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WorksheetsPrimary and secondary storage
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 22mins
Which of the following is not a type of storage
Optical
Magnetic
Solid State
Hard Drive
What type of storage is a DVD ROM?
Optical
Magnetic
Solid State
It is not a storage device
What type of storage is a USB memory stick?
Optical
Magnetic
Solid State
It is not a storage device
What type of storage is an SSD card?
Optical
Magnetic
Solid State
It is not a storage device
What type of storage is a HDD?
Optical
Magnetic
Solid State
It is not a storage device
Which of the following storage media would usually have the fastest read/write speeds?
Optical
Magnetic
Solid State
Hand
Which of the following storage is the most durable?
Optical
Magnetic
Solid State
They are all the same
Which of the following types of storage is usually the most expensive per MB/GB?
Optical
Magnetic
Solid State
They are all the same
Why is a Hard Disk Drive (HDD) more likely to break if moved?
It has moving parts
It is too large
It will break if touched
It is too small
Why does a laptop need secondary storage?
To reduce the amount of virtual memory it needs
To store data, files and software for future use
To make the laptop run faster
To store data that the processor needs
Which type of storage uses lasers to write the data?
Optical
Magnetic
Solid State
All types
The typical read/write speed of storage are listed below from fastest to slowest. Which is correct?
Solid State
Optical
Magnetic
Optical
Magnetic
Solid State
Magnetic
Optical
Solid State
Solid State
Magnetic
Optical
The types of storage are listed below from the most reliable to the least. Which order is correct?
Solid State
Optical
Magnetic
Optical
Magnetic
Solid State
Magnetic
Optical
Solid State
Solid State
Magnetic
Optical
The CPU is:
Control processing unit
Centralised process unit
Central process unified
Central processing unit
The processor…
Carries out instructions
Is main memory
Is secondary storage
Is an input device
The main computer components are:
Input/Output/CPU/Main memory
CPU/Main memory/Secondary storage
Input/Output/CPU/Main memory/Secondary storage
CPU/Main memory/Secondary storage
This is a secondary storage
CPU
GPU
USB
RAM
Processor doesn’t do the following
Process data
Execute instructions
Execute data
Operate in Hz
The part of a processor in which instructions are executed is known as?
Core
Centre
Execution
Instruction centre
What acts as an intermediary between the processor and the main memory?
Bus
User
Cache
Clock
What is held in cache?
All the programming instructions
Commonly used instructions and data
Instructions that have been processed
Data that hasn’t been used for a long time
This would perform an operation such as 5+8 ?
Arithmetic Logic Unit
Accumulator
Cache
Control Unit
What is held in ROM?
Data currently in use
Bootstrap loader
Instructions frequently used
Operating System
