How Computers Work: quiz

Questions 1 to 5 of 25

1. 1. In the kitchen analogy, which part of the computer is the cook?

   RAMStorageThe operating systemThe CPU
2. 2. What happens to the contents of RAM when the power is turned off?

   They are saved to the CPUThey are copied to the screenThey stay until you delete themThey are lost
3. 3. A friend says their laptop has '16 GB of memory' and runs many tabs smoothly. Which part are they most likely talking about?

   The SSDRAMThe CPU cache of one coreThe size of the screen
4. 4. What is the correct order of the CPU loop?

   Execute, fetch, decodeDecode, execute, fetchFetch, decode, executeFetch, execute, decode
5. 5. You rename photo.jpg to photo.txt. What changes inside the file's data?

   It becomes a text file and the picture turns into wordsThe file shrinks by halfNothing. Only the name changes, so programs may now open it wronglyThe file is deleted and recreated