Exam 12: Building a PC

What is the Windows installation option that inherits all previous settings, hardware, and applications?

A 1 GHz _______________-bit or _______________-bit CPU is the minimum requirement for a Windows computer.

What is a zero-fill (or overwrite) operation on a disk?

Briefly describe the users and their primary need for a graphics workstation.

What are three basic principles when migrating or retiring a computer?

Which component of a video workstation is important due to the large size of video files?

With a home theater PC, _______________ carries both the video signal and the surround-sound audio signal into the television directly from the PC.

What is the primary performance consideration for a home server PC that streams media?

The primary need for a(n) _______________ workstation is a large, high-quality monitor.

A(n) _______________ is a fix for a single problem within an operating system.

What is the problem with a system if it displays a "No Boot Device present when booting off the startup disk" error during installation?

A(n) _______________ workstation needs a high-quality audio interface with inputs that enable you to connect professional microphones and instruments.

The _______________ is a layer of software that allows Windows to run on different hardware platforms.

As a minimum, what technology can be an inexpensive redundant storage option for thick clients?

Both Windows _______________ and iTunes have a feature to share media files on a local network.

Installing an operating system onto a hard drive with no previous OS installed is known as a(n) _______________.

_______________ allows the running of more than one OS at the same time on a single machine.

What technology enables you to run more than one operating system at the same time on a single computer?

When multibooting Windows and Linux, which of the two should be installed first, or does it matter?

A(n) _______________ is a system designed to handle only very basic applications with an absolute minimum amount of hardware required by the operating system.