Semiconductor Memory MCQs

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1. A computerized self-diagnostic for a ROM test uses:

A. the check-sum method

B. a ROM listing

C. ROM comparisons

D. a checkerboard test

2. How many storage locations are available when a memory device has twelve address lines?

3. Which of the following memories uses a MOSFET and a capacitor as its memory cell?

4. Which of the following best describes nonvolatile memory?

A. memory that retains stored information when electrical power is removed

B. memory that loses stored information when electrical power is removed

C. magnetic memory

D. nonmagnetic memory

5. The access time (tacc) of a memory IC is governed by the IC's:

A. internal address buffer

B. internal address decoder

D. internal address decoder and volatility

6. Select the best description of read-only memory (ROM).

A. nonvolatile, used to store information that changes during system operation

B. nonvolatile, used to store information that does not change during system operation

C. volatile, used to store information that changes during system operation

D. volatile, used to store information that does not change during system operation

7. Advantage(s) of an EEPROM over an EPROM is (are):

A. the EPROM can be erased with ultraviolet light in much less time than an EEPROM

B. the EEPROM can be erased and reprogrammed without removal from the circuit

C. the EEPROM has the ability to erase and reprogram individual words

D. the EEPROM can erase and reprogram individual words without removal from the circuit

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