Final For CS 14B      Due by Thursday, 12/20/07 @ 9:50 pm     Room Cunningham 132

1.  What are the four major application packages found in a suite?

	A.  What are their names when using Microsoft Office Pro?

	B.  What are their names when using Lotus Smartsuite?

	C.  What are their names when using Corel Wordperfect Office X3?

2.  Name three operating systems available for the PC (Windows is only one).

	A. Which would you recommend and WHY?



                        CHAPTER 20 (First 15 pages)

Answer the rest of the question according to the author.

3.  What is the disadvantage of building your own system?

	A. Why is that a disadvantage (4)?

4.  What is the advantage of building your own system?

	A. Why is that an advantage (3)?

5.  What are the popular Case Form Factors (4)?

	A. Which case does the author recommend?

	B. You should plan for expansion. Specifically, what two things should you have?

6.  What is the length of the warranty for boxed and OEM processors?

7.  What are the compatible industry-standard motherboard form factors (6)?

	A. Which is the dominant for PCs?

8.  What does a chipset dictate?

	A. What supported features does the author recommend you check (6)?

9.  What are the three main types of main memory?

10. What I/O ports might be found on new systems?

11. What standard computer functions are integrated into the motherboard design (3)?

	A. What are the primary drawback functions built in?

	B. Can you change the devices by added expansion devices of the same type.

12. What is the recommended minimum hard disk drive capacity?

13. What does the author recommend over the floppy or Zip drive?

14. Should one consider an optical drive?

15. USB connections can be used for what types of devices (13 listed)?

16. What size display does the author recommend?

	A. What is the equivalent size for an LCD?

	B. If you buy a CRT display, What dot pitch should you purchase?

17. What is the difference between a passive and an active heat sink?

18. It is best to keep the interior of the PC below what temperature?