Q352
Magnetic tape is a?
A.
Random access medium
B.
A parallel access medium
C.
Universal Access medium
D.
Serial access medium
AnswerAnswer: Option D
Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Most widely used secondary storage devices are magnetic tapes, magnetic disks and floppy disks. It is not directly accessible by the CPU. Computer usually uses its input / output channels to access secondary storage and transfers the desired data using intermediate are a in primary storage.