GCSE Memory

RAM stands for

• Random Accessory Memory

• Radio Accessible Memory

• Real Access Memory

• Random Access Memory

Which of these does NOT connect to RAM

• Universal Serial Bus

• Data Bus

• Address Bus

• Control Bus

RAM is volatile means...

• It's easily broken/is fragile

• It evaporates easily at room temperature

• It loses its contents without power

• It can only store small amounts of data

A school laptop would have about...

• 512 kilobytes of RAM

• 2 megabytes of RAM

• 500 megabytes of RAM

• 2 gigabytes of RAM

What is stored in the RAM of a PC?

• Just data (in binary)

• Just program instructions

• Program instructions and data

What does ROM stand for?

• Read Only Memory

• Random Ordered Memory

• Register Operations Memory

What is stored in a normal PC's ROM?

• Changes made since you last pressed 'Save'

• All the files, music etc that you have saved

• Any program currently running

• The boot sequence instructions

Which would normally have the lowest amount of space?

• Traditional magnetic hard disk

• An SSD (solid state drive)

• RAM

• ROM

ROM is not volatile

• True

• False

Where would virtual memory normally be?

• RAM

• Hard drive

• Cache

• The cloud