Configure Operating System

Configure the Operating System

1. Find a labelled diagram of the

a) internal layout of the system

b) external connectors to the system

Print it out and put in your folder

2. List the main features of the motherboard of the computer we dismantle in class. Construct a map of these components as you dismantle and use it to reassemble parts. Put the map in your folder

3. How is flash memory different to ROM or RAM?

Identify Computer Hardware Components

4. Define:

a) internal hardware components

b) external hardware components

c) peripherals

5. Link the following peripheral devices to a type of connection device:

a) inkjet printer

b) video camera

c) hard drive

d) internal modem

Input and Output Devices

6. Make a table that lists various input and output devices

7. Identify the main components of a network system in our school

8. Create  table to classify and group these components :workstation, computer, network, server, motherboard, CMOS battery, CPU, interface cards, drives, fax/modem cards, RAM, keyboard, mouse, scanner, monitor, printer, removable storage device, modem

under the following headings:

- Processing

- Storage

- Output

- Input

- Communication

- Operating System & utility programs

9. Which of the above components are:

a) internal hardware components

b) external hardware components

c) peripherals: output devices

d) peripherals: input devices

e) peripherals: storage devices

f) peripherals: communication devices