1. Homework will account for 20% of the final grade, testing will account for the remaining 80%.CE 210 Computers in Civil EngineeringHomework Assignments1. Homework will account for 20% of the final grade, testing will account for the remaining 80%.2. Homework is due 1 week after assignment. Homework is automatically assigned upon the completion of a full lecture one-week. 50% is deducted for late homework. A letter grade is deducted for each homework assignment that is not summited. Late homework isaccepted but any late homework must be submitted no latter than the last lecture, class meeting.3. Use the following format only:· Computer paper and/or the actual assignment· BLOCK PRINTING ONLY, NO CURSIVE, NO CURSIVE· Do not erase, cross out as required4. Homework solutions will be posted immediately after the homework has been collected.Homework No. 1A IntroductionThis homework together with 1B counts for 15% of the homework grade.1.Is a computer always the best "tool" to use at the university regardless of the assignment? Explain.2.What is the latest processor (computer) and how fast is it?3. What are the advantages of CD-ROM over a 3.5 floppy disk?4. What are the advantages a 3.5 floppy disk of over CD-ROM.5. What is the advantage of a fax and modem on the same board as opposed to a separate board for each device?6. Visit the Windows Lab and the Media Resources lab in the CLA. Report their operating hours, the number of computers available and when they are busiest and have the lightest load.7. What are your computer skills for: (Answer N for None, Ok for Ok, or G for Good. DOS Windows Word for Windows WordPerfect Other word processor Excel(Lotus 123) Other spreadsheet PowerPoint MAC Other: 8. Do you have access to any kind of computer. Where? What kind?Homework No. 1B DOSThis homework together with 1A counts for 15% of the homework grade.1.How would you ensure that the data on your 3.5” floppy disk will not be erased?2.What are the three directory commands use for directory/file management.3.What is the symbol for the root directory. Can it be manipulated (created or deleted)?4.The MSDOS operating system consists of the operating system, internal commands and external command. Very briefly, explain each?5.A "warm boot" does not check RAM and can be accomplished from the keyboard by depressing what 3 keys simultaneously?6.What is the difference between the scroll lock key being on or off.7.What is the easiest way to erase a single character or perhaps several characters or even words?8.Issue the commands to make a directory called "soils" under an existing directory called "civil", starting from the root (\) directory.9.Lateral paths are illegal. If you have \civil\soils and \gen_ed\history, you cannot go directly from soils to history. For example, if you are in history, "CD soils" will give an error. A rule that always works is to start at the root directory and work downwards. With this is mind, starting from "history" (you are in \gen_ed\history), change directories to "soils".10.What is RAM?11.Is a "mouse" a toy?12.What is ".." and what does "CD.." do? (You see ".." as the second entry when issuing the DIR command.13.You have a EGA monitor and saw a great VGA monitor at the computer swap meet and picked it up for only $300. Can you bring it home and plug it in?14.What's an ASCII document?15.You have just bought a box of new disks. Format them, assuming that you are currently in the root directory of C:.16.I am currently in the subdirectory called C:\budget\january. I have another directory called EXCEL immediately under the root directory and under EXCEL I have another subdirectory called SOILS. Issue the command(s) to change from the current directory to SOILS.17.Word processors often make backup files of your documents automatically. If your file is frank.doc, a frank.bak created by the computer is probably in your directory. This is a great feature if are careless or just like a little insurance. However, the backups files can build up after awhile and consume more memory than you want to give up.Delete your backup files, <filenames>.bak, from a directory called c:\WP\WORDSTAR assuming that youare starting in the root directory.18.You are you using the hard disk, the Pentium computer in the department Xerox room. You have just finished three documents with the extension .doc and think it might be a good idea to copy the files to a floppy on the B: drive. You are in the directory c:\PCSIG\PCWRITE. Issue the commands necessary to do this.19.Answer <yes> for legal directory names and <no>for illegal directory names:MY(SOILS)HOME_BOY $MONEY$ 20.Circle the files that will be listed if the following command is issued TEST*.DOCTEST1.DOCTEST.DOCTEST1.TXTTEST_332.DOC332_TEST.DOC210_TEST.TXT21.If a have a file called REPORT.TXT in a sub-directory HISTORY and copy a totally different file called REPORT.TXT to HISTORY, what will happen? 22.If I issue the command DEL *.DOC, what does DOS do to all my files; are they gone forever? 23.Most software will automatically send output to the first parallel printer port. What is the designation, abbreviation for the first parallel printer port?24.A computer will have a number of "slots" which is a standard electrical connection that will accommodate a standard board. Name 2 pieces of hardware, equipment, that might use such a board.25.What is the DOS EOF (End Of File) maker that we have used in conjunction with the <copy con filename> command?26.Create a file called MY_INFO.TXT containing the following info:I can do thisIf I tryusing the COPY CON command.COPY CON MY_INFO.TXT CR27.How do I "run" a program and what happens when I "run" a program?.28.Why should I save a current piece of work frequently perhaps every 10 minutes or so.29.How many bytes in the following not including the quotation marks:"C.E. 210, COMPUTER COURSE"30.A friend tells you that he averages 425 words per page and each word averages 6.12 characters. How many DSDD(standard) 5.25” floppies will he need to store his 833 page book?31.A 3-1/2" high density floppy disk is made up of 80 tracks per side consisting of 18 sectors per track. It has 2 heads or sides. How many bytes can it hold?32.Your friend wants you to print a file that is 123,345 bytes long and would like to use his own paper. How many sheets of paper should he give you?33. Given:3 r d w e e k 6 t h w e e k 9 t h w e e kS o i l s R p t H y d P r o