Given below are two statements. Choose the correct answer.

Statement I:External or secondary memory comprises peripheral storage devices accessible via the I/O module

Statement II:Internal or primary memory comprises main memory, cache and CPU registers, directly accessible by the processor

ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true ✓ Correct

BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false

CStatement I is true but Statement II is false

DStatement I is false but Statement II is true

Correct answer: (A) Both Statement I and Statement II are true

Explanation

Both statements correctly distinguish external memory from internal memory.

Statement 1 is correct, since secondary devices are reached through the input output module.

Statement 2 is correct, since main memory, cache and registers are directly reachable by the processor.

Peripheral storage like disks is not addressed directly by the CPU.

Internal memory lies close to the processor for rapid access.

CPU registers are the fastest and smallest level of internal memory.

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