Lab 12/6

1. How do you display individual devices under the group headings?

2. What are two ways to access a device Properties box in Device Manager?

3. What types of additional devices appeared when you chose to display hidden devices?

4. What three options are available for printing in Device Manager?

5. What icon in Control Panel do you use to create a startup disk?

6. How can you change the way Windows displays file extensions?

7. What marking on a ribbon cable identifies pin 1?

8. What component(s) defines the system’s form factor?

9. What form factor does your PC use?

10. Do all systems use the same method to enter CMOS setup? Can you enter CMOS setup after the system has booted?

11. What is the purpose of spacers?

12. A jumperless motherboard is likely to have one jumper. Which jumper is it?

13. What is the minimum memory requirement for the OS your system is running?

14. When physically installing a hard drive, what steps should you take before you permanently fix the drive in place with screws?

15. List the steps involved in removing two empty partitions and creating one single NTFS partition that is assigned the drive letter T.

16. What symbol in Device Manager indicates a component is not working properly?

17. What key is universally used to launch Help?

18. List two other ways to get to the Systems Properties applet besides using the Control Panel.

19. What is one other place, not within Windows or any documentation, where you would be able to determine the CPU, CPU speed, and amount of RAM installed on your system?

20. What differences, if any, are there between a list of components derived from a physical inspection versus a list of components derived from My Computer and System Properties?

21. How might a user, unfamiliar with how Windows XP presents menus and maintenance utilities, improve their ease and efficiency while using windows XP?

22. For each entry below, list the tab on a device's Properties box in Device Manager where you would be able to perform the action or find the information.

Answers:

· Start a troubleshooting wizard: General

· Determine the IRQ setting: Resources

· Disable or enable the device: General

· Allow the device to bring the system out of standby: Power management

· Find conflict information: Resources