1.2 Memory MCQs

This is volatile storage

• ROM
• RAM
• Secondary Storage
• Hard Disk

BIOS(Boot-up program)

• ROM
• RAM
• Cache
• Hard Disk

You can write data more than once to this device

• CD ROM
• RAM
• ROM
• DVD+R

Which statement is true?

• RAM is part of the hard disk
• ROM is volatile
• RAM stores programs/data used by the CPU
• ROM contains the operating system

A gaming computer is "thrashing" the disk. Why?

• The game takes up too much space
• The game uses high resolution graphics
• The screen uses too many colours
• The processor is short of RAM

Which statement is true?

• RAM is non-volatile
• RAM has a slow access time relative to other storage devices
• RAM can be static or Dynamic (SPAM/DRAM)
• RAM holds the BIOS

What is firmware?

• Data in RAM
• A program in ROM
• Any hardware
• A program in cache

What is the difference between  SPAM and DRAM?

• DRAM is physically bigger
• DRAM is faster
• SPAM needs its data to be refreshed otherwise it loses it
• DRAM needs its data to be refreshed otherwise it loses it

What is the fastest data storage in a computer?

• Registers
• RAM
• HDD
• ROM

How does data/instructions move between the CPU and RAM?

• ROM
• Addresses and data BUS
• Address BUS
• Data BUS