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WAEC Computer Studies questions: Memory and storage devices

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  1. Question 1· Memory and storage devices· WAEC

    A device that stores data using laser light is

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  2. Question 2· Memory and storage devices· WAEC

    A solid-state drive differs from a hard disk drive in that it

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  3. Question 3· Memory and storage devices· WAEC

    If a computer loses power while a document is unsaved, the work is lost because it was held in

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  4. Question 4· Memory and storage devices· WAEC

    The smallest unit of data in a computer is the

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  6. Question 6· Memory and storage devices· WAEC

    How many bytes are in one kilobyte (binary convention)?

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  7. Question 7· Memory and storage devices· WAEC

    Using part of the hard disk as an extension of RAM is called

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  8. Question 8· Memory and storage devices· WAEC

    A flash drive stores data in

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  9. Question 9· Memory and storage devices· WAEC

    Chidi saves his project so that it is still there after he switches off the laptop. Where is it kept?

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  10. Question 10· Memory and storage devices· WAEC

    Which of these has the largest capacity?

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  11. Question 11· Memory and storage devices· WAEC

    How many bytes are there in 2 KB?

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  12. Question 12· Memory and storage devices· WAEC

    ROM contains

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  13. Question 13· Memory and storage devices· WAEC

    Arrange these from fastest to slowest access: registers, cache, RAM, hard disk.

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  15. Question 15· Memory and storage devices· WAEC

    The BIOS is usually stored in

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  16. Question 16· Memory and storage devices· WAEC

    Memory that loses its contents when power is switched off is

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  17. Question 17· Memory and storage devices· WAEC

    ROM stands for

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  18. Question 18· Memory and storage devices· WAEC

    A 4 MB file is copied 256 times onto a disk. How much space do the copies take? [1 GB = 1,024 MB]

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  19. Question 19· Memory and storage devices· WAEC

    Cache memory is used to

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  20. Question 20· Memory and storage devices· WAEC

    RAM is described as volatile because

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