Deck 5: Ram

Question 1

What type of computer uses the 68-pin micro-DIMM and 144-pin SO-DIMM?

A)Desktop PC
B)Laptop
C)Mainframe
D)Mobile

Answer 1

B

Question 2

What was the width of the original 8088 processor's frontside bus?

A)1 bit
B)4 bits
C)8 bits
D)16 bytes

Answer 2

C

Question 3

When you load a program in Windows, the PC copies the program from the mass storage device to _______________ and then runs it.

A)BIOS
B)Hard drive
C)RAM
D)ROM

Answer 3

C

Question 4

SDRAM made its debut in 1996 on a stick called a(n) _______________.

A)CRIMM
B)RIMM
C)SIMM
D)DIMM

Question 5

Which early DIMM form factor applied to laptops?

A)32-pin SO-DIMM
B)64-pin SO-DIMM
C)72-pin SO-DIMM
D)168-pin SO-DIMM

Question 6

Which component is a mass storage device?

A)CPU
B)Cache
C)Hard drive
D)RAM

Question 7

What size DIMM is used by desktop DDR2 SDRAMs?

A)168-pin DIMM
B)184-pin DIMM
C)200-pin DIMM
D)240-pin DIMM

Question 8

What is another name for a stick of RDRAM?

A)RIMM
B)DIPP
C)SIMM
D)STRAM

Question 9

What size DIMM is used by laptop DDR2 SDRAMs?

A)168-pin SO-DIMM
B)184-pin SO-DIMM
C)200-pin SO-DIMM
D)240-pin SO-DIMM

Question 10

On laptops that used the 72-pin SO-DIMM, _______________ sticks of RAM needed to be installed to make a full bank, because each stick only provided half the bus width.

A)two
B)four
C)six
D)eight

Question 11

What is the core RAM clock speed for RAM with a DDR2 speed rating of DDR2-400 and a PC speed rating of PC2-3200?

A)100 MHz
B)200 MHz
C)400 MHz
D)800 MHz

Question 12

In the acronym, SDRAM, what does the S represent?

A)Sequential
B)Synchronous
C)Speedy
D)Storage

Question 13

What size DIMM is used by desktop DDR SDRAMs?

A)168-pin DIMM
B)184-pin DIMM
C)200-pin DIMM
D)240-pin DIMM

Question 14

What size DIMM is used by laptop DDR SDRAMs?

A)168-pin SO-DIMM
B)184-pin SO-DIMM
C)200-pin SO-DIMM
D)240-pin SO-DIMM

Question 15

One of Rambus' best concepts may be the dual-channel architecture-using two sticks of RDRAM together to increase _______________.

A)power
B)voltage
C)capacity
D)throughput

Question 16

What is the clock speed rating for DDR RAM with a DDR-200 speed rating and PC-1600 PC speed rating?

A)100 MHz
B)200 MHz
C)400 MHz
D)1600 MHz

Question 17

What type of memory stick do laptops use instead of a DIMM?

A)SO-RIMM
B)Micro-RIMM
C)SO-DIMM
D)Macro-DIMM

Question 18

In early PCs, a DIMM in any one of the DIMM slots could fill the 64-bit bus; therefore, each slot was called a(n) _______________.

A)bank
B)index
C)array
D)frame

Question 19

To optimize the flow of data into and out of the CPU, the modern MCC provides at least _______________ of data every time the CPU requests information from RAM.

A)8 bits
B)16 bits
C)32 bits
D)64 bits

Question 20

DDR SDRAM for laptops comes in _______________.

A)168-pin DIMMs
B)172-pin micro-DIMMs
C)172-pin micro-CRIMMs
D)184-pin CRIMMs

Question 21

DDR3 doubles the buffer of DDR2 from _______________, giving it a huge boost in bandwidth over older RAM.

A)1 bits to 2 bits
B)4 bits to 8 bits
C)8 bits to 16 bits
D)16 bits to 32 bits

Question 22

What size DIMM is used by desktop DDR4 SDRAMs?

A)168-pin DIMM
B)204-pin DIMM
C)288-pin DIMM
D)312-pin DIMM

Question 23

How many pins are in a DDR3 DIMM?

A)72
B)168
C)200
D)240

Question 24

Which are DDR3 I/O speeds related to clock speeds?

A)DDR3 I/O speeds are the same as the clock speeds.
B)DDR3 I/O speeds are double the clock speeds.
C)DDR3 I/O speeds are triple the clock speeds.
D)DDR3 I/O speeds are quadruple the clock speeds.

Question 25

RAM with a lower latency-such as CL6-is _______________ than RAM with a higher latency-such as CL9.

A)slower
B)faster
C)more reliable
D)less reliable

Question 26

Which term refers to typical consumer RAM?

A)Unbuffered
B)Buffered
C)Registered
D)Unregistered

Question 27

What is the core RAM clock speed for RAM with a DDR2 speed rating of DDR2-800 and a PC speed rating of PC2-6400?

A)100 MHz
B)200 MHz
C)400 MHz
D)800 MHz

Question 28

Computers use a portion of the hard drive as an extension of system _______________ through what is called virtual memory.

A)L2 Cache
B)RAM
C)BIOS
D)CMOS

Question 29

At what voltage does DDR3U run?

A)1.25 volts (V)
B)1.35 volts (V)
C)1.50 volts (V)
D)1.65 volts (V)

Question 30

What is Microsoft's minimum system RAM requirement for 32-bit versions of Windows?

A)1 GB
B)2 GB
C)4 GB
D)8 MB

Question 31

The default and recommended page-file size in Windows is _______________ times the amount of installed RAM on your computer.

A)1.5
B)2
C)3
D)4

Question 32

Some motherboards that support _______________ also support features called triple-channel architecture or quad-channel architecture, which work much like dual-channel, but with three or four sticks of RAM instead of two.

A)DDR3
B)DDR2
C)SO-DIMM
D)DIMM

Question 33

What does excessive disk thrashing suggest?

A)There is a bad hard drive that needs to be replaced.
B)The system needs more CPU power.
C)The system needs more RAM.
D)The operating system needs to be reinstalled.

Question 34

What is the name of the Windows page file?

A)pagefile.exe
B)pagefile.sys
C)pagefile.bin
D)pagefile.cab

Question 35

What size DIMM is used by laptop DDR4 SDRAMs?

A)204-pin SO-DIMM
B)260-pin SO-DIMM
C)288-pin SO-DIMM
D)312-pin SO-DIMM

Question 36

Virtual memory is a portion of an HDD or SSD set aside as a page file or _______________ file.

A)cache
B)extension
C)swap
D)swing

Question 37

How are DDR2 I/O speeds related to clock speeds?

A)DDR2 I/O speeds are the same as the clock speeds.
B)DDR2 I/O speeds are double the clock speeds.
C)DDR2 I/O speeds are triple the clock speeds.
D)DDR2 I/O speeds are quadruple the clock speeds.

Question 38

What is the theoretical maximum DDR4 DIMM capacity that manufacturers can create?

A)128 GB
B)256 GB
C)512 GB
D)1024 GB

Question 39

At what voltage does DDR3L run?

A)1.25 volts (V)
B)1.35 volts (V)
C)1.50 volts (V)
D)1.65 volts (V)

Question 40

How many pins are in a DDR3 SO-DIMM?

A)168
B)200
C)204
D)240

Question 41

Modern DRAM sticks come in 32-bit- and _______________-bit-wide data form factors with a varying number of chips.

Question 42

How should a non-maskable interrupt (NMI) be handled?

A)The system RAM should be replaced.
B)The operating system should be reinstalled.
C)The system should be rebooted.
D)The system should be unplugged from the wall for 10 minutes.

Question 43

_______________ functions like an electronic spreadsheet, with numbered rows containing cells and each cell holding a one or a zero.

Question 44

When Intel was developing the Pentium 4, they replaced SDRAM with a very fast, new type of RAM developed by Rambus, Inc., called Rambus DRAM, or simply _______________.

Question 45

When implementing ReadyBoost, what is the maximum number of flash devices from which Windows Vista can benefit?

A)1
B)4
C)8
D)16

Question 46

The original 8088 processor needed RAM that could store data in 8-bit (1-byte) chunks, such that each time the CPU asked for a line of code, the _______________ could put an 8-bit chunk on the data bus.

Question 47

How does a non-maskable interrupt (NMI) manifest itself?

A)By issuing a page fault
B)By displaying a proprietary crash screen
C)By issuing a single 3-second beep
D)By discretely increasing RAM latency

Question 48

Which term describes a milder error that can be caused by memory issues but not necessarily system RAM problems?

A)Page fault
B)Parity fault
C)Non-maskable interrupt (NMI)
D)Pinwheel of death

Question 49

As CPU data bus sizes increased, DRAM manufacturers responded by creating wider DRAM chips, such as ×4, ×8, and ×16, and putting multiples of them on a small circuit board called a(n) _______________ or module.

Question 50

Rather than using a label that describes the electronic structure of RAM, common usage describes the total capacity of RAM on a stick in _______________.

Question 51

What component is probably at fault if a real parity/ECC error shows up at the same place in memory each time?

A)BIOS
B)Processor
C)Power supply
D)RAM stick

Question 52

When the CPU needs certain bytes of data, it requests those bytes via the _______________ bus.

Question 53

What are the two radically different types of parity errors?

A)Real and phantom
B)Virtual and logical
C)Short and long
D)Buffered and unbuffered

Question 54

_______________ RAM is tied to the system clock, as is the CPU and MCC, so that the MCC knows when data is ready to be grabbed from SDRAM.

Question 55

Because RDRAM could be used only with Intel components, AMD and many major system and memory makers threw their support behind an alternative to RDRAM called _______________.

Question 56

Where does Windows display the amount of RAM currently installed in a PC?

A)In the Device Manager Management Console
B)In the System Control Panel applet
C)In the Help and Support center
D)In the defrag computer hard drive report

Question 57

When implementing ReadyBoost, what is the maximum number of flash devices Windows 7 and later can handle?

A)1
B)4
C)8
D)16

Question 58

The CPU uses _______________ as RAM for all PCs.

Question 59

What is Microsoft's minimum system RAM requirement for 64-bit versions of Windows?

A)1 GB
B)2 GB
C)8 GB
D)16 MB

Question 60

What is the minimum system RAM requirement for the latest versions of Mac OS X?

A)1 GB
B)2 GB
C)8 GB
D)64 MB

Question 61

Every type of RAM stick comes in one of two types: single-sided RAM and _______________ RAM.

Question 62

_______________ boasts higher speeds, more efficient architecture, and around 30 percent?lower power consumption than DDR2 RAM, making it a compelling choice for system builders.

Question 63

_______________ is DDR RAM with some improvements in its electrical characteristics, enabling it to run even faster than DDR while using less power.

Question 64

Some DDR3 modules include a feature called _______________ that enables power users to overclock their RAM easily, boosting their already fast memory.

Question 65

Latency numbers reflect how many ticks of the _______________ occur before the RAM responds.

Question 66

No _______________ processors support a triple-channel feature.

Question 67

The ultra-low-voltage version of DDR3, _______________, runs at a miserly 1.25 V.

Question 68

In reference to RAM sticks, CAS stands for _______________.

Question 69

Intel's _______________ platform supports triple-channel memory.

Question 70

_______________ arrived on the scene in late 2014 with much fanfare and slow adoption, offering higher densities and lower voltages than DDR3 and handling faster data transfer rates.

Question 71

Intel has proposed a memory standard called _______________ as of this writing that would bridge the gap between DDR3 and DDR4.

Question 72

DDR sticks use a rather interesting naming convention based on the number of _______________ per second of data throughput the RAM can handle.

Question 73

By populating the same-colored motherboard RAM slots with identical RAM, you can run in _______________ mode.

Question 74

One of Rambus' best concepts may be the _______________ architecture-using two sticks of RDRAM together to increase throughput.

Question 75

With DDR4, most techs have switched from bit rate to _______________, a way to describe the bandwidth as the number of data transfer operations happening at any given second.

Question 76

Memory manufacturers offer a low-voltage version of DDR3, most commonly labeled _______________ that provides substantial cost savings when used in massive RAM applications.

Question 77

The delay in RAM response time is called _______________.

Question 78

Some motherboards that support DDR3 also support features called _______________ architecture or quad-channel architecture, which work a lot like dual-channel, but with three or four sticks of RAM, respectively, instead of two.

Question 79

GDDR3 is a type of memory used solely in _______________ cards.

Question 80

_______________ basically copied Rambus, doubling the throughput of SDRAM by making two processes for every clock cycle.