) Electrical pulses (D) Magnetic coating 30. RAID storage is used to: (A) Increase reliability and speed (B) Increase CPU speed (C) Increase RAM (D) Increase display resolution 31. Hybrid drives combine: (A) RAM and ROM (B) SSD and HDD (C) CD-ROM and DVD (D) Cache and RAM
