Y8 COMPUTERS UNIT 1 L2 - EXIT PASS

Which keyword is associated with volatile memory?

• RAM

• ROM

• LONG TERM

• NONVOLATILE

What happens to the data in ROM when the computer is turned off?

• It is erased

• It is retained

• It is transferred to RAM

• It is compressed

RAM and ROM is often referred to as:

• Main Memory

• Main primary

• Main storage

• Primary Storage

The CPU accesses data ______ using RAM than if it had to access the hard drive (storage). 

The CPU can only ____ from and cannot write data to ROM.

Match the following

• Secondary Storage

• Permanent

• RAM

• Temporary

• Primary Memory

• Volatile

• ROM

• Non Volatile

___provides a temporary workspace for active programs and data in use from the secondary storage.

___ storage offers long-term retention for your operating system, installed programs, documents, and other files.

The computer relies on programs to provide instructions - they are written in human programming languages - what does a computer do with these to save on space and time?

• Decompiles them to make them smaller which means they are stored in bits (0, 1)

• Compiles them to make them larger which means they are stored in bits (0, 1)

• Decompiles them to make them larger which means they are stored in bits (0, 1)

• Compiles them to make them smaller which means they are stored in bits (0, 1)

To process the keyboard buttons being pressed showing on a monitor - which programs does the CPU need to fetch and execute?

• The mouse program instructions

• The keyboard program instructions

• The monitor program instructions

• The desktop publishing program instuctions