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  • Question
  • Your IDE hard drive is not spinning up when you turn on the PC. What is the most likely problem.


  • Options
  • A. bad data cable
  • B. incorrect jumper setting on drive
  • C. loose molex connector
  • D. virus
  • E. tfad system board

  • Correct Answer
  • loose molex connector 


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    • 1. A PCMCIA measuring 10.5mm is what type?

    • Options
    • A. type 1
    • B. type 2
    • C. type 1 and 3
    • D. type 3
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 2. What should he used to extinguish a computer fire?

    • Options
    • A. fire hose
    • B. class a extinguisher
    • C. class c extinguisher
    • D. silver foam water
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 3. How may standard levels of interrupts are provided on the 8-bit ISA bus (XT-class computer)?

    • Options
    • A. 4
    • B. 8
    • C. 12
    • D. 16
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 4. IRQ6 is typically reserved for:

    • Options
    • A. The floppy
    • B. The keyboard controller
    • C. LPT2
    • D. The modem
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 5. After displaying the directory of a floppy disk, a different floppy is inserted into the drive. The contents of the original floppy continue to display regardless of the director requests on the other floppies placed in the drive. You remove the drive in question and install it into your test system, and it does not exhibit the problem. You should next replace the:

    • Options
    • A. System's floppy drive device driver
    • B. Original IDE controller
    • C. Floppy drive ribbon cable
    • D. System's power supply
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 6. After you service a laser printer, you notice dirty print. Which of the following would correct the problem?

    • Options
    • A. Clean the developer tank
    • B. Reset the printer
    • C. Run several blank pages
    • D. Clean the laser diode
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 7. On a leased line installation a known good external modem shows no carrier detect light. Where is the problem most likely to be?

    • Options
    • A. In the modem
    • B. In the phone line
    • C. In the computer
    • D. In the DTC equipment
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 8. WRAM is used on a

    • Options
    • A. modem
    • B. video card
    • C. motherboard
    • D. ata connector
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 9. What is the most likely cause of an "FDD controller Failure" error message?

    • Options
    • A. you did not set the jumper on the floppy drive to drive A
    • B. you forgot to flash CMOS
    • C. you installed the floppy disk drive cable backward
    • D. your computer's floppy drive is defective
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 10. When you are testing a fuse, you should set the Volt-OHM meter to what scale?

    • Options
    • A. AC
    • B. DC
    • C. AMPS
    • D. OHMS
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss


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