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Chapter 1 Questions
1. What is the AVERAGE TEMPERATURE inside of a computer?
A. 100 degrees
B. 100 degrees Fahrenheit
C. Lower than 100 degrees Fahrenheit
D. Greater than 100 degrees Fahrenheit
2. What does QSOP mean?
A. Quarter Size Outline Package
B. Quad Small Outline Package
C. Quad Size Outline Personal
D. Quarter Small Output Package
3. When working on Compaq, Apple computers, and late model GM cars, what is the one screw used of them?
A. Phillips Screwdriver
B. Flate-blade Screwdriver
C. Torx Screwdriver
D. None of the above
4. What are the two biggest dangers with Power Supplies?
A. Buring and electrocuting yourself
B. Shocking and killing yourself instantly
C. Causing a electrical shortdown
D. None of the above
5. What kind of rows dows the JUMPERS consist of?
A. Pins and small plastic caps with metal inserts
B. Circuit pins and metal cap with plastic inserts
C. Pins with metal inserts consisting of rubber caps
D. Small plastic caps with metal inserts inside
6. It is said that when a current is passed through a wire magnetic field is produced around that wire. The direction of the
current flowing, determines the direction of magnetic field. What is the Name of the common trick used to remember the
relationship between the directions?
A. The electromagnetic theory rule
B. The dynamic rule
C. The right hand rule
D. Static rule
7. Give two examples of a conducter.
A. Water & Drywood
B. Rubber & Metal
C. Copper & Paper
D. Copper & Water
8. Calculate the resistance rating of resistor with the markings ( Orange Black, Red, Silver )
A. 30,000 Ohms +_10%
B. 3000 Ohms +_10%
C. 30000 Ohms +_ 5%
D. 3000 OHMS +_ 5%
9. What is the electrical device used to store electrical charge in Computers
A. Resistor
B. Capacitors
C. Chips
D. I Cs
10. If electrical current is measured in amps , voltage is measured in Volts,
in what measurement do we measure resistance?
A. Watts
B. Amps
C. Ohms
D. Power
11. M.S.D.S. stands for
A. Matter Service Device Standard
B. Material Safety Data Sheet
C. Metal Semiconductor Drive System
D. Major Super Duper Stuff
12. Convert the Hexidecimal 'FE' to it's Decimal number
A. 11111110
B. 1514
C. 29
D. 254
13. Which of the following would not be a tool of the trade needed in basic computer servicing?
A. Circuit Breaker
B. Flashlight
C. IC Puller
D. Phillips Screwdrivers
14. This type of connector might be used for a EGA/CGA video port.
A. DB-9 male
B. DB-9 female
C. DB-15 female (with 3 rows of 5 pins each)
D. DIN-9 female
15. Static charge means the electricity
A. has impure properties for passing electric currents
B. is constantly moving
C. is not moving or flowing
D. has a shocking surprise for you
16. Which Item is NOT a microcomputer electronic component
A. Capacitor
B. Resistor
C. Jumpers
D. Dilithium Crystals
17. A capacitor is used to store what?
A. Information
B. Electric charge
C. Food for winter
D. Ions
18. Which is most true of a DB-15 connector
A. It has a 15 year warranty
B. It has 15 sockets
C. It connects the Computer to the wall
D. It isnt a connector
19. Magnets are usefull to your computer in which ways
A. Picking up small screws that fall inside case
B. Cleaning small shavings and debris in hard to reach places
C. They are NOT usefull and should be kept away
D. They remove dangerous electro-static charge
20. Remaining SAFE is essential. Which of these is the most common danger.
A. Sharp edges
B. The computer owners dog
C. Radiation
D. Electricity
21. What is a resistor
A. An On/Off switch
B. Dual inline package
C. Resists flow of electricity
D. Electrostatic discharge
22. The QSOP is also known as the what kind of chip?
A. Capacitor chip
B. Surface mount chip
C. Zif socket
D. 106b chip
23. Resistance is expressed in?
A. Watts
B. Volts
C. Ohms
D. Amps
24. ESD is also known as?
A. Engineered software design
B. Electrostatic discharge
C. Electromagnetic standard discharge
D. Compressed air
25. A jumper does what task?
A. Completes a circuit
B. Reduces voltage
C. Provides network security
D. Analog/Digital convertor
26. If a resister had bands of red,brown,green,silver, what is the resistance, and tolerance.
A. 100,021; 10%
B. 210,000; 5%
C. 100,210; 10%
D. 100,021; 20%
27. In the hexadecimal counting, what is 0110011000111011.
A. a6b4
B. 5a4b
C. 663b
D. 6b36
28. What does the letters QSOP stand for?
A. Quad small O ring package
B. Quad small outline package
C. Quantum sis operating procedure
D. Quarter standard operating procedure
29. What are DIP switches, and how are they used?
A. Switch for those of us not so bright; for turning the
B. Dual input switch; for two separate power sources
C. Dual inline package; for setting multiple settings.
D. Dual output Switch; for setting multiple settings.
30. In dealing with connectors what does DB and RJ mean?
A. Dual shell Connectors; communications equipment.
B. Decibel connector; and regular jack.
C. DB Cooper; RJ Willey
D. Dumb blond; Red head in a Jag.
31. Which components should you not try to service:
A. Mouse
B. Monitor
C. Printer
D. Power Supply
32. Vacuum tubes are used in which of the following:
A. Super computers
B. Work stations
C. Old computers
D. Zero tolerance computers
33. Hex numbers go from what range:
A. 1 – F
B. 0 – E
C. 1 – D
D. 0 – F
34.Variable resistors (POTS) are used mostly in: (pick all that apply)
A. Power supplies
B. Speaker controls
C. Monitor controls
D. LSD
35. The best way to clean a computer is: (pick all that apply)
A. Soap and water/lint free cloth on the case
B. Denatured isopropyl alcohol
C. Canned air
D. Vacuuming
36. What is the command to make a bootable disk?
A. Format C: /s
B. Format D: /s
C. Format A: /s
D. Format E: /s
37. What is the number 77 in binary code?
A. 01001101
B. 11101110
C. 10101010
D. 00100100
38. Which one of the bellow has 4 of the standard colors for resistors?
A. White, Black, Red, and Pink
B. Gray, Orange, Purple, Blue
C. Black, Brown, Red, Orange
D. Black, Orange, Brown, and light blue
39. What are common uses for Variable Resistors ?
A. Information Control
B. Input Control or Output Control
C. Volume Control or Brightness control
D. None of the above
40. Do Capacitors Store a Charge ?
A. True
B. False
41. Hexadecimal has a base of?
A.2
B.5
C.10
D.16
42. An individual 0 or 1 is called:
A.Byte
B.Bit
C.Binary
D.None of the above
43. The rightmost bit in a binary number is called:
A.MSB
B.Byte
C.LSB
D.1
44. What does a PGA (Pin Grid Array) attach to?
A.QSOP
B.DIP
C.SIP
D.ZIF
45. What connector type is a 10baseT Ethernet card?
A.RJ-45
B.RJ-11
C.RJ-12
D.DB-9
46. What type of signal do computer components use today; and what type of values are contained within them?
A. Proxy ; constant
B. Digital ; discrete
C. Analog ; discrete
D. Digital ; binary
47. What was the name of the first computer?
A. Simon
B. ENIC
C. ENIAC
D. Lisa
48. What is one of the most dangerous computer components to repair?
A. Motherboard
B. Case
C. CMOS
D. Monitor
49. The Binary number 11001101 coverts to the Hex form of?
A. BF
B. E2
C. CD
D. A4
50. If there was a “universal” or “most valuable tool” in a PC technicians repair box it would most likely be?
A. Tweaker
B. Screwdriver
C. Hammer
D. Needle nose pliers
51. PCI stands for:
A. personal connect interface
B. peripheral componet interconnect
C. prosser control interupt
D. None of the above
52. AGP stands for :
A. advanced graphics port
B. another great port
C. auto go product
D. None of the above
53. What is an fsb?
A. from second block
B. front side bus
C. for same boot
D. None of the above
54. What is the use of a cmos jumper?
A. to reset the cmos settings
B. to erase the cmos settings
C. toturn on/off the cmos progran
D. None of the above
55. USB means:
A. under score block
B. unused socket board
C. unverisal serial bus
D. None of the above
56. From a safety aspect, which of the following is more dangerous for a technician to repair/work on:
A. Monitor
B. Printer
C. Power Supply
D. Computer
57. What is a common sense safety rule(s) to follow when repairing a PC:
A. When repairing a PC, do not leave it unattended, as someone could walk into the room and bump the
machine causing failure, or worse step on parts lying around and get hurt.
B. Do not work on the PC alone, should you become injured there should be someone around to help
if you need it.
C. Do not work on a PC if you're fatigued, you may find it difficult to concentrate on what you're
doing.
D. All of the above.
58. Which of the following type of electricity destroys electronic components:
A. Dynamic
B. Static
C. Direct Current (DC)
D. Alternating Current (AC)
59. A nonconductor is a material that inhibits the flow of electricity. Which of the following is not a
nonconductor:
A. Paper
B. Sodium Chloride (Table Salt)
C. Rubber
D. Wood
60. There are several types of numbering systems in use in the computer industry today; the major ones used
by computers are:
A. Binary, hexadecimal, and megahertz
B. Decimal and binary
C. Binary and megahertz
D. Decimal, binary, and hexadecimal
61. The Decimal value of position 6 of the 8 bit binary positions is
A. 128
B. 64
C. 32
D. 16
62. The Hexadecimal numbers have a base number of
A. 14
B. 20
C. 17
D. None of the above
63. A multimeter is a combination of several different kinds of testing meter. One of the following is not a function
A. ohm meter
B. esd meter
C. ammeter
D. volt meter
64. A static discharge (ESD) transfer that you can see is at least_______ volts.
A. 1000
B. 3000
C. 5000
D. 10000
65. Digital signals contain:
A. Values that are discrete
B. Values that change over time
C. Discrete values that change over time
D. Values similar to a dimmer switch
66. Fixed resister are identified by
A. Color code
B. Number code
C. Size
D. Shape
67. PGA chips use what type of package
A. Quad small outline package
B. Single line package
C. Pin grid array package
D. Dual line package
68. Two types of dip switches are, rocker and slide
A. True
B. False
69. A Multimeter is a device to
A. Measure current, resistance, voltage
B. Adjust current flow
C. Repair hard drives
D. Adjust cpu speed
ANSWERS
1. Answer is D. Greater than 100 degrees Fahrenheit
2. Answer is B. Quad Small Outline Package
3. Answer is C. Torx Screwdriver
4. Answer is A. Buring and electrocuting yourself
5. Answer is A. Pins and small plastic caps with metal
inserts
36. C
37. A
38. C
39. C
40. A
41. D.16
6. A
7. A
8. A
9. A
10. A
11. B. Material Safety Data Sheet
12. D. 254
13. A. Circuit Breaker
14. B. DB-9 female
15. C. is not moving or flowing
16. D. Dilithium Crystals
17. B. Electric charge
18. B. It has 15 sockets
19. C. They are NOT useful and should be kept away
20. D. Electricity
21. C. resists flow of electricity
22. B. surface mount chip
23. C. ohms
24. B. electrostatic discharge
25. A
26. answer B.
27. Answer C.
28. answer B.
29. answer C.
30. answer A.
31. B and D
32. C
33. D
34. B and C
35. A / B / C
Chapter 2
1. The three main categories of portable computers are
A. UPS, SPS and MOSFET
B. Luggable, laptop and PDA
C. Super-computer, mainframe and microcomputer
D. Kissable, lovable and huggable
42. B.Bit
43. C.LSB (Least Significant Bit)
44. D.ZIF (Zero Insertion Force)
45. A.RJ-45
46. B Digital : discrete
47. C ENIAC
48. D Monitor
49. C CD
50. A Tweaker
51. B
52. A
53. B
54. B
55. C
56. C
57. D
58. B
59. B
60. D
61. c... the decimal value is 32
62. D
63. B
64. D
65. A
66. A
67. C
68. A
69. A
2. Which is not a major voltage reading produced by the computer power supply?
A. +12 volts DC
B. +5 volts DC
C. 110 volts AC
D. -12 volts DC
3. "Firewire" is the nickname for what type of connection?
A. IEEE 1394
B. IEEE 1934
C. IEEE 1284
D. ECP
4. Which of these ports would be best for parallel data transfer between a computer and a parallel Zip Drive?
A. DMA
B. Bidirectional Parallel
C. USB
D. EPP
5. Which of these Socket Types are used for the Pentium 80586 class processors, choose all that apply:
A. Socket 5
B. Socket 9
C. Socket 3
D. SECC (TypeII)
E. Socket 7
F. Socket 4
6. Where does a good A+ technician attach all components to make up a pc?
A. The system board
B. The power supply
C. The expansion slots
D. None of the above
7. Which are the two major types of system boards?
A. Desintegrated system boards and integrated system boards.
b. Interested system boards and desintegrated system boards.
c. Nonintegrated system boards and Integrated system boards.
D. None of the above
8. ISA expansion slots:
A. Are short and white
B. are brown and have two parts
C. Have 2000 pins
D. None of the above
9. What does SEC stand for?
A. Serious Edge Connectivity
B. Single Edge Connector
c. Single Engine Connector
D. None of the above
10. Which are the components of the bus?
A. The engine, the wrench, the tire and the driver
B. The external bus, the data bus, and the address bus
C. The internal bus, the address bus andthe data bus.
D. None of the above
11. Which keyboard connecter is most used:
A. PS/2
B. Din-5
C. P/8
D. PS/2-5
12. USB stands for what?
a. Un-tight System Board
b. User System Board
c. Universal Serial Bus
d. Universal Service Bus
13. BIOS stands for?
a. Bit input/output system
b. Basic input/output setup
c. Basic input/output system
d. Binary integer/outcome setup
14. Casch memory is physical RAM that holds frequently used data?
a. True
b. False
15. What kind of system back up should you use?
a. Tape
b. Zip / Jaz
c. Cd-R/Cd-Rw
d. Any of the above
16.Which system board form factor has the processor and memory slots at right angles to the expansion cards?
A.NLX
B.ATX
C.AT
D.SIMM
17.What is the transmission rate?
A.400 Mbps
B.800 Mbps
C.200 Mbps
D.50 Mbps
18.What is the most visible part of the motherboard?
A.CPU
B.Speaker
C.Expansion Slots
D.CMOS Battery
19.What does DVD stand for?
A.Digital Video Disk
B.Digital Viewing Device
C.Double Versatile Device
D.Digital Versatile Disk
20. What kind of memory is used when upgrading memory?
A.SRAM
B.DRAM
C.ROM
D.CMOS
21. If there are two power connectors, they are usually labeled.
a) P8 and P9
b) P6 and P7
c) P9 and P10
d) none of the above
22. The most important chip in the motherboard is ___________.
a) CPU
b) BIOS
c) USB
d) CMOS
23. What are the major assemblies of Nonintegrated System boards?
a) video circuitry
b) disk controllers
c) sound cards
d) all of the above
24. Pentium Pro Processor has which Connector Type?
a) Socket 4
b) Socket 7
c) Socket 5
d) Socket 8
25. Which Intel Processors has a math coprocessor?
a) 486DX
b) 386Dx
c) 386SX
d) 486SX
26. (True of False) and integrated motherboard has very few ports and usually has to be upgraded through expansions
slots?
A. True
B. False
27. One of the major problems with the baby AT was?
A. It was to small for any case at the time
B It would easily break
C. It had not PCI slots
D. The processor and memory were not in line with the expansion slots.
28. The Pentium that used the SECC I was?
A. Pentium 75-Overdrive
B. Pentium pro
C. Pentium II
D. Pentium III
29. The processor to have 1.25 million transistors was the?
A. 80386
B. 80486
C. Pentium Pro
D. Overdrive and MMX
30. IEEE1394 is used to?
A. Get Digital Video into the PC
B. Transfer data to the printer
C. Connect to a power supply
D. Connect to advanced speakers
31. What is not a type of power connector found inside a PC?
A. AC/DC Power
B. Standard Peripheral Power
C. System
D. Floppy Drive power
32. What was the name of the port that for the most part replaced the DB-9 port on computers built after 1997?
A. DB-10
B. USB
C. UPS
D. DB-98
33. What is the more common name for the IEEE 1394 port?
A. Integrated Efficient Export Equipment
B. Firmware
C. Fire port 1394
D. Firewire
34. What is the most sophisticated type of printer?
A. Dot Plus 4400 Laserjet
B. Ink Jet
C. Laserjet
D. Cannon 8000 C++
35. What does the CMOS do?
A. Stores useless info, needed to crash your computer.
B. Enables a new DOS prompt?
C. Store special settings when your computer is turned off or unplugged.
D. Enable you to change programs specific settings
36. What is the most important input device for a PC?
A. Monitor
B. Keyboard
C. Processor
D. A: drive
37. The most commonly used motherboard design is what?
A. Full AT board
B. ATX board
C. Baby AT board
D. NLX board
38. The CMOS chip holds what settings when CPU is powered off?
A. Hard drive configuration
B. Time
C. Memory
D. All of the above
39. The most permanent storage in a PC is what?
A. ROM
B. DRAM
C. Hard disk
D. Bios
40. The "brain" of a Computer is what
A. Motherboard
B. RAM
C. CPU
D. Mouse
41. Most computers today contain primarily what type of expansion slots?
A. Peripheral Component Interconnct (PCI) slots
B. Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) slots
C. Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) slots
D. Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) slots
42. What is the special connector(s) that allows the motherboard to be connected to the power supply to receive power?
A. Two connectors that are usually labeled P8 and P9
B. A power connector on the motherboard
C. Both A and B
D. None of the above
43. What are the four most common type of ports that you will see on a computer?
A. Game, ECP, parallel, and serial ports
B. Game, parallel, serial, and USB ports
C. ECP, EPP, serial, and USB ports
D. ECP, parallel, serial, and USB ports
44. Handheld PCs (HPCs) run on what type of operating system?
A. Windows CE
B. Windows NT
C. Windows OS
D. Windows XP
45. Which type(s) of printers should never be plugged into a Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS)?
A. Dot Matrix printer
B. Ink-Jet Printer
C. Laser printer
D. Both Ink-Jet and Laser printers
46. What are the two major types of system boards?
A. fast & slow
B. binary & letters
C. nonintegrated & integrated
D. complex & simple
47. What is the most visible part of any motherboard?
A. expansion slots
B. keyboard connector
C. monitor
D. power connectors
48. What is the "brain" of the computer?
A. FCC
B. ADA
C. PCU
D. CPU
49. Intel came up with what less expensive processor for "low buck" machines
after the Pentium II came out?
A. Xeon
B. Celeron
C. MMX technology
D. Apple
50. What is the most popular, easy, and inexpensive way to upgrade a
computer?
A. adding internet
B. adding memory
C. adding bios
D. adding storage
51. The most visible part of any motherboard is the_________.
A. CRT
B. Expansion slots
C. Hard drive
D. Modem
52. The 8086 Intel Processor was actually developed before the 8080.
A. True
B. False
53. A single DVD Rom in a double-sided double-sided, double layered configuration can hold as much as ______ regular
CD Roms.
A. 5
B. 13
C. 22
D. 26
54. There are three types of Interfaces. The most popular type is the_______.
A. Serial
B. Modular
C. Parallel
D. Keyboard
55. One form of protection for Power Quality Problems is a ______.
A. Generator
B. Humidifier
C. Line Conditioner
D. Line Fuse
56. STORAGE MEDIA ARE USED TO?
A: PROCESSING DATA
B: STORING DATA ON DISK DRIVES, FLOPPIES, TAPE.
C: INPUTING DATA
D: NONE OF THE ABOVE
57. THE MAIN TYPE OF EXPANSION SLOTS ARE:
A: ISA
B: PCI
C: AGP
D: ALL THE ABOVE
58. PRINTERS USUALLY CONNECT TO THE___________ PORT.
A: SERIAL
B: PARALLEL
C: BOTH SERIAL AND PARALLE
D: NEATHER PARALLEL OR SERIAL
59. An AT KEY BOARD CONNECTS TO A COMPUTER THREW A DIN- ___ CONNECTION.
A: 5
B: 7
C: 9
D: 3
60. DIP SWITHES AND JUMPERS ARE USED TO CONFIGURE VERIOUS HARDWARE OPTION
A: TRUE
B: FALSE
61. The "baby" _______ is used to be the most commonly used design, but it has some fundamental problems?
A. AT
B. ATX
C. NLX
D. None of the above
62. The ________ of any computer is the Central Processing Unit(CPU)?
A. Circuit
B. Brain
C. Motherboard
D. Power Supply
63. What is the most important device for a PC is the what?
A. Monitor
B. Mouse
C. Keyboard
D. None of the above
64. Your PC keeps these settings in a special memory chip called the what?
A. (BIOS) Chip
B. (CMOS) Chip
C. (CPU) Chip
D. None of the above
65. The set of keys has been separated to the right of typing, cursor, and screen controls?
A. Function keys
B. Standard alphaumeric keys
C. Cursor and screen controls
D. Numeric keypad
Answers:
31 – A. AC/DC Power
1. B. Luggable, laptop and PDA
32 – B. USB
2. C. 110 volts AC
33 – D. Firewire
3. A. IEEE 1394
34 – C. Laserjet
4. D. EPP - EPP (enhanced parallel port) is faster than
35 – C. Store special settings when your computer is
bidirectional
turned off or unplugged.
5. A., E. and F. - Socket 3 & 4 did support 485 Pentium
36. B
Overdrives which were only 80486 class processors
37. B
6-a-the system board
38. D
7-c-Nonintegrated system boards and Integrated system
39. C
boards.
40. C
8-b-are brown and have two parts
41. A - Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) slots
9-b-Single Edge Connector
42. C - Both A and B
10-b-The external bus, the data bus, and the address bus
43. B - Game, parallel, serial, and USB ports
11) A
12) C
13) C
14) A
15) D
16.B-ATX
17.A-400 Mbps
18.C-EXPANSION SLOTS
19.D-DIGITAL VERSATILE DISK
20.B-DRAM
21. a
22. b
23. d
24. d
25. a
26 B
27 D
28 C
29 B
30 A
44. A - Windows CE
45. C - Laser printers
46. C- nonintegrated & integrated
47. A- expansion slots
48. D- CPU
49. B- Celeron
50. B- adding memory
51. B
52. A
53. D
54. C
55. C
56. B: STORING DATA ON DISKS, FLOPPIES, TAPE
57. D: ALL THE ABOVE
58. B: PARALLEL
59. A: 5
60. TRUE
61. Answer is A. AT
62. Answer is B. Brain
63. Answer is C. Keyboard
64. Answer is B. (CMOS) Chip
65. Answer is D. Numeric keypad
Chapter 3
1. In MS-DOS what command will display a report on the how much memory is being utilized in DOS?
A. MEMORY.EXE
B. QCONFIG.EXE
C. MEM.EXE
D. MEMMAKER.EXE
2. Which of these items might you find in the Reserved Memory:
A. BIOS ROM Information
B. Level 1 Cache
C. TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident) Program
D. Video RAM
E. DOS
3. The big difference between EPROM and EEPROM are:
A. You can only go one your senior year
B. EPROM uses a special frequency UV Light to reset it where EEPROM uses a sequence of electrical signals to reset it.
C. EPROM is not erasable where as EEPROM can be erased and rewritten to.
D. EPROM is for Windows where EEPROM is used for DOS.
4. SDRAM (Syncronous DRAM) has what major advantage over EDO and Fast Page Mode Memory:
A. It is built into the motherboard
B. It can achieve a high bandwidth of up to 1.6 Gigabyte per second
C. It is faster and syncronizes with the speed of the system
D. It resides in Conventional Memory where as EDO and Fast Page reside in Reserved Memory
5. Memory management is handled by
A. The Operating System
B. The BIOS
C. A car battery, some jumpers and a bottle of Jack Daniels
D. The Cache
6. Direct Rambus(RIMM) runs at how many MHz?
A.600MHz
B.800MHz
C.1000MHz
D.200MHZ
7.What turns EPROM back to its blank state?
A.Electricity
B.Water
C.Ultraviolet light
D.Reset button
8. What must you replace in order to solve a hard memory error?
A.Memory chips
B.DOS
C.Processor
D.Cache
9. What are the two types of memory problems?
A.Rebooting & Power fluctuations
B.Single bit errors & hard errors
C.Soft errors & BIOS errors
D.Hard errors & soft errors
10. What is the first type of memory, represented as the first 640Kb in the memory map?
A.Reserved memory
B.Upper memory
C.Conventional memory
D.Expanded memory
11. What is physical memory?
A. The IC's inside a computer which allow access to different programs.
B. A collection of IC's that stores data and program info as patterns of 1's and 0's in the chip.
C. A collection of SD and RD chip modules
D. A waste of space on your computer which requires constant upgrading
12. Which is not a type of Memory?
A.RDRAM
B.EDO
C.SDRAM
D.PRAM
13. Under what memory block would conventional memory fall under?
A. 0kb - 640kb
B. 640kb - 1024kb
C. 640kb - 700kb
D.100kb - 640kb
14. What does the acronym LIM stand for and what did "it" do?
A. Live in-line Memory, created a better memory layer
B. Lotus,Intel,Microsoft; An expanded memory system which was based off the "paging idea of video cards"
C. Limitted Input Memory; Was the predecessor of EMS
D.Lost inverted Mapping; Don't know but it sounds good
15. Name the two primary types of memory errors.
A. Short; Long
B. Read;Write
C. Not enough; Unstable
D. Soft; Hard
16. Which memory type uses capacitors instead of switches?
a) SRAM
b) EDO
c) DRAM
d) SDRAM
17. __________________ is a relatively new and extremely fast technology that uses, a new methodology in memory
system design.
a) RIMM
b) DDR SDRAM
c) SDRAM
d) SRAM
18. What is the main disadvantage to ROM?
a) They can't be erased.
b) They can't be reprogrammed.
c) Not flexible
d) Can't be changed once it has been manufactured.
19. What are the other specialized applications for memory besides the main memory?
a) Video RAM
b) Window RAM
c) Portable Memory
d) All of the above
20. Which was the first type of memory, that represented the first 640KB in the memory map?
a) MS-DOS Memory map
b) Conventional Memory
c) Reserved Memory
d) Expanded Memory
21. Of the physical memory types, which one requires a refresh signal.
a. DRAM
b. SRAM
c. EDO
d. PROM
22. The bois chips in most computers today are of what type of memory chip.
a. ROM
b. PROM
c. EPROM
d. EEPROM
23. The cache memory is what type of memory?
a. Internal cache
b. external cache
c. SRAM
d. Portable memory
24. where do DOS and TSR load up on the DOS memory map.
a. conventional
b. conventions
c. motherboard bois.
d. upper memory.
25. In the MEM.EXE/P mean?
a. The pillow switch for when it's time to turn off.
b. Pause switch
c. classify switch
d. free memory switch.
26. Dynamic RAM requires what?
a. a constant refresh signal
b. a large amount of electrical power
c. a fast system bus
d. a pentium II or higher
27. ROM does everything but what?
a. used to store info permanently
b. uses transistors to set weather on or off.
c. once the transistors are set there is no changing them
d. can change information whenever desired.
28. EPROM is?
a. Electronicly Placed ROM
b. Erasable Programable ROM
c. Erasable PreProgramed ROM
d. Electronic Programed ROM
29. How would you read AB256-80 for a DIP Memory?
a. 256 NS and 80Kb Ram
b. AB-Hexadecimal Location of ram
c. 256 KB of Ram and 80 NS
30. True or False Video Ram is used to store image data for processing by the video card?
a. true
b. false
31. An EEPROM can be ereased by a beam of light.
a) True
b) False
32. DRAM needs a constant power sourse to stay active.
a) True
b) False
33. Cache memory – (Pick all that apply)
a) Stores frequently accessed info
b) Adds high memory
c) Shows memory errors
d) Might be called L1 or L2 cache
34. Block #1-17 are listed in Hex as:
a) 00000 to 0FFFF
b) 00000 to F0000
c) 00000 to FFFFF
d) None of the above
35. Which switch willl show ‘help’ of other switches:
a) /Q
b) /<?>
c) /H
d) /?
36-SRAM stores only ----- kilobits per IC.
a-256
b-426
c-255
d-222
37-IC stands for:
a-Intelligent Circuit
b-International Circuit
c-Integrated Circuit
d-Inner Circuit
38-Which is the newer, more efficient type of memory:
a-SRAM
b-NRAM
c-DRAM
d-KRAM
39-DRAM was an improvement over SRAM.
a-True
b-False
40-The ability of WRAM to be read from or written to
simultaneously is called:
a-Simultaneous Memory
b-Random Access Memory
c-Dual Ported Memory
d-Smart Memory
41. How many KB are in Conventional Memory?
A. 400
B. 460
C. 600
D. 640
42. What does TSR mean?
A. Terminate and Still Resident
B. Terminate and Stay Resident
C. Terminate and System Resident
D. Target and Silent Removal
43. What is On-chip Cache commonly called?
A. O1
B. O2
C. L1
D. L2
44. What is Off-chip Cache commonly called?
A. O1
B. O2
C. L1
D. L2
45. What does DDR SDRAM stand for?
A. Dual Data Revolution Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
B. Double Data Rate Simultaneous Dynamic Random Access Memory
C. Double Data Rate Static Dynamic Random Access Memory
D. Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
46. Cache memory manages
A. hard drive programs
B. Bus clock
C. Frequently used data and instructions
D. Capacitors
47. What command prompt would check available memory in a PC?
A. MEM.EXE
B. MSDOS.MEM
C. DOS.EXE
D. EDO.RAM
48. How would you temporaly fix a soft memory error
A. Add memory
B. Defrag
C. Restart
D. Checksum
49. Which are spceialized memory types?
A. VRAM
B. WRAM
C. Portable memory
D. All the above
50. How does parity work?
A. It partitions a binary number
B. It adds a bit to a binary number
C. It takes a byte from a binary number
D. None of the above
51. What is the most important component in the computer?
A. storage
B. space
C. memory system
D. keyboard
52. Memory gives a computer its what?
A. dial up modem
B. "work area"
C. power switch
D. "brain"
53. ROM stands for what?
A. Random Only Memory
B. Read Off Memory
C. Ready Only Memory
D. Read Only Memory
54. What type of error disappears when the computer reboots?
A. hard memory error
B. soft memory error
C. temporary memory error
D. short term error
55. In DOS system what program do you use to determine how your memory is being utilized?
A. MEM.DOS
B. MEM.EXE
C. MEM.ALL
D. MEM.USE
56. What does DRAM stand for.
a. Data rate access memory.
b. double rate access memory
c. Dynamic Rate access memory
d. Dynamic random access memory
57. _______ increased performance by 10 to 15 percent over FPM DRAM
a. SRAM
b. DRAM
c. EDO
d. PROM
58. what is used to store information permanently for fast and easy retrieval?
a. EPROM
b. ROM
c. DRAM
d. EEPROM
59. ___ memory is between the processor and main memory and it is used to store the most frequently accessed
information.
a. Portable
b. Logical
c. Cache
d. Expanded
60. What type of memory is used for running programs, loading drives and loading the operating system files.
a. Conventional Memory
b. Reserved Memory
c. Cache Memory
d. Expanded Memory
61. Which of the following are type(s) of dynamic random access memory (DRAM)?
A. EDO and FPM
B. SDRAM and DDR SDRAM
C. RIMM
D. All of the above
62. What was the new type of memory developed in 1996 to match the ever-increasing processing speeds of
the Pentium systems?
A. EDO
B. DSRAM
C. SDRAM
D. FPM
63. Which of the following are type(s) of cache memory?
A. L1 cache
B. L2 cache
C. Both A and B above
D. None of the above
64. Which of the following are terminate and Stay Resident (TSR) programs?
A. Anti-Virus programs because they need to stay in memory constantly
B. Disk Caching programs (such as SMARTDRIVE.EXE)
C. Network protocol stacks
D. All of the above
65. Which of the following will increase available conditional memory?
A. Adding DOS=HIGH line to the CONFIG.SYS file
B. Loading some or all of your device drivers and TSRs into upper memory
C. Both A and B above
D. None of the above
66. There are three types of cache memory, on chip, off chip, and portable.
A. true
B. false
67. The most important component in the computer is______.
A. floppy disk
B. memory system
C. Hard drive
D. Cmos battery
68. If an error occurs during POST memory countup the computer will_______.
A. beep three times
B. beep once then twice
C. will show an error message
D. not start up
69. You are using an AMI Bios and the computer issues one long and three short beeps when you start up you have
a(an)________________.
A. soft memory error
B. internal memory error
C. hard memory error
D. external memory error
70. To obtain the amount of conventional memory available the following commands should be added to the config.sys..
a. Dos = Device
b. Dos = umb
c. Device=HIMEM.sys
d. Dos=HIGH,UMB
71. _________________ is a relatively new and extremely fast (up to 800MHZ)?
A. Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM)
B. Double Data Rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM)
C. Fast page mode (FPM)
D. Direct Rambus (RIMM)
72. What was the first memory chip package?
A. EEPROM
B. Dual Inline Package
C. Single Inline Memory Module
D. Dual Inline Memory Module
73. _________ worked by using the same type of paging technology that video cards use.
A. EMS
B. DOS
C. ROM
D. HMA
74. The first type of memory, represented as the first 640KB in the memory map is called?
A. Conventional memory
B. Cache memory
C. Portable memory
D. Logical memory
75. _____________ is a specialised memory for Windows accelator cards.
A. Video RAM
B. Synchroniation DRAM
C. Windows RAM
D. None fo the above
ANSWERS:
1. C. MEM.EXE
2. A. BIOS ROM Information & D. Video RAM
3. B. EPROM uses a special frequency UV Light to reset it
where EEPROM uses a sequence of electrical signals to
reset it.
4. C. It is faster and syncronizes with the speed of the
system
5. A. The Operating System
6. B-800MHz
7. C-Ultraviolet light
8. A-Memory chips
9. D-Hard errors and soft errors
10. C-Conventional memory
11. B
12. D
13. B
14. B
15. D
16. C
17. A
18. D
19. D
20. B
21.a.
22.d.
23. c.
24. a.
25. b.
26. a
27. d
28. b
29. c
30. a
31 - B
32 – A
33 – A/D
34 – D
35 – C
Chapter 4
1. On a hard drive what is a cylinder.
a.severall tracks stacked together vertically.
b.because its long and round like a cylinder.
c.can be collected in sectors.
d.a portion of the inside of the platter.
2. What is the file allocation table.
a.The table for the files.
b.It's the table that tells where the files are.
c.fat tuesday.
d.It tracks your sectors.
3. what does the cd rom read with.
a.laser light.
b.magnetic waves.
c.with glass lenses
d.with a needle that touches the disc.
4. What is a tape drive used for
a.taping your favorite web site.
b.recording large amount of data.
c.for doing backup of your system.
d.for video graphics
5. Which type of IDE or SCSI are easier to install.
a.both the same I guess.
b.the IDE because it's easier to set and connect.
c.the scsi because it uses a separate card for the data.
d.IDE because it does'nt use addresses.
6. How are tracks numbered?
a) from the inside to the outside
b) from the outside to the inside
36-a
37-c
38-c
39-a
40-c
41. d
42. b
43. c
44. d
45. d
46. C
47. A
48. C
49. D
50. B
51. c-memory system
52. b-"work area"
53. d-Read Only Memory
54. b-soft memory error
55. b-MEM.EXE
56. D
57. C
58. B
59. C
60. A
61. D - All of the above
62. C - SDRAM
63. C - Both A and B above
64. D - All of the above
65. C - Both A and B above
66. b. false
67. b. memory system
68. d. not start up
69. c. hard memory error
70. c. and d.
71. Answer is D.
72. Answer is B.
73. Answer is A.
74. Answer is A.
75. Answer is C.
c) from the inside
d) from the outside
7) Hard drives are known as
a) disk drives
b) disk organizations
c) fixed disk drives
d) optical disk drives
8) A typical fixed disk has how many bytes per sector?
a) 520
b) 518
c) 515
d) 512
9) Why is CD-ROM so popular; even though they can not be written to.
a) because of their large capacity and easy access.
b) they are inexpensive.
c) they are fast.
d) people like the variety of colors.
10) The adapter that converts signals between the motherboard and the drive/controller is normal called
__________________.
a) pass through
b) controller
c) floppy controller
d) paddle controller
11.The most flexible and robust type of disk subsystem is
A. IDE
B. Floppy disk
C. SCSI
D. CD ROM
12. The most common size of floppy is
A. 5-1/4
B. 5-1/2
C. 3-1/2
D. none of the above
13. A CD-R can hold up to
A. 500 Mb
B. 600 Mb
C. 700 Mb
D. 800 Mb
14. Hard disk drives rotate
A. 1000 to 11000 rpm
B. 2000 to 10000 rpm
C. 10000 to 50000 rpm
D. 2500 to 10500 rpm
15. Tape drives are described as
A. Sequential storage devices
B. Floppy disk systems
C. Fixed disk drives
16. Which is a fixed drive?
a) Cd-RW
b) Dvd/Cd-RW
c) Hard disk drive
d) Floppy disk drive
17. To get the "best" & fastest disk access you need what kind of drive?
a) Tape
b) Zip
c) Hard disk
d) CD
18. Floppy drive storage is? (Choose all that apply)
a) 5 1/4
b) 3 1/2
c) CD
d) Tape
19. You can have 2 master & 2 slave drives as long as 1 of each is on a separate IDE controller?
a)True
b) False
20. SCSI devices can be mixed, Internal and External?
a) True
b) False
21. What is the FAT?
A. Find And Terminate
B. File Allocation Table
C. Final Assembly Test
D. Fat And Thick
22. ATA-2 is also referred to as
A. EIDE - Enhanced IDE
B. UDMA - Ultra DMA
C. Something from Star Wars
D. SCSI - Secret CSI
23. ATAPI allowed for what of the following:
A. Multiple hard drives to be connected at once
B. 33 MBps data transfer rate
C. Other non hard disk devices such as a tape drive or CD-ROM to be installed
D. Non of the above
24. Which of the following should you not do with a IDE or SCSI drive
A. set up the bios for LBA mode on drives higher than 504 MB
B. Low level format
C. Check jumpers for master/slave or ID settings
D. Attach to the proper controller card
25. What is the maximum number of devices you can install in a SCSI-1 setup
A. 4
B. 16
C. 8
D. 1
26. What makes up the drives access time?
A.average seek time
B.average latency
C.both A and B
D.None of the above
27. The smaller the access time the ______.
A.faster the drive.
B.slower the drive.
C.largest possible delay.
D.higher the latency values.
28. What track is FAT on?
A.track 903
B.track 0
C.track 1
D.track 52
29. What is at the top of the "storage pyramid"?
A.off-line
B.tape
C.optical
D.HD
30. The drives capacities range from_____ to _______.
A.270KB to 180KB
B.360MB to 1.44KB
C.360KB to 1.44MB
D.62 to 500
31. The precise amount of information that is read at once depends on the number of :
A. Cylinders
B. Heads
C. Vectors
D. Sectors
32. Two factors make up the drives access time. They are_________and _________.
A. Fine tuning and Size
B. Encoding and RLL
C. Installation and configuration
D. Seek time and latency
33. Read and write problems on a floppy disk are most often caused by __________.
A. Improper cable hookup
B. Dirty cables
C. Broken floppies
D. Dirty drives
34. The main issues with installing scsi drives are:
A. Cabling
B. Termination
C. Determination
D. Addressing
35. Low level formatting of drives is__________.
A. Required
B. Recommended
C. Completed in the plug and play feature
D. not done by anyone but the manufacture of the drive
36-Fixed Disk Drives are also known as:
a-Hrd drives, hard disks and fixed disks.
b-Hard disks, hard drives and fixed disks.
c-platter1, platter2 and platter3.
d-None of the above.
37-A ________ is the part of the track that falls in a
particualr section of the pie slice.
a-disk
b-pie slice
c-Disk Sector
d-cilinder
38-The two major types of disk systems are:
a-the little and the big one
b-the fixed and the resonant
c-the final and the removable
d-the fixed and the removable
39-A form factor of a drive means the physical
dimensions and caracteristics.
a-false
b-true
40-SCSI stands for:
a-Small Computer System Interface
b-Smallest Computer System Internals
c-Stay Connected then Stay Inconnected
d-None of the above
41. What does SCSI stand for?
a. small computer serial interface
b. special compact system interface
c. special computer system Internet
d. small computer systems interface
42. ____drives use laser light to read the information from the media.
a. hard
b. CD-ROM
c. floppy disk
d. zip
43. ____ is the circuit board that is installed in a computer and translates signals from the CPU into signals that the floppy
disk drive can understand.
a. The Controller
b. The Cable
c. Drive Connector
d. Drive connector
44. What is made up of 34 wire ribbon cable and three connectors?
a. Tape Drive
b. The medium
c. The Cable
d. The controller
45. What kind of disk can be read from and written to.
a, tape
b. optical disk
c. CD ROM
d. Floppy
46. What are the major type(s) of disk systems?
A. Fixed
B. Hard
C. Removable
D. Both A and C
47. How many heads does a floppy drive have?
A. One read/write head
B. Two read/write heads
C. Three read/write heads
D. One or two read/write heads
48. Which of the following make up the drives access time?
A. Seek time and latency
B. Seek time and encoding
C. Seek time and spin speed
D. Seek time and drive geometry
49. To create the FAT on a hard disk drive, a machine at the factory performs a procedure know as what?
A. A high-level format
B. A low-level format
C. An interleaving format
D. Both A and B above
50. What are the three main types of form factors, or drive styles, available today?
A. Full-height, three quarter-height, and half-height
B. Full-height, three quarter-height, and combo form
C. Full-height, half-height, and combo form
D. None of the above
51. What settings do you use on the hard drive when slaving a cdrom
A: Cable select
B: Slave
C: Master
D: none of the above
52. Hard drive disk use __________ for storing memory.
A: Cylinders
B: Spindles
C: Frisbees
D: Platters
53. Diskettes come in what size.
A: 5 ¼
B: 3 ½
C: 7 ¼
D: Platters
54. Hard drive setting are done with jumpers.
A: true
B: False
55. Tape Drives is mainly used for?
A: Storing mp3
B: Backup
C: Rewriting from other dicks
D: Storing system files
56.WHAT IS THE TRUE NAME OF THE DISK INSIDE OF A HARD DRIVE?
A.CD
B.DISKETTE
C.RECORD
D.PLATTER
57.WHAT IS THE SIZE OF THE FIRST FLOPPY DRIVE?
A.5 1/2
B.3 1/2
C.5 1/4
D.3 1/4
58.WHAT ARE THE FORM FACTORS USED TO MAKE A FLOPPY DRIVE?
A.PRESSED FORM
B.FULL-HEIGHT
C.HALF-HEIGHT
D.COMBO
59.HOW MANY SEPERATE DEVICES CAN YOU CONNECT TO EACH IDE PORT?
A.AS MANY AS YOU WANT
B.1
C.4
D.2
60.WHAT DOES THE ABREVETION SCSI STAND FOR?
A.SLOW COMPUTER SCKET INSIDE
B.SMALL COMPUTER SYSTEM INTERFACE
C.SO CALLED SPEDDY INTERFACE
D.SMALL COMPUTER SERIAL INTERFACE
ANSWERS:
1.a,
2.b,
3.a,
4.c,
5.b,
6) B
7) C
8) D
9) A
10) A
11. C
12. A
13. C
14. B
15. A
16 C
17 C
18 A/B
19 A
20 A
21. B. File Allocation Table
22. A. EIDE - Enhanced IDE
23. C. Other non hard disk devices such as a tape drive or
CD-ROM to be installed
24. B. Low level format
25. C. 8
26.C-Both A and C
27.A-Faster the drive
28.B-Track 0
29.D-HD
30.C-360KB to 1.44MB
31. A,B,and D
32. D
33. D
34. A, B, and D.
35. D
36-b
37-c
38-d
39-b
40a
41 d
42 b
43 a
44 c
45 b
46. D - Both A and C above
47. D - One or two read/write heads
48. A - Seek time and latency
49. B - A low-level format
50. C - Full-height, half-height, and combo form
51: A: Master
52: D: Platters
53: B: 3 ½
54: B: False
55: B:Backup
Chapter 5
1. What does PCMCIA stand for:
A. Private Computer Maintinance Circuit Industry Association
B. People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms
C. Private Central March Central Intelligence Agency
D. Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
2. A VESA Local Bus card can run at what size data path and can operate at up to what bus speed?
A. 33-bit data path and 16 MegaHertz
B. 32-bit data path and 33 MegaHertz
C. 16-bit data path and 8 MegaHertz
D. 8 Bites that Realy Hurts
3. What bus expansion architecture was first introduced to go beyond the limits of the ISA slot
A. VESA
B. AGP
C. PCI
D. MCA
4. The 16-bit expansion bus has how many IRQs (interrupts) and DMA channels?
A. 16 interrupts and 8 DMA channels
B. 8 interrupts and 8 DMA channels
C. 32 interrupts and 16 DMA channels
D. has not limits
5. What better method is used to configure ISA cards without jumpers or DIP switches?
A. Using an EEPROM chip that can be reprogrammed with the proper settings
B. Plug and Pray
C. Created cards that could run on the the same IRQ's as the other cards on the bus
D. Not needed, Windows 9x handles all that for you
6. why is the max bus speed on an 8-bit bus?
a 50mhz
b.100mhz
c.20mhz
d.4.77mhz
7. pci stands for?
a. perpherl computer interface
b.post combo interupt
c. place card inside
d. perpheral componet interconnect
8. isa stands for?
a. in single area
b. industry standerd architecture
c. i stand alone
9. pcmcia-whatdoes it stand for?
a. personal computer memory card international association
b. people can manage control interface adapter
c.personal cerma mounting cable interface action
10.does an 8-bit bus require bus mastering?
a. true
b. false
11.What exactly is a BUS?
A.set of signal pathways
B.type of memory
C.clock signals
D.DMA channels
12.What bus does the CPU use to talk to a device?
A.DMA channels
B.ISA
C.address bus
D.data bus
13.What can write directly to memory?
A.clock signals
B.DMA channels
C.interrupt lines
D.bus
14.What is the bus clock speed of an 8-bit bus?
A.7.25MHz
B.10.2MHz
C.1.26MHz
D.4.77MHz
15.The ISA bus is identifiable by what?
A.small bus connector
B.several signal lines
C.large bus connector
D.bus mastering device
16. Which IRQ's are used by the processor for special functions?
a) 7
b) 0
c) 1
d) 15
17. Bus mastering allows a device to "take control" of a bus to read/write data to another device?
a) True
b) False
18. Which describes an ISA bus? (choose all that apply)
a) 16 bit
b) Clock speed 8Mhz
c) Faster than PCI
d) 16 IRQ's and 4 DMA's
19. Which best describes a PCI bus? (choose all that apply)
a) Runs at 66Mhz
b) Transfers data at 508 MHz
c) can have 2 voltages 5.5v or 3.3v
d) all of the above
20. PC cards are "hot swappable"?
a) True
b) False
21. what are the three types of buses?
a.greyhound, school bus, double decker bus.
b.external,address, data.
c.external,internal,address, data.
d.address, and data/
22. how many bit was the first expansion bus.
a.6 bit
b.4 bit
c.16 bit.
d.10 bit
23. DIP switches were used for which expansion card.
a.ISA.
b.EISA.
c.PCI,
d.8 bit.
24. what IRQ does the printer use.
a,IRQ2
b.IRQ7
c.IRQ6
d.IRQ12.
25. what are the expansion cards.
a.8bit, ISA, MCA, EISA, vlbus, PCI,
b.8bit, ISA, MCA, EISA, VL BUS, PCI BUS, AGP, PC card.
c.ISA, MCA, VLBUS, PCI.
d.8 BIT, ISA,MCA,EISA,VLbus PCI,AGP,pc card.
26. 8-bit bus default IRQ Assignment, IRQ 5 is assigned to
a) System timer
b) Hard Disk Controller
c) LPT1
D Floppy Controller
27. The 8-bit bus default DMA Channel Assignment. The Flopper controller is assigned to ___________________.
a) DMA 0
b) DMA 3
c) DMA 1
d) DMA 2
28. MCA bus in available in ______________.
a) 16 bit version
b) 48 bit version
c) 8 bit version
d) 58 bit version
29) _________________ got together and came up with the Extended ISA, or EISA.
a) Zenith
b) Epson
c) Compaq
d) all of the above
30. PCI has a bus width of
a) 64
b) 16
c) 8
d) 32
31. Set of lines that are used to allow the CPU to send instructions
A. DMA channels
B. Clock signals
C. VESA
D. I/O Addresses
32. ISA has a bus speed of
A. 8 bits
B. 16 bits
C. 32 bits
D. 128 bits
33. The original 8 bit bus was developed by
A. HP
B. IBM
C. Intellivision
D. Dell
34. A built in metronome-like signal is called a
A. DMA channel
B. VLSI
C. Clock signal
D. MCA bus
35. ISA stands for
A. In system accelorator
B. Industry standard architecture
C. Internal service agency
D. Internal service application
36. When a computer needs to access an Interrupt higher than 9, it uses _________ to get to it.
A. LPT1
B. IRQ 2
C. IRQ 4.5
D. IRQ 3
37. To configure a MCA Bus you must use a ________and a (an) _______ after installing the device.
A. Wing and a Prayer
B. Common sense and a disk
C. Disks and options
D. Reference disk and an options diskette
38. The first bus to use a 32 bit software-configurable bus which was compatible with a 16 bit bus and the standard was
open was the __________ bus.
A. Extended ISA
B. EISA
C. ELSIE
D. ISA
39. The AGP bus runs ________ the memory bus speed .
A. less than
B. 5 times
C. 2 times
D. away at
40. PCMCIA stands for ______________.
A. Physically changed minimal input allowanced.
B. Perfectly Chronic mind idea alternate
C. Personal computer matter charge ion accelerated
D. Personal computer memory card international association
41-A bus is a set of signal pathways that allow
information and signals to travel between components
inside or outside of a computer.
a-true
b-false
42-_______are special lines that are connected directly
to the processor.
a-Connectors
b-Addresses
c-Interrupts
d-Signals
43-The CPU clock dictates how fast the CPU can run.
a-True
b-False
44-_______indicates how fast the bus can transmit
information.
a-Both
b-The CPU Clock
c-The Bus Clock
d-Neither
45-DMA stands for:
a-Dual Memory Account
b-Direct Memory Access
c-Direct memory Address
d-None
46. What are the 3 types of buses inside a computer?
A. Address bus, data bus, and external bus
B. Address bus, data bus, and internal bus
C. Data bus, internal bus, and external bus
D. Data bus, internal bus and expansion bus
47. Bus mastering is a feature that allows a device to do what?
A. To read information from another device
B. To write information to another device
C. Both A and B above
D. None of the above
48. Which of the following is/are an advantage(s) that a PCI bus has over other buses?
A. A high clock speed
B. Backward compatability
C. Are mostly plug and play
D. All of the above
49. How many IRQs can a PC card support?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
50. How many VL-Bus slots can you have in a PC?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
4. 4
51. Fixed disks contain several disks called what?
A. hard drives
B. platters
C. plates
D. pacers
52. What are these disks on?
A. spindle
B. space
C. spoons
D. sprockets
53. How are Latency values given?
A. nanoseconds
B. kiloseconds
C. milliseconds
D. seconds
54. What advantage does removable media have/
A. operates like a laptop
B. makes you have to delete or add space
C. multiplies usefulness of the drive
D. non of the above
55. How is the cable in the floppy drive cable made up?
A. 43-wire ribbon cable and 5 connectors
B. 14-wire ribbon cable and 3 connectors
C. 44-wire ribbon cable and 4 connectors
D. 34-wire ribbon cable and 3 connectors
Answers:
1. D. Personal Computer Memory Card International
Association
2. B. 32-bit data path and 33 MegaHertz
3. D. MCA All others came after
4. A. 16 interrupts and 8 DMA channels
5. A. Using an EEPROM chip that can be reprogrammed
with the proper settings
6. d
7. d
8. a
9. b
10.b
11.A-SET OF SIGNAL PATHWAYS
12.C-ADDRESS BUS
13.B-DMA CHANNELS
14.D-4.77MHz
15.A-SMALL BUS CONNECTOR
16. B/C
17. B
18. A/B
19. C
20. A - but not recommended.
21.b,
22.a,
23.d,
24.b,
25.b.
26. b
27. d
28. a
29. d
30. a
31. D
32. C
33. B
34. A
35. B
36.B.
37.D.
38.B.
39.C.
40.D.
41-a
42-c
43-a
44-c
45-d
46. A - Address bus, data bus, and external bus
47. C - Both A and B above
48. D - All of the above
49. A - 1
50. C - 3
51. B-platters
52. A-spindle
53. C-milliseconds
54. C-multiplies usefulness of the drive
55. D-34-wire ribbon cable and 3 connectors
Chapter 6
1. What can you do to clean a keyboard? Choose all that apply
a. Soak it in distilled, demineralized water
b. Dishwasher using soft water.
c. Garden hose using soft water.
d. Canned air.
2. What type of device is NOT a pointing device
a. Touch Screen
b. Mouse
c. Drawing tablet
d. Keyboard
3. An electrophotographic printer is also known as
a. Copy Machine
b. Dot Matrix Printer
c. Daisy Wheel Printer
d. Laser Printer
4. What type of device is NOT an INPUT device?
a. Mouse
b. CD-ROM
c. Keyboard
d. Scanner
e. Touch Pad
5. What does SVGA stand for?
a. Superior Video Graphics Adapter
b. Superior Video Graphics Array
c. Super Video Graphics Adapter
d. Super Video Graphics Array
6. What are the two ways of measuring a monitors' quality?
A.Refresh and Compress
B. Refresh and dot pitch
C. Dot pitch and quality
D. None of the above
7. Which of the following is not a type of video technology?
A. SVGA
B. VGA
C. EGA/CGA
D. Monochrome
E. Multichrome
8.What is the largest problem with mechanical mice?
A. It messes up your cats diet.
B. It contains movable parts
C. The battery dies often.
D. They rust very easily.
9. Sound cards convert computer signals into what?
A. Binary codes
B. sound
C. Hexadecimal
D. Digital and audio
10. What does MODEM stand for?
A. Modulator - Demodulator
B. Microsoft Office Desktop Equipment Manager
C. Module Object Deconfliction EMulator
D. None of the above
11. An optical mouse looks the same as any other computer mouse, except
there is no mouse "BALL".
A. True
B. False
12. The serial mouse was the first major type of?
A. Bus Mouse Interface
B. PS/2 Mouse Interface
C. Serial Mouse Interface
D. None of the above
13. ____________ work by striking a form through an inked ribbon onto
the paper, similar to the way a printing press works.
A. Flatbed Scanners
B. Handheld Scanners
C. Touch Screens
D. Impact Printers
14. ______________ transmissions add special signaling bits to each end
of data.
A. Synchronous
B. Asynchronous
C. Music Instrument
D. None of the above
15. The major advantage to an active matrix screen is that it requires
large amounts of power to operate all the transistors.
A. True
B. False
16. ___________________ printer uses a laser, electric charge and toner to create images on paper.
A. Sprayed-ink
B. Dot-matrix
C. Electrophotographic
D. Impact
17. A synchronous communication will use a parity bit to check to make sure the data bits are not corrupted or missing in
transmission.
A. True
B. False
C. Does not apply
18. A ____________________ cable can be used for playing games between two computers as well as data transfer.
A. Null-modem
B. SCSI
C. RS-232
D. Straight parrallel
19. A serial mouse uses what type of connector
A. Parrellel DB-25 male
B. USB
C. Serial DB-9 female
D. MS bus PS/2
20. LCD displays use what type of technologies (check all that apply)
A. Active Matrix
B. CRT
C. Progressive Matrix
D. Passive Matrix
21.What is the 1st type of keyboard technology?
A.Capactne keyboards
B.Individual keyswitches
C.Keyswitch type
D.A key
22.What is the most important input device?
A.The keyboard
B.A scanner
C.The mouse
D.toch screens
23.What is also called the standard, IBM, PC or XT/AT keyboard connector?
A.CPU
B.DIN-5
C.Mini PS/2
D.IBM PS/2
24.What was the 1st major type of mouse interface?
A.Bus mouse
B.PS/2 mouse
C.optical mouse
D.Serial mouse
25.What are the major types of drawing tablets? (select all that apply)
A.Acoustic
B.Resistive
C.Electromagnetic
D.Contigurative
26. A keyboard is a________ device.
a.outputting
b.inputting
c.typewriter thing
d.a drink holder
27. What's the best way to clean keyboards.
a.dip it in light acid
b.wash it with a garden hose.
c.soak it in distilled water.
d.use glass cleaner.
28. what are the types of mice.
a.ones with balls inside and electric eyes.
b.opto-mechanical and optical ,
c.big fat ones and wood mice.
d.black light mice.
29. what are the most common types of printers.
a.impact, impressed, and ink.
b.sprayed ink, impact, electro photographic
c.intact, laser, ink jot.
d.black and white, color, daisy wheel.
30. what are the different types of monitors.
a.mono chrome, ega, cga, vga, super vga..
b.nanochrome, egb, cga, vga, super ega.
c.monochrome, ega, cga, vgs, supervga
d.security monitor, baby monitor, lizard monitor.
31. It says there are 3 major types of drawing tablets. Check all that apply.
a) notebook tablets
b) resistive
c) electromagnetic
d) acoustic
32. To clean a drawing tablet, you wipe the rubberized suface with a
a) damp cloth
b) paper towel
c) bath towel
d) dryer sheet
33. EP printers are actually more commonly known as
a) Ink-jet printer
b) bubble-jet printer
c) laser printer
d) dot matrix printer
34. XGA is only available as an
a) ISA board
b) EISA board
c) MCA board
d) none of the above
35. What are two major types of keyboards?
a) capacitive
b) keyswitch
c) IBM
d) split board
36) Which are input devices? (Pick All that apply)
a. Plotter
b. Mouse
c. Keyboard
d. None of hte above
37) A "puck" is used for what on the computer?
a. Hockey on EA
b. Table drawing
c. Track balls
d. Mouse cleaning
38) If you are starting a new business and need to buy a printer to do bulk graphics and printing which would you buy?
a. Laser printer
b. Ink-jet printer
c. Dot-matrix printer
d. Daisy-wheel printer
39) Which communication would you want to use, sending small amounts of data using a modem?
a. Asynchronous
b. Fast connect
c. Synchronous
d. Broad-band
40) Starting a new small office, using Windows 2000 you need 4 monitors, which is the best for your money?
a. EGA
b. HGC
c. SVGA
d. LCD
41. Which of the following are mouse types?
A. serial
B. opto-mechanical
C. optical
D. PS/2
42. The easiest way to clean a Keyboard is to remove it and soak it with ___________.
A. alcohol
B. wd40
C. distilled, demineralized water
D. Acetone
43. The original mouse was developed to interact with special pictures called___________.
A. windows
B. pci technology
C. translators
D. Graphical user interface
44. The two major categories used to output information from a computer are___________.
A. mouse
B. computer displays
C. printers
D. modems
45. On a monitor, the more pixels the ___________ the image.
A. more crowded
B. larger
C. smaller
D. sharper
46-There are two major types of keyboards:
a-mechanical keyswitch and atomic
b-mechanical keyswitch and capable
c-mechanical keyswitch and capacitive
d-mechanical and automatic
47-There are two types of mice:
a-mechanical and optical
b-operational and optical
c-opto-optical and optical
d-opto-mechanical and optical
48-Trackballs, drawing tablets and touch screens are
samples of:
a-external devices
b-pointing devices
c-mice
d-none of the above
49-What does EP stand for?
a-Electrical Picture
b-Electronical Picture
c-Electrophotographic
d-Electrocutable Post
50-Even COM Ports (COM1...COM4) have an odd IRQ ADDRESS
(IRQ3..IRQ4)
a-True
b-False
51. What is the main advantage of the PS/2 style connector?
A. It's less complex
B. It's more durable
C. It's cheaper
D. It's smaller
52. What uses pictures to represent computer entitites
(like files, disks, and so on)?
A. Charge Coupled Devices (CCD)
B. Graphical User Interface (GUI)
C. Interlacing Unit
D. Electromagnetic Grid
53. What are common methods of getting data into a
computer?
A. Keyboard and mouse
B. Stylus and touchpad
C. Optical scanners
D. All of the above
54. Electrophotographic Printers are more commonly
known as what?
A. Dot matrix printers
B. Bubble-jet printers
C. Laser jet printers
D. Ink-jet pritners
55. What is the main difference between the active
matrix screen and the passive matrix screen?
A. Power usage
B. Image quality
C. Bulkiness
D. Number of pixels
56 a. grey hound, school bus, double decker bus
b.external bus, address bus, data bus.
c.external, internal, address.
d.address and data.
57. how big was the first bus
a. 8 bit.
b. 4 bit
c.16 bit.
d.10 bit
58. DIP switches were used with which expansion card.
a.ISA.
b.Eisa
c.PCI.
d.8bit.
59. what IRQ does the printer use.
a.IRQ2
b.IRQ7.
c.IRQ6.
d.IRQ12.
60. what are the different type of expansion cards.
a.8bit, ISA, MCA, Eisa, PCI, AGP, PC card.
b.ISA, MCA, PCI, AGP.
c.mci, egp, vga, rom.
61. what is the maxium bus speed of an 8-bit bus?
a. 8 mhz
b. 20 mhz
c.50 mhz
d.4.77mhz
62. pci stands for ?
a. perpheral computer interface
b. post combo interupt
c.please come inside
d.perpheral componet interconnect
63 .Isa is the abrevation for?
a. industry standard architecture
b.it's so awful
c. inside single area
64.Pcmcia-STANDS FOR ?
a. people can manage control interface adapter
b. personal computer memory card international
c. personal camera mounting cable interface
d. personal computer maintaince care income apendix
65. does an 8-bit bus require bus mastering
a. yes
b. no
c. sometimes
answers
66. __________ are special lines that are connected directly to the
processor.
A. DMA channels
B. Interrupts
C. Clock signals
D. I/O Addresses
67. MCA was a major step forward in bus design.
A. True
B. False
68. What is the maximum bus clock speed of an 8-bit bus?
A. 5.68
B. 4.77
C. 6.78
D. 5.77
69. The connector slots are made up of several tiny ____________
A. "connector slots"
B. "finger slots"
C. "Quadruple slots"
D. "Single slots"
70. The AGP bus runs 2 times the memory bus speed.
A. True
B. False
Answers:
1. A, B, D
32. a
2. D
33. c
3. D
34. c
4. B
35. a,b
5. D
36) b/c
B - Refresh and Dot Pitch;
37) b
E - None of the above;
38) c
B - It contains movable parts;
39) a
B - Sound
40) c
A - Modulator - Demodulator
46-c...mechanical keyswitch and capacitive
11. Answer is A.
47-d...opto-mechanical and optical
12. Answer is C.
48-b...pointing devices
13. Answer is D.
49-c...Electrophotographic
14. Answer is B.
50-a...True
15. Answer is B.
51. D - It's smaller
16. C. Electrophotographic
52. B - Graphical User Interface (GUI)
17. B. False - trick questions its asking
53. D - All of the above
A(space)synchronous not Asynchronous
54. C - Laser jet printers
18. A. Null-modem
55. B - Image quality
19. C. Serial DB-9 female
56.b., 57.a., 58.d., 59.b., 60.a.
20. A. Active Matrix, D. Passive Matrix
61d
21.C-KEYSWITCH TYPE
62d
22.A-THE KEYBOARD
63a
23.B-BIN-5
64a
24.D-SERIAL MOUSE
65b
25.B,C,D
66. Answer is B.
26.b,
67. Answer is A.
27.c,
68. Answer is B.
28.b,
69. Answer is B.
29.b,
70. Answer is A.
30.a.
31. b,c,d
Chapter 7
1. Which of the following are types of interfaces for printers (Select all that apply)
A. Serial
B. USB
C. Infrared
D. Parallel
2. The ____________________ process is used to print using a laser or LED printer.
A. Ergophosphorus
B. Electrotonographic
C. Electrophotographic
D. Dot-Matrix
3. PCL stands for
A. Paper Capacity Level
B. Printer Control Language
C. People Can Laugh
D. Post Control Level
4. The fusing process uses __________________ to seal the toner to the paper.
A. heat and pressure
B. static electricity
C. light emitting diode
D. a platen
5. If a customer wanted to do carbonless forms, you would recomment which of the following printers
A. Laser
B. Inkjet
C. Plotter
D. Dot-matrix
6.Printers are what kind of output device?
A.Mechanical
B.Voltage
C.Electro-mechanical
D.Manual
7.What printer was the first type of impact printer that was developed?
A.Daisy-wheel
B.Bubble jet
C.Interfaces and print media
D.Laser
8.What requires high voltage supply?
A.PCI
B.EP process
C.DC supply
D.LED
9.What forms images on paper?
A.Ink
B.Rollers
C.Print job
D.EP print process
10.What controls how the printer processes the print job?
A.Toner
B.Rollers
C.feeding system
D.Driver software
11. Which printer has a speed that is rated by number of characters per second?
a) bubble-jet printer
b) do-matrix printer
c) daisy wheel printer
d) laser printer
12. The DC power supply converts house current into what voltages:
a) +5Vdc
b) -5 Vdc
c) +24 Vdc
d) all of the above
13. A printer's interface is the collection of hardware and software that allows the
printer to _____________________ with/the computer.
a) communicate
b) signal
c) write
d) none of the above
14. The basic process by which an EP laser printer forms images on paper is:
a) cleaning, conditioning, writing, developing, transferring, fusing
b) conditioning, cleaning writing, developing, fusing, transferring
c) writing, cleaning, conditioning, fusing, developing, transferring
d) transferring, developing, writing, cleaning, conditioning, fusing
15. Which printer receive their peint job instructions one page at a time rather than
receiving instructions one line at time.
a) Daisy Wheel Printer
b) Dot-Matrix Printer
c) Bubble Jet Printer
d) Laser Printer
16. LCD stands for
a. Light and Compact Display
b. Lower Cost Display
c. Liquid Cristal Display
d. Large Cathode Display
17. true or false bps are the same thing as baud
a. true
b. false
18. RJ45 are used in
a. ethernet cable
b. modem cable
c. scsi cable
d. telephone calb
19. all of these are mouse interface types except:
a. serial mouse
b. bus mouse
c. PS/2
d. fast mouse.
20. the two main connectors from a keyboard are
a. din-5 and mini ps/2
b. din-6 and large ps/2
c. din-4 and ps/3
d. ps/4 and din-7
21. The ________cable is used as a part of the interface for the HP Laserjet 4L.
A. USB
B. Serial
C. Network Interface Card
22. What two factors that are considered for printer interface software.
A. Page description language
B. Cable type
C. type of printer
D. Driver software
23. The EP printing process has ________ steps.
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7
24. The cable for a parallel printer cable has two connections. They are the _______
and the ___________ . This cable should not be longer than _______.
A. Male Cetronics 50, Male Centronics 50, 10ft.
B. DB9F, DB9F, 25ft.
C. DB15M, DB15M, 3 ft.
D. DB25M, Male Centronics 36, 10ft.
25. HVPS stands for__________.
A. High volume print spray
B. Heavy vertical power service
C. High voltage power supply
D. High velocity print signal.
26. what are the three types of printers.
a.dot laser, impact ink. laser ink.
b.Impact, bubble jet, laser.
c.inkjet,bubble jet, and laser.
d.dot-matrix, daisywheel, only.
27. Laser printers use electro photographic operation, also called the page printer.
a.true.
b.false.
28. how many volts does the ep printer to charge the drum.
a. -60 vdc
b. + 60 vdc
c.+600vdc
d.-600vdc
29. how many steps does the Ep printer use, and what's the acronym.
a. 5 steps cccwdf.
b.4 steps cccwtdf.
c.6 steps, ccwdtf.
d.6 steps, cwtdf
30. what is the interface software for.
a.for graphics.
b.for music video.
c.for corel draw.
d.Its the software for the printer that make it operate.
31-What is the main disadvantage of Dot-Matrix printers?
a-their image
b-their image quality
c-their quality
d-none of them
32-laser printers are referred to as page printers because they receive their print job instructions half page at a time.
a-true
b-false
33-What is toner?
a-It is the liquid inside the cartridge
b-It is the kind of cartridge the printer uses
c-It is a black liquid mixed with polyester and cotton as well as monoxide acid particles
d-It is a black substance mixed with polyester resins and iron oxide particles
34-What does HVPS mean?
a-High Volume Product Supply
b-High Value Power Supply
c-High Voltage Power Supply
d-High Voltage Powered Statics
35-The driver software ---- how the printer processes the print job
a-manages
b-controls
c-deals
d-arranges
36. What is the main disadvantage to dot-matrix printers?
A. Speed
B. Image quality
C. Noise
D. Inefficiency
37. The solution for PDA owners to be able to print
easily was the incorporation of standardized
technology used on some________________.
A. Serial Interfaces
B. Parallel Interfaces
C. Remote Controls
D. None of the above
38. The _________________controls how the printer
processes the print job.
A. Page Description Language
B. Print media
C. Hardware technology
D. Driver software
39. What are the benefit(s) LED page printers have
over laser printers?
A. Half the cost, smaller, less dangerous to eyes
B. Half the cost, smaller, faster
C. More efficient, smaller, faster
D. More efficient, half the cost, faster
40. The two main differences between an LED page
printer and a laser printer are:
A. the toner cartridge and the print process
B. the cost and the size
C. the efficiency and speed
D. None of the above
41. The most basic type of printers today is know as what?
A. Daisy-Wheel Printers
B. Impact Printers
C. Laser Printers
D. Ink Jet Printers
42. Ink is a liquid that is used to _________ the paper.
A. "stain"
B. "rub"
C. "tear"
D. "tone"
43. THE DRIVER SOFTWARE controls how the printer processes the print job.
A. True
B. False
44. The resolutions of LED page printers have yet to break the _______ dots-per inch.
A. 600
B. 700
C. 800
D. 900
45. PCL works in much of the same manner as Post script, but it's mostly found in which parts?
A. Pentium 4
B. Hewlett_Packard
C. Dell
D. Compaq
Answers
26.b,
1. A, B, C & D (All answers are correct)
27.a.
2. C. Electrophotographic
28.c,
3. B. Printer Control Language
29.d.
4. A. heat and pressure
30.d.
5. D. Dot-matrix
31-b-their image quality
6.C:Electro-mechanical
32-b-false
7.A:Daisy-wheel
33-d-It is a black substance mixed with polyester resins
8.B:EP process
and iron oxide particles
9.D:EP print process
34-c-High Voltage Power Supply
10.D:Driver software
35-The driver software ---- how the printer processes the
11. C
print job b-controls
12. D
36. B - Image quality
13. A
37. C - Remote controls
14. A
38. D - Driver software
15. D
39. A - Half the cost, smaller, less dangerous to eyes
16. c
40. A - the toner cartridge and the print process
17. b
41. Answer is B.
18. a
42. Answer is A.
19. d.
43. Answer is A.
20. a
44. Answer is C.
21. D
45. Answer is B.
22. A and D
23. C
24. D
25. C
Chapter 8
1. Which of these type of network topologies is considered the least expensive?
A. Star
B. Mesh
C. Bus
D. Hybrid
E. Ring
2. AppleTalk uses the ________________ technology to communicate over it's networks.
A. CSMA/CA
B. CSMA/CD
C. IEEE 802.3
D. ARCNet
3. True/False - Tolken Ring technology was developed by IBM for their mainframe and minicomputer networks.
A. True
B. False
C. Neither
4. The Ethernet Frame Format includes a _______ CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) at the end of the packet.
A. 64 bit
B. 48 bit
C. 32 bit
D. check bit
E. none of the above
5. Category 5 cable has __________ and can handle data at speeds up to ___________
A. 2 twisted pair, 10Mbps
B. 4 twisted pair, 10Mbps
C. 4 twisted pair, 100Mbps
D. 3 twisted pair, 10Mbps
E. coaxil wiring, 16Mbps
6. Dedicated servers are dessigned to provide specific applications or services for the network.
a-true
b-false
7. ------- are the computers that the users on a network do their work on.
a-clients
b-workstations
c-routers
d-servers
8------- is any item that can be used on a network.
a-applications
b-brouters
c-a resource
d-NOS
9-peer-to-peer and server-based are
a-network types
b-resource access models
c-resources
d-network topologies
10-twisted pair cable, coaxial cable, fiber-optic cable
and wireless are:
a-the four types of cabling methods
b-cables
c-cabling categories
d-levels of cabling
11 The minicomputer was a smaller version of what?
A.Client computers
B.Mainframe
C.Resource model
D.Laptops
12 Why were LANs introduced?
A.Play games
B.surf to net
C.Monitor peoples actions
D.To connect computers in a single office
13 What is the simpliest physical topology?(select all that apply)
A.Mouse
B.Bus
C.Mesh
D.Scanner
14 What OS run on servers?
A.LCD
B.NOS
C.BIOS
D.USB
15 Which of the below are popular operating systems that support peer-to-peer resource model?(select all that apply)
A.WIN 3.11
B.WIN 95
C.WIN 98
D.WIN NT
16. A network links two or more computers together to communicate and share resources?
A. True
B. False
17. These are assigned to provide specific applications or servers for the network?
A. Local Area Networks
B. Servers
C. Dedicated Servers
D. Wide Area Networks
18. ____________ means a way of laying out a network. And can describe either the logical or physical layout.
A. Peer-to peer
B. Topology
C. Bus
D. Mesh Topology
19. Addressing messages and translating logical addresses and names into physical addresses occurs at the
__________ layer.
A. Application Layer
B. Transport Layer
C. Sessino Layer
D. Network Layer
20. Star topologies are less expensive to install than bus networks, because there are several more cables that need to
be installed?
A. True
B. False
21. What physical topology does fiber-optic typically use?
A. Bus
B. Star
C. Bus or Star
D. Bus and Star
22. What is a protocol?
A. A set of rules that govern communications over a network
B. The bus topology of a network
C. The physical topology of a network
D. Both B and C above
23. Which of the following topologies is the simplest?
A. Star
B. Ring
C. Hybrid
D. Bus
24. Who developed the Token Ring?
A. Intel
B. IBM
C. Intel and IBM together
D. None of the above
25. For two computers to send and receive data, the NIC cards must agree on what?
A. The maximum size of the data frames
B. The time needed between transmissions
C. The speed at which data transmits
D. All of the above
26.what do LAN and WAN stand for?
a.limited access network, wide access network.
b.local area network; wide area network.
c.land network; wanter network.
d.lots net; and wide area nonsense.
27. When was LAN first invented.
a.1980
b.1970
c.1960
d.1990
28. what are the the types of network topologies.
a.bus, star,ridge, mesh, half-breed.
b.ring, mess,hybrid,staring, bus.
c.bus, star, ring, mesh, hybrid.
d.bust, starry, ringing, messes, hybrid.
29. which topology requires the most cables?
a.star.
b.mesh.
c.hybrid.
d.bus.
30. how many layers are there in the OSI model?
a.6
b.5.
c.7
d.10.
31. Primary networks consists of what primary components?
A: servers
B: workstations
C: resources
D: clients
32. Which server specialize in only a few a tasks?
A: nondedicated server
B: file server
C: dedicated server
D: printer server
33. Which can be both logical and physical topologies?
A: hybrid
B: star
C: Mesh
D: bus
34. Which of these topology is easy to install?
A: mesh
B: bus
C: ring
D: hybrid
35. Which layer allows access to network services?
A: application
B: transport
C: presentation
D: session
36. _________ cabling has been called one of the best advances in cabling.
a. Crossover
b. Null
c. fiber optics
d. wireless
37. On a network cable data travels on a ________ stream.
a.double
b.bus
c. single
d. progressive
38. ___________ are used when only one protocol is needs to be routed or where a router is not cost effective.
a.routers
b.bridges
c.cables
d.brouters
39. Twisted pair cabling is the ________ expensive way to connect network systems
a.most
b.more
c.least
d.real
40. The OSI model has ________ layers.
a.5
b.6
c.7
d.8
Answers
1. C. Bus
2. A. CSMA/CA
3. A. True
4. C. 32 bit
5. C. 4 twisted pair, 100Mbps
6 a-true
7 b-workstations
8 c-a resource
9 b -resource access models
10 a-the four types of cabling methods
11.B-MAINFRAME
12.D-TO CONNECT COMPUTERS IN A SINGLE OFFICE
13.B-BUS,C-MESH
14.B-NOS
15.A-WIN 3.11,B-WIN 95,D-WIN NT
16. Answer is A.
17. Answer is C.
18. Answer is B.
19. Answer is D.
20. Answer is B.
21. B - Star
22. A - A set of rules that govern communications over a
network
23. D - Bus
24. B - IBM
25. D - All of the above 26.b,
27.b,
28.c,
29.b,
30.c.
31: A,B,C,D
32: C
33: C,D
34: B,C
35: A
36 c
37 c
38 d
39 c
40 c
Chapter 9
1. All of the following are items you may need in the installation and upgrading process except:
A. Screwdriver
B. Software Driver
C. Limo Driver
D. Component being installed
2. Upon installing a new floppy drive, you notice it does not work and the drive light stays on while the
computer is powered up, what is most likely the problem?
A. The interface cable is plugged in upside down
B. The power cable is plugged in upside down
C. The driver is not installed for the floppy drive
D. The problem is not with the drive
3. The default IRQ for the LPT1 port is _____.
A. 3
B. 5
C. 7
D. 9
4. The utility included with DOS for determining available resources on the computer is
A. MSCDEX.EXE
B. MEMMAKER.EXE
C. CONFIG.SYS
D. MSD.EXE
5. What is the correct order for removing the power supply from the computer?
1-Remove the mounting hardware
2-Unplug the connectors from the mother board, disk drives and other internal power connectors
3-Shut down any programs and power off the computer
4-Unplug the computer from the outlet
A. 1 2 3 4
B. 3 4 2 1
C. 4 2 1 3
D. 4 3 2 1
E. 3 1 2 4
6. On which compatible PC's do you have to remove the screws at the back of the computer and slowly pull off the back?
A.Macintosh
B.Apple
C.IBM
D.DELL
7. Which BUS types keep track of the slot expansion boards that are installed inside?(select all that apply)
A.EISA
B.FSB
C.MCA
D.PCI
8. How many power connectors to the mother does a standard PC power supply have?
A.2
B.4
C.3
D.5
9. What desktop computers use a special drive carrier?
A.Compaqs
B.IBM PS/2s
C.Hewlett-packard
D.Apple
10. What process is controlled when a device stores information in a memory address?
A.DMA
B.CPU
C.PC
D.RAM
11. what's the first step in disassembly process.
a.prep your area.
b.remove the cover.
c.remove the cards.
d.unplug the computer.
12. It's ok to remove the expansion cards with the power cord installed?
a. true
b.false
13. when installing the drives or the expansion cards, you don't need to worry about static electricity as you don't have
power connected to the computer?
a. true.
b.false.
14. what does the term legacy mean?
a.made in japan.
b.previous generation hardware.
c.made by subaru.
d.latent except going against connector yoke.
15. when you install a new card, do you need to install software?
a.true.
b.false.
16. The standard PC power supply has two conections to the motherboard. To put them back when reconnecting them,
the general rule is:
A. Black-to-black
B. Black-to-red
C. Red-to-black
D. Red-to-red
17. The only time the motherboard should need to be removed is when it needs to be upgraded or replaced. Otherwise,
you should leave the motherboard in the
PC's case to prevent:
A. Physical damage
B. ESD damage
C. Physical or ESD damage
D. None of the above
18. Various hardware configuration discovery utilities determine the PC's available resources; and one advantage of
MSD.EXE over other programs is:
A. It can be included on a boot floopy
B. It does not require DIP switches to be set
C. It does not require jumpers to be set
D. It can be purchased cheaply
19. What IRQ does the keyboard use?
A. IRQ 0
B. IRQ 1
C. IRQ 2
D. IRQ 3
20. Certain system components also need a memory address. The common memory address assignment for the System
Bios is:
A. CA000-DFFFF
B. E0000-EFFFF
C. F0000-FFFFF
D. 00000-9FFFF
21. What method is used by peripherals to place data in memory without utilizing the CPU?
A: memory addresses
B: direct memory access
C: I/O addresses
D: indirect memory access
22. You should take notes when disassembling which components?
A: DIP switch setting
B: removing the power supply
C: removing the disk drive
D: cable position
23. Compaqs, IBM PS/2 and Hewett-Packards are difficult to remove the disk.
A: true
B: false
24. When you run MSD.EXE it displays what information?
A: I/O parts
B: memory
C: IRQs that are being used
D: all of the above
25. When installing card you should force if in if it doesn't go in easily?
A: true
B: false
26. IRQ 2 has a common use for ________.
a.modems
b.tape controllers
c.just about anything
d.disk controllers
27. The basic architecture of the PC DMA buffers are not limited in size and memory location.
a.true
b.false
28. I/O addresses are also known as _________.
a.IRQs
b.DMA
c.Buses
d,jumpers
29. If all else fails ____________.
a.start over
b.throw it away
c.ask someone
d.read the instructions
30. Storing the BIOS on a ROM chip ensures that it will always be available and will not be damaged by disk failure.
a. true
b.false
Answers
1. C. Limo Driver
2. A. The interface cable is plugged in upside down
3. C. 7
4. D. MSD.EXE
5. B. 3 4 2 1
6.C-IBM
7.A-EISA,C-MCA,D-PCI
8.A-2
9.A-COMPAQS,B-IBM PS/2s,C-HEWLETT-PACKARD
10.B-CPU
11.a,
12.b,
13.b,
14.b,
15.a.
16. A - Black-to-black
17. C - Physical or ESD damage
18. A - It can be included on a boot floppy
19. B - IRQ 1
20. C - F0000-FFFFF
21. B
22. A, D
23. B
24. D
25. B
26 a.
27 b
28 a
29 d
30 a
Chapter 10
1. What is the DOS command line for creating a bootable floppy disk.
A. FDISK.EXE A:
B. FORMAT.EXE A: /B
C. FORMAT.EXE B:
D. FORMAT.EXE A: /S
2. The _____ command calls a Hayes-compatible modem to attention.
A. AT
B. FU
C. ATTN
D. RUN
3. True/False Starting with Windows 95, Microsoft did away with the practice of using a Registry and replaced it with INI
files.
A. True
B. False
C. Neither, it uses non of these.
4. If the laser or EP printer prints pages of garbage (what looks like random characters) which of these is the most likely
problem (choose all that apply).
A. Bad drum unit
B. Bad formatter board
C. Bad printer driver
D. Bad Fuser module
E. Dirty corona wire
5. If the computer says "Error 301 Keyboard error or missing. Press F1 to continue." what is the most likely cause.
A. Keyboard is wrong type
B. Keyboard is not plugged in properly
C. Keyboard is placed too close to the monitor
D. Nothing is wrong, you just don't know what your doing
6. what if your computer does work right its always freezing, you should boot clean with no driver loading.
a.true
b.false
7. when your application start to mess up you can fix it by uninstalling it and reinstalling it.
a.true
b.false
8. when trouble shooting in dos your use the Rem to isolate the line.
a.True
b.false
9. If you had an error message of 301 what is the error for?
a. mother board
b.sound card
c.the key boards
d. hard drive
10. What some of the cause's for a blank page on a laser printer?
a.the toner cartridge be
b. the corona assembly
c. high voltage supply
d.all of the above
11-Most troubleshooting is done ith the computer on and "as is".
True
False.
12-Alpha and Beta software is buggy and will cause problems.
True
False
13-Which are the areas you have to check in order to find troubleshoting information in Windows:
a-Control Panel, My computer the Explorer
b-System resources, General protection Faults and the
Windows Configuration Files
c-The HCL, CONFIG.SYS and Administrative Tools.
d-Device Manager and Hardware Profiles
14-Hard Disk system problems usually stem from one of three causes:
a-There is a bad disk, a bad monitor or a bad printer
b-There is either a bad floppy disk, a bad adapter or
a bad connection
c-The Adapter is new, The disk is second hand or there
is no keyboard.
d-The Adapter is bad, The disk is bad or the Adapter
and disk are connected incorrectly.
15-What is a stepper motor:
a-It is a motor with no control
b-It is a motor that can move the way it wants
c-It is a motor that can move in very small
increments.
d-It is a motor that can function with atomic fuel.
16. The most troublesome of all software problems is ___________ problems.
A. Dos
B. CMOS
C. Windows
D. Flash module
17. The Beep Code for a bad system board is _________ beep(s ).
A. no
B. continuous
C. 1 long, 1 short
D. 1 long, 2 short
18. A Phenomenon known as _________ will sometime dislodge chips and cards.
A. warp
B. heat swap
C. heat melt
D. chip creep
19. A featUre known as the __________ feature removes the magnetic field on a monitor.
A. STP
B. ESP
C. register
D. degauss
20. Hard disk system problem usually stem from one or more of the following.
A. bad adapter
B. bad disk
C. adapter and disk are connected incorrectly
D. software conflict
Answers
1. D. FORMAT.EXE A: /S
2. A. AT
3. B. False
4. B. Bad formatter board and C. Bad printer driver
5. B. Keyboard is not plugged in properly
6.a,
7.a,
8.a
9.c
Chapter 1 Links
History of Computers
http://www.msu.edu/course/lbs/126/lectures/history_f01.html
Resistors and Capacitors
http://www.williamson-labs.com/
10.d
11 True
12 True
13-b
14-d
15-c
16 C
17 D
18 D
20 A, B, C
Resistor Color Code Calculator
http://www.electrician.com/resist_calc/resist_calc.htm
Numbering Systems
http://www.northwestern.edu/musicschool/links/projects/midi/pages/undstdbh.html
Decimal to Hexadecimal Numbers
http://www.jaworski.com/htmlbook/dec-hex.htm
Computer Tool Kits
http://www.cablesnmor.com/computer-tool-kit.html
http://www.keysan.com/ksu2152.htm
http://www.crawfordtool.com/index_computer.html?source=overture
http://www.specialized.net/ecommerce/shop/frameset.htm
Using a Multimeter
http://www.doctronics.co.uk/meter.htm
ESD
http://www.esdjournal.com/
http://www.esda.org/aboutesd.html
Repairing Power Supply
http://zeus.eed.usv.ro/misc/doc/upgrep/ch08/ch08.htm
Recycling
http://www.webdirectory.com/Recycling/Recycled_Computer_Products/
Chapter 2
Motherboards
http://www.motherboards.org
http://www.simsmith5.fsnet.co.uk/Hardware/Motherboards_main.html
BIOS
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_bios.htm
CPUs
http://www.pcmech.com/show/processors/35/1/
Interfaces
http://www.bb-elec.com/tech_articles/serial_communications_systems.asp
http://www.bb-elec.com/tech_articles/parallel_port_explained.asp
http://www.bb-elec.com/tech_articles/the_usb_solution.asp
http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/sector/9295/joust/usb-vs-firewire.html
Power Supply Connectors
http://documents.epanorama.net/documents/pc/pcpsu_connector.html
Power
http://www.chloridepower.com/technology/powerprobs.htm
Chapter 3
http://home.cfl.rr.com/eaa/MemoryTypes.htm
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/ram/logic.htm
http://www.freepractice.com/default.htm
http://www.simulationexams.com/SampleQuestions/a+_q1.htm
Chapter 4
Storage Devices
http://www.storagereview.com/
Floppy Drives
http://www.acmehowto.com/howto/pc/hardware/floppydisk/diagnose.htm
Hard Drives
http://www.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.html?i=57
http://www.harddriveupgrade.com/
Partioning
http://pages.prodigy.net/jdjd/harddisk/partition.htm
SCSI
http://www.ahinc.com/scsi.htm
Chapter 7
Daisy Wheel Printer
http://enterprisestorageforum.webopedia.com/TERM/D/daisy_wheel_printer.html
Dot Matrix Printer
http://mimech.com/printers/
Bubble Jet
http://www.howstuffworks.com/question163.htm
Chicago --- Cleaning
Cubs --- Conditioning
Will --- Writing
Dominate --- Developing
The --- Transferring
Field --- Fusing
Laser Printer
http://www.howstuffworks.com/laser-printer.htm
Color Lasers
http://www.pctechguide.com/12lasers.htm#LED_printer
http://www.blackmox.com/cit106b/coollinks.html