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WorksheetsMemory in Computing
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Which one of these is Volatile Memory?
ROM
RAM
Secondary
Hard Drive
The BIOS (Boot up program) is where?
ROM
RAM
Cache
Hard Drive
Which of these devices can you write data to more than once?
CD Rom
RAM
ROM
DVD + R
Which statement is true?
RAM is part of the Hard Drive
ROM is volatile
RAM stores programs and data that is in active use
ROM contains the Operating System (OS)
A Gaming Computer is "Thrashing" the disk. Why would that be?
The game takes up too much space
Tha game has too many graphics
The screen uses too many colours
The processor is short of RAM
Whic statement is true?
RAM is non volatile
RAM is slow compared to other forms of storage
RAM can be static or dynamic (SRAM or DRAM)
RAM holds the BIOS
What is Firmware?
Data in the RAM
A program in ROM
Any item of Hardware
Any program in Cache
What is the difference between SRAM and DRAM?
DRAM is physically bigger
DRAM is faster
SRAM needs data to be refreshed otherwise is looses it
DRAM needs data to be refreshed otherwise is looses it
What is the fastest storage in a computer?
The registers
RAM
HDD
ROM
How does Data/Instructions move between the CPU and RAM?
ROM
Address and Data Bus
Address Bus
Data Bus
What is Flash Memory?
The fastest memory in a computer
The nicest looking memory on the motherboard
A kind of memory that retains data in the absence of a power supply
Volatile Memory
When would Virtual Memory be needed?
If the RAM is overloaded
If the computer is switched off
If the cloud is not available for storage
If the ROM is broken
