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1. What does WEP stand for?
A. wired equivalent privacy
ANS:A
2. What does ZIF stand for?
A. zero insertion force
ANS:A
3. What does VRAM stand for?
A. video random access memory
ANS:A
4. What does ZIP stand for?
A. zigzag inline package
ANS:A
5. What does UXGA stand for?
ANS:A
A. ultra extended graphics array
6. What does SVGA stand for?
A. super video graphics array
ANS:A
7. What does SGRAM stand for?
A. synchronous graphics random access memory
ANS:A
8. What does SIMM stand for?
A. single inline memory module
ANS:A
9. What does PCI stand for?
A. peripheral component interconnect
ANS:A
10. What does PCIX stand for?
A. peripheral component interconnect extended
ANS:A
11. What does PCMIA stand for?
A. personal computer memory card international association
ANS:A
12. What does PGA stand for?
A. pin grid array
ANS:A
13. What does PCL stand for?
A. printer contol language
ANS:A
14. What does PATA stand for?
A. parallel advanced technology attachment
ANS:A
15. What does POST stand for?
A. power on self test
ANS:A
16. What does RIMM stand for?
A. rambus inline memory module
ANS:A
17. What does RAID stand for?
A. redundant array of independent disks
ANS:A
18. What does SATA stand for?
A. serial advanced technology attachment
ANS:A
19. What does SCSI stand for?
A. small computer system interface
ANS:A
20. What does MIDI stand for?
A. musical instrument digital interface
ANS:A
21. What does LED stand for?
A. light emitting diode
ANS:A
22. What does LPT stand for?
A. line printer terminal
ANS:A
23. What does LPT1 stand for?
A. line printer terminal 1
ANS:A
24. What does GUI stand for?
A. graphical user interface
ANS:A
25. What does HCL stand for?
A. hardware compatibility list
ANS:A
26. What does HDD stand for?
A. hard disk drive
ANS:A
27. What does HDMi stand for?
A. high definition media interface
ANS:A
28. What does ESD stand for?
A. electrostatic discharge
ANS:A
29. What does ESDI stand for?
A. enhanced small device inerface
ANS:A
30. What does EVGA stand for?
A. extended video graphics adapter
ANS:A
31. What does EGA stand for?
A. enhanced graphics adapter
ANS:A
32. What does EIDE stand for?
A. enhanced integrated drive electronics
ANS:A
33. what does EISA stand for?
A. extended industry standard architecture
ANS:A
34. What is a DB-9?
A. 9 pin D shell connector
ANS:A
35. What does DRAM stand for?
A. dynamic random access memory
ANS:A
36. What does DSL stand for?
A. digital subsciber line
ANS:A
37. What does DVD stand for?
A. digital video disc
ANS:A
38. What does DVD-R stand for?
A. digital video disc recordable
ANS:A
39. What does DVI stand for
A. digital visual interface
ANS:A
40. What does ECC stand for?
A. error correction code
ANS:A
41. What does ECP stand for?
A. extended capabilites port
ANS:A
42. What does EDO SDRAM stand for?
A. extended data out symmetric dynamic random access memory
ANS:A
43. What does DIMM stand for?
A. dual inline memory module
ANS:A
44. What does DIN stand for?
A. deutsche industrie norm
ANS:A
45. What does DIP mean?
A. dual inline package
ANS:A
46. What does DMA stand for?
A. direct memory access
ANS:A
47. What is a DB-25?
A. serial communication d-shell connector, 25 pins
ANS:A
48. What does DDR stand for?
A. double data rate
ANS:A
49. What does DDR RAM stand for?
A. double data rate random access memory
ANS:A
50. What does ACPI stand for?
A. advanced configuration and power interface
ANS:A
51. What does ADSL stand for?
A. Asymmetrical digital subscriber line
ANS:A
52. What does AMD stand for?
A. Advanced micro devices
ANS:A
53. What does ATIPA stand for?
A. Automatic private internet protocol addressing
ANS:A
54. What does ATA stand for?
A. Advanced technology attachment
ANS:A
55. What does BIOS stand for?
A. basic input/output system
ANS:A
56. What does ATX stand for?
A. advanced technology extended
ANS:A
57. What does BNC stand for?
A. bayonet-neill-concelman or British navel connector
ANS:A
58. What does BTX stand for?
A. balanced technology extended
ANS:A
59. What does ATAPI stand for?
A. advanced technology attachment packet interface
ANS:A
60. You can't seem to print from the printer but you could earlier that day. What should you do first?
A. Press the reset
B. Restart the print spooler
C. Unplug, then plug the printer back up
D. Replace it
ANS:B
61.You install a second IDE hard drive, then boot to windows. But windows will not recognize it. What should you do next?
A. Reinstall windows
B. Run CHKDISK
C. Run defrag
D. Change the jumper setting to slave
ANS:D
62. How many devices can USB support?
A. 27
B. 107
C. 2
D. 127
ANS:D
63. Which of the following offers the highest throughput?
A. ECP
B. EPP
C. SPP
D. IEEE 1284
ANS:A
64. Which of the following steps can be used to manually discharge a monitor?
A. vacuum the dust
B. unplug the monitor
C. use a monitor cleaner on the screen
D. use a high voltage probe with the monitor case open
ANS:D
65. How many heads does a drive with two platters have?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
ANS:D
66.Which of the following are the major hard drive settings in the CMOS? (Choose
three.)
A. Heads.
B. Tracks.
C. Volume.
D. Sector.
E. Cylinder.
Answer: A, D, E
67.You are a technician at HiTech Computers. Your newly appointed HiTech Computers trainee wants to know which bus slots an ISA card would work in. What will your reply be? (Choose two)
A. In a PCI slot
B. In an ISA slot
C. In a MCA slot
D. In an AGP slot
E. In an EISA slot
Answer: B, E
68.A customer's Windows desktop appears distorted on her monitor. You want to
isolate the problem. What should you do? (Choose two)
A. Try another monitor.
B. Try another program.
C. Replace the power supply.
D. Install additional video memory.
E. Boot the computer to a command prompt.
Answer: A, E
69.You are a technician at ABC Computers. Your newly appointed ABC Computers trainee wants to make a bootable floppy diskette. What files MUST be copied to the diskette? (Choose three)
A: COMMAND.COM
B: SYS.COM
C: IO.SYS.
D: MSDOS.SYS.
Answer: A, C, D
70.A customer complains that they are getting buffer underrun errors every time they try to burn a CD-RW. What would you suggest the customer do to fix their problem? (Choose two.)
A: Turn the CD-RW over and use the other side.
B: Turn off all background tasks.
C: Burn at a slower speed.
D: Reboot computer.
Answer: B, C
71.You are a technician at ABC Computers. Your newly appointed ABC Computers trainee wants to know what the standard I/O Port Addresses for the 3 standard LPT Ports on a PC system are. What would your reply be? (Choose three)
A: Ox278.
B: Ox378.
C: Ox3BC
D: Ox3F8.
E: Ox3FF.
Answer: A, B, C
72.What is the benefit of an Energy Star compliant computer? (Choose two)
A. Will last longer before breaking down.
B. Is manufactured with less toxic chemicals.
C. Runs cooler.
D. Uses less electricity.
Answer: C, D
73.You are a technician at ABC Computers. Your newly appointed ABC Computers trainee wants to know what voltages would be found on an ATX power supply. What would your reply be? (Choose two)
A. -12 Volts
B. -9 Volts
C. -5 Volts
D. -3.3 Volts
Answer: A, C
74.Which of the following settings can be changed in the computers CMOS? (Select Two)?
A. Computer Data & Time
B. CD-ROM drive Letter
C. Type of Floppy Drive
D. Ram Memory Size.
Answer: A, C
75.Which priority settings are given to the SCSI ID number? (Choose two)
A. 0 lowest
B. 0 highest
C. 1 lowest
D. 15 lowest
E. 15 highest
Answer: B, D
76.You want to upgrade your slot1 motherboard. Which of the following chips are available in the slot1 package? (Choose three)
A. P 233
B. PII 233
C. PIII 333
D. PIII 800
E. AMD Athlon
Answer: B, C, D
77.Some one placed a BIOS password on a computer and forgot the password. What should you do? (Choose two)
A. Boot to a floppy and fdisk the drive.
B. Temporarily remove the CMOS battery.
C. Go into BIOS setup and delete the password.
D. Clear the CMOS by shortening the CMOS jumper.
E. Boot down the computer while holding down the key.
Answer: B, D
78.What are the minimum hardware components required for the POST to pass? (Choose all that apply.)
A. CPU
B. RAM
C. Mouse
D. Hard drive
E. Video Card
Answer: A, B, E
79.What is the main difference between AT and ATX motherboards? (Choose two)
A. PS/2 port
B. BNC connector
C. Soft power switch
D. Serial connectors
E. Parallel connectors
Answer: A, C
80.Which are valid types of parallel ports? (Choose three.)
A. EPP
B. EEP
C. ECP
D.USB
E. Bi-directional
Answer: A, C, E
81.Which type of connectors is used on a parallel printer cable? (Choose two)
A. DB9
B. RJ-25
C. DB25
D. MiniDIN
E. Centronics36
Answer: C, E
82.How many pins are on a serial port connector? (Choose two)
A. 8
B. 9
C. 10
D. 15
E. 25
F. 29
Answer: B, E
83.Which CPU socket 7-based? (Select all that apply.)
A. Pentium I
B. Pentium II
C. AMD Athlon
D. Pentium MMX
Answer: A, D
84.RISC Stands for Reduce Instruction Set Computing.(T/F)
Answer:True
85.DRAM is faster than SRAM.(T/F)
Answer:False
86.RDRAM chip uses the RIMM memory package. .(T/F)
Answer:True
87.SODIMM package is used in laptops and notebook computers. ?(T/F)
Answer:True
88. Mini Computer is a:
a. Mid sized multiprocessing computer
b. Big sized single processing computer
c. Small sized multiprocessing computer
d. None of the above.
Answer:a
89. The full form of UXGA is:
a. Uni-polar Extra Graphics Array
b. Ultra Extended Graphics Array
Answer:a
90. DAT use data compression while recording:
a. True
b. False
Answer:b
91. Serial port enables data flow in:
a. One direction
b. Both direction
c. Doesn’t flow the data
d. None of the above
Answer:b
92. The collection of chips and sockets that reside on the mother board are known as :
a. Slots
b. Ports
c. Chipsets
d. All of the above
Answer:c
93. The full form of POST is
a. Power on Self Test
b. Pre Operating System Test
c. Post Operating System Test
d. Physical Operating system Test
Answer:a
94. Following cable provide immunity from electrical interference:
a. UTP
b. Fiber Optic
c. STP
d. Coaxial
Answer:b
95. The BUS unit stores the instruction in:
a. Data Cache
b. Instruction Cache
c. Data Buffer
d. Instruction Buffer
Answer:b
96. The speed of FSB range from:
a. 64 to 133 Mhz
b. 32 to 266 Mhz
c. 128 to 586 Mhz
d. 66 to 533 Mhz
Answer:d
97.Following pins are used to establish electrical connection between the microprocessor and PC or other device:
a. Copper Pins
b. Silver Pins
c. Gold Pins
d. Zinc Pins
Answer:c
98 .SPGA has:
a. 1 square of array of pins
b. 2 square of array of pins
c. 3 square of array of pins
d. 4 square of array of pins
Answer:b
99. A 168-pin DIMM package has ________ pins on each side of the package
a. 84 pins
b. 64 pins
c. 32 pins
d. 16 pins
Answer:a
100. The memory bandwidth of the RIMM package is upto
a. 10.6 GB per second
b. 9.6 MB per second
c. 9.6 GB per second
d. 10.6 MB per second
Answer:c
101. The data rate of Parallel port (IEEE 1284) is
a. 2 Mbps
b. 4 Mbps
c. 6 Mbps
d. 8 Mbps
Answer:a
102. Pots can be used when monitors are set up for:
a. Maximum Contrast
b. Minimum Contrast
c. Maximum Brightness
d. Minimum Brightness
Answer:c
103. One of the following is not the correct form factor of the motherboard
a. Baby AT
b. Low Profile Extended
c. New Low Profile Extended
d. Advance Low Profile Extended
Answer:d
104. Socket 939 supports AMD Athlon 64 bit processors and AMD Athlon 64 FX processors
a. True
b. False
Answer:a
105. USB version 2.0 provides data transfer at the maximum speed of:
a. 560 Mbps
b. 480 Mbps
c. 512 Mbps
d. 610 Mbps
Answer:b
106. DVDs rotates counterclockwise and are recorded at a constant rate called:
a. Constant regular motion
b. Consistent Linear motion
c. Constant Linear velocity
d. Consistent Linear velocity
Answer:c
107. ATAPI is capable of supporting data transfer rates of upto:
a. 23 Mbps
b. 33 Mbps
c. 43 Mbps
d. 53 Mbps
Answer:b
108. The EIDE interface supports a maximum of _________hard drives on a system.
a. 2
b. 4
c. 6
d. 8
Answer:b
109. The SMPS consists of Primary rectifier and Secondary rectifier
a. True
b. False
Answer:a
110. The functional ICs used in SMPS are
a. IC TL 494 & IC LM 339
b. IC LL 696 & IC TM 465
c. IC MT 708 & IC LM 686
d. IC TT 576 & IC MM 786
Answer:a
111. PC/XT compatible motherboard has ______ DIP socket.
a. 4 pin
b. 6 pin
c. 8 pin
d. 10 pin
Answer:c
112. AGP 4x operates at ________Mhz and transfer the data with a maximum of ______Mbps
a. 256 & 1024
b. 276 & 1064
c. 256 & 1056
d. 266 & 1066
Answer:d
113. The maximum clock speed of PCI-X 2.0 is
a. 533 Mhz
b. 433 Mhz
c. 333 Mhz
d. 233 Mhz
Answer:a
114. The size of the Mini ITX motherboard is:
a. 170 mm long & 170 mm wide
b. 150 mm long & 150 mm wide
c. 130 mm long & 130 mm wide
d. 180 mm long & 180 mm wide
Answer:a
115. The full form of CMTS is:
a. Computer mode termination system
b. Complete mail transfer system
c. Cable modem termination system
d. Carrier mode transfer system
Answer:c
116. DSL is a technology that brings high-bandwidth information over ordinary copper telephone lines:
a. True
b. False
Answer:a
117. Firewire is also known as:
a. IEEE1394
b. IEEE1786
c. IEEE1566
d. IEEE 1666
Answer:a
118. SWAP drives allows to connect and disconnect drives to the system without shutting down the system
a. True
b. False
Answer:a
119. The common LPT port numbers range from:
a. LPT1 – LPT3
b. LPT4 – LPT6
c. LPT 7 – LPT9
d. LPT10 – LPT12
Answer:a
120. Molex connector used to provide
a. AC power to various drives within PC
b. DC power to various drives within PC
c. Increase the transmission power of a PC
d. Connection of USB on mother board
Answer:b
121. The full form of MNP is
a. Microsoft network protocol
b. Microcom network protocol
c. Modem network protocol
d. Motherboard network protocol
Answer:b
122. Platten knob is used to manually adjust the paper to start printing and to release the paper when it is jammed in the printer.
a. True
b. False
Answer:a
123. Passive terminator terminates the SCSI chain if the last drive on SCSI chain and the SCSI controller is less than:
a. .25 meter
b. 1 meter
c. .05 inch
d. .75 inch
Answer:b
124. PLCC is a ________________sided package in which an IC is installed.
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer:d
125. Nickle Cadmium is one of the type of battery used in Laptops:
a. True
b. False
Answer:a
126. The PCMCIA card has a _________pin connector that connects it to a slot in laptop:
a. 68 pin
b. 72 pin
c. 56 pin
d. 102 pin
Answer:a
127. Wide SCSI is used to transmit data over a ________bit bus
a. 128
b. 64
c. 32
d. 16
Answer:d
128. UXGA display standard used in PC monitors having a screen resolution of
a. 400X1600 pixels
b. 1600X1200 pixels
c. 800X1600 pixels
d. 1200X400 pixels
Answer:b
129. The distance between each pin in the RIMM package is:
a. 025 mm
b. .50 mm
c. .75 mm
d. 1 mm
Answer:d
130. One long beep and 3 short beeps signifies
a. RAM error
b. Audio error
c. Video error
d. Cache error
Answer:c
131. Logical memory stores data in the form of:
a. files
b. folders
c. binary
d. bits
Answer:a
132. RDRAM transfers data at the speed of:
a. 1200 mhz
b. 800 mhz
c. 512 mhz
d. 256 mhz
Answer:b
133. The AMR slot is bigger than PCI and AGP slot
a. True
b. False
Answer:b
134. The most common chipsets available today are
a. 915
b. 845
c. 945
d. 935
Answer:a,b
135. The output of SFX power supply unit is:
a. 110 W
b. 90 W
c. 120 W
d. 80 W
Answer:b
136. A portion of hard disk that functions as a separate unit of storage
a. Partition
b. Volume
c. Tracks
d. Sectors
Answer:a
137. What is the most important feature to look for when, replacing the mouse?
a. color
b. the manufacturer and model number
c. connector
d. the number of buttons
Answer:c
138. The USB port can supply power for a device?
a. True
b. False
Answer:a
139.What can cause laser-jet printer to print too light?
a. Malfunctioning high-voltage DC power supply.
b. Too much humidity in the air.
c. Printing on wrong side of paper.
d. Malfunctioning transfer corona
Answer:a
140. Which CPU socket 7-based?
a. Pentium II
b. Pentium I
c. AMD Athlon
d. Pentium MMX
Answer:d
141. What is the newest type of serial bus architecture?
a. ATA
b. ST-506
c. DVD
d. USB
Answer:d
142. What is the maximum distance for a 10Base2 segment?
a. 330 meters
b. 100 meters
c. 185 meters
d. 1000 meters
Answer:c
143. What is the smallest storage access unit on an IDE hard drive?
a. Sector
b. Cylinder
c. Partition
d. Track
Answer:a
144. When powering on a system, you receive a keyboard error. What generates this message?
a. POSIX
b. ASPI
c. CMS
d. POST
Answer:b
145. How many pins does a standard IDE connector have?
a. 34
b. 40
c. 68
d. 50
Answer:b
146. When you arrive at the customer's desk the computer is giving a continuous beep noise that will not stop. What is the problem?
a. Improper driver was loaded on the hard drive
b. Virus was down loaded from the internet
c. BIOS on the motherboard was corrupted
d. A key on the key board is stuck in the down position
Answer:d
147. What would cause the error message "Bad or missing operating system at boot up"?
a. A bad floppy drive cable connection
b. Slave hard drive not powered up
c. Missing or corrupt boot sector
d. No CD-ROM
Answer:c
148. A NIC that has an ST or SC connector on it is an example of?
a. Fiber Optic
b. Thin Net
c. IR
d. Twisted Pair
Answer:a
148. Which protocol requires unique addressing through software configuration?
a. AppleTalk
b. NetBEUI
c. TCP/IP
d. IPX
Answer:c
149. The CD-ROM does not work on your system. You suspect that the CD-ROM is not getting the proper voltage. What should you use to test the power connector?
a. Multimeter
b. High voltage probe
c. Loop back tester
d. Continuity Tester
Answer:a
150. What is the first program to run during a system boot sequence?
a. AUTOEXEC.BAT
b. BIOS
c. COMMAND.COM
d. CONFIG.SYS
Answer:b
151. A customer calls and says his computer will not boot. You have determined that no sounds are coming from the system and none of the lights are on. What should you take to the site to fix the problem?
a. Video Card
b. Power Supply
c. CPU
d. Modem
Answer:b
152. A Windows 9x system fails to successfully detect new devices that are added. What should you check first?
a. CMOS settings in BIOS for Plug and Play
b. Device manager for DMA assignments.
c. BIOS settings in CMOS for Plug and Play.
d. Plug and Play settings in control panel.
Answer:c
153. What device must be installed on a computer to provide it with a physical and electrical connection to a network?
a. Gateway
b. BNC connector
c. NIC
d. Router
Answer:c
154. What should you do after installing a new ink-jet cartridge?
a. Adjust the assignment manually
b. Reboot your computer
c. Print a very detailed picture
d. Run the printer alignment program
Answer:d
155. On the dot-matrix you only see the bottom half of the characters. What is a possible cause of this?
a. Paper text incorrectly on tractor.
b. Defective home position sensor.
c. Wrong paper thickness
d. Defective print head
Answer:d
156. What can a crossover cable in an Ethernet network be used to do?
a. Convert from 10 Megabits per second to 100 Megabits per second
b. Connect two network devices without a Hub
c. Test a faulty network card.
d. Improve bandwidth between the server and the workstations
Answer:b
157. Why would the back of your page come out dirty on a Laser printer?
a. High humidity level.
b. Bad AC power module
c. Contaminated fuser.
d. Light weight paper
Answer:c
158. Where is hard disk information stored?
a. CMOS
b. SYSTEM.INI
c. BOOT.INI
d. RAM
Answer:a
159. How many IDE controllers are typically built into an ATX motherboard?
a. 8
b. 2
c. 4
d. 1
Answer:b
160. How many bits wide is the AGP Bus?
a. 16
b. 8
c. 64
d. 32
Answer:d
171. On a dot matrix printer which paper type requires tractors to feed the paper?
a. Single sheets
b. Envelopes
c. Continuous Forms
d. Fiction Fed
Answer:c
172. Which type of cable is most likely in use with RJ-45 connectors attached to a computer?
a. 10BaseT
b. 10Base5
c. 10BaseXL
d. 10Base2
Answer:a
173. Which motherboard type allows you to turn off the computer via software?
a. MCA
b. VESA
c. AT
d. ATX
Answer:d
174. How many pins are on a serial port connector? (Choose two)
a. 15
b. 8
c. 9
d. 25
Answer:c,d
175. Which statement is true concerning the installation of USB mouse?
a. You must shut the computer down, plug in the mouse, and restart.
b. You must first set up a specific IRQ for the device.
c. You can plug it in while the computer is running.
d. You must first set a DMA channel for the new device
Answer:c
176. An IDE drive can be set to use a specific connector on the cable by?
a. Jumping connector for master
b. Jumping for cable select.
c. Jumping connector for slave
d. Plugging the IDE cable into the second connector on the motherboard
Answer:b
177. What is the common language that computers use to talk with one another on a network?
a. Protocol
b. Client
c. Adapter
d. Operating system
Answer:a
178. What is the name of the process that laser printers use to produce a printed image?
a. Electro-photographic
b. Micro-laser printing
c. Ink-jet laser photographic
d. Laser writing
Answer:a
179. Which device connects to a parallel port?
a. External Modem
b. Mouse
c. Joystick
d. External storage device
Answer:d
180. The computer identifies a non-mask able interrupt error. What is most likely cause of this error?
a. Defective RAM
b. Lost clusters
c. Corrupted software
d. The I/O controller
Answer:a
181. When replacing a power supply what must you observe?
a. Voltage
b. Wattage
c. Resistance
d. Current
Answer:a
182. On a system with one hard drive and one CD-ROM what is the typical placement of the CDROM drive?
a. Master drive on the secondary IDE channel
b. Master drive on the primary IDE channel.
c. Slave drive on the primary IDE channel.
d. Slave drive on the secondary IDE channel
Answer:a
183. Laser jet printer speeds are measured in pages per minute (PPM). What do we use to measure the speed of dot matrix printers?
a. Lines per inch.
b. Lines per sheets
c. Characters per inch
d. Characters per second
Answer:d
184. What does a 601 error POST (Power On Self-Test) indicate?
a. floppy drive error
b. hard drive error
c. defective power supply
d. network boot problem
Answer:a
185. When upgrading to a Pentium II, which slot or socket is viable?
a. Slot 3
b. Slot 1
c. Socket 7
d. Slot A
Answer:b
186. A laser printer generates a totally black paper. What is the cause?
a. Low level in the tonal cartage.
b. No power to the primary corona.
c. No power to the transfer corona.
d. Malfunctioning image laser.
Answer:b
187. You must service the laser printer in your office. Which part of the printer should you avoid touching because it is hot?
a. High voltage power supply
b. Print head
c. Fuser
d. Primary corona
Answer:c
188. What expansion bus types do most motherboards support?
a. ISA, EISA
b. MCA, PCI
c. ISA, VESA, PCI
d. ISA, PCI, AGP
Answer:d
189. With respect to the interface network card, what does the term 10/100 refer to?
a. Megabits per second.
b. Minimum and maximum server speed
c. Protocol speed
d. A fiber network.
Answer:a
190. When seeking to upgrade your BIOS for a particular motherboard. What do you need to know?
a. Make and Model
b. Memory Type
c. Hard Drive Size
d. DIMM manufacturer
Answer:a
191. You just installed a new IDE hard drive but your system BIOS will not recognize the new drive. What should you check first?
a. Cable sequence
b. Jumpers on the hard Drive
c. Hard Drive manufacturer Website information
d. Drivers that need to be loaded
Answer:b
192. How many devices does USB support?
a. 64
b. 127
c. 256
d. 32
Answer:b
193. You have just installed a new internal PCI modem in your desktop. It will not dial out. What is the problem?
a. The phone line out of the wall is plugged into the phone port on the modem card
b. The modem has not been set up in control panel properties
c. The phone line is plugged in to the line-in port on the modem card.
d. The port speed is set too high
Answer:a
194. What would a Multimeter be used to measure?
a. Floppy drive speed
b. Power-supply voltage
c. CD-ROM data
d. RAID controller synchronization
Answer:b
195. What is your first action when windows report that your hard drive is developing bad sectors?
a. Run Scan Disk with the thorough option
b. Run Secclean from DOS
c. Replace the hard drive
d. Run the defrag utility on the hard Drive
Answer:a
196. You get a CMOS Checksum error during boot up. What is the most likely cause?
a. CMOS battery is nearing end of life
b. Power Supply is bad
c. BIOS needs Updating
d. Hard Drive types are incorrectly defined
Answer:a
197. Mouse is a :
a. Plotting device
b. Drawing device
c. Pointing device
d. None of the above
Ans: C
198. Which among these are the example of hardware component of a computer system: (multiple choice)
a. Input device
b. Output device
c. Device driver
d. Central processing unit
e. All of the above
Ans: A, B and C
199. How many bits are there in a byte:
a. 6
b. 2
c. 8
d. 16
Ans: C
200. How many bytes there in a megabytes:
a. 1008
b. 2012
c. 1024
d. 1214
Ans: C
201. How many megabytes are there in 1 GB:
a. 2012
b. 1024
c. 1008
d. 1214
Ans: B
202. Which of the following is not an input device:
a. Touch screen
b. Plotter
c. Light pen
d. Joystick
Ans: B
203. CU stands for
a. Central unit
b. Closed unit
c. Control unit
d. Compressed unit
Ans: C
204. Which of the following is a secondary storage device;
a. ALU
b. CU
c. Optical disk
d. CPU
Ans: C
205. RAM stands for:
a. Read Accessed and Maintain
b. Readable access memory
c. Random only memory
d. Random Access memory
Ans: D
206. CMOS stands for :
a. Complex metal oxide semiconductor
b. Complete metal oxide semiconductor
c. Complementary metal oxide semiconductor
d. None of the above
Ans: C
207. Modem stands for:
a. Modulator and demodulator
b. Mounting and demounting
c. Module and demodule
d. None of the above
Ans: A
208. DIMM stands for :
a. Digital inline memory module
b. Double inline memory module
c. Dual inline memory module
d. None of the above
Ans; C
209. what is the capacity of 3.5” double sided high density floppy disk drive.
a. 1.2 MB
b. 1.44 MB
c. 720 KB
d. 1.44 KB
Ans: B
210. What is the maximum color depth of an SVGA Monitor
a. 256 colors
b. 1024 colors
c. 64 k colors
d. 16 million colors
Ans: D
211. How many pins a ps/2 connector will have:
a. 5
b. 6
c. 9
d. 15
Ans: B
212. Universal Serial Bus is a serial type of connector
a. true
b. False
Ans: A
213. Which of the following is a port address for serial port COM1
a. 3F0 – 3F7
b. 320 – 3FX
c. 3F8 – 3FF
d. 2F8 – 3FF
Ans: C
214. How many devices a USB port can support?
a. 32
b. 9
c. 27
d. 127
e. None of the above
Ans: D
215. The first physical sector in any bootable hard disk contains which of the following?
a. File structure
b. Data structure
c. MBR
d. LBR
e. Both a and b
Ans: C
216. What is the command syntax for assigning "Hidden" attribute to file c:\jetking?
a. attrib +r c:\jetking
b. attrib +h c:\jetking
c. attrib -r c:\jetking
d. attrib -h c:\jetking
Ans: B
217. Which processor has first combined the L2 system cache inside the processor CPU package?
a. 80486
b. Pentium
c. Pentium pro
d. Pentium III
Ans: C
218. RS-232 is a standard that applies to:
a. serial ports
b. parallel ports
c. game ports
d. networks
e. digital frequencies
Ans: a
219. Com ports use: (select all that apply)
a. 14 pin female connector
b. 25 pin male connector
c. edge connector
d. parallel connector
e. 9 pin female connector
Ans: b and e
220. In modems that support more than 300 baud, baud and bps do not mean the same thing.
a. true
b. false
Ans: a
221. ISDN stands for:
a. Internal select data null
b. Integrated service digital network
c. Integrated set digital network
d. Interior service digital network
Ans: B
222. You have a scanner connected to your computer configured to use com3. It is turned on. Your modem is using com1, and you can't dial out. What is the most likely problem?
a. everything should work OK
b. You have an I/O conflict
c. You have an IRQ conflict
d. You have a loose connection
Ans: C
223. What is the I/O address for COM1 port ?
a. 3f8
b. 3e8
c. 3bc
d. 5f8
e. 008
Ans: A
224. What is the I/O address for COM2 port?
a. 3f8
b. 2f8
c. 3e8
d. 2e8
e. 007
Ans: B
225. Before sending a data a modem send a request to send a signal which is called as RTS.
a. True
b. False
Ans: A
226. ISDN uses ________technology.
a. only digital
b. Anolog and digital
c. Only anolog
d. Neither digital nor analog
Ans: A
227. A COM port is a _________port
a. Parallel
b. Serial
c. USB
d. SCSI
e. Static
Ans: B
228. Modem uses ___________transmission.
a. Synchronous
b. Asynchronous
c. Static
d. Time interval
Ans: B
229. The technology used in CDROM is________
a. Static
b. Magnetic
c. Laser
d. Electronic
e. Electrical
Ans: C
230. Which of the following can cause the CDROM to misread (multiple choice)
a. finger prints
b. scratches
c. cracks
d. slight melting
e. None of the above
Ans: A, B, C, and D
231. In the back panel of CDROM drives the connectors available for:
a. Molex
b. Berg
c. Data cable
d. Audio cable
e. Arcnet
Ans: A, C and D
232. If a computer’s bios allows it, you can boot your system from a CDROM
a. true
b. false
Ans: A
233. Your CDROM drive is attached to the primary IDE cable with hard drive. How should its jumper be set?
a. As a master
b. As a slave
c. Autodetect
d. None
Ans: B
234. The letter x in CDROM express its______
a. quality
b. speed
c. appearance
d. resolution
Ans: B
235. The X letter in CDROM is equivalent to:
a. 1 MB per second
b. 100 bytes per second
c. 150 KB per second
d. 186 bits per second
Ans: C
a. True
b. False
Ans: B
237. IDE cables have how many pins:
a. 25
b. 50
c. 35
d. 40
Ans: D
238. SCSI -2 cables have how many pins:
a. 40
b. 50
c. 60
d. 72
Ans: B
239. You are about to install a second IDE hard drive in a PC that has only one IDE adapter. Your first hard drive will still be the boot drive. How should the second drive be configured?
a. As a master
b. As a secondary
c. As a slave
d. As a primary
e. As a autodetect
Ans: C
240. Your PC is continuously rebooting itself. Select all of the following that could be causing the problem.
a. Bad PC power supply
b. Faulty power at AC outlet
c. Bad system board
d. Defective adaptor card
e. Corrupt operating system
Ans: A,B,C,D, and E
241. What is the best way to protect your hard drive data?
a. regular backups
b. periodically defrag it
c. run chkdsk at least once in a week
d. run scandisk at least once in a week
Ans: A
242. Which of the followings are input devices?(select all that apply)
a. Modem
b. Mouse
c. Keyboard
d. SCSI controller
e. Video cards
Ans: B and C
243. POST stand for:
a. Positive Operating System Test
b. Particle of static charger
c. Power on Self Test
d. Printer online Standard Test
Ans: C
244. How many bits in a byte?
a. 8
b. 16
c. 32
d. 25
Ans: a
245. PCMCIA stands for personal computer memory card international association
a. True
b. False
Ans: A
246. DMA stands for:
a. Direct Memory Association
b. Data Memory Access
c. Direct Memory Access
d. Display Memory Association
Ans: C
247. Power connector on a floppy drive is called as:
a. berg connector
b. molex connector
c. USB connector
d. Mini-molex connector
e. Hybrid connector
Ans: D
248. LPT stands for:
a. Line Printer transfer
b. Live printer terminal
c. Line Printer Terminal
d. Line Print Transfer
Ans: C
249. LPT port is of :
a. 25 pin female serial connector
b. 15 pin female serial connector
c. 25 pin female parallel connector
d. 15 pin male parallel connector
Ans: C
250. ISA comes in_______bit.(select any two)
a. 8
b. 16
c. 32
d. 64
Ans: A and B
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