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  • Question
  • 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

  • Correct Answer
  • disable the CPU cache in CMOS 


  • More questions

    • 1. In which of the storage placement strategies a program is placed in the smallest available hole in the main memory?

    • Options
    • A. best fit
    • B. first fit
    • C. worst fit
    • D. buddy
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 2. When executed from a bootable hard drive, which command will make a formatted floppy disk bootable?

    • Options
    • A. COPY C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM A:\
    • B. ATTRIB C:\*.SYS A:\
    • C. XCOPY C:\DOS\*.* A:\
    • D. SYS C: A:
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 3. Who invented the first junction transistor?

    • Options
    • A. Smith
    • B. Gomes
    • C. Fisher
    • D. Shockley
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 4. Changes made periodically to a system, after its implementation, is known as system

    • Options
    • A. analysis
    • B. design
    • C. development
    • D. maintenance
    • E. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 5. Which of the following NIS clients returns the name of the NIS server used by the NIS client?

    • Options
    • A. ypwhich
    • B. ypbind
    • C. ypcat
    • D. yppoll
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 6. Slack is the calculated time span within which the event must occur:

    • Options
    • A. true
    • B. false
    • C. cannot be said
    • D. All of the above
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 7. The online hotel reservation systems having database capabilities are a good example of

    • Options
    • A. database management system (DBMS)
    • B. marketing information system
    • C. manual information system
    • D. managerial information system.
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 8. The macro processor must perform

    • Options
    • A. recognize macro definitions and macro calls
    • B. save the macro definitions
    • C. expand macro calls and substitute arguments
    • D. All of the above
    • Discuss
    • 9. The advantage of a command processor running only built-in commands is:

    • Options
    • A. flexibility to the users in running lists of commands by simply collecting them in named batch command files
    • B. the command set being common across different hardware configurations
    • C. users can create system programs and run them as commands
    • D. the processing is much faster than would other-wise be the case when user defined commands are used
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 10. A drum timer is a good example of:

    • Options
    • A. an output actuator
    • B. an input sensor
    • C. a position sensor
    • D. a sequence controller
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss


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