1
2 marks
Gail uses digital devices for work.
Describe how the size of RAM can impact the user experience.
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Memory (Edexcel IGCSE ICT): Exam Questions
Exam code: 4IT1
8 mins6 questions
2
1 mark
Camille uses digital devices for work.
Camille’s laptop uses secondary storage.
State one type of storage media that stores data as electrical charges.
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3a
1 mark
Camille’s laptop uses memory.
Which one of these statements is true?
ROM is never used in laptops
ROM always stores more instructions than RAM
ROM contains values that can be changed by applications
ROM is used to store startup files
3b
1 mark
Give one drawback of increasing the size of random access memory
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4
1 mark
Joe’s computer has 8GiB of RAM.
Each recording uses 300MiB of RAM.
Which one of these is a benefit to Joe of increasing RAM?
He does not have to save recordings as frequently
Increased processor speed
Recordings will be higher quality
There is less need to back up recordings
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5
1 mark
Which one of these does the ‘A’ stand for in RAM?
Access
All
Array
Available
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6
1 mark
State the reason why RAM and ROM are called ‘Random’.
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