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- Question
Most PCs give a single beep on bootup to indicate they are ok hardware wise. You boot your PC and don't get a beep. What should you check first?
Options- A. system board
- B. RAM
- C. microprocessor
- D. power supply
- E. speaker
- Correct Answer
- speaker
- 1. The 34-pin connection on an I/O card is for?
Options- A. Floppy drive
- B. SCSI drive
- C. IDE drive
- D. Zip drive
- E. None of the above Discuss
- 2. A hard disk is divided into tracks which are further subdivided into:
Options- A. clusters
- B. sectors
- C. vectors
- D. heads
- E. None of the above Discuss
- 3. 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
- 4. 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
- 5. 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
- 6. ESD would cause the most damage to which component?
Options- A. Power supply
- B. Expansion board
- C. Monitor
- D. Keyboard
- E. None of the above Discuss
- 7. Which Motherboard form factor uses one 20 pin connector
Options- A. ATX
- B. AT
- C. BABY AT
- D. All of the above
- E. None of the above Discuss
- 8. What product is used to clean smudged keys on a keyboard?
Options- A. TMC solvent
- B. Silicone spray
- C. Denatured alcohol
- D. All-purpose cleaner
- E. None of the above Discuss
- 9. With respect to a network interface card, the term 10/100 refers to
Options- A. protocol speed
- B. a fiber speed
- C. megabits per seconds
- D. minimum and maximum server speed
- E. None of the above Discuss
- 10. When installing a SCSI CD-ROM drive, you must set the CD-ROM SCSI adapter to:
Options- A. B0007
- B. An unused SCSI address
- C. The same address as the SCSI device before the CD-ROM
- D. SCSI ID=1
- E. None of the above Discuss
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Correct Answer: Floppy drive
Correct Answer: sectors
Correct Answer: disable the CPU cache in CMOS
Correct Answer: jumpers on the hard drive
Correct Answer: Incorrect CMOS settings
Correct Answer: Expansion board
Correct Answer: ATX
Correct Answer: All-purpose cleaner
Correct Answer: megabits per seconds
Correct Answer: An unused SCSI address
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