3A. List and describe the events that take place during the boot process.

POWER

SUPPLY

• THE POWER SUPPLY SENDS A SIGNAL TO THE COMPENENTS IN THE SYSTEM UNIT

BIOS

• THE PROCESSOR FINDS THE ROM CHIPS THAT CONTAINS THE BIOS

POST

• THE BIOS PERFORMS THE POST WHICH CHECKS COMPENENTS, SUCH AS THE MOUSE, KEYBOARD AND ADAPTER CARDS

CMOS

• THE RESULTS OF THE POST ARE COMPARED WITH DATA IN A CMOS CHIP

HARD DISK

• THEBIOS SOMETIMES LOOK FOR THE SYSTEM FILES ON A USB FLASH DRIVE OR ON A CD OR DVD DRIVE AND THE DRIVE C ( HARD DISK)

RAM

• THE SYSTEM FILE AND THE KERNEL OF THE OPERATING SYSTEM LOAD INTO MEMORY (RAM) FROM STORAGE

SCREEN

• THE OPERATING SYSTEM LOADS CONFIGURATION INFORMATION AND DISPLAYS THE DESKTOP ON THE SCREEN

3A.(2A) Tom sends Jerry an e-mail attachment named OurProject.tif. Jerry tries to open the attachment but he can’t. Identify THREE (3) possible problems for this case.

Opened in wrong application

program

Created in a different coding

scheme

doesn't have an extension on the

file name

3A.(2B) Jerry sent Tom a picture file as JPEG. Tom opens it and wants to convert it to a GIF. What is the best way Tom should do?

Open the JPEG file using the image-editing software you

normally use.

Adjust the size or perform any other editing functions that you desire before you

convert the format.

Click on the “File” menu and choose “Save as...”

Use the arrow for the drop-down menu next to “Save as

type” and choose the GIF option.

Choose your desired folder, if you want to change the

file folder or location where the computer will save the

file.

Save the file by hitting the save button.