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Test 1

Choose One Answer:

______1. How many bits is the data bus for a 486DX4 processor? 
A:8 B: 32
C: 16 D: 64

______2: How many wires does the standard IDE drive cable have? 
A: 40 B: 42
C: 32 D: 36

______3: How many bits is the system bus for a 386SX processor? 
A: 8 B:32
C:16 D:64

______4: What form of software can also be called firmware? 

A: BIOS B: CMOS
C: SDIMM D: OS

______5: What type of port communicates information to a peripheral device one bit at a time? 
A: Paralell Port B:Ethernet
C: USB : D: Serial port

______6: If your monitor just shows dots when you turn it on, what is most likely the problem? 
A: Bad Video RAM B:Broken Cable Pin
C: Bad Monitor D: Thermal Issue

______7: You have 2 hard drives installed on your primary EIDE controller. You install a CD-ROM on your
secondary EIDE controller. What jumper setting would you use for the CD-ROM? 
A: Master B: Slave
C: Neutral D:OS Detect

______8: What factor determines the amount of RAM a CPU can control? 
A: Year it was Manufactured B:Amount of RAM Bays
C:South BridgeChipset D: Width of Address Bus

______9: A 15 pin, three row, female connector on the back of a PC would be used for? 
A: Serial Port B: Ethernet Port
C: Game Controller Port D:VGA/SVGA Port

______10: Using a portion of hard disk space to serve as RAM is called? 

A: Kernel Memory B:Commit Memory
C: RAM D: Virtual Memory
______11: How can you tell that a PC has successfully completed its Power on Self Test (POST)? 
A: Three Long Beeps B: One Long Two Short Beeps
C: No Beeps D: One Beep
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______12: Locations in memory are referred to as? 
A: Addresses B: Pools
C: Locations D: Allocations

______13: On a laser printer, the laser beam performs what function? 

A: Burn the images into the paper B: Heats up the Transfuser
C: Changes the charge on the photosensitive drum D: Merges the Toner onto the paper

______14: Which electrical component will hold a charge even when no voltage is being applied? 
A: Transistor B: Battery
C: Capacitor D: Disk Platter

______15: What purpose does the system ROM serve? 

A: Store the System Information B:  Starts the system when the computer is turned on
C: Act as a secondary Storage Location D: Fast RAM for the system

______16: What type of printers are considered impact printers?

A: Wax Printer B: Typewriter
C: Ink Jet D: Dot Matrix

______17: What is the binary equivalent of decimal 3. 

A: 0101 B: 0011
C: 1101 D: 0010

______18: Your PC is working perfectly, but you notice the power supply fan has stopped working. What
should you do? 
A: Replace the power supply B: Turn the computer Off
C: Replace the Fan D: Let the computer Drain and reboot.
______19:  Capacitance is measured in units called? 
A: Amperes B: Farads
C: Volts D: Ohms

______20: The default memory address for the monochrome region of memory is? 
A: B0000 - B7FFF B: A0000 - F9BDE
C: C1011 - A245F D: D1111 - 9ABC4
______21: You apply a password to CMOS but later forget it. What should you do? 
A:Pull the CMOS Battery B: Clear the CMOS by shorting the CMOS jumper.
C:Nothing D: Change the password

______22:  What type of bus is used in laptops?

A: PCI B: PCMCIA
C: AGP D: IRQ

Choose One Answer:

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______23: Does a byte equal one character or one word? 
A: One Character B: One Word

______24: The transfer corona wire in a laser printer has what type of charge? 
A: Negative B: Positive

______25: The SCSI boot drive must be have which ID? 

A: 0 B:1

______26: What do you set your Volt-Ohm meter to in order to test a fuse? 
A: Ohms B: Volts

______27:Should a Computer technician attempt to open a power supply in order to repair it? 
A: Yes B:No

______ 28: Do Surge Suppressors offer really good protection for computer equipment? 
A: No B: Yes

______29: Can EMI affect the display on a monitor? (Electro-Magnetic Interferance=EMI)

A: Yes B: No

______30: Can a monitor hold a charge even after you have unplugged it? 
A:No B: Yes

Choose All that Apply:

31. You are working on a computer. Which of the following are considered essential? (Choose all correct
answers.)
a. Motherboard
b. CPU
c. Memory
d. Video card
e. A scanner
32. Which of the following devices might be found on the front or back of a computer? (Choose all correct
answers.)
a. Activity lights
b. Power switch
c. USB ports
d. None of these options are correct
33. Which of the following can cause a desktop computer to fail? (Choose all that apply.)
a. Overheating
b. Loose add-on cards
c. Drive failures
d. Adding more memory
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34. Which of the following are the most commonly used Windows operating systems? (Choose the three best
answers.)
a. Windows XP
b. Windows 7
c. Windows Vista
d. Windows 98
35. Which of the following can be used in your day-to-day work on a standard Windows
computer? (Choose the two best answers.)
a. CHKDSK
b. toopath
c. Disk Defragmenter
d. ifconfig
36. Which of the following is the first thing you should do when replacing a PCI card?
a. Shut down the system and unplug the power
b. Open the case
c. Open the package and sit it beside the computer
d. Purchase the device
37. Which of the following can help in preventing ESD? (Choose two.) (Electro-Static Discharge)
a. Touch the unpainted metal of the chassis
b. Wear sneakers
c. Remove the power supply
d. Wear an antistatic wrist strap
38. How do you identify the cable that connects to the floppy drive?
a. It is flat.
b. It is the longest cable.
c. There is a twist at one end.
d. None of these options are correct.
39. Which of the following types of hardware resources do both onboard and add-on card devices
use? (Choose all that apply.)
a. IRQ
b. DMA
c. Memory
d. I/O port
40. What is the process of bypassing the CPU called?
a. Direct Memory Access
b. Memory Leak
c. Task Manager
d. Device Manager
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Class Power Point Questions:

41: Zach - LCD's: What are the two types of LCD's?

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42: Symone - CPU's: The CPU acts as what in the computer?

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43: Mike - Hard Drives: The one down side to a hard drive is that it is ________________________ in nature.

44: Javon - Switches and Routers: A Router works to do what?

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45: Maurice - Sound: Sound is What?

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46: Alyssa - Motherboards: The mother board acts to mount what devices together in a central hub?

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