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AP Psychology Unit 2A1: Memory Encoding and Storage Models — practice questions

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Sort: paging feature or segmentation feature?Read the answer and worked solution →ROM stands for:Read the answer and worked solution →Which one refers to the main memory of a computer?Read the answer and worked solution →Which memory stores programs and data currently being processed?Read the answer and worked solution →While in use, software is temporarily stored in:Read the answer and worked solution →Which content is lost when the computer is switched off?Read the answer and worked solution →A 4-bit word of computer memory is known as a:Read the answer and worked solution →In the standard measurement units for digital data, 1 TB equals:Read the answer and worked solution →Compared with primary memory, secondary memory is:Read the answer and worked solution →Before the CPU can process a file that is stored on a hard disk, the file must first be:Read the answer and worked solution →Match each memory to what it doesRead the answer and worked solution →Put the memory units in orderRead the answer and worked solution →Volatile or non-volatile?Read the answer and worked solution →Fill in the storage unitsRead the answer and worked solution →How many types of storage does a computer have?Read the answer and worked solution →Files available only while the computer is on sit in:Read the answer and worked solution →Short-term memory in a computer is also known as:Read the answer and worked solution →RAM is not meant to save information for:Read the answer and worked solution →Which device counts as secondary storage?Read the answer and worked solution →How many types of hard disk are described?Read the answer and worked solution →An internal disk drive is housed within the:Read the answer and worked solution →An external disk drive is chiefly useful because it is:Read the answer and worked solution →Hardwired instructions the computer needs are held in:Read the answer and worked solution →ROM instructions are needed before which software is ready?Read the answer and worked solution →Computers with less RAM are described as:Read the answer and worked solution →Which storage device is described as no longer used?Read the answer and worked solution →Saving information into the computer for future use is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Before buying, businesses check processing speed and how well machines:Read the answer and worked solution →Cloud computing lets you store more data than can be held on any:Read the answer and worked solution →Which device is pictured beside floppy disks and flash drives?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Sort: paging feature or segmentation feature?

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    Fixed-size blocks
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    Hardware: page table
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    Internal fragmentation
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ROM stands for:

  1. Read Only Memory
  2. Random Only Memory
  3. Read Open Memory
  4. Run Only Memory
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Correct answer: A. Read Only Memory

1. The question asks: ROM stands for. 2. Correct answer: Read Only Memory. 3. ROM is non-volatile memory whose contents can be read but not normally written. _Source: BankExamsToday Computer Awareness Question Bank (R. Singh), Q.40_

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Which one refers to the main memory of a computer?

  1. ALU
  2. Modem
  3. Scanner
  4. RAM
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Correct answer: D. RAM

1. The question asks: Which one refers to the main memory of a computer. 2. Correct answer: RAM. 3. RAM is the main working memory the CPU reads and writes during use. _Source: BankExamsToday Computer Awareness Question Bank (R. Singh), Q.53_

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