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CLO Computing: Memory & Storage

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the purpose of secondary storage?

a)

To hold data and programs that are currently in use

b)

To store data and programs long-term

c)

To extend random access memory (RAM)

2.

Which of the following is a benefit of cloud storage?

a)

Files can be backed up remotely

b)

Files can be accessed quickly

c)

Files can be edited and created in the browser

3.

What type of storage is a hard disk drive?

a)

Optical

b)

Magnetic

c)

Solid state

4.

What type of medium is a Blu-ray disc?

a)

Solid state

b)

Magnetic

c)

Optical

5.

What is RAM?

a)

An internal component which holds data and programs that are not currently in use

b)

An external component which holds data and programs that are currently in use

c)

An internal component which holds data and programs that are currently in use

6.

Which of these optical media can be written to once by a user but read many times?

a)

CD-R

b)

CD-ROM

c)

CD-RW

7.

Which of these statements about ROM is true?

a)

ROM is non-volatile and can only be read from

b)

ROM is volatile and can only be read from

c)

ROM is non-volatile and can be read from and written to

8.

What are the flat areas and hollows on an optical disc known as?

a)

Lands and troughs

b)

Lands and pits

c)

Hills and valleys

9.

Which of the following devices would be most suitable for high-speed, long-term storage of programs and data?

a)

Magnetic hard disk drive

b)

Solid state drive

c)

USB memory stick

10.

What are the two types of main memory?

a)

Flash memory and cache memory

b)

RAM and ROM

c)

Flash memory and virtual memory

11.

What does RAM stand for?

a)

Random Access Memory

b)

Real Access Memory

c)

Rapid Access Memory

d)

Random Activity Memory

12.

What does ROM stand for?

a)

Read Only Memory

b)

Random On-board Memory

c)

Random Only Memory

d)

Read Online Memory

13.

RAM is ...

a)

Volatile

b)

Non-volatile

14.

ROM is ...

a)

Volatile

b)

Non-volatile

15.

RAM is ...

a)

Read only

b)

Read and write memory

16.

A ______ is the main storage device in your computer.

a)

CPU

b)

Hard drive

c)

Motherboard

d)

CD-Rom

17.

Data is stored in the computer memory in the form of ...

a)

Numbers

b)

Text

c)

Bits/Bytes

18.

Computer memory are of two types ...

a)

Hard disk and Flash drive

b)

Hard Disk and Memory Card

c)

RAM and ROM

d)

Internal memory and External memory

19.

What is the correct order from smallest to largest?

a)

Nibble, bit, byte, megabyte, kilobyte, gigabyte, terabyte

b)

Bit, nibble, byte, kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte, terabyte

c)

Nibble, byte, bit, kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte, terabyte

d)

Bit, nibble, byte, kilobyte, megabyte, terabyte, gigabyte

20.

Which one of these is an advantage of an external hard disk drive

a)

It is the lowest cost per GB

b)

It can overheat

c)

It has the same data loss risk as an internal device

d)

It has no password on it making it easy to access

21.

What is a Memory Card an example of?

a)

Magnetic Storage

b)

Optical Storage

c)

Flash Memory

d)

Primary Storage

22.

Which of the following are true statements about ROM?

a)

ROM is read only

b)

ROM is volatile

c)

ROM is usually larger than RAM

d)

RAM is usually larger than ROM

23.

Binary data on Hard Disk Drives is represented using ...

a)

Magnetic charges

b)

Physical pits and lands

c)

Electrical current

d)

Lasers

24.

Binary data on Optical discs is represented using ...

a)

Magnetic charges

b)

Physical pits and lands

c)

Electrical current

d)

Lasers

25.

Binary data in solid state storage is represented using ...

a)

Magnetic charges

b)

Physical pits and lands

c)

Trapped electrical charges

d)

Lasers