COMP 129 Final Exam.

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1. (TCO 1) The HAL and executive services are elements of the __________.

2. (TCO 1) Information on installed hardware, software, system configuration, and current running programs can be accessed using ________.

3. (TCO 2) The ____ is a measure of resistance to electricity

4. (TCO 2) A system might have up to ____ types of ribbon cables

5. (TCO 2) When should a soft boot be used on your computer?

6. (TCO 3) What type of RAM do most motherboards use today?

7. (TCO 3) To help secure a computer, you can set a startup or “power-on” password so that the startup BIOS will ask for the password during the boot process. This password is stored in _______.

8. (TCO 3) The term form factor in regards to a motherboard refers to the ______ layout of the components on the board

9. (TCO 9) When you first purchase a notebook, make sure you have a ____ CD containing the installed OS so you can recover from a failed hard drive

10. (TCO 9) ____ let you specify which devices are to be loaded on startup for a particular user or set of circumstances

11. (TCO 9) What types of SO-DIMMS can NOT be used in a notebook PC?

12. (TCO 4) The sector on the disk drive that keeps track of the location of where the partitions are located is called the ___________.

13. (TCO 4) What is the minimum amount of RAM required for a Windows 7 installation?

14. (TCO 4) What is the minimum processor speed required for a Windows 7 installation?

15. (TCO 7) Normally, the name of the access point (called the ____) is broadcast so that anyone with a wireless computer can see the name and use the network

16. (TCO 7) This command allows you to find a NIC Card’s IP Address

17. (TCO 7) For dynamic IP addressing, if the PC cannot reach the ____ server, then it assigns itself an IP address.

18. (TCO 6) A _____ is a USB device replacing floppies as a means of transporting data from one computer to another

19. (TCO 6) The connector on a video card that has fifteen connectors in three rows is used for _____.

20. (TCO 6) Some storage devices use memory chips to store data instead of spinning disks. Examples include which of the following

21. (TCO 6) Another name for a FireWire port is ____ port

22. (TCO 5) A(n) ______ allows you to set up a second operating system without disturbing the existing operating system

(TCO 5) What is the minimum hard drive size for Windows Vista?