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- Question
Which provides the fastest data access time?
Options- A. RAM
- B. ROM
- C. CD-ROM
- D. Hard disk
- E. Floppy disk
- Correct Answer
- RAM
- 1. The buffers statement is found in what file?
Options- A. Config.sys
- B. Autoexec.ncf
- C. Autoexec.bat
- D. Neb.cfg
- E. None of the above Discuss
- 2. How many IRQs does a chain of USB devices require?
Options- A. 1
- B. 2
- C. 3
- D. 4
- E. None of the above Discuss
- 3. Which controller would support an external CD-ROM drive?
Options- A. ESDI
- B. ARLL
- C. MFM
- D. SCSI
- E. None of the above Discuss
- 4. In the DOS memory model, the HIGH Memory Area (HMA). is the _____ memory.
Options- A. Last 64k of conventional
- B. Last 64k of extended
- C. First 64k above conventional
- D. First 64k of extended
- E. None of the above Discuss
- 5. A customer calls and says her computer won't boot, she can hear noises and can see lights on the box, but nothing comes up on the screen, what should you take to the site to fix the problem?
Options- A. hard drive
- B. video card
- C. power cable
- D. power supply
- E. None of the above Discuss
- 6. Which of the following statements is true?
Options- A. Two SCSI devices connected to a computer can have the same ID if they are both hard drives.
- B. Each SCSI device must have its own ID
- C. All SCSI devices must have the same ID
- D. SCSI ID's are irrelevant
- E. None of the above Discuss
- 7. What is your first action when windows reports that your hard drive is developing bad sectors?
Options- A. replace the hard drive
- B. run secclean from dos
- C. run defrag on the hard drive
- D. run scandisk with the "thorough" option
- E. None of the above Discuss
- 8. What action will correct patchy, faint, uneven or intermittent print on a dot matrix printer?
Options- A. Replacing the ribbon
- B. Replacing the timing belt
- C. Adjusting the paper feed tension
- D. Adjusting the tractor feed tension
- E. None of the above Discuss
- 9. Dust in a computer actually increases the size of the magnetic fields inside it. This is not good, so you must occasionaiy dust, I trust. What's the best way to do this?
Options- A. reverse vacuum
- B. any small vacuum device
- C. blow real hard on the system board
- D. use a lint-free cloth and wipe gently
- E. non-static compressed air Discuss
- 10. One of the major components of a PC is the Central Processing Unit (CPU) which can be best described as:
Options- A. The device that sends the monitor signals telling it what to display
- B. The area that regulates all of the system power usage
- C. The area where all the of the Basic input/output routines are stored
- D. The area where all of the processing takes place
- E. None of the above Discuss
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Correct Answer: Config.sys
Correct Answer: 1
Correct Answer: SCSI
Correct Answer: First 64k of extended
Correct Answer: video card
Correct Answer: Each SCSI device must have its own ID
Correct Answer: run scandisk with the "thorough" option
Correct Answer: Replacing the ribbon
Correct Answer: non-static compressed air
Correct Answer: The area where all of the processing takes place
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