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True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

The power supply generates electricity in a voltage that the computer can handle.
 

 2. 

All programs must be copied from secondary storage into RAM before the CPU can process them.
 

 3. 

All devices in a computer are either installed directly on the system board, directly linked with a cable or indirectly linked through an expansion card.
 

 4. 

Permanent storage is temporary.
 

 5. 

The primary partition can have only a single logical drive, and is the only partition on the hard drive that can boot the operating system.
 

 6. 

Memory is managed the same in Windows 9x as it is in DOS.
 

 7. 

The purpose of an emergency repair disk is to be able to boot the computer and fix it when Windows doesn’t work.
 

 8. 

The current trend is to keep most motherboard setup information in jumpers and switches.
 

 9. 

A SIMM with a rating of 60 ns is faster than a SIMM with a rating of 80 ns.
 

 10. 

Memory is managed the same in Windows 9x as it is in DOS.
 

 11. 

Equipment may not be installed and/or removed on any campus computer except by the Net Tech Team
 

 12. 

Viruses help your computer.
 

 13. 

Backing up data is time-consuming and unneccessary.
 

 14. 

Be Respectful
 

 15. 

You don’t have to listen to anything Tory tells you to do.
 

 16. 

The best way to take tools back to your area is to run with them, especially if they are pointy.
 

 17. 

Always make sure the person next to you is as uncomfortable as possible.
 

 18. 

Punching your monitor when you are frustrated is a good way to take out your anger.
 

 19. 

Always make sure that your computer is unplugged before you open up the case.
 

 20. 

Do not put things into your computers fan.
 

 21. 

If you purchase a system board with embedded components, you should be sure that you can disable the embedded devices, if needed.
 

 22. 

Price is the most important consideration when selecting a system board.
 

 23. 

ESCD Plug-and-Play BIOS is written to a special RAM chip called Permanent RAM, which uses a battery to retain data when the system is powered down.
 

 24. 

Most of today's new devices are not supported by the system BIOS, but by device drivers.
 

 25. 

DRAM SIMMs rapidly lose their data and must be refreshed every 3.86 milliseconds.
 

 26. 

The AGP bus has a direct connection to the CPU without having to use the slower PCI bus.
 

 27. 

It is not possible to dual boot between Mac OS X and Windows XP.
 



 
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