Computer memory

RAM & ROM are known as what kind of memory?

• Secondary storage
• Main memory
• Registers
• Flash memory

What does the acronym RAM stand for?

• Random Alignment Memory
• Read Access Memory
• Random Access Memory
• Read All Memory

What does the acronym ROM stand for?

• Read Only Memory
• Random Option Memory
• Read Once Memory
• Random Operating Memory

In terms of computer memory, what is meant by the term 'volatile'?

• It retains its content when power is cut
• It loses its contents when power is cut
• It is not stable and should not be used
• Memory chips can overheat

Which statement best describes RAM?

• Fast, permanent storage
• Slow, volatile stoage
• Fast, volatile storage
• Slow, permanent storage

What is usually held in the contents of RAM?

• BIOS and Boot sequence needed to start the computer
• Operating System and currently running programs
• Software programs stored within the computer
• Recently executed instructions in case they are needed again

What is stored in Read Only Memory (ROM)?

• Recently opened programs
• Operating system and currently running programs
• BIOS and boot sequence (the computer's initial start-up process)
• The CPU's registers

Found in the computer's BIOS, what actually is the 'bootstrap'?

• The program which takes the computer through steps that lead up to the loading of the operating system (OS)
• The program responsible for loading the drives for peripheral devices like the keyboard and mouse
• The computer's initial start-up process
• The device used to attach the ROM to the computer's motherboard

What is Virtual Memory?

• An additional memory slot located in one of the RAM ports
• A section of volatile memory created temporarily on the storage drive
• Memory stored in the 'cloud'
• Memory that doesn't exist inside the computer but on an external device such as a USB pen drive

A computer has 1024 megabytes of RAM. That is the same as ...

• 1 Gb
• 1000 Gb
• 1 Kb
• 1 Tb