MATSEC SEC Computing Practice Questions - Malta Secondary Education Certificate (SEC) Computing - SEC 09 (2026) Exam

Why can the CPU not process data directly from secondary storage in a standard von Neumann-style system?

Secondary storage is always read-only Data must first be loaded into memory (such as RAM) before the CPU can process it Secondary storage only stores images and video The motherboard blocks all storage access

Correct Answer:

Data must first be loaded into memory (such as RAM) before the CPU can process it

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