Storage Management Questions

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231.

The two steps the operating system takes to use a disk to hold its files are _______ and ________

A

partitioning & logical formatting

B

swap space creation & caching

C

caching & logical formatting

D

logical formatting & swap space creation

Correct Answer: A

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232.

The _______ program initializes all aspects of the system, from CPU registers to device controllers and the contents of main memory, and then starts the operating system.

A

main

B

bootloader

C

bootstrap

D

rom

Correct Answer: C

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233.

For most computers, the bootstrap is stored in ________

A

RAM

B

ROM

C

Cache

D

Tertiary storage

Correct Answer: B

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234.

A disk that has a boot partition is called a _________

A

start disk

B

end disk

C

boot disk

D

all of the mentioned

Correct Answer: C

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235.

Defective sectors on disks are often known as __________

A

good blocks

B

destroyed blocks

C

bad blocks

D

none of the mentioned

Correct Answer: C

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236.

In SCSI disks used in high end PCs, the controller maintains a list of _________ on the disk. The disk is initialized during ________ formatting which sets aside spare sectors not visible to the operating system.

A

destroyed blocks, high level formatting

B

bad blocks, partitioning

C

bad blocks, low level formatting

D

destroyed blocks, partitioning

Correct Answer: C

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237.

The scheme used in the above question is known as _______ or ________

A

sector sparing & forwarding

B

forwarding & sector utilization

C

backwarding & forwarding

D

sector utilization & backwarding

Correct Answer: A

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238.

An unrecoverable error is known as _________

A

hard error

B

tough error

C

soft error

D

none of the mentioned

Correct Answer: A

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239.

Virtual memory uses disk space as an extension of _________

A

secondary storage

B

main memory

C

tertiary storage

D

none of the mentioned

Correct Answer: B

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240.

Using swap space significantly _________ system performance.

A

increases

B

decreases

C

maintains

D

does not affect

Correct Answer: B

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