RAM or ROM

This is volatile storage

• ROM
• RAM
• Secondary Storage
• Hard Disk

BIOS (Boot-up program)

• ROM
• RAM
• Cache
• Hard Disk

Which statement is true?

• RAM is part of the hard disk
• ROM is volatile
• RAM stores programs / data used by the CPU
• ROM contains the operating system

A gaming computer is “thrashing” the disk. Why?

• The game takes up too much space
• The game uses high resolution graphics
• The screen uses too many colours
• The processor is short of RAM

ROM is volatile

• FALSE
• TRUE

RAM is volatile

• TRUE
• FALSE

ROM stores start up instructions such as the bootstrap loader

• TRUE
• FALSE

The RAM contains the program used to start up the computer

• FALSE
• TRUE

Which one is typically smaller in terms of data capacity?

• ROM
• RAM

It is better to have more ROM because the computer will boot up quicker.

• FALSE
• TRUE