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Memory in Computing

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which one of these is Volatile Memory?

a)

ROM

b)

RAM

c)

Secondary

d)

Hard Drive

2.

The BIOS (Boot up program) is where?

a)

ROM

b)

RAM

c)

Cache

d)

Hard Drive

3.

Which of these devices can you write data to more than once?

a)

CD Rom

b)

RAM

c)

ROM

d)

DVD + R

4.

Which statement is true?

a)

RAM is part of the Hard Drive

b)

ROM is volatile

c)

RAM stores programs and data that is in active use

d)

ROM contains the Operating System (OS)

5.

A Gaming Computer is "Thrashing" the disk. Why would that be?

a)

The game takes up too much space

b)

Tha game has too many graphics

c)

The screen uses too many colours

d)

The processor is short of RAM

6.

Whic statement is true?

a)

RAM is non volatile

b)

RAM is slow compared to other forms of storage

c)

RAM can be static or dynamic (SRAM or DRAM)

d)

RAM holds the BIOS

7.

What is Firmware?

a)

Data in the RAM

b)

A program in ROM

c)

Any item of Hardware

d)

Any program in Cache

8.

What is the difference between SRAM and DRAM?

a)

DRAM is physically bigger

b)

DRAM is faster

c)

SRAM needs data to be refreshed otherwise is looses it

d)

DRAM needs data to be refreshed otherwise is looses it

9.

What is the fastest storage in a computer?

a)

The registers

b)

RAM

c)

HDD

d)

ROM

10.

How does Data/Instructions move between the CPU and RAM?

a)

ROM

b)

Address and Data Bus

c)

Address Bus

d)

Data Bus

11.

What is Flash Memory?

a)

The fastest memory in a computer

b)

The nicest looking memory on the motherboard

c)

A kind of memory that retains data in the absence of a power supply

d)

Volatile Memory

12.

When would Virtual Memory be needed?

a)

If the RAM is overloaded

b)

If the computer is switched off

c)

If the cloud is not available for storage

d)

If the ROM is broken