Operating System » Mass Storage Tertiary Storage
Tertiary storage is built with ____________

A. A lot of money
B. Unremovable media
C. Removable media
D. Secondary storage

Floppy disks are examples of ____________

A. Primary storage
B. Secondary storage
C. Tertiary storage
D. None of the mentioned

What is a magneto-optic disk?

A. Primary storage
B. Secondary storage
C. Removable disk
D. None of the mentioned

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

Optical disks ______ magnetism.

A. Use
B. Do not use
C. May use
D. None of the mentioned

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

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

A tape holds _______ data than optical or magnetic disk cartridge.

A. Lesser
B. More
C. Much lesser
D. None of the mentioned

Random access to tape is _______ a disk seek.

A. Much slower than
B. Much faster than
C. Comparable to
D. None of the mentioned

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