Exam 5: Ram

The CPU uses _______________ as RAM for all PCs.

The first type of error-detecting RAM was known as _______________ RAM.

What does a Windows 8/8.1/10 system display as its NMI proprietary crash screen?

A(n) _______________ number of chips on a stick indicates ECC or parity DRAM.

_______________ 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.

A system _______________ is when the computer stops functioning.

What is another name for a stick of RDRAM?

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

What is the name of the Windows page file?

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.

Compare Microsoft's memory requirements for Windows Vista/7/8/8.1/10 to the author's recommendations for better performance?

Why is SDRAM considered to be synchronous?

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

What is a mass storage device?

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

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

In general, how do you access RAM in a laptop?

What keystroke combination would you use to access the System Control Panel applet?

What happens if you put a high-latency stick in a motherboard set up for a low-latency stick?

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