Storage and memory are important components of a computer system.

1. (a)(i)Tick (✔) one box to show which is an example of primary storage. A compact disk (CD) B hard disk drive (HDD) C random access memory (RAM) D solid-state drive (SSD)[1]
2. (a)(ii)Give one characteristic of primary storage.[1]
3. (b)Virtual memory can be created in a computer system. Complete the description about virtual memory. Use the terms from the list. Some of the terms in the list will not be used. Some terms may be used more than once. binary hard disk drive (HDD) hexadecimal operating system pages random access memory (RAM) read only memory (ROM) sectors software tracks virtual memory Virtual memory is used when the ..................................................................................... is full. It is created by partitioning the .................................................................................... Data is divided into .................................................................................... that can be sent from .................................................................................... to the .................................................................................... to be temporarily stored until they are required.[5]