250+ TOP MCQs on Tertiary Storage and Answers

Operating System Multiple Choice Questions on “Tertiary Storage”.

1. Tertiary storage is built with ____________
a) a lot of money
b) unremovable media
c) removable media
d) secondary storage

Answer: c

2. Floppy disks are examples of ____________
a) primary storage
b) secondary storage
c) tertiary storage
d) none of the mentioned

Answer: c

3. What is a magneto-optic disk?
a) primary storage
b) secondary storage
c) removable disk
d) none of the mentioned

Answer: c

4. The magneto-optic head flies ___________ the disk surface than a magnetic disk head does.
a) much farther from
b) much closer to
c) at the same distance as
d) none of the mentioned

Answer: a

5. Optical disks ______ magnetism.
a) use
b) do not use
c) may use
d) none of the mentioned

Answer: b

6. The phase change disk is coated with a material that can freeze into either _______ or ________ state.
a) crystalline, solid
b) ice, amorphous
c) crystalline, liquid
d) crystalline, amorphous

Answer: d

7. WORM stands for ____________
a) write only, read mandatory
b) write once, read many times
c) write only once, read multiple
d) none of the mentioned

Answer: b

8. A tape holds _______ data than optical or magnetic disk cartridge.
a) lesser
b) more
c) much lesser
d) none of the mentioned

Answer: b

9. Random access to tape is _______ a disk seek.
a) much slower than
b) much faster than
c) comparable to
d) none of the mentioned

Answer: a

10. A typical tape drive is ________ a typical disk drive.
a) more expensive than
b) cheaper than
c) of the same cost as
d) none of the mentioned

Answer: a

11. The surface area of tape is ________ the surface area of a disk.
a) much lesser than
b) much larger than
c) equal to
d) none of the mentioned

Answer: b

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