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- Question
What do you need to check serial and parallel port?
Options- A. Port adapter
- B. Logic probe
- C. Loopback plug
- D. All of the above
- E. None of the above
- Correct Answer
- Loopback plug
- 1. When connecting a ribbon cable to a connector, how do you know which direction to plug it in?
Options- A. The red line in the cable goes to the highest pin number
- B. The colored line in the cable goes to pin #1
- C. It does not matter
- D. The blue or red line in the cable goes away from the power connector
- E. None of the above Discuss
- 2. What is the highest binary number that can be referred to on a three position jumper block?
Options- A. 4
- B. 6
- C. F
- D. 1
- E. None of the above Discuss
- 3. ESD potential decreases with the use of:
Options- A. De-ionizing fans
- B. A wrist strap
- C. Rubber gloves with matching cap
- D. A static meter
- E. None of the above Discuss
- 4. When measuring AC (Alternating Current) with a multimeter, it is important to maintain the proper polarity.
Options- A. True
- B. False Discuss
- 5. IRQ6 is typically reserved for:
Options- A. The floppy
- B. The keyboard controller
- C. LPT2
- D. The modem
- E. None of the above Discuss
- 6. Which device uses a DMA channel?
Options- A. Modem
- B. Network Card
- C. Sound Card
- D. All of the above
- E. None of the above Discuss
- 7. You get a CMOS checksum error during bootup. What is most likely the cause?
Options- A. power supply is bad
- B. BIOS needs updating
- C. CMOS battery is nearing end of life
- D. hard drive types are incorrectly defined
- E. None of the above Discuss
- 8. During boot-up, the memory test:
Options- A. Is a superfluous step that should be ignored
- B. Checks and verifies that contiguous memory is installed
- C. Is an operational error
- D. Displays what memory is installed, but nothing else
- E. None of the above Discuss
- 9. What's the best way to protect your hard drive data?
Options- A. regular backups
- B. periodically defrag it
- C. run chkdsk at least once a week
- D. run scandisk at least once a week
- E. run a regular diagnostic Discuss
- 10. A modem could be attached to which port?
Options- A. Parallel port
- B. ASYNC port
- C. Keyboard connector
- D. Video port
- E. None of the above Discuss
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Correct Answer: The colored line in the cable goes to pin #1
Correct Answer: 1
Correct Answer: A wrist strap
Correct Answer: False
Correct Answer: The floppy
Correct Answer: Sound Card
Correct Answer: CMOS battery is nearing end of life
Correct Answer: Checks and verifies that contiguous memory is installed
Correct Answer: regular backups
Correct Answer: Parallel port
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