3.2 Select & Install the Appropriate RAM

Question 1

(RAM) Stands for

Answer 1

Random Access Memory

Question 2

Random Access Memory (RAM) should not be confused with (blank) or (blank)

Answer 2

Hard drives or SSD storage

Question 3

(DIMM) Stands for

Answer 3

Dual Inline Memory Module

Question 4

Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM)

Answer 4

Electrical contacts are different between the two sides and have 64-bit data width

Question 5

(SODIMM) Stands for

Answer 5

Small outline Dual Inline Memory Module

Question 6

Small outline Dual Inline Memory Module (SODIMM)

Answer 6

About half the width of a DIMM, used in laptops and mobile devices

Question 7

(DDR) Stands for

Answer 7

Double Data Rate

Question 8

Double Data Rate (DDR)

Answer 8

Can transfer data at roughly twice the speed of SDRAM

Question 9

Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3)

Answer 9

Larger chips, 16GB per DIMM

Question 10

Double Data Rate 4 (DDR4)

Answer 10

Larger chips, 64GB per DIMM

Question 11

Double Data Rate 5 (DDR5)

Answer 11

Larger chips, 64GB per DIMM but faster

Question 12

Virtual RAM

Answer 12

Move information from RAM to a hard drive or SSD to free up RAM space

Question 13

Multi-channel Memory types

Answer 13

Dual-channel, Triple-channel, & Quad-channel

Question 14

Multi-channel Memory does what

Answer 14

Spreads the load from a single channel module to multiple channel modules

Question 15

(ECC) RAM Stands for

Answer 15

Error Correction Code RAM

Question 16

Error Correction Code (ECC) RAM

Answer 16

Detects errors in memory and fixes them on the fly