COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What Is Memory Access Time

question 14

Multiple Choice

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What is memory access time?

• A) the amount of time in which a single byte of data can be stored in cache memory
• B) the amount of time required to fetch and execute a single instruction by the processor provided the instruction is already stored in memory
• C) the amount of time it takes the processor to read data, instructions, and information from memory
• D) the amount of time necessary to switch a bit from the value 0 to the value 1

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