40. When a hard disk is prepared for use, a special utility program is used to divide tracks into a. cones b. bytes c. bits d. sectors e. none of the above 41. Which of the following is true? a. The operating system is loaded into RAM when the computer is powered on. b. The operating system is loaded into ROM when the computer is powered on. c. The operating system is loaded into the ALU when the computer is powered on. d. The operating system is only copied into memory when arithmetic processing is required. e.None of the above 42. These are temporary storage areas in the ALU (arithmetic logic unit) to store data being processed by the ALU a. bits b. bytes c. data registers ports e. none of the above 43. This term is used to refer to the process of preparing a disk storage medium for storing data and programs a. modulating b. vectoring c. formatting d sectorin e.none of the above 44. All programming languages require a. registers b. formatting c. a language translator d, sectors e. none of the above 45. A new storage medium such as a hard disk or USB drive is first before it can be used on a computer svstem a. modulated b. translated c. mobilized d. compiled e. none of the above 46. Some external devices are connected to a computer through an interface card / adapter which is generally plugged into an interface slot on the computer's motherboard a. True b. False 47. ROM systems software is stored on a hard disk and is loaded into memory when the computer is powered on. a. True b. False Two of the things that are accomplished when a disk is formatted are the creation of an allocation table that maintains a record of different areas of the disk available for storage and the creation of a directory that records the locations of files when they are stored on the disk. 48. a. True b. False