Question

The range of access times of optical disks is generally ______

(a) 100 to 300 milliseconds

(b) 10 to 30 milliseconds

(c) 200 to 400 milliseconds

(d) 20 to 40 milliseconds

The question was posed to me in homework.

My doubt stems from Optical Disks in portion Secondary Storage Devices of Computer Fundamentals

Answer 1

Right answer is (a) 100 to 300 milliseconds

Easy explanation: The access times of optical disks are typically in the range of 100 to 300 milliseconds and that of hard disks are in the range of 10 to 30 milliseconds.