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6. What does RAM stand for?
- Random Alternative Memory
- Read Alternative Memory
- Random Access Memory
- Read Access Memory
7. What is stored in RAM when a computer system is in use?
- The BIOS and any other permanent programs or data
- Documents, files, webpages or any other data that are loaded by the user
- The OS (and any files it is using), any programs that are loaded by the user and any data loaded by the user
- Any software the computer is using
8. What does ROM stand for?
- Read Only Memory
- Read Often Memory
- Random Only Memory
- Random Offset memory
9. What is firmware?
- An example of volatile software
- Software to control hardware
- An example of volatile hardware
- Hardware to control software
10. Is RAM volatile or non-volatile?
11. What does volatile mean?
- Contents will be lost when the power turns off
- Contents will not be lost when the power turns off
12. Explain the purpose of ROM in a computer system
- To store the programs and data needed to run a computer when there is no secondary storage so data is not lost when the power is turned off
- To store data and programs that the CPU is using while programs are running
13. How could increasing RAM increase what the OS can store?
- It can store more programs, bigger programs, more data and bigger data
- It can store more programs, bigger programs, more files and bigger files
- It can store more data, bigger data, more files and bigger files
14. Is ROM volatile or non-volatile?
15. Explain why programs do not run directly from secondary storage
- It is too small to store all the programs the CPU needs to run
- Secondary storage can be removed from the computer
- It is too slow for programs to run directly by the CPU
- It is too expensive
16. Describe how data is actually stored in ROM and RAM
- Stored as binary numbers with a pattern of switches representing the binary
- Stored as a pattern of switches representing the binary numbers
- Stored as binary numbers with a pattern of switches in memory representing the binary numbers
- Stored as binary numbers with a pattern of switches in memory