Output Devices - Practice

These practice questions are similar to the questions on the IPSO posttest. If you get a wrong answer while practicing, keep trying until you get it right.

1. Storage in a computer uses which of the following mechanisms to retain data?

Electric
Electronic
Magnetic/Optical
Mechanical

2. The number of tracks and sectors on a disk is known as

Capacity
Format
Storage Space
File

3. When a user plugs the device into the port, the computer's operating system recognizes which device as a removable drive and assigns it a drive letter?

CD Drive
Floppy Drive
USB Flash Drive
Hard Disk

4. Preventing any new data from being stored or any old data from being erased is called

Read Protect
Write Protect
Locked state
Sealed state

5. In which of the following storage devices do high-intensity laser beams burned bit-patterns?

Floppy Disk
USB Disk
Hard Disk
Optical Disk