1. A disk drive reads data from RAM onto a disk storage medium. a. True b. False 2. Formatting a hard disk platter disk divides the disk into addressable storage areas referred to as sectors. a. True b. False 3. Computer software can be divided into two categories; systems software and applications software a. Irue b. False 4. The microprocessors used on personal computers can understand a variety of programming languages including visualbasic and C++ a. True b. False 5. An operating system is a sophisticated hardware device a. True b. False 6. A computer's processor and main memory are generally housed on the computer's motherboard. a. Irue b. False 7. The areas on the back of the motherboard for connecting input/output devices are referred to as ports a. True b. False 8. Data to be processed by the computer user is first placed in RAM and is then copied to the processor for processing a. Irue b. False 9. A logical operation refers to the computer's ability to execute a set of instructions in the sequence they are coded one after the other a. True b. False 10. On most computers the computer's operating system is retrieved from secondary/auxiliary storage and copied into RAM when the computer is powered on a. Irue b. False 11. Secondary/auxiliary storage is an alternate backup memory area for main memory that can be used by the processor if main memory fails a. Irue b. False