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Computer lesson 15: Memory: RAM and storage · Set 322 · 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.🔌 The power goes off suddenly. Which loses the unsaved work? (a) the hard disk (b) the pen drive (c) RAM (d) the memory card
  2. 2.Which of these is an output device? (a) solid-state drive (b) printer (c) hard disk (d) pen drive
  3. 3.True or false: a solid-state drive is a storage device. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: RAM loses data when off. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧰 Is a memory card a storage, input or output device? (a) an output device (b) an input device (c) a storage device
  6. 6.Which of these is an input device? (a) microphone (b) memory card (c) hard disk (d) solid-state drive
  7. 7.🧰 Is a monitor a storage, input or output device? (a) an output device (b) a storage device (c) an input device
  8. 8.☁️ Saving files on the internet to use from anywhere is called ___. (a) box storage (b) rain storage (c) cloud storage (d) paper storage
  9. 9.True or false: a scanner is an input device. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧰 Is a scanner a storage, input or output device? (a) a storage device (b) an output device (c) an input device
  11. 11.Which of these is true of storage (like a hard disk)? (a) keeps your saved files (b) is the working memory (c) holds apps that are open (d) loses data when off
  12. 12.Which of these is true of RAM? (a) keeps your saved files (b) is permanent storage (c) is temporary memory (d) keeps data when off
  13. 13.🧰 Is a microphone a storage, input or output device? (a) an output device (b) a storage device (c) an input device
  14. 14.🧰 Is a mouse a storage, input or output device? (a) an input device (b) a storage device (c) an output device
  15. 15.🧰 Is a keyboard a storage, input or output device? (a) an input device (b) a storage device (c) an output device
  16. 16.💾 Which one holds apps that are open: RAM or storage? (a) storage (b) RAM
  17. 17.True or false: a keyboard is an input device. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: a speaker is a storage device. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: RAM is the working memory. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is an output device? (a) keyboard (b) monitor (c) scanner (d) solid-state drive
  21. 21.Which of these is true of RAM? (a) loses data when off (b) keeps data when off (c) is permanent storage (d) keeps photos for years
  22. 22.💾 Which one keeps photos for years: RAM or storage? (a) RAM (b) storage
  23. 23.💾 Which one keeps your saved files: RAM or storage? (a) storage (b) RAM
  24. 24.💾 Which one is permanent storage: RAM or storage? (a) storage (b) RAM
  25. 25.Which of these is true of RAM? (a) is permanent storage (b) holds apps that are open (c) keeps your saved files (d) keeps photos for years
  26. 26.True or false: RAM is temporary memory. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanner (b) microphone (c) mouse (d) solid-state drive
  28. 28.True or false: RAM keeps data when off. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: a microphone is an output device. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: storage (like a hard disk) holds apps that are open. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: storage (like a hard disk) keeps your saved files. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧰 Is a pen drive a storage, input or output device? (a) an output device (b) an input device (c) a storage device
  33. 33.True or false: a memory card is an output device. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: storage (like a hard disk) keeps data when off. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧰 Is a solid-state drive a storage, input or output device? (a) a storage device (b) an input device (c) an output device
  36. 36.True or false: a mouse is an input device. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.💾 Which one is the working memory: RAM or storage? (a) storage (b) RAM
  38. 38.🧰 Is a printer a storage, input or output device? (a) an input device (b) a storage device (c) an output device
  39. 39.True or false: RAM is permanent storage. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is true of storage (like a hard disk)? (a) is the working memory (b) holds apps that are open (c) loses data when off (d) keeps data when off

Answer key

  1. RAM
  2. printer
  3. True
  4. True
  5. a storage device
  6. microphone
  7. an output device
  8. cloud storage
  9. True
  10. an input device
  11. keeps your saved files
  12. is temporary memory
  13. an input device
  14. an input device
  15. an input device
  16. RAM
  17. True
  18. False
  19. True
  20. monitor
  21. loses data when off
  22. storage
  23. storage
  24. storage
  25. holds apps that are open
  26. True
  27. solid-state drive
  28. False
  29. False
  30. False
  31. True
  32. a storage device
  33. False
  34. True
  35. a storage device
  36. True
  37. RAM
  38. an output device
  39. False
  40. keeps data when off

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