MCQ SESSION 4

C O M P U T E R M E M O RY

By Tawqeer Ul Islam
MCQ’S ON THE FOLLOWING TOPICS
• Memory Hierarchy
• Parameters of Memory
• Types of Memory:
I. Primary memory or Main memory
1. Random Access Memory (RAM).
2. Read Only Memory (ROM)
2. Secondary memory or Auxiliary memory:
hard disk drive, floppy disk, magnetic tape, Solid State Drive, CD, DVD and Blu-ray disc.
• Cache Memory
• Flash Memory
QUESTIONS ASKED IN PAA 2020 PAPER
1) Which one of the following is called as primary memory Of Computer?
A) RAM
B) External Hard disk
C) Pen Drive
D) CD/DVD Drive
Ans: A) RAM
2) SSD is a new generation of storage device used in computers
A) Solid-State Drive
B) Storage-State Drive
C) Solid-Storage Drive
D) Simple-Storage Drive
Ans: A) Solid-State Drive
3) Which of the following is NOT feature of primary memory
A) it is accessed directly by the processor
B) it is the fastest memory available
C) its contents are lost once powder is switched off
D) it is non-volatile
Ans: (D) it is non-volatile.

4) Which of the following statements are not correct

about the main memory of a computer?
(a) In main memory, data gets lost when power is switched off.
(b) Main memory is faster than secondary memory but slower
than registers.
(c) They are made up of semiconductors.
(d) All are correct

d) All are correct

OTHER QUESTIONS
Q0. Arrange the memory devices in decreasing order based on the access time
(1) Magnetic tapes → magnetic disks → optical disks → electronic disks → main memory → registers →
cache
(2) Magnetic tapes → main memory → electronic disks → optical disks → magnetic disks → cache →
registers
(3) registers → cache → main memory → electronic disks → magnetic disks → optical disks → Magnetic
tapes
(4) Magnetic tapes → optical disks → magnetic disks → electronic disks → main memory → cache →
registers

Ans: (4) Magnetic tapes → optical disks → magnetic disks → electronic disks → main memory
→ cache → registers
Q51. Which of the following correctly lists computer memory types from highest to lowest cost
per Byte?
a. Secondary Storage; Main Memory; Cache Memory; CPU Registers
b. CPU Registers; Cache Memory; Secondary Storage; Main Memory
c. CPU Registers; Cache Memory; Main Memory; Secondary Storage
d. Cache Memory; CPU Registers; Main Memory; Secondary Storage
Ans: (c) CPU Registers; Cache Memory; Main Memory; Secondary Storage

Q52. The Boot sector files of the system are stored in which computer memory?
(a) RAM
(b) ROM
(c) Cache
(d) Register

Ans: (b) ROM

Q53. Which memory acts as a buffer between CPU and main memory?
(a) RAM
(b) ROM
(c) Cache
(d) Storage

Ans: (c) Cache

Q54. Which of the following statements are not correct about cache memory?
(a) Cache memory is used to store data temporarily.
(b) It holds that data and program which has to be executed within a short period of time.
(c) It consumes less access time as compared to the RAM.
(d) All are correct.

Ans: (d) All are Correct

Q55. Which computer memory chip allows simultaneous both read and write operations?
(a) ROM
(b) RAM
(c) PROM
(d) EEPROM

Ans: (b) RAM

Q56. Which of the following is an example of solid-state storage device?

(a) Hard Drive
(b) CD
(c) DVD
(d) USB Flash Drive

Ans: (d) USB Flash Drive

Q57. Which of the following is “built-in memory” in the computer?
(a) RAM
(b) ROM
(c) LSI
(d) VLSI

Ans: (b) ROM

Q58. Virtual memory is an

(a) extremely large memory
(b) extremely large secondary memory
(c) illusion of an extremely large memory
(d) a type of memory used in supercomputers.

Ans: (c) illusion of an extremely large memory

Q1. Storage which stores or retains data after power off is called-
(1) Volatile storage
(2)Non-volatile storage
(3)Sequential storage
(4)Direct storage
(5)None of these
Ans: (B) Non-volatile storage

Q2. A permanent memory, which halls data and instruction for start-up the computer and
does not erase data after power off.
(1) Network interface card
(2)CPU
(3)RAM
(4)ROM
(5)None of these
Ans: (D) ROM
Q3. Which of the following is true about RAM?
1) Can only be read.
2) Can only be written
3) Is a permanent storage
4) Can be both read and written.
Ans: (4) Can be both read and written.

Q4. Which one is the secondary memory device ?

1) RAM
2) ROM
3) Floppy disk
4) ALU.

Ans: (3) Floppy Disk

Q5. Which of the following is not an example of non-volatile memory ?
(1) SSD
(2) HDD
(3) RAM
(4) ROM

Ans: (3) RAM

Q6. Which of the following memory is capable of operating at electronics speed?

(1) Magnetic tapes
(2) Magnetic drums
(3) Semiconductor memory
(4) Floppy Drive
Ans: (3) Semiconductor memory
Q7. A gigabyte is equal to
(1) 1024 bytes
(2) 1024 megabytes
(3) Million megabytes
(4) Thousand kilobytes
Ans: (2) 1024 megabytes

Q8. Which of the following does not refer to the memory in computer?
(1) ROM
(2) SSD
(3) VGA
(4) HDD
Ans: (3) VGA
Q9. Storage and memory differ with respect to which of the following characteristics?
(1) speed
(2) Price
(3) Reliability
(4) All of these
Ans: (4) All of these

Q10. Which of the following is not a semiconductor memory?

(1) Static RAM
(2) Dynamic RAM
(3) ROM
(4) SSD
(5) Floppy Disk
Ans: (5) Floppy disk
Q11. Which of the following is not a valid size of a floppy disk?
(1) 3.5’
(2) 5.25’
(3) 2’
(4) 8’
Ans: (3) 2’

Q12. A half byte is known as_____.

(1) data
(2)Bit
(3)half byte
(4)nibble
Ans: (1) Nibble
Q13. __________ is the permanent memory built into your computer called.
(1) RAM
(2)CPU
(3)DVD-ROM
(4)ROM
Ans: (4) ROM

Q14. Magnetic tape is not practical for applications where data must be quickly recalled because
tape is __________.
(1) A random-access medium
(2)A sequential-access medium
(3)A read-only medium
(4)An expensive storage medium
Ans: (2) A sequential-access medium
Q15. Hard disc drives are considered………storage-
(1) Flash
(2)Non-volatile
(3)Temporary
(4)Non-permanent
(5)None of these
Ans: (2) Non-volatile

Q16. What is the main advantage of magnetic core memory over semiconductor RAM memory?
(1) More compact and smaller
(2)More economical
(3)A bit does not have to write after reading
(4)Non-volatile
Ans: (4) Non-volatile
Q17. The storage element for a static RAM is the ________.
(1) Diode
(2) Resistor
(3) Capacitor
(4) Flip-flop (Transistor)
Ans: (4) Flip-flop (Transistor)

Q18. All of the following are non-volatile except

(1) ROM
(2) PROM
(3) Flash
(4) RAM
Ans: (4) RAM
Q19. Where is data saved permanently?
(1) Memory
(2) Storage
(3) CPU
(4) Printer
Ans: (2) Storage

Q20. Primary storage is .......... as compared to secondary storage.

(1) slow and inexpensive
(2) fast and inexpensive
(3) fast and expensive
(4) slow and expensive
Ans: (3) fast and expensive
Q21. The key feature(s) of internal memory is/are
(1) limited storage capacity
(2) temporary storage
(3) fast access and high cost
(4) All of the above
Ans: (4) All of the above

Q22. Which memory is used as temporary memory?

(1) Non-volatile memory
(2) Volatile memory
(3) Hard disk memory
(4) Read only memory
Ans: (2) Volatile memory
Q23. ……memory in a computer is where information is temporarily stored while it is being
accessed or worked on by the processor.
(1) Logical
(2) Secondary
(3) ROM
(4) RAM
Ans: (4) RAM

Q24. Why RAM is so called?

(1) Because it is read and write memory
(2) Because it is a volatile memory
(3) Because it can be selected directly for storing and retrieving data and instructions of any location of
chip
(4) Because it is a non-volatile memory
(5) None of the above
Ans: (3) Because it can be selected directly for storing and retrieving data and instructions
of any location of chip
Q25. Which of the following is not true about RAM?
(1) RAM is a temporary storage area
(2) RAM is volatile
(3) RAM is a primary memory
(4) RAM is the same as hard disk storage
Ans: (4) RAM is the same as hard disk storage

Q26. Dynamic RAM consumes …… power and …… than static RAM.

(1) more, faster
(2) more, slower
(3) less, slower
(4) less, faster
Ans: (1) less, slower
Q27. Which of the following memory chip is faster?
(1) There is no certainty
(2) DRAM
(3) SRAM
(4) RAM
(5) None of these
Ans: (3) SRAM

Q28. When you first turn on a computer, the CPU is preset to execute instructions stored in
the
(1) RAM
(2) flash memory
(3) ROM
(4) CD-ROM
(5) ALU
Ans: (3) ROM
Q29. A disc’s content that is recorded at the time of manufacture and that cannot be changed or
erased by the user is
(1) memory only
(2) write only
(3) once only
(4) run only
(5) read only

Ans: (5) read only

Q30. The difference between memory and storage is that memory is …… and storage is
……… .
(1) temporary; permanent
(2) permanent; temporary
(3) slow; fast
(4) non-volatile; volatile
(5) None of the above
Ans: (1) temporary; permanent
Q31. The most frequently used instructions of a computer program are likely to be fetched
from
(1) the hard disk
(2) cache memory
(3) RAM
(4) Registers
Ans: (2) cache memory

Q32. Which of the following is the high speed memory which compensates the gap in
speeds of processor and main memory?
(1) SRAM
(2) PROM
(3) EPROM
(4) Cache
Ans: (4) Cache
Q33. Which of the following statements is/are true?
(1) Cache memories are bigger than RAM
(2) Cache memories are smaller than RAM
(3) ROM are faster than RAM
(4) Information in ROM can be written by users
(5) None of the above
Ans: (2) Cache memories are smaller than RAM

Q34. ........ is having more memory addresses than are physically available
(1) Vertical memory
(2) System software
(3) Application software
(4) RAM
(5) Virtual memory
Ans: (5) Virtual memory
Q35. Virtual memory is
(1) an extremely large main memory
(2) an extremely large secondary memory
(3) an illusion of extremely large main memory
(4) a type of memory used in super computers
(5) None of the above
Ans: (3) an illusion of extremely large main memory

Q36. ………is the ability of a device to ‘jump’ directly to the requested data.

(1) Sequential access

(2) Random access
(3) Quick access
(4) All of the above
(5) None of the above
Ans: (2) Random access
Q37. The main directory of a disk is called the ……… directory.
(1) Network
(2) Folder
(3) Root
(4) Other than those given as options
(5) Program
Ans: (3) Root

Q38. Hard disk devices are considered …… storage.

(1) flash
(2) temporary
(3) worthless
(4) non-volatile
(5) non-permanent

Ans: (4) non-volatile

Q39. The hard drive is normally located
(1) next to the printer
(2) plugged into the back of the computer
(3) underneath the monitor
(4) on top of the CD-ROM
(5) inside the system base unit

Ans: (5) inside the system base unit

Q40. Data on a floppy disk is recorded in rings called

(1) sectors
(2) ringers
(3) rounders
(4) tracks
Ans: (4) tracks
Q41. ‘FDD’ stands for
(1) Floppy Drive Detector
(2) Floppy Drive Demodulator
(3) Floppy Disk Drive
(4) Floppy Demodulator Disc
(5) None of the above
Ans: (3) Floppy Disk Drive

Q42. ......... is the process of dividing the disc into tracks and sectors.

(1) Tracking
(2) Formatting
(3) Crashing
(4) Allotting
(5) None of these

Ans: (2) Formatting

Q43. Which of the following is correct sequence of smallest to largest unit of storage size?

(1) Petabyte,Kilobyte,Megabyte,Gigabyte, Terabyte

(2) Kilobyte, Megabyte, Terabyte, Petabyte, Gigabyte
(3) Megabyte, Terabyte,Gigabyte,Kilobyte, Petabyte
(4) Kilobyte, Megabyte, Petabyte, Terabyte, Gigabyte
(5) Kilobyte,Megabyte,Gigabyte, Terabyte, Petabyte

Ans: (5) Kilobyte,Megabyte,Gigabyte, Terabyte, Petabyte

Q44. A … is approximately one billion bytes.

(1) kilobyte
(2) bit
(3) gigabyte
(4) megabyte
(5) None of the above

Ans: (3) gigabyte

Q45. How many kilobytes make a megabyte?
(1) 128
(2) 1024
(3) 256
(4) 512
(5) 64

Ans: (2)1024

Q46. Which of the following is not true

(1) 1 MB contains 210 KB
(2) 1 GB contains 1024 MB
(3) 1GB contains 220 KB
(4) 1GB contains 102 KB

Ans: (4) 1GB contains 102 KB

Q47. What does the computer abbreviation ‘MB’ used for?
(1) Megabit
(2) Millionbytes
(3) Megabytes
(4) Millionbit
(5) Microbytes

Ans: (3) Megabytes

Q48. Which of the following statements is valid?

(1) 1 KB = 1024 bits
(2) 1 MB = 2048 bits
(3) 1 MB = 1000 kilobits
(4) 1 KB = 1000 bytes
(5) 1 MB = 1024 kilobytes

Ans: (5) 1 MB = 1024 kilobytes

Q49. “Spatial Locality and Temporal Locality” are related to

(1) RAM
(2) Hard Disk
(3) Cache Memory
(4) ROM

Ans: (3) Cache

Q50. Which of the following discs can be read only?

(1) DVD-R
(2) DVD-ROM
(3) DVR-RW
(4) CD-R
(5) None of these

Ans: (2) DVD-ROM

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