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JAMB and WAEC Computer Studies questions: Memory and storage devices

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  1. Question 1· Memory and storage devices· JAMB

    Virtual memory uses

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  2. Question 2· Memory and storage devices· WAEC

    A device that stores data using laser light is

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  3. Question 3· Memory and storage devices· WAEC

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

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  5. Question 5· Memory and storage devices· JAMB

    Memory whose contents are lost when the power is switched off is described as

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  6. Question 6· 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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  7. Question 7· Memory and storage devices· JAMB

    A USB flash drive stores data using

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  8. Question 8· Memory and storage devices· WAEC

    The smallest unit of data in a computer is the

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  9. Question 9· Memory and storage devices· JAMB

    Cloud storage keeps files

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  10. Question 10· Memory and storage devices· JAMB

    One terabyte is approximately

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  12. Question 12· Memory and storage devices· JAMB

    An optical disc such as a DVD is read by

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  13. Question 13· Memory and storage devices· JAMB

    The memory that holds the instructions used to start up a computer is

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  14. Question 14· Memory and storage devices· WAEC

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

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  15. Question 15· Memory and storage devices· JAMB

    On a magnetic disk, each circular track is divided into

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  16. Question 16· Memory and storage devices· JAMB

    EEPROM is erased

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  17. Question 17· Memory and storage devices· JAMB

    Virtual memory uses part of the

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  18. Question 18· Memory and storage devices· WAEC

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

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  19. Question 19· Memory and storage devices· WAEC

    A flash drive stores data in

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  20. Question 20· Memory and storage devices· JAMB

    Data on magnetic tape is accessed

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