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The Midterm Solution - Suraj @ LUMS - Lahore University of ...

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<strong>The</strong> solution shows the marking scheme for section III only)Part A [20 marks]Please encircle the correct answers. Each question carries 1 mark1. Which <strong>of</strong> the following is a memory that can only hold its charge for a short time andmust be refreshed periodically?a. DRAMb. SRAMc. SDRAMd. EPROMe. EEROM2. Which <strong>of</strong> the following non-volatile memory is electrically erasable and programmableat the block level (multiple bytes at a time)?a. EPROMb. SRAMc. SDRAMd. Flashe. EEPROM3. Which <strong>of</strong> the following ranks highest (smallest, most expensive, fastest access, mostfrequently accessed) in the memory hierarchy?a. hard driveb. cachec. CD-ROMd. RAMe. registers4. Which <strong>of</strong> the following ranks second in the memory hierarchy?a. hard driveb. cachec. CD-ROMd. RAMe. registers5. Which <strong>of</strong> the following ranks third in the memory hierarchy?a. hard driveb. cachec. CD-ROMd. RAMe. registers6. Which <strong>of</strong> the following ranks the lowest (largest, least expensive, slowest access, leastfrequently accessed) in the memory hierarchy?a. hard driveb. L1-cachec. L2-cached. RAMe. registersPage 2 <strong>of</strong> 16

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