Section 5.6
Review Questions

Memory types

  1. What does RAM stand for?
  1. What does ROM stand for?
  1. What do we call the small program that fires up when the computer is first started?
  1. Why must the small program mentioned above reside in ROM? Why can't it be put into RAM?
  1. Which type of RAM uses flip-flops?
          SRAM                DRAM
  1. How does a capacitor differ from a storage battery?
  1. Which type of memory is slower?
          SRAM                DRAM