The smallest addressable unit of storage on disk is called……
a) cluster
b) sector
c) cylinder
d) track
What is the correct sequence of smallest-to-largest unit of storage space?
a) cluster>sector>cylinder>track
b) sector>cluster>cylinder>track
c) sector>cylinder>track>cluster
d) sector>cluster>track>cylinder
Which of the following is a way of minimizing need to perform physical reads on disk?
a) disk caching
b) data stripping
c) zone recording
d) disk mirroring
All the following techniques help to improve the speed of secondary storage input except…….
a) track alignment
b) disk caching
c) disk mirroring
d) data stripping
A WORM disk can be…….
a) read only
b) read and written to likes diskette
c) write singe time read many times
d) write many times but read once
Which type of drive allows multiple reads and writes to optical storage media?
a) DVD-ROM
b) CD-RW
c) CD-ROM
d) CD-R
CD-RW stand for compact disk Rewritable
