Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University 2006 Certification TES PC up-gradation and Maintenance - exam paper

TES081/EE/20070812
PC up-gradation and Maintenance
Time : 180 minutes Marks : 100
Instructions for the students :
1. All ques. are compulsory.
2. “Long ans kind ques. (LAQ)” is a supply kind ques. of 20 marks,
which require typical ans of about 60-80 lines in about 32-40 minutes.
3. “Short ans kind ques. (SAQ)” is a supply kind ques. of five marks,
which require typical ans of about 15-20 lines in about 08-10 minutes.
4. Use of non-programmable kind of scientific calculator is allowed.
5. Draw neat diagrams wherever necessary.
6. presume suitable data if necessary.

Long ans kind ques. (LAQ’s)
1. (a) Write the step-by-step functions that are performed during
the booting process of computer.
(b) discuss the subsequent kinds of system boards
i) AT ii) Baby AT
iii) ATX iv) Mini ATX


2. (a) provide the step-by-step description of formatting process of
disk.
(b) explain the different DOS commands to manage a Hard drive.


3. explain the different preventive measures of data of software,
before hard drive troubleshooting and data recovery.

4 Draw and discuss Windows 9X architecture in detail. 20
Short ans kind ques. (SAQ’s)
5. What is Operating System (O.S.) ? provide the functions of O.S. 5
6. Differentiate ranging from Main Memory and Cache Memory. 5
7. discuss IEEE 1394 ports. 5
8. discuss the features of Windows 98.

Earning:   Approval pending.