Join 60,000+ competitive exam aspirants
or with email
Your Cart
SubtotalтВ╣0
TotalтВ╣0
Examoogle тАв User тАв info@examoogle.com тАв EE-2024-8821
Chapter 1 of 12 тАв Page 1 of 248ЁЯФТ Protected PDF тАв Watermarked
Join 60,000+ competitive exam aspirants
Which power-saving mode is most suitable for short breaks when you want to resume work quickly?
Restart
Hibernate
Shutdown
Sleep
Sleep
Sleep mode is a power-saving state that allows a computer to resume full operation quickly by keeping open documents and programs in the RAM. Unlike other states, it maintains the current session while consuming minimal electricity.
Sleep mode is a power-saving state that allows a computer to resume full operation quickly by keeping open documents and programs in the RAM. Unlike other states, it maintains the current session while consuming minimal electricity.
The fundamental architecture of computer memory hierarchy follows the Von Neumann architecture, which distinguishes between volatile (RAM) and non-volatile (HDD/SSD) storage, essential for understanding sleep vs. hibernate states.
Sleep mode places the computer in a low-power state, drawing just enough power to keep memory contents active.
Hibernate mode saves open documents and running programs to the hard disk (HDD/SSD) and then shuts down the computer completely.
A computer consumes zero power in Shutdown mode, but it requires a complete reboot cycle to resume.
Hibernate is better for long durations because it does not require constant power to retain memory, though resuming is slower.
Restarting clears the system memory and reloads the Operating System, which is recommended for troubleshooting performance issues.
Option B (Hibernate) writes the contents of the RAM to the hard drive, allowing the power to be cut entirely, unlike Sleep mode.
Option C (Shutdown) terminates all active processes and closes all programs before turning off the power supply.
D is correct тАФ Sleep mode is designed for rapid resumption by keeping the system state in volatile memory.
In computer architecture exams, remember that RAM (volatile) is cleared during Shutdown/Restart, while Sleep maintains RAM data, and Hibernate writes it to non-volatile storage (disk).