Section 5.6
Review Questions
Memory types
  1. What does RAM stand for?
answer...
Random Access Memory
  1. What does ROM stand for?
answer...
Read Only Memory
  1. What do we call the small program that fires up when the computer is first started?
answer...
bootstrap
  1. Why must the small program mentioned above reside in ROM? Why can't it be put into RAM?
answer...
because RAM has no valid data in it when the power is just turned on; the program would have to be stored into RAM somehow by some other device.
  1. Which type of RAM uses flip-flops? 
          SRAM                DRAM
answer...
SRAM
  1. How does a capacitor differ from a storage battery?
answer...
storage batteries create electrical current by chemical means whereas a capacitor has to be charged from some other electrical source. Moreover, capacitors leak and lose their charge over time.
  1. Which type of memory is slower? 
          SRAM                DRAM
answer...
DRAM