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- Question
The terms "red book", "yellow book", and "orange book" refer to:
Options- A. SCSI
- B. ide
- C. floppy drive technology
- D. CD-ROM standards
- E. All of the above
- Correct Answer
- CD-ROM standards
- 1. What is the best ground for a conductive work bench?
Options- A. AC outlet
- B. Ground to bend
- C. To another device
- D. Chassis ground
- E. None of the above Discuss
- 2. Resistance is measured in?
Options- A. Volts
- B. Amps
- C. Watts
- D. Ohms
- E. None of the above Discuss
- 3. A 25-pin female connector on the back of your computer will typically be:
Options- A. Serial port 1
- B. A parallel port
- C. Docking
- D. COM2 port
- E. None of the above Discuss
- 4. What voltage does a Pentium system use?
Options- A. +12 volts
- B. + 5 volts
- C. + 8 volts
- D. +3.3 volts
- E. None of the above Discuss
- 5. When your hard drive crashes from any of the correct selections in the question above, or from dropping it, it is known as head-to-disk interference, or HDL
Options- A. True
- B. False Discuss
- 6. Which provides the fastest access to large video files?
Options- A. Optical drives
- B. IDE hard drives
- C. SCSI hard drives
- D. EIDE hard drives
- E. None of the above Discuss
- 7. Suppose that you have a the maintenance package identifies several possible field replaceable units (FRUs) that will resolve the problem. What should you do after turning the power off?
Options- A. Replace the indicated parts, one at a time in the recommended sequence, until the problem is resolved; return unused FRUs to stock
- B. Replace all of the indicated FRUs at once and return the machine to the customer if the problem is resolved
- C. Follow the same procedure as in ays replace the system board first if it is on the list of possible FRUs If multiple FRUs are indicated, then software is the most likely source of the problem
- D. None of the above Discuss
- 8. What could cause a fixed disk error.
Options- A. No-CD installed
- B. bad ram
- C. slow processor
- D. Incorrect CMOS settings
- E. None of the above Discuss
- 9. You just installed a new IDE hard drive, but your system BIOS will not recognize the new drive, what should you check first.
Options- A. cable sequence
- B. jumpers on the hard drive
- C. drivers that need to be loaded
- D. hard drive manufacturer web site information
- E. None of the above Discuss
- 10. You have a system that periodically locks up. You have ruled out software, and now suspect that it is hardware. What should you do first that could help you narrow it down to the component at fault?
Options- A. rotate the RAM
- B. replace the RAM
- C. replace the level 2 cache SIMM
- D. disable the CPU cache in CMOS
- E. replace the CPU Discuss
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Correct Answer: AC outlet
Correct Answer: Ohms
Correct Answer: A parallel port
Correct Answer: +3.3 volts
Correct Answer: True
Correct Answer: SCSI hard drives
Correct Answer: Replace the indicated parts, one at a time in the recommended sequence, until the problem is resolved; return unused FRUs to stock
Correct Answer: Incorrect CMOS settings
Correct Answer: jumpers on the hard drive
Correct Answer: disable the CPU cache in CMOS
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