Device management

What type of device is assigned to only one job at a time?

• Shared device

• Dedicated device

• Virtual device

• Sequential device

A device that can be used by multiple processes simultaneously is called a:

• Dedicated device

• Shared device

• Virtual device

• RAID device

Which device type is created using spooling techniques?

• Virtual device

• Sequential device

• Random access device

• RAID array

Which term refers to devices that can directly read or write to a specific location?

• Sequential access devices

• Random access devices

• Direct Access Storage Devices (DASD)

• Buffered devices

What is a key characteristic of sequential access media?

• Data can be accessed in any order.

• Records are accessed one after another.

• Data access requires random positioning.

• It supports concurrent data access.

What is the term for the time required to position the read/write head on the correct track?

• Search time

• Seek time

• Access time

• Transfer time

The time taken to rotate the disk until the desired sector is under the read/write head is:

• Seek time

• Search time

• Access time

• Transfer rate

Which term refers to the total time needed to access data in secondary storage?

• Seek time

• Transfer rate

• Access time

• Blocking

What is a buffer?

• A temporary storage area used during data transfers

• A command to manage disk fragmentation

• A hardware component for error correction

• A file system partition

Which term describes unused space between records on magnetic tape?

• Buffer

• Interrecord gap (IRG)

• Blocking

• Sequential gap