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  • 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

  • Correct Answer
  • Expansion board 


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    • 1. 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
    • Discuss
    • 2. 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
    • 3. 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
    • 4. 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
    • 5. 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
    • 6. 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
    • 7. 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
    • 8. 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
    • 9. 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
    • 10. Voltage is measured:

    • Options
    • A. in parallel
    • B. in series
    • C. after breaking the circuit
    • D. after checking resistance
    • E. after checking current
    • Discuss


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