Question

The _________ is the fastest and most costly form of storage, which is relatively small; its use is managed by the computer system hardware.

(a) Cache

(b) Disk

(c) Main memory

(d) Flash memory

The question was asked during an interview.

Enquiry is from Physical Storage Media in section Storage and File Structures of Database Management

Answer 1

Correct answer is (a) Cache

For explanation: Cache storage is easy to access because it is closer to the processor.