POSSIBLE QUESTIONS OF NC2 EXAM
1. In troubleshooting, what are the beep codes we commonly encountered.
2. What is component isolation during trouble shooting or called isolation
procedure, component Isolation, and RAM isolation.
3. What are the 5s we are using that we learn in Occupational Health and
Safety be included the 10 s.
4. Memorize the acronyms of computer including the keys of the keyboard.
5. You need to learn the installation of the windows 98, and learn the trouble
that during the testing it fails to start and after the Start windows messages
appears. How to trouble this error and you can name at least two procedures.
6. You need to learn the installation of the dual boot system so that you can
answer this; you have configures the dual boot system of windows Xp and
win 98 partition. You check the installation of winxp or win2000 and it looks
good. But however when you boot to win98 you cannot see the files in the
NTFS partition. What might be the possible problem of the installation?
7. How to install dual boot system. Explain it in front of your assessor. win2k or
winxp and win98.
8. What is the error when a customer heard a lots of noise coming from the
HDD. After you perform the diagnose of your self and heard it, you notice the
high pitch seems to be coming from the fan of power supply unit (PSU).
Which of the component have a failure and which of the two needs to be
replace.
9. What is the error of the HP printer if your receive 50 service error?
10.A customer complaints that he cannot use his computer. When he turn it on
for work there are no display in the monitor screen and he hears a series of
beeps. The beeps are in the sequence of one long beep followed by two short
beeps. Then you tell the customer to bring in your shop for checkup. But after
the diagnose you able to identify the failure. What is the error or failure and
what is the next step to solve the problem?
11.What is the meaning or error if you see an error of the POST called 201?
12.What is the two commands of the MS-DOS that use to configure the
computer?
13.You install a newly audio in your computer but after you reboot your
computer you notice that device is not recognize by the system. Then your
modem installed in your computer that work perfectly is now stop
functioning. What is the probable cause of the problem?
14.What is the correct procedure or steps using the IP protocol Ipconfig in winXp
or 2k?
15.Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol is a collection of protocols that
help to manage the internet communication. Each of our computer of the
have a IP assign to it. Now what is IP address and describes the classes and
formats of it.
16.What is the correct procedure in running the backup utility program?
17.You setup a network of computer but each computer act as a client and
server and each users share its other resources such as printers and
accessing the files. What is the correct term or you you called that networks?
18.Using the email, it is a sending and receiving electronics mail messages is a
common benefits of the internet. Assuming a user have an access to the
internet in a properly configured PC. What is needed before a user can use
the email services?
19.What is the name of the executable command for backup for DOS in windows
3.x?
20.How do you command the MS-DOS to start the Microsoft anti virus?
21.What would you use to map the network drive of windows 9x and windows
2000 or XP?
22.How to setup a new Dial up networking (DUN) in windows 9x or win 98
system?
23.What is the third element required to configure a windows 2000 system as a
network client? a client? an adapter? an_____________? Protocol
24.You are enable printer and file sharing of your computer network using the
windows. You now need to specify how the security will be handled. What is
the options?
25.Using the windows 9x or win 2000 workstation, what components we need to
connect the Microsoft Network server?
26.A computer experience a random reboots and phantom problems that
disappear after reboot. How to you solve this problem?
27.What is the common problem that a computer DOT Matrix printer
experiencing a paper jam? Improperly Fed Paper, Torn Paper in the
Printer, Paper Dust in the Printer, Low-Quality Paper
28.What is the proper command to install the recovery console as startup option
in the CD ROM E: drive?
29.
What is the final option in the configure screen menu? Compatibility
Test
30.What program in control panel that use to create a startup disk? Start >
Control Panel > Settings > Add/Remove Programs Properties >
Startup Disk > Create Disk
31.Study the different type of backup of computer such differential backup and
custom backup.
32.Study the HP printer failure that cause the formatter error.
33.Study the FAT and NTFS filling system of computer partition.
Know You Computer Acronym And Meaning
Certainly, other definition published here are came from the other author or a book
where it pickup and define through its word or acronym.
And because computer is a highest device electronics, the electronic acronym will
include also here.
1. Computer: Any machine that work with hardware and software, through
signal processing with in its system.Embedded with a program processing to
control and manipulate by its central processing.
2. Central Processing Unit: A device of computer that has a primary function
to control all function of computer, such as: keyboard, mouse, all the
input/output system of computer.
3. Input Device: this devices of computer has an ability to feeds data of
computer or can be process first the data by computer system before it will
become visible to the human user.such as; keyboard, mouse, scanner, etc.
4. Internet: The term internet is derived from the word "International
network", is a part of the classification of the network as a bigger part of all
classification as wide area network or WAN.Its major function of application is
internet as world wide web or (WWW) through it different URL.
5. Motherboard(MOBO): a central subassembly or the core main hardware of
computer assemble internally in Central Processing Unit(CPU) mounted a
variety of chips: such as Video Graphic Adapter(VGA), Audio, and chipset
controllers that enable the computer processors to fetch, decode, and
execute instructions through and end to the other resources of computer.
6. Hard Disk Drive(HDD): is the highest storage device of computer, use to
stored the Operating Systems of the computer through its partition drive
called c:Or a stationary drive of Operating System(OS)
7. LCD Monitor: derived from the word; Liquid Crystal Display.Its discovered by
a botanist engineer; he discovered that a molecules can be use as monitor of
computers; laptop, PC, etc. using a main power board and converter board
that enable the florescent to produce light within its panel to form an image
or data of the computer via display generator.
8. CD ROM: is a device of computer use to drive or read the compact disk(CD)
through READ ONLY of computer processor.
9. I/O ports: is a part of computer motherboard(MOBO) that has found in the
rear or back of computer system unit(CPU)that controls the input/output
peripherals of computer: such as, keyboard, mouse, etc.
10.Southbridge(ICH):called as Input/output controller hub by Intel company.Is
an IC that has a primary function to control the input/output system or
peripherals devices of computer, such as: keyboard, mouse, scanner, printer,
etc.This part of the motherboard(MOBO)called by the other company as
Southbridge as fashion name as being south of PCI bus.
11.Northbridge(MCH):called as Memory Controller Hub by Intel company.Is an
IC found near the processor chip or processor socket that has a primary
function to control the work of the memory or RAM(Ramdom Access
Memory)before the processor signal or IRQ(Interrupt Request).And access
the function of the storage devices and display signal(VGA).This part of the
motherboard(MOBO)called by the other company as Northbridge as fashion
name as being north of the PCI bus.
12.PCI Slot(Peripheral Components Interconnect):Is part an a slot of the
motherboard.Is a standard of ISA or EISA slot(Industry Standard Architecture
or Extended Industry Standard Architecture).This part of motherboard has a
primary function to carry or hold the PCI card for the additional or external
devices of the computer.Both I/O devices of computer, such as: LAN Card,
Modem, Wireless LAN card, expansion card, USD expansion card,
etc.Commonly,this could be found as white color slot in Motherboard.
13.AGP Slot(Accelerated Graphic Ports):A part of the Motherboard that has a
primary function to hold or carry the AGP card of the computer.This card has
a function to generate point to point signal of the computer or processing the
3d graphics display, such as the new games of today generation.Commonly
has a clock rate speed of 8x strobbing power(8x times the system clock) and
256 mb/s in maximum capacity through its built-in GPU(Graphic Processor
Unit).
14.PCI e Slot(Peripheral Components Interconnect Express): This slot of the
motherboard that found commonly near the processor socket.That has a
primary function to hold or control the PCI e card of the computer.This card
has a primary function to generate the 3d and 4g display signal of the
computer, such as the new games of today, such as the call of duty games
and high capacity programmed such as corel draw and adobe photoshop.This
slot and its card is the standard of theAGP(Accelerated Graphic Ports) that
have a maximum capacity and speed of 16x strobbing power and 1gb mb/s
through its built-in GPU(Graphic Processor Unit).
15.Processor Socket: This part of the motherboard(MOBO)has a primary
function to hold and control the computer processor.There are different
processor socket, such as:socket 7, 8, 370, 478, 775,etc.differ on its form
factor of the manufacturer.Such asAT,ATX, BTX(Advance Technology,
Advance
Technology
Extension,
and
Balance Technology Extension).And through or differ of its processor
compatible, the Intel and AMD.
16.Power Connector: A part of motherboard that has a function to control and
hold thePower Supply Unit(PSU)of the computer.This power supply has a
function to convert the AC to DC standard wall outlet electricity(220-240
Volts in Philippines)to low level of voltages, such as +5 volts, +12volts,
3.3volts standard needs of computer system.And differ through its form
factor AT, ATX, and BTX.
17.Memory Slot(DIMM or SIMM): This slot of the motherboard near or beside
the processor has a function through its holder the DIMM(Dual Inline
Memory Module and Single Inline Memory Module).This slot of
motherboard has a different type through its Memory card(RAM)random
access memory.
18.RAM(Random Access Memory):This memory card of the computer that has
a function to control and address the data temporarily before the processor
signal.It have a different type, such as EDO RAM(Enhance Data
Output), SDRAM(Synchronous
Dynamic
Random
Access
Memory),
and SDRAM- DDR(Double Data Rate or Dual Data Rate).Its function or signal
will synchronized to the speed of processor, such as PC 400 will synchronized
through its front side bus of the motherboard.
19.IDE connector(Intelligent Device Electronics): This connector of the
motherboard has a function to connect the storage device of the computer,
such as HDD, CD/DVD ROM. Through its pin arrays of 40 and using the carbon
ribbon, the IDE Cable. Through its two type, the 40 and 80 pin conductor
cable.
20.SATA connector(Serial Advance Technology Attachment): Its a standard of
IDE connector.Same as the IDE to connect the storage device of
computer.Both the hard disk drive and CD/DVD ROM using its pin array. The
advantage is highest capacity and speed or decoding scheme in terms of
processing and storage of both new storage.
21.Front Panel connector(F- Panel): this connector of motherboard, commonly
found at the front of the motherboard.Is a connector of the front panel of the
system case, such as the power button, reset, system speaker, and the HDD
and Power LED or the light indicator.
22.SPAM:Is no accurate meaning derive on it.But commonly SPAM word is came
from our email messages.It is a bulk of messages came from the
advertisers.And it will send to the email list or an email group of internet
users.Sometimes it is an unknown sender of a message and or unsolicited
email messages.Other called this as Electronic Junk Email.
23.ISP:(Internet Service Provider)this a group of company or a company that
provided a services to the subscribers for internet connections using a
telephone line.Popularly called as DSL(Digital Subscriber Line)on of the
popular company is the PLDT andBayantel in the Philippines.
24.Blog:Is also a web page of the internet.Is an autocontent Management that
enable the blog builder to build a site even he/she is not website
programmer.A blog page commonly refer to the author of the blog site and it
is open the public or very accessible to the public Network.An it is updated
mostly daily and frequently in every week.One of the giant website offer this
internet product is the Google.With the link or Internet address
of blogspot.com
25.Http:(Hypertext Transfer Protocol)is one of the component of the web
address of the internet using the browsers in World Wide Web.Is a
sequence of text that enable a web site servers to act and response to the
different commands of the internet.And define what the messages being
formatted
and
transmitted
in
the
different
networks.Example:http://www.combinebasic.com/p/glossary.html
26.Url:(Uniform Resource Locator)is a complete sequence of the text that
being executed inside the address bar of internet browsers or other operating
system's program.Or a complete form of address that a site could completely
open once the internet users type it in the browser address bar.In any form of
internet data, such as documents and other resources of World Wide Web.
27.Email:(Electronic Mail)is a form of delivering instant messages using internet
connections and webpage.It needs a complete information profile of the
sender and receiver called as email address.So that a website email hosting
service
will
deliver
it formally
to
the
destination.Example:gmail.com,yahoomail.com, hotmail.com
28.Search Engine Bar:This is a bar commonly found on the center of the home
page of the web site,like google.com and yahoo.com.This is use to fetch a
multiple indexes of the documents via different sites using its different
keywords.Example: you needs images of computer, all you have to do is to
type this in the search engine bar, and click the search button beside it.And a
list of documents indexes by the spider will display in your page.
29.JPEG:(Junior Photographer Expert Group)one of the computer's file format
extension file for new image/picture of the computer data program of
Operating System.It is came from the file format .Jpg or what we called
junior photographer group.
30.MPEG:(Motion Picture Expert Group)one of the movie file format of computer
program extension file.Its is the movie file format of windows media player,
the .mpeg extension file.
31.BCC:(Blind Carbon Copy)this is one of the bar of email situated at the top of
our compose email.Once you enter an email account address in this bar,it will
unable to identify anonymously by the receiver who send the message.
32.CC:(Carbon Copy)this is one of the bar of email situated at the top of our
compose email.Once you enter an email account address in this bar,it will
able the user to send the massage to one or more receiver with the same
message.
33.Worksheet:is the wide area of the MS-Excel application window(UI).It is
composed of a gridlines both vertical and horizontal line, with a column
header on the top and row header in the left.And inside of it you will see the
worksheet cell and mouse cursor, the whitecrosshair
34.Download: A terms use to copy the files from the Internet host storage to
the local computer targets drives, ex: the USB flash drive via network
communication media of the Internet Service Providers(ISP).
35.Upload: A term use to copy a file from the local computer storage media to
the target location of the application that maintain by a file host server of the
Internet.Example, the attach file of the email compose message of the Gmail,
Hotmail, and Yahoomail.
36.HDMI:(High Definition Multimedia Interface)- A term use for the new
connection of the LCD-LED TV monitor screen that you can connect to your
system unit with a HDMI port.
37..CSV: Comma Separated Value- is a another form of a text file format that
compatible to stored in a worksheet application, see another meaning
here:.CSV wikipedia
38.LAN: Local Area Network- is one of the 3 categories of the Networks of the
computer that set to connect over the world wide web or (www) or a purpose
of sharing resources of the computer such as files, DVD ROM, printer & etc.
Know You Computer Acronym And Meaning
1. I/O ports- this is located in the rear panel of the CPU,this use to connect the
outside hardware or peripherals of the computer.
PS/2 ports- these are use to connect the mouse(green color)and the
keyboard(purple color)
DB 25 female connector(printer port)-this is use to connect the impact printer,one
of that the DOT MATRIX printer,ex. the Epson LX 300 +
DB 9 male connector(Serial or com1 port)-this use to connect a serial device of the
computer,such as the serial mouse and external modem.
VGA port(built-in)- this is use to interface the DB cord of the monitor screen or to
connect the monitor screen of the computer.The fastest video card versions are
base on the standard of the vga slots,ex: the AGP and PCIe card.
USB 2.0 2 ports- these are the ports of the usb devices of the computer.Attached
externally of the system unit,one of that is the USB flash drive.As of now the
versions or speed of the USB are the 1.0 and 2.0 compatible.
LAN port- this called as Local Area Network of the computer.This is use to connect
the numbers of node or workstations(PC)to form a local area network of the
computer with in their area.Using the a type of communication media such as the
network switch and router.
Audio Port- this is use to connect the speaker,mic, and MIDI(Musical Instrument
Digital Interface) device of the computer
2. ATX Power connector(4 pin)- this is use to connect the 4 pin of the power supply
unit(PSU) .This is separate of the 20 or 24 pin of ATX power supply to provide DC
voltage of computer processor.
3. Processors ZIF Socket- part of MOBO use to hold the processor or CPU chip(Zero
Insertion Force).The compatibility of the socket depend of the computer processor
type.Such as the AM2 socket of the AMD and the socket 775 of the Intel company.
4. Memory slot(DIMM)- this is called as Dual Inline Memory Module,this is the slot of
computer memory or what we called RAM.The memory slot depend of the type of
the memory.Such as the PC 133 SDRAM and PC 400 SDRAM-DDR 1.
5. ATX Power connector(24 or 28 pin)- a group of connector of the MOBO,This is
separate of the 4 pin power assignments.Its provide a DC power output to the
system board(SB)from the output of the Power Supply Unit.
6. Name of the Vendor- this is the manufacturer name.This is important to know the
manufacturer or vendor.So you can download through the internet site the drivers
software of the MOBO.
7. CMOS/BIOS BATTERY- In this part, the CMOS/BIOS battery is hold,so that it can
provide 3 volts direct current/voltage to the CMOS IC.To preserve the BIOS settings
of the computer.Such as the time module,hardware information and
settings/parameter,etc.
CMOS-Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
BIOS- Basic Input/Output system.Is a set of a program stored in CMOS IC, use to
preserved the BIOS configuration of the computer
CMOS BATTERY PART NUMBER- lithium dry cell CR 2032 3 volts
8. IDE connector(Intergrated Drive Electronics)- this connector is use to connect the
IDE cable of the HDD(Hard Disk Drive) or CD/DVD ROM to the MotherBoard IDE.
9. Front panel connectors(F-Panel)- this is use to connect the Power LED,HDD
LED,Power Switch,and Reset switch of the computer system unit(CPU).
10. SATA connector-this is Serial Advance Technology Attachment.The new standard
of the IDE connection array of the computer HDD(SATA HDD)to the motherboard
system.
11. CMOS/BIOS jumper- this is use to disable the BIOS default setup.Such as to
disabled the supervisor password of the BIOS.
How to disable password before the BIOS setup
Turn off CPu
change jumper to clear
remove the CMOS battery
reinsert the BIOS battery
change jumper to normal
power up computer
press del or F2 to enter BIOS setup
12. USB connector(header)- this is use to connect the USB port of the front panel
USB 2.0 x 2 port.
13. FDD connector- the connector of the FDD cable through the system
board.Normally there are 34 pins out of it to connect the 3.5 1.44mb Floppy Disk
Drive.
14. PCI slots- a part of the computer motherboard use to connect the I/O cards of
the computer.Such as LAN card,WIFI card,USB expansion card,and sound card.
15. Motherboard Version number- here you can get the version of the motherboard
driver software.So that you can download it exactly to the manufacturer website.
16. CMOS/BIOS IC- this is the type of BIOS IC being use by the computer MOBO.A set
of a program being installed in this IC to preserved the BIOS configuration settings
of the computer.Such as the speed of the CPU chip and RAM, etc.
17. AMR slot- this is the AUDIO Modem Riser.Being use to demodulate and modulate
the analog audio of the computer.
18. PCI express slot- a part of the computer that hold the computer video
card(VGA), the PCIe card.The latest and the most fastest card being installed and
most compatible with 3d and 4g gaming of the computer.The old video card type is
the AGP or Accelerated Graphic Ports and the standard of the PCIe.
19. North Bridge IC- is a passion name as being north of the PCI buses or the PCI
slots of the MOBO.The true name of the north bridge is MCI or Memory Controller
Hub.Assigned to manage and control the computer memory before the processing
of the CPU chip.
20. South Bridge IC-is a passion name as being south of the PCI buses or PCI
slots.The true name of the south bridge is I/O Controller HUB(ICH).Its is a type of
microchip task to control all the Input and output devices of the computer.Such as
the keyboard and mouse.And the monitor screen of the computer, that commonly
found at the rear back of the CPU or system unit.
