Question

1. instructions for the boot process come from the

ram.
rom.
cpu.
os.

1. what device is installed into the computer and used to store data on platters?

thumb drive
hard drive
3½ - inch floppy disk
flash drive

Explanation:

1. For the first question:

• RAM (Random - Access Memory) is volatile and loses data when the power is off. It cannot store boot - process instructions which are needed when the computer starts (before the OS is fully loaded).
• The CPU (Central Processing Unit) is the processing unit and does not store boot instructions.
• The OS (Operating System) is loaded during the boot process, so it cannot be the source of boot instructions.
• ROM (Read - Only Memory), specifically the BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) or UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) which is stored in ROM, contains the initial boot instructions.

1. For the second question:

• A thumb drive (also known as a USB flash drive) uses flash memory and does not have platters.
• A 3.5 - inch floppy disk uses a magnetic disk (not platters in the same sense as a hard drive).
• A flash drive uses flash memory technology.
• A hard drive has platters on which data is stored magnetically.

Answer:

1. ROM
2. hard drive