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UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA

FAKULTI SAINS KOMPUTER DAN TEKNOLOGI MAKLUMAT

LAB 1 Individual

OBJECTIVE:

The main objective for the first lab is to introduce the students with computer hardwareand 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 20th 'ul" 2009.

Don(t for!et to si!n the assi!nment submission form or "our marks will not be !raded.

QUESTIONS:

)art * #1st 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 to

i. ake a list of "our hardware and software reuirements% be as specific aspossible. #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 reuirement

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 uotations at

http://www.lowyat.net/v2/and choose the hardware and software from there.

6nformation on the various ke"board setups

http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouseandkeyboard/default.mspx

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1. *nswer the followin! uestions about the computer that "ou are usin! in the labsession.

a$ 7hat t"pe of operatin! s"stem #S$ name is in use8b$ 7hat compan" manufactured the computer8

c$ ow much )rocessor speed and :* #ph"sical memor"$ is on the computer8

d$ ow much data can "ou store on the drive and how much is in use8e$ 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 applicationpro!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 areworkin!. 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

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1. $ from windows environment8

2. ased on uestion 1% e&plain how "ou can traverse to ?" document( folder andback to previous folder.

4. +ist all the steps how to view files in ?" Document( folder and then view onl"?@.t&t( file in the same folder.

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