Which of these acts as primary storage?

• ROM
• RAM
• HDD or SSD
• CPU

What BEST describes secondary storage?

• Stores data permanently without the need for electricity
• Stores data temporarily whilst the computer is turned on
• Fetches data from RAM and processes it
• Stores the boot up instructions for the computer

Which ISN'T an example of secondary storage?

• RAM
• SSD
• USB memory
• CD-RW

How many bits in a byte?

• 2
• 8
• 4
• 16

How many bytes in a kilobyte?

• 2024
• 1024
• 1000
• 8

The smallest measurement of capacity?

• Terabyte
• Gigabyte
• Megabyte
• Petabyte

The largest measurement of capacity?

• Bit
• Megabyte
• Byte
• Kilobyte

Which best describes optical storage?

• Read/written by magnetic fields, stored on a disc
• Read/written by electric pulses, stored on a chip
• Stored on a chip based on the motherboard
• Read/written by lasers, stored on a CD

Which best describes magnetic storage?

• Uses magnetic fields to read/write data onto a metal disc.
• Uses electronic pulses to read/write data onto a metal disc
• Uses a magnetic chip to store data
• Uses a laser to read/write data onto a metal disc

Which best describes solid state storage?

• Uses magnetic fields to read/write data onto a chip
• Uses electricity to read/write data onto a disc
• Uses a laser to read/write data onto a chip.
• Uses electricity to read/write data onto a chip