Computer Technology quiz

1) What does POST stand for?

a) Printer Online Standard Test
b) Power On Self Test - correct answer
c) Power Off Standard Test
d) Preferred Operating System Timing


2) A problem with parity error indicates a problem with:
a) hard drive
b) I/O Controller
c) power supply
d) memory - correct answer


3) WAN stands for:
a) Wide Area Network - correct answer
b) World Area Network
c) Wide Artificial Network
d) Wide Access Network


4) Which processor has a 32-bit Data Bus and a 24-bit Address Bus?
a) 80286
b) 80386DX
c) 80486SX
d) 80386SX - correct answer


5) The ISA bus has what size Bus Width?
a) 16-bit - correct answer
b) 8-bit
c) 8 MHz
d) 4.77 MHz
e) 24-bit


6) True/False: CD-ROMs typically hold 1000 megabytes.
a) True
b) False - correct answer


7) Hard drives can use the following interfaces (check all that apply):
a) IDE
b) Serial
c) SCSI - correct answer
d) DB-15


8) What is the function of MSCDEX.EXE?
a) A DOS CD-ROM driver - correct answer
b) Memory Management Program
c) Loads Windows 3.11 into Upper Memory
d) SCSI driver


9) True/False: Older BIOSs may need to be upgraded to support newer hard drives.
a) True - correct answer
b) False


10) How many devices can you connect to a typical SCSI adapter?
a) 2
b) 7 - correct answer
c) 8
d) 2 Internal, 7 External


11) Which of the following would NOT be considered an FRU? (Choose all that apply)
a) NFU Controller
b) Hard Drive - correct answer
c) System Board
d) RAM Chips


12) Your system boots up but you don't hear a beep, which part should you check first?
a) RAM
b) System Board
c) CPU
d) Speaker - correct answer


13) The laser printer has 6 steps it follows to print.
a) True - correct answer
b) False


14) What type of interface has the fastest data transfer?
a) Parallel
b) Serial
c) DirectCPU Bus
d) SCSI - correct answer
e) IDE


15) You have an existing hard drive on your IDE adapter. You are installing a second hard drive
and want the first hard drive to still be the bootable hard drive. How should you configure the
second hard drive?
a) master
b) beta
c) slave - correct answer
d) secondary


16) Your system continuously reboots itself. Which of the following could be the problem?
(Check all that apply)
a) Bad system board
b) Bad Power Supply
c) Faulty Adapter Card
d) AC Power Faulty
e) All of the above - correct answer


17) ESD is:
a) Electronic Surge Device
b) Ergonomic System Device
c) Electronic System Display (for laptops
d) Electrostatic Discharge - correct answer


18) A 3xx (xx are numbers) POST error code indicates a problem with:
a) hard drive
b) keyboard - correct answer
c) monitor
d) system board
e) RAM


19) A missing pin in a dot matrix printer is the most likely cause of light and uneven printing.
a) True
b) False - correct answer


20) The transfer corona uses this type of charge to attract toner to the paper.
a) positive - correct answer
b) negative
c) electromagnetic
d) ESD


21) The maximum number of colors CGA will support is:
a) 2
b) 4 - correct answer
c) 16
d) 256


22) Which would provide the fastest access to video files?
a) IDE
b) EIDE
c) SCSI - correct answer
d) Optical Drives


23) DIP stands for:
a) Developer Induction Printer
b) Dual Inline Package - correct answer
c) Durable Iclonic Plastic
d) Dual Independent Processors


24) Socket 0 CPUs are not upgradeable.
a) True
b) False - correct answer


25) MCA has a maximum speed of:
a) 4.77 MHz
b) 8 MHz
c) 10 MHz - correct answer
d) 12 MHz


26) The best grounding for a conductive work bench is a:
a) Computer Chassis
b) 12 V Battery
c) Desk Leg
d) AC Outlet - correct answer