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Chapter test: Storage Devices and Operating Systems

15 questions

1Consider: 1. Regular defragmentation improves the performance of an SSD. 2. An SSD generally reads and writes faster than an HDD. 3. Android is based on the Linux kernel. Which are correct?
2BOSS, an Indian Linux distribution, was developed by:
3The core part of an operating system that directly controls the hardware is called the:
4When RAM is insufficient, the operating system uses part of the hard disk as an extension of RAM. This is known as:
5Which key combination deletes a file permanently without sending it to the Recycle Bin?
6A data centre configures a RAID 5 array using four hard disks of 2 TB each. What is the usable storage capacity?
7Which file system is the default for Linux systems?
8Which of the following storage devices uses sequential access?
9A section has 3 GB of scanned files to be archived on CDs of 700 MB each. What is the minimum number of CDs required?
10An officer tries to copy a 6 GB video to a 32 GB pen drive that has 20 GB free, but the copy fails with a file too large message. The drive is formatted as FAT32. What is the most appropriate solution?
11An operating system that guarantees a response within a fixed time limit, as needed in air traffic control, is called a:
12What is the storage capacity of a standard single-layer DVD?
13RAID 1 protects data by using which technique?
14What is the maximum size of a single file that can be stored on a FAT32-formatted drive?
15Which interface connects over PCIe and is much faster than SATA?

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