Academic Integrity: tutoring, explanations, and feedback — we don’t complete graded work or submit on a student’s behalf.

PC Hardware question: Two technicians are discussing building PCs from scratch.

ID: 3679742 • Letter: P

Question

PC Hardware question:

Two technicians are discussing building PCs from scratch. Technician A says that the operating system should be installed just before final chassis assembly, in case there are compatibility issues with the operating system that require part replacement. Technician B says that the operating system should be installed as soon as the motherboard, memory, and hard drive are installed, so that the operating system can download drivers and deal with issues as each new part is installed. Which technician is correct?

A. Technician B is correct. B. Both technicians are correct. C. Neither technician is correct. D. Technician A is correct.

B was incorrect

Explanation / Answer

Solution: Technician B is correct. Because an operating system should support all the hardware . If it is not supporting any hardware,then it is not fit to be called as a complete operating system. Everything matters is about the drivers.Appropriate drivers are always availaible for any hardware parts and when we install these drivers,they should cumpolsurily work with that operating system. A driver contains instructions ,so that the hardware binds with any operating system,which is the system software.There is no meaning replacing hardware parts as per compatability,as said by Technician A.The purpose of driver is to see to it that every hardware parts binds appropriately to the operating system.