Computer System Architecture

1. Which is an important data transfer technique:

  1. CPU
  2. DMA
  3. CAD
  4. None of these

Correct answer: (B)
DMA

2. Which device can be thought of as transducers which can sense physical effects and convert them into machine-tractable data:

  1. Storage devices
  2. Peripheral devices
  3. Both
  4. None

Correct answer: (B)
Peripheral devices

3. Which devices are usually designed on the complex electromechanical principle:

  1. Storage devices
  2. Peripheral devices
  3. Input devices
  4. All of these

Correct answer: (C)
Input devices

4. Which disk is one of the important I/O devices and its most commonly used as permanent storage devices in any processor:

  1. Hard disk
  2. Optical disk
  3. Magneto disk
  4. Magneto Optical disk

Correct answer: (A)
Hard disk

5. In storage devices PC have hard disk having capacities in the range of:

  1. 12GB to 15GB
  2. 15GB to 20GB
  3. 20GB to 80GB
  4. 80GB to 85GB

Correct answer: (C)
20GB to 80GB

6. Which disk is a 3.5-inch diskette with a capacity of 1.44MB:

  1. Soft disk
  2. Floppy disk
  3. Both
  4. None

Correct answer: (C)
Both

7. Which has a large storage capacity of 2 to8GB:

  1. Magnetic tape
  2. Magnetic disk
  3. Soft disk
  4. Floppy disk

Correct answer: (A)
Magnetic tape

8. Which disk read the data by reflecting pulses of laser beams on the surface:

  1. Magnetic disk
  2. Soft disk
  3. Floppy disk
  4. Optical disk

Correct answer: (D)
Optical disk

9. Data access time of optical disk varies from 200 to 350minutes with transfer rate of __________:

  1. 130KB/s to 400KB/s
  2. 130KB/s to 500KB/s
  3. 150KB/s to 600KB/s
  4. 150KB/s to 800KB/s

Correct answer: (D)
150KB/s to 800KB/s

10. NAND type flash memory data storage devices integrated with a __________ interface:

  1. ATM
  2. LAN
  3. USB
  4. DBMS

Correct answer: (C)
USB

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