Past Paper Questions

Question 1

Explain why secondary storage is required in a computer system

Answer 1

-Storing data/files when the computer is turned off using non volatile storage

Question 2

state two reasons why computers have more ram than cache memory

Answer 2

ram is cheapers
capacity of cache memory is not enough to store both data and programs

Question 3

State three reasons why you may want to use cloud storage rather than local storage

Answer 3

-allow sharing of files
-backup files from a pc
-remote access of files / access from anywhere
-larger storage capacity
-cheaper

Question 4

give two reasons why desktop computers have a magnetic hard disk drive and a solid state drive instead of just having a solid state drive

Answer 4

-using just solid state would cost much more
-can get higher storage capacity by including a magnetic hard disk