Primary vs. Secondary Storage

                               G05c Review

Answers are at the end of the document.

 1. A place to hold information is known as _______________.

 2. A commonly used word for Primary Storage is _______________.

 3. Computer memory is also called _______________ storage.

 4. Information can get to the CPU fastest from _______________.

 5. Computer memory is said to be _______________ because it can 
    be lost very quickly. 

 6. In order to run a computer program, it must be loaded in 
    _______________.

 7. In order to change text in a document, it must first be 
    loaded into _______________.

 8. When the CPU can get information from one place just as fast 
    as from any other place, this is called _______________.

 9. The acronym RAM means _______________ _______________ 
    _______________.

10. The kind of temporary storage used by most computers now is 
    called _______________. 

11. The acronym ROM stands for _______________ _______________ 
    _______________.

12. The kind of computer memory that does not lose its contents 
    and cannot be changed except in the factory is _______________.

13. Memory which cannot be changed is good primarily for storing
    _______________. 

14. When computer memory can lose its contents easily, it is 
    described as _______________.

15. One characteristic shared by both RAM and ROM is 
    _______________ access.

16. In terms of speed, secondary storage is _______________ 
    as/than primary storage. 

17. The main advantage of secondary storage over primary storage 
    is that it lasts ______________________________             .



ANSWERS:

    1. Storage
    2. Memory
    3. Primary
    4. Primary storage, or Memory
    5. Volatile.
    6. Primary storage, or Memory.
    7. Primary storage, or Memory.
    8. Random access.
    9. Random Access Memory.
   10. RAM or Random Access Memory.
   11. Read Only Memory
   12. ROM, or Read Only Memory
   13. programs.
   14. Volatile.
   15. Random.
   16. Slower.
   17. As long as needed (except for mistakes!)