12. Main memory is made up of two primary areas : ROM and RAM a. True b. False 13. Memory on the computer's motherboard is referred to as main or primary memory a. True b. False 14. When the computer is powered on, a program in ROM performs a power on self test (POST) True b. False 15. An operating system is a set of programs that manages the interface between the user and the hardware and software resources of the computer system. True b. False 16. One critical function of RAM is to initiate the loading of the operating system into ROM when the computer is powered on. rue b. False 17. Microsoft Word is an example of applications software rue b. False 18. An interface card / adapter plugged into an interface slot on the computer's motherboard is the means through which the processor can communicate with the device that is plugged into the interface card / adapter rue b. False 19. One megabyte is approximately 1,000,000 bytes of storage a. Irue b. False 20. A disk storage platter spins in its protective cover so that the read/write head of the disk storage device can be positioned at the correct sector rue b. False