DBMS-Physical Data Organization

DBMS-Physical Data Organization
61. Head activation time is the time:
  • from when a read or write request is issued to when data transfer begins
  • amount of time required to transfer data from the disk to or from main memory
  • required to electronically activate the read/write head over the disk surface where data transfer is to take place
  • None of these
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62. Which of the following is a factor that affects the access time of hard disks?
  • rotational delay time
  • data transfer time
  • seek time
  • all of these
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63. Which is the least expensive secondary storage device?
  • zip disk
  • hard disk
  • magnetic tape
  • none of these
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64. Which of the following is not a flexible disks?
  • optical disk
  • zip disk
  • hard disk
  • jaz disk.
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65. Which of the following is not an optical disk?
  • WORM
  • Super disk
  • CD-ROM
  • CD-RW
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66. WORM stands for:
  • Write Once Read Many
  • Write Optical Read Magnetic
  • Write On Redundant Material
  • None of these
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67. What is the expansion of ISAM?
  • Indexed Sequential Access Method
  • Internal Storage Access Mechanism
  • Integrated Storage and Management
  • None of these
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68. What is the expansion o VSAM?
  • Very Stable Adaptive Machine
  • Varying Storage Access Mechanism
  • Virtual Storage Access Method
  • Noneof these
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69. Which company developed ISAM?
  • DEC
  • IBM
  • COMPAC
  • HP
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70. Tertiary storage devices are:
  • slowest
  • fastest
  • medium speed
  • none of these
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