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- Q1Which of these contains instructions used by the CPU when a computer is booting up?RAMROMHard Disk Drive30s
- Q2Which part of the CPU performs operations such as AND, OR and NOT?Memory Data Register MDRMemory Address Register MARControl Unit CUArithmetic Logic Unit ALU30s
- Q3A device driver is a piece of software which..................allows an OS to interact with internal hardware or peripheralsprovides a user interfacemanages user files and applications30s
- Q4Which of the following types of storage media are commonly used by businesses to archive large amounts of data?Optical DiskSSDMagnetic TapeHard Disk Drive30s
- Q5Processor registers temporarily hold small amounts of data needed by........the CPUthe hard disk drivethe RAM30s
- Q6Which of these types of storage generally has the highest cost per gigabyte?Solid state drivesMagnetic TapeHard Disk drives30s
- Q7In the Von Neumann architecture the same memory unit is used for..................neitherinstructionsdata and instructionsdata30s
- Q8An OS helps with file management by ..........arranging the files into a hierarchical structurecompressing every file30s
- Q9ROM is .................volatilenon-volatile30s
- Q10Hard disk drives are a type of....................Cloud storageMemoryPrimary storageSecondary Storage30s
- Q11SSD's experience the same fragmentation problems as HDD'sTrueFalse30s
- Q12Clock Speed is ..................the number of instructions that a CPU can process at the same time.the number of cycles per second that a CPU can carry out30s
- Q13Cache memory has..........................a small capacity that is quick for the CPU to accessa large capacity that is slow for the CPU to accessa large capacity that is quick for the CPU to accessa small capacity that is slow for the CPU to access30s
- Q14RAM is used for..........storing instructions that tell the CPU how to boot up.archiving information.storing data, files and programs that are in use.30s
- Q15Virtual memory is used when..........the hard drive is full of dataROM is full of dataRAM is full of data30s