FAKULTI SAINS KOMPUTER DAN TEKNOLOGI MAKLUMAT LAB 1 Individual OBJECTIVE: The main objective for the first lab is to introduce the students with computer hardware and software. Students will also be introduced to the Disk peratin! S"stem #DS$. Students will be able to identif" the components of a computer% describe the various t"pes of computer software and e&plain various computer applications in societ". DURATION: 2 weeks DUE DATE OF SUBMISSION: Submit "our assi!nment to "our lecturer before 20 th 'ul" 2009. Don(t for!et to si!n the assi!nment submission form or "our marks will not be !raded. QUESTIONS: )art * #1 st week$ 1. Buying a n! "C. +ow ,at )la-a in 'alan .ukit .intan! is a well known place for computer sales. *ssume that "ou want to bu" a new )/ for "our personal use. ,our task is to0 i. 1ake a list of "our hardware and software re2uirements% be as specific as possible. #3or software% "ou must at least choose 1 t"pe of operatin! s"stem and 4 application pro!rams.$ ii. )repare one5pa!e of comparison table/chart% listin! each re2uirement includin! price% brand and how each s"stem meets or e&ceeds it. iii. Then% write one para!raph e&plainin! wh" "ou choose to bu" the hardware and software. ,ou ma" lo! on into +ow ,at portal and download several price 2uotations at http://www.lowyat.net/v2/ and choose the hardware and software from there. 6nformation on the various ke"board setups0 http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouseandkeyboard/default.mspx 1 1st 2009/2010 "a#$ B %& nd !'( 1. *nswer the followin! 2uestions about the computer that "ou are usin! in the lab session. a$ 7hat t"pe of operatin! s"stem #S$ name is in use8 b$ 7hat compan" manufactured the computer8 c$ 9ow much )rocessor speed and :*1 #ph"sical memor"$ is on the computer8 d$ 9ow much data can "ou store on the /0 drive and how much is in use8 e$ 7hat is the name of the antivirus used in the pc8 2. n the computer which "ou are workin!% perform and list down a hardware and software inventor" of at least three hardware devices and three application pro!rams on the computer. +ist the vendor% product% vendor 7eb address% vendor e5mail address% and vendor support telephone number. 4. :ecord and list down the serial number of the computer on which "ou are workin!. Then% record and list down the serial number for five different application pro!rams on the computer. ;. 6n "our opinion% how can becomin! computer literate help "ou in "our stud" and career8 "a#$ C %& nd !'( a)*u$ C*++and "#*+,$ 1. <&plain how to !et this command prompt #c 0=>$ from windows environment8 2. .ased on 2uestion 1% e&plain how "ou can traverse to ?1" document( folder and back to previous folder. 4. +ist all the steps how to view files in ?1" Document( folder and then view onl" ?@.t&t( file in the same folder. ;. <&plain steps to clear "our screen prompt. A. Show the steps how "ou can turn from / drive to another drive. #<&le% from / drive to * drive or to D drive$. B. <&plain how "ou can cop" one file in ?1" document( folder to another folder. #1ention the location and name of folder$ C. <&plain how "ou can delete the previous cop" file before. D. <&plain how "ou can open the document file from 1" Documents8 2