RAM ROM Virtual Memory

RAM - What happens when the electricity is turned off?

• The data from memory is saved into virtual memory

• The data from memory is saved into the hard disk

• The data from memory is not saved

• The data from memory is saved into ROM

Where does virtual memory live?

• RAM

• Cache

• Hard disk

• ROM

Where does BIOS live?

• RAM

• Cache

• Hard disk

• ROM

Where are currently used data and instructions kept?

• RAM

• Cache

• Hard disk

• ROM

A computer is continually paging to the swap file. Why might this be?

• There is not enough RAM

• The cache is too slow

• The virtual memory is too small

• The hard disk is too slow

Stores instructions and data ready for a CPU to execute

• RAM

• ROM

Stores permanent instructions that tell a computer how to ‘boot up’

• RAM

• ROM

Volatile

• RAM

• ROM

Non-Volatile

• RAM

• ROM