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  • 1. What could cause a fixed disk error?

  • Options
  • A. CDROM drive not installed
  • B. Incorrect CMOS settings
  • C. Incorrect RAM settings
  • D. All of the above
  • E. None of the above
  • Discuss
  • 2. The output voltages of a PC power supply are in the form of _____ current.

  • Options
  • A. AC
  • B. DC
  • C. amperage
  • D. resistive
  • E. trickle
  • Discuss
  • 3. Upper Memory blocks are located where?

  • Options
  • A. Conventional Memory
  • B. Extended Memory
  • C. Expanded memory
  • D. Reserved Memory
  • E. None of the above
  • Discuss
  • 4. Which is the easiest component to environmentally recycle?

  • Options
  • A. Motherboards
  • B. CMOS batteries
  • C. Toner cartridges
  • D. Cathode ray tubes
  • E. None of the above
  • Discuss
  • 5. IBM's Micro Channel Architecture (MCA) specifies which type of the following bit access widths?

  • Options
  • A. 8 bit & 16 bit
  • B. 16 bit & 24 bit
  • C. 16 bit & 32 bit
  • D. 32 bit & 64 bit
  • E. None of the above
  • Discuss
  • 6. How does a parallel port communicate information to a peripheral device?

  • Options
  • A. one bit at a time
  • B. 8 bytes at a time
  • C. one byte at a time
  • D. 16,555 bytes at a time
  • E. None of the above
  • Discuss
  • 7. Your modem does not respond when you try to dial out. You try another modem on another computer and get the same result. What is the most likely problem?

  • Options
  • A. defective modem
  • B. defective computer
  • C. software bug
  • D. bad phone line
  • E. virus
  • Discuss
  • 8. When seeking to upgrade for a particular motherboard what do you need to know?

  • Options
  • A. memory
  • B. hard drive
  • C. make & model
  • D. dimm
  • E. None of the above
  • Discuss
  • 9. During the normal PC boot process, which of the following is active first?

  • Options
  • A. RAM BIOS
  • B. CMOS
  • C. ROM BIOS
  • D. Hard disk information
  • E. None of the above
  • Discuss
  • 10. A PC with a 486DX2 processor runs internally at 50Mhz. What speed would its external logic be running?

  • Options
  • A. l0Mhz
  • B. 25Mhz
  • C. 50Mhz
  • D. 100 Mhz
  • E. None of the above
  • Discuss

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