IFSM 201
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Name:______________________

Using your computer (or the one you use).

What is the make and model of computer: __________________________________
Desktop or laptop:________________
Price:________________

What type of mouse (mechanical/ball or light) or other pointer device (touchpad): ____________
What make of mouse or other pointer device: ________________________

How many keys does the keyboard have: _____
How many LEDs (lights) does the keyboard have: _____

What type of monitor (LCD (flat-screen) or CRT (old TV)): _____________
What is the size of the monitor (diagonal from corner to corner of screen): _________

What kind of "mechanical" drives does the computer have: __________________________
exs. floppy, hard disk, optical

Use a desktop computer below.
How many cables attach to the back or sides of the computer: _______
What are these cables for (what do they connect to the computer):
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If you have a printer (or the lab's), what is its type (laser or inkjet), make and model:
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Where does its data cable attach to:_____________

If you have a scanner (or the lab's), what is its make and model:
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Where does its data cable attach to: _________________

If you have a wireless access point (WAP)/router/switch  (or the lab's)
What is its make and model:
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What are its LEDs labeled:
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What kind of data cable does it have connected to it:
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Right-click the [My] Computer icon on the desktop or in the Start menu and select Properties.
XP: The General tab shows the
Make and model of CPU (processor):
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The speed of the CPU is the GHz (giga hertz): _______________
A GHz is one billion "ticks" per second pulsed by the system clock
that acts like a metronome to "push" the electronic activity in the computer.
Amount of RAM memory the computer has is:___________________
CPU speed and amount of RAM are the two most important factors of the power of a computer.
Operating system name and version:
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"Service pack" is a major updating of the operating system.
What service pack, if any,:_______________

XP: Computer Name tab is the
Full computer name: ____________
Workgroup that the computer is in: ___________


Launch My Computer  (or Windows Explorer by clicking the Start button, selecting
Run... and then typing "explorer" (without the quotation marks).)
Right click on C: (this is the hard disk), choose Properties.
What is the storage capacity of this C: disk: _________
A byte is 8 bits.  A bit is the basic unit of information, capable of being a 0 or a 1.
GB is a "giga byte", one billion bytes. A TB is a "tera byte", one trillion bytes.
How much of the disk space is used and how much is free:
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Download the alice.txt file whose link is next to this assignment on the class
web site.  Save the file.  Viewing the folder it's in with Windows Explorer.
It's size in the Size column is reported as:_________
Right-clicking and selecting Properties reports its size in bytes as:__________


Click the Tools tab, click Defragment Now... button,
XP: click Analyze and see how fragmented the disk is .
7: indicates % fragmented, or you can click the "Analyze disk".
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and then defrag it if you want to.
"Fragmented" means the files on the disk are scattered in pieces on the disk.
The more fragmented the disk is, the slower it is to access the files,
since each piece requires a movement of the mechanical "arm" of the disk drive.
Defragmenting is something you can do periodically to your own
computer to improve its performance.  7 seems to do so automatically.

Often, on the front panel of the computer is a small LED
that indicates hard disk activity.  Double-click any
application program on the desktop and watch the LED blink furiously
as the software is copied from disk into RAM.

Insert a USB flash memory stick into a USB port.
Use Windows Explorer to view the Properties of the
stick.  What is the capacity of the stick, in both bytes and MB or GB:
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