CSC 225: Computer Hardware

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Module 2 Assignment

This assignment is taken from Chapter 2, 3 and Appendix A.

1. Describe the function of Pagefile.sys.
2. Open services are displayed in the system tray. What is a service?
3. An exclamation point on a yellow background symbol in Device Manager means:
4. To run System Information enter ________________ in a run dialog box.
5. Pressing the Win + R keys will:

6. Identify the programming that is responsible for booting a PC and locating an OS.
7. Describe Post (Power On Self Test)
8. During Boot, the OS is most often loaded from:
9. What are the four types of system resources?
10. What is the memory address of the first instruction in ROM BIOS Startup?
11. Identify the two items contained in the Master Boot Record.
12. What is contained in the partition table?
13. Where is the boot sequence for a PC located?

14. Which system resource allows a device to gain the CPU's attention?
15. What manages the IRQs for the CPU?

Know the following terms:

• BIOS
• Cabinet File
• Device Manager
• DMA Channels
• Hard Boot
• IRQ
• I/O Addresses
• Memory Addresses
• POST
• Shadow Ram/Shadowing ROM
• Soft Boot

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