TRUE or FALSE

1. A disk drive writes data from RAM onto a disk storage medium.
2. Computer software can be divided into two categories; the operating system and the applications system.
3. The microprocessors used on personal computers can only understand machine language.
4. An operating system is generally stored on the computers motherboard.
5. Data to be processed is first placed in ROM and is then copied to RAM for processing.
6. A logical operation refers to the computers ability to compare or evaluate data and then proceed based on the results of the comparison.
7. The computers operating system is retrieved from primary memory and copied into ROM when the computer is powered on.
8. Hard disks, CDs & DVDs are forms of secondary/auxiliary storage.
9. The control unit is divided into two areas: ROM and RAM.
10. When the computer is powered on, a program in RAM performs a power on self-test (POST).
11. An applications software system is a set of programs that manages the interface between the user and the hardware and software resources of the computer system.
12. A disk storage medium spins in its protective cover so that the read/write head of the disk storage device can be positioned at the correct track.
13. The read/write head of a disk storage device moves in and out so that it can be positioned at the correct sector.
14. When a storage operation is performed on a hard disk, the disk directory is first accessed and after the file is stored, the file allocation table is accessed.
15. When a retrieval operation is performed from a hard disk, the file allocation table is first referenced before the file can be copied into RAM.