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Computer Memory

Total questions: 125

Worksheet time: 1hrs 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is RAM?

a)

Read Only Memory

b)

Random Access Memory

c)

Read Any Memory

2.

Which Memory is Volatile?

a)

RAM

b)

ROM

c)

Both above

3.

Which is the Main Secondary Memory?

a)

Blu Ray Disc

b)

DVD

c)

Hard Disk

4.

DVD can store more data than CDs

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Which memory increases the speed of your computer?

a)

ROM

b)

Hard Disk

c)

RAM

6.

Which Pocket friendly device is used to transfer files from one computer to another?

a)

Pen Drive

b)

Blu Ray Disc

c)

Hard Disk

7.

Which Memory Device is used in Portable devices such as Mobile Phone?

a)

SIM Card

b)

Memory Card

c)

CD

8.

Operating System is loaded into ?

a)

ROM

b)

Hard Disk

c)

RAM

9.

CD means ?

a)

Circular Disc

b)

Complete Disc

c)

Compact Disc

10.

Which Of these devices can be single or double sided?

a)

CD

b)

DVD

c)

Pen Drive

11.

Auxillary Memory is

a)

Primary Memory

b)

RAM and ROM

c)

Secondary Memory

12.

Memory Card is ?

a)

External Memory

b)

Internal Memory

c)

Primary Memory

13.

What is BIOS ?

a)

Beginners Input/output System

b)

Basic Input/Output System

c)

Based Inside Of System

14.

On which memory device is data pre-recorded?

a)

Hard Disk

b)

RAM

c)

ROM

15.

ROM is expensive and faster than RAM.

a)

True

b)

False

16.
RAM & ROM are known as what kind of memory?
a)
Secondary storage
b)
Main memory
c)
Registers
d)
Flash memory
17.
What does the acronym RAM stand for?
a)
Random Alignment Memory
b)
Read Access Memory
c)
Random Access Memory
d)
Read All Memory
18.
What does the acronym ROM stand for?
a)
Read Only Memory
b)
Random Option Memory
c)
Read Once Memory
d)
Random Operating Memory
19.
Where is ROM usually found inside a computer?
a)
Inside the CPU
b)
As part of the hard drive
c)
On the motherboard
d)
With the CD drive
20.
In terms of computer memory, what is meant by the term 'volatile'?
a)
It retains its content when power is cut
b)
It loses its contents when power is cut
c)
It is not stable and should not be used
d)
Memory chips can overheat
21.
Which statement best describes RAM?
a)
Fast, permanent storage
b)
Slow, volatile stoage
c)
Fast, volatile storage
d)
Slow, permanent storage
22.
Which statement best describes ROM?
a)
A flash memory chip that contains a small amount of non-volatile memory
b)
A memory store containing a large amount of volatile memory
c)
A register within the CPU responsible for storing memory addresses
d)
A memory store containing a small amount of volatile memory
23.
What is usually held in the contents of RAM?
a)
BIOS and Boot sequence needed to start the computer
b)
Operating System and currently running programs
c)
Software programs stored within the computer
d)
Recently executed instructions in case they are needed again
24.
What is stored in Read Only Memory (ROM)?
a)
Recently opened programs
b)
Operating system and currently running programs
c)
BIOS and boot sequence (the computer's initial start-up process)
d)
The CPU's registers
25.
What is the average size of RAM in a PC or laptop computer?
a)
512 MB
b)
1 - 2 GB
c)
8 - 16 GB
d)
32 - 64 GB
26.

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

a)

Numbers

b)

Text

c)

Bits/Bytes

27.

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

28.

RAM stands for:

a)

Random Accept Memory

b)

Random Access Memory

c)

Read Only Memory

29.

Data and instructions stored in this Internal memory is lost when computer is turned off

a)

ROM

b)

RAM

c)

USB

d)

Hard disk

30.

This internal memory holds start up instructions that prepare the computer for use and check proper working of computer parts.

a)

RAM

b)

Flash Drive

c)

ROM

d)

Memory Card

31.

The internal memory that can be constantly overwritten like a blackboard.It holds currently running programs.

a)

ROM

b)

RAM

c)

CD

d)

Blu Ray Disk

32.

The main storage medium for computers

a)

RAM

b)

Flash Drive

c)

Hard disk

d)

Memory Card

33.

A storage medium for portable devices like digital cameras, mobiles.

a)

Memory card

b)

USB

c)

CD

d)

Hard Disk

34.

An optical storage device that is used to record high quality video and sound.It can store data 6 times more than a CD

a)

Blu Ray Disk

b)

CD

c)

DVD

d)

Flash Drive

35.

Most popular backup device.Small, lightweight plug and play device used to copy data from one computer to another

a)

DVD

b)

Hard disk

c)

CD

d)

Flash drive

36.

How Many GBs does a Terabyte have?

a)

1024

b)

8

c)

100

d)

1

37.

What is the smallest measurement used to measure a computer memory ?

a)

Megabyte

b)

Terabyte

c)

Yottabyte

d)

Bits

38.

What are the types of Computer Memory ?

a)

Primary memory and Secondary memory

b)

Non of these

c)

Primary memory

d)

Secondary memory

39.

What are the types of of Primary memory

a)

RAM and ROM

b)

RAM

c)

ROM

d)

CD

40.

What is an example for a secondary memory ?

a)

RAM

b)

ROM

c)

Pen Drive

d)

Charger

41.

What is the full form of RAM

a)

Read only memory

b)

Random Access Memory

c)

Radom Access memory

d)

non of these

42.

What is the full form of ROM

a)

Read only Memory

b)

Read or write memory

c)

non of these

43.

Ram is a Temporary Memory

a)

True

b)

False

44.

A secondary memory can also be called as

a)

Backup Memory

b)

Main memory

c)

Internal memory

45.
RAM & ROM are known as what kind of memory?
a)
Secondary storage
b)
Main memory
c)
Registers
d)
Flash memory
46.
What does the acronym RAM stand for?
a)
Random Alignment Memory
b)
Read Access Memory
c)
Random Access Memory
d)
Read All Memory
47.
What does the acronym ROM stand for?
a)
Read Only Memory
b)
Random Option Memory
c)
Read Once Memory
d)
Random Operating Memory
48.
Where is ROM usually found inside a computer?
a)
Inside the CPU
b)
As part of the hard drive
c)
On the motherboard
d)
With the CD drive
49.
What is this?
a)
Harddrive
b)
Tower
c)
Motherboard
d)
DVD
50.

The only two digits used in the binary number system are _______.

a)

one and two

b)

zero and one

c)

zero and two

d)

two and three

51.

Which of the following is the best definition of a bit?

a)

An electrical signal in a wire

b)

A physical signal that becomes a digital signal

c)

A measure of computer graphics and sound

d)

A single 1 or 0 in a digital signal

52.

How many bits are in a single byte?

a)

4

b)

8

c)

12

d)

16

53.

A bit is the smallest unit used to measure data.

a)

True

b)

False

54.

Four bits is called a

a)

Bit

b)

Byte

c)

Nibble

55.

A kilobyte is

a)

1024 bits

b)

1024 bytes

56.

Which is the smallest form of data?

a)

Bit

b)

Byte

c)

Nibble

d)

8 Binary Digits

57.
Which of these is the smallest?
a)
21 Nibbles
b)
40 bits
c)
8 bytes
d)
1 Kilobyte
58.

memory is measured in …………………………...

a)

bits and bytes

b)

liters

c)

kilograms

59.

full form of IPO cycle

a)

input - process - output

b)

inside- product- outside

c)

input - process - outside

60.

A group of 8 bits is called a

a)

bit

b)

byte

c)

Gigabyte

d)

Megabyte

61.

1 Kilobyte is

a)

1028 bytes

b)

1000 bytes

c)

1024 bytes

d)

1025 bytes

62.

Primary memory devices are

a)

CD & DVD

b)

HARD DISK & PEN DRIVE

c)

RAM & ROM

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

63.

Full form of RAM

a)

Read Only Memory

b)

Random Access Memory

c)

Record Only Memory

d)

Rewrite Only Memory

64.

Example for secondary memory

a)

Pen drive

b)

CD

c)

DVD

d)

All of the above

65.

The ‘Father’ of the hard disk drive

a)

Rey Johnson

b)

Kim Johnson

c)

Charles babbage

d)

Johnson

66.

Full form of CD - RW

a)

Compact Disc - Readable

b)

Compact Disc - Recordable

c)

Compact Disc Rewriteable

67.

flash drive used especially in digital cameras and mobile phones

a)

Pen drive

b)

CD

c)

Memory card

d)

DVD

68.

It is a small in size, lightweight, removable and re-writeable and It is used for copying and moving data from one computer to another

a)

Memory card

b)

Pen drive

c)

All of the above

d)

None of the above

69.

Approximate storage capacity of Blu-ray disc

a)

25 MB - 1 TB

b)

25 GB - 50 GB

c)

650 -700 MB

d)

4.7 GB - 17 GB

70.

A computer uses ______________ for storing data and instructions.

a)

Memory

b)

Keyboard

c)

Printer

d)

Speaker

71.

A computer can understand only the ___________ language

a)

Java

b)

C++

c)

Binary

d)

Octal

72.

Binary langauge consists of __________ and __________.

a)

Ones and Twos

b)

Zeros and Twos

c)

Ones and Tens

d)

Zeros and Ones

73.

Bits stand for

a)

Binary Digits

b)

Binary Datas

c)

Bi Datas

d)

Biz Digits

74.

The smallest unit for measuring Memory in computer is

a)

Bits

b)

Byte

c)

KiloByte

d)

MegaByte

75.

A combination of eight bits is called

a)

Kilobytes

b)

Gigabytes

c)

Bytes

d)

Terabytes

76.

Arrange the following in ascending order

1KB 1PB 1GB 1TB 1ZB 1MB

a)

1KB<1MB<1GB<1TB<1PB<1ZB

b)

1KB<1MB<1GB<1PB<1zB<1TB

c)

1KB<1MB<1PB<1MB<1ZB<1GB

d)

1GB<1KB<1MB<1PB<1TB<1ZB

77.

Which of the following is not the characteristics of RAM?

a)

RAM is read/write memory

b)

RAM holds data and instruction on which we are currently working

c)

RAM is Non-Volatile i.e, Permanent

d)

The amount of RAM in computer affects the number of programs a computer can run at the same time.

78.

ROM is used for storing a special software called

a)

BIOS

b)

EXCEL

c)

WORD

d)

PAINT

79.

Choose all the secondary storage devices from the list below

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
80.

Known as main memory

a)

Cache Memory

b)

Primary Memory

c)

Secondary Memory

81.

Known as backup memory

a)

Cache Memory

b)

Primary Memory

c)

Secondary Memory

82.

Example of Volatile Memory:

a)

Hard Disk

b)

Rom

c)

RAM

83.
a)

Cache Memory

b)

Primary Memory

c)

Secondary Memory

84.
a)

Cache Memory

b)

Primary Memory

c)

Secondary Memory

85.
a)

Cache Memory

b)

Primary Memory

c)

Secondary Memory

86.

................................................ is a very high-speed memory which can speed up the CPU.

a)

Cache Memory

b)

Primary Memory

c)

Secondary Memory

87.

................................................ is the fastest memory in computer.

a)

Cache Memory

b)

Primary Memory

c)

Secondary Memory

88.

Internal Memory is also called as ________ or Main Memory.

a)

Secondary

b)

Primary

89.

1024 Bytes = _________ Kilobyte (KB).

a)

1

b)

8

90.

The two digits (0 and 1) that can be understood by a computer is also called as Binary Digits or _______.

a)

bits

b)

byte

c)

nibble

d)

GB

91.

The storage device that can be used in portable devices such as mobiles, digital cameras and music players is ________.

a)

Hard Disk

b)

Memory Card

c)

CD

d)

DVD

92.

The instructions stored in _______ cannot be changed but can only be read.

a)

Blu-Ray Disk

b)

Pen Drive

c)

RAM

d)

ROM

93.

Identify the internal memory from the ones given below.

a)

RAM

b)

CD

c)

Memory Card

d)

Flash Drive

94.

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

95.

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

a)

Numbers

b)

Text

c)

Bits/Bytes

96.

RAM stands for:

a)

Random Accept Memory

b)

Random Access Memory

c)

Read Only Memory

97.

Data and instructions stored in this Internal memory is lost when computer is turned off

a)

ROM

b)

RAM

c)

USB

d)

Hard disk

98.

The internal memory that can be constantly overwritten like a blackboard.It holds currently running programs.

a)

ROM

b)

RAM

c)

CD

d)

Blu Ray Disk

99.

Expand CD:

a)

Compact Disc

b)

Compact Drive

c)

Common Disk

100.
A computer has 1024 megabytes of RAM. That is the same as ...
a)
1 Gb
b)
1000 Gb
c)
1 Kb
d)
1 Tb
101.

Which type of storage is directly accessible to the CPU?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Offline

102.

What is the smallest measurement used to measure a computer memory ?

a)

Megabyte

b)

Terabyte

c)

Yottabyte

d)

Bits

103.

The part of computer which helps to store information

a)

Speed

b)

Accuracy

c)

Memory

d)

Arithemetic

104.

There are ____ types of memory in the computer

a)

3

b)

1

c)

4

d)

2

105.

The memory which is inside the computer

a)

External memory

b)

Internal Memory

c)

Paternal Memory

106.

Identify this memory

a)

Memory card

b)

USB

c)

CD

d)

DVD

107.

CD stands for ____________ Disk

a)

Continuous

b)

Cotton

c)

Compact

d)

Complete

108.

Which of the following is an Internal Memory?

a)

USB

b)

Hard Disk

c)

CD

d)

Memory Card

109.

USB is an external memory device

a)

True

b)

False

110.

USB stand for _________ Serial Bus

a)

Union

b)

Universal

c)

Unit

d)

Under

111.

Identify this device

a)

CD

b)

External hard disk

c)

DVD

d)

USB

112.

________________ is the main area in a computer where the data stored.

a)

Primary Memory

b)

Secondary Memory

c)

None of these

113.

__________________ stores basic input output instructions put by the manufacturer to operate the computer.

a)

RAM

b)

ROM

c)

Computer Memory

114.

_________________ can be quickly accessed by the CPU for reading or storing information.

a)

Computer Memory

b)

Secondary Memory

c)

Primary Memory

115.

3 types of ROM are :-

a)

EPROM, PROM, CHROME

b)

PROM, HOME, CHROME

c)

PROM, EPROM, EEPROM

116.

Abbreviation of ROM is

a)

Read Only Memory

b)

Radio Only Memory

c)

Read Obedient Memory

117.

Ram is also known as ______________.

a)

External Memory

b)

Internal Memory

c)

None of these

118.

1KB=?

a)

1024 BYTES

b)

1024 MB

c)

100 MB

d)

1540

119.
RAM & ROM are known as what kind of memory?
a)
Secondary storage
b)
Main memory
c)
Registers
d)
Flash memory
120.
What does the acronym RAM stand for?
a)
Random Alignment Memory
b)
Read Access Memory
c)
Random Access Memory
d)
Read All Memory
121.

What is the smallest measurement used to measure a computer memory ?

a)

Megabyte

b)

Terabyte

c)

Yottabyte

d)

Bits

122.

What are the types of Computer Memory ?

a)

Primary memory and Secondary memory

b)

Non of these

c)

Primary memory

d)

Secondary memory

123.

What are the types of of Primary memory

a)

RAM and ROM

b)

RAM

c)

ROM

d)

CD

124.

What is an example for a secondary memory ?

a)

RAM

b)

ROM

c)

Pen Drive

d)

Charger

125.

Choose all the secondary storage devices from the list below

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)