Question

The disk’s surface is divided into a number of invisible concentric circles called:

(a) Drives

(b) Tracks

(c) Slits

(d) References

The question was posed to me in a national level competition.

I'm obligated to ask this question of Magnetic Disks in portion Secondary Storage Devices of Computer Fundamentals

Answer 1

Correct answer is (b) Tracks

Easiest explanation: The concentric circles are called as tracks. The tracks are numbered consecutively from outermost to innermost starting from zero. The number of tracks on a disk may be as few as 40 on small-capacity disks to several thousand on large capacity disks.