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Class 3 Computer Worksheet: RAM and Storage

Computer lesson 15: Memory: RAM and storage · Set 189 · 40 questions
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Remember (Working desk or cupboard?): RAM: fast, temporary working memory; it loses data when the power is off. Storage (hard disk, solid-state drive, pen drive, memory card): keeps saved files even when off. Save your work so it goes from RAM into storage; cloud storage keeps files online.

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  1. 1.💾 Which one loses data when off: RAM or storage? (a) RAM (b) storage
  2. 2.Which of these is true of storage (like a hard disk)? (a) holds apps that are open (b) loses data when off (c) is permanent storage (d) is temporary memory
  3. 3.True or false: storage (like a hard disk) keeps photos for years. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: a scanner is an input device. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔌 The power goes off suddenly. Which loses the unsaved work? (a) the memory card (b) the hard disk (c) RAM (d) the pen drive
  6. 6.🧰 Is a hard disk a storage, input or output device? (a) a storage device (b) an input device (c) an output device
  7. 7.True or false: a keyboard is a storage device. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📷 A camera keeps its photos on a small ___. (a) speaker (b) memory card (c) keyboard (d) mouse pad
  9. 9.True or false: a solid-state drive is a storage device. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is an input device? (a) hard disk (b) memory card (c) speaker (d) keyboard
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) microphone (b) scanner (c) hard disk (d) keyboard
  12. 12.True or false: a speaker is an input device. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is a storage device? (a) keyboard (b) scanner (c) microphone (d) hard disk
  14. 14.💾 Which one holds apps that are open: RAM or storage? (a) storage (b) RAM
  15. 15.True or false: RAM loses data when off. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧰 Is a microphone a storage, input or output device? (a) a storage device (b) an output device (c) an input device
  17. 17.True or false: a hard disk is a storage device. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is true of storage (like a hard disk)? (a) is temporary memory (b) keeps your saved files (c) loses data when off (d) holds apps that are open
  19. 19.Which of these is a storage device? (a) projector (b) mouse (c) memory card (d) scanner
  20. 20.True or false: a solid-state drive is an input device. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: storage (like a hard disk) keeps your saved files. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: a solid-state drive is an output device. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is an output device? (a) keyboard (b) hard disk (c) printer (d) microphone
  24. 24.True or false: a monitor is an output device. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: RAM is temporary memory. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is true of RAM? (a) keeps photos for years (b) is permanent storage (c) keeps data when off (d) is temporary memory
  27. 27.💾 Which one keeps photos for years: RAM or storage? (a) RAM (b) storage
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaker (b) mouse (c) projector (d) printer
  29. 29.True or false: RAM holds apps that are open. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: a speaker is a storage device. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is an input device? (a) hard disk (b) pen drive (c) mouse (d) memory card
  32. 32.Which of these is true of RAM? (a) keeps data when off (b) keeps your saved files (c) is permanent storage (d) holds apps that are open
  33. 33.Which of these is true of storage (like a hard disk)? (a) is the working memory (b) is temporary memory (c) loses data when off (d) keeps photos for years
  34. 34.🧰 Is a pen drive a storage, input or output device? (a) an input device (b) an output device (c) a storage device
  35. 35.🧰 Is a projector a storage, input or output device? (a) an input device (b) an output device (c) a storage device
  36. 36.Which of these is true of storage (like a hard disk)? (a) holds apps that are open (b) is temporary memory (c) keeps data when off (d) is the working memory
  37. 37.Which of these is an output device? (a) keyboard (b) solid-state drive (c) projector (d) scanner
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory card (b) solid-state drive (c) projector (d) hard disk
  39. 39.Which of these is a storage device? (a) scanner (b) pen drive (c) microphone (d) speaker
  40. 40.True or false: storage (like a hard disk) loses data when off. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. RAM
  2. is permanent storage
  3. True
  4. True
  5. RAM
  6. a storage device
  7. False
  8. memory card
  9. True
  10. keyboard
  11. hard disk
  12. False
  13. hard disk
  14. RAM
  15. True
  16. an input device
  17. True
  18. keeps your saved files
  19. memory card
  20. False
  21. True
  22. False
  23. printer
  24. True
  25. True
  26. is temporary memory
  27. storage
  28. mouse
  29. True
  30. False
  31. mouse
  32. holds apps that are open
  33. keeps photos for years
  34. a storage device
  35. an output device
  36. keeps data when off
  37. projector
  38. projector
  39. pen drive
  40. False

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