King Fahd Univesity of Petroleum & Minerals

Department of Accounting & MIS

MIS 105- Introduction to Computer Applications

Term 072

Quiz 5

Name______________________________________ ID # _______________


*One point for each question
*Chose the best answer
* Total 20 Questions


1. Secondary storage is __________, which means it keeps its data after the power is turned
off.
A) volatile
B) sequential
C) direct
D) nonvolatile
Answer: D Page: 146


2. Flat, portable pieces of Mylar encased in a hard, plastic cover and used to store data are
called
A) nonvolatile media
B) EBCDIC data
C) diskettes
D) standard disks
Answer: C Page: 146-147


3. The standard size for flexible disks with an exterior jacket of hard plastic is currently
A) 2.5 inches
B) 3.5 inches
C) 5.25 inches
D) 8 inches
Answer: B Page: 147


4. The 2HD on a disk label means
A) 2 MB storage capacity
B) two-sided, high density
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C) 2 MB hard disk
D) two-sided hard disk
Answer: B Page: 147


5. A removable floppy-disk cartridge with 100 MB or 250 MB of capacity is called a(n)
__________ disk.
A) Zip
B) mega
C) monster
D) cache
Answer: A Page: 148


6. If the notch on a diskette is open,
A) data cannot be read from the diskette
B) data cannot be stored on the diskette
C) the diskette cannot be inserted into the computer
D) the diskette is completely unusable
Answer: B Page: 147


7. Another floppy-disk cartridge that can store 120 MB to 250 MB and still use the standard
3 floppy drive is
A) SuperDisk
B) ZIP disk
C) HDF
D) Iomega
Answer: A Page: 148


8. The data on a floppy disk is recorded in rings called
A) sectors
B) ringers
C) roundels
D) tracks
Answer: D Page: 147


9. The __________ indicates how much data a particular storage medium can hold.
A) access
B) capacity
C) memory
D) storage
Answer: B Page: 147

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10. An internal hard disk is also known as a __________.
A) platter disk
B) fixed disk
C) rotating disk
D) read-write disk
Answer: B Page: 149


11. Zip disks have a storage capacity of __________.
A) 120 KB
B) 100 MB/250 MB
C) 50 MB
D) 200 MB
Answer: B Page: 148


12. HiFD disks have a storage capacity of __________.
A) 120 KB
B) 100 MB
C) 50 MB
D) 200 MB
Answer: D Page: 148


13. The standard 3.5-inch disk has a storage capacity of __________.
A) 1.44 MB
B) 100 MB
C) 144 KB
D) 100 KB
Answer: A Page: 147


14. Rings or tracks on floppies are divided in wedged-shaped sections known as
A) formats
B) disks
C) sectors
D) divisions
Answer: C Page: 147


15. Thick, rigid, metal platters that are capable of storing and retrieving information at a high
rate of speed are known as
A) hard disks
B) soft disks
C) cartridge
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D) pack
Answer: A Page: 148


16. __________ is the term used to describe what happens when the read-write head of a
hard disk touches the surface of the disk platter.
A) I/O error
B) Platter crash
C) Head crash
D) Flying error
Answer: C Page: 148


17. One or more metallic platters sealed inside a container that is mounted inside the system
unit describes a(n)
A) internal hard disk
B) hard disk cartridge
C) hard disk pack
D) megabyte drive
Answer: A Page: 149


18. A(n) __________ is a hard disk that can be removed from the system unit.
A) internal hard disk
B) hard disk cartridge
C) hard disk pack
D) megabyte drive
Answer: B Page: 149


19. Several hard disk platters aligned one above the other, and frequently found external to
the system unit, are a(n)
A) internal hard disk
B) hard disk cartridge
C) hard disk pack
D) megabyte drive
Answer: C Page: 150


20. The time between a computer's request for data and the completion of the transfer of that
data is called
A) access time
B) seek time
C) selection time
D) search time
Answer: A Page: 146
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