Hardware and Networking

1. Which of the following provides the fastest data access time –

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RAM
ROM
SCSI
Hard Drive

15. Which of the following is a COM port –

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Parallel port
Serial port
LAN port
VGA port

17. Which of the following is the main cause of a CMOS checksum error during bootup –

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Power supply is bad
BIOS needs updating
CMOS battery is nearing end of life
Hard drive is faulty

18. To install a second IDE drive into a computer, which of the following you may first –

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To slave the second hard drive set as a master-slave jumper
To set a new drive as a slave used by the IDE configuration software
To verify that you just define the new drive as D: within the CMOS setup
To verify that you simply attach the drive to the connector at the top of the ribbon cable

16. Which of the following device uses a DMA channel –

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Modem
LAN card
Sound card
All of the above

19. Which of the following DOS driver is used to emulate expanded memory –

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Himen.sys
Emm386.exe
Mem386.sys
Ramdrive.sus

20. Troubleshooting a pc which of the following logical first step –

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Check the computer’s CMOS
Define the circumstances of the problem
Call the vendor
Define what applications are being used

21. Which of the following chip uses 30-pin memory slots –

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DIMM
SIMM
SDRAM
RIMM

22. Which of the following process is used for your hard drive data protect the best way –

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Regular backup
Run chkdisk a minimum once a weak
Run Scandisk least once a weak
Periodically defrag it

23. You just installed a new IDE hard drive, but your system BIOS won’t recognize the new drives. The way to solve it –

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To check the cable sequence
To check jumpers on the hard disk
To check drivers that are required to be loaded
To check the hard disk drive manufacturer’s website information

24. Which of the following numeric error code: A 17XX indicates a problem with –

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RAM
CMOS
SMPS
Hard Disk Drive

14. Which of the following device is on IRQ61 –

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Keyboard
IDE
Floppy drives
Video card

13. A pc has 2 hard drives that are divided into primary and extended partitions, which drive letter is assigned to the second drive as a primary partition –

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C
D
E
F

12. What is the main difference between the USB and IEEE 1394 standards –

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IEEE 1394 is faster
USB does not support USB
USB is plug and play
IEEE 1394 is not swappable

2. How is your first step to troubleshoot that message “your hard drive is a bad sector” –

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Replace the hard drive
Run sec clean from dos
Run ScanDisk with the “through the option”
Run defrag on the hard drive

3. A computer system monitor power LED is ‘ON’ but the monitor screen is completely dark. What is the possible cause

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Defect in computer video circuitry
Disconnected video cable
Defective monitor
System RAM problem

4. Which of the following is connected to the CD-ROM audio cable –

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Speaker
Sound Card
SMPS
Hard Drive

5. Which of the following is represented by COM –

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15 pin port
9 pin male port
9 pin female port
25 pin male port

6. Which of the following monitor would provide the highest level of performance –

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VGA
XGA
CGA
SVGA

7. An external hard disk is attached to a notebook computer but the hard drive is not showing here. How can you troubleshoot –

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The cables are attached firmly
The external hard disk drive has been pre-loaded software
The external hard disk drive was attached before the computer was on
All of the above

8.How many DMA (Direct Memory Access) channel folds in a floppy disk drive –

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5
4
1
2

9. You can install a new hard drive and you can see the message “Invalid media device” what is the possible next step –

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Format
Chkdisk
Partition
Reinstall the hard drive

10. How will you find the first step to troubleshooting a completely dead computer –

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Test the power supply
Replace the CMOS battery
Check the AC outlet
Reset the hard drive controller cable

11. A pc has 2 SCSI internal hard drives, where do you connect the second hard drive –

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Any open SCSI port on the pc
A serial port on the pc
An open parallel port on the pc
An open SCSI port on the primary disk drive

25. Which of the following components are most damaged by the cause of ESD

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SMPS
Expansion card
Monitor
Mouse

26. You can try a low-level format, what would be the possible next step to configuring the hard drive in a system –

2 Mark(s)

Format DOS partition
Install the operation system
Configure the DMA channel and backup interrupt
Partition of the hard disk

40. Refresh rate of a monitor is measured in:

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Hz
Meter
Ampere
Volts

41. Which of the following requires refreshing during retaining the data?

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SRAM
Virtual Memory
Flash Memory
DRAM

42. RAM in its commercial forms is available as:

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SIMM
DIMM
Both of these
None of these

43. BIOS stand for?

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Basic instruction output system
Basic input output system
Basic interface output system
All of these

44. Data in RAM are:

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Volatile in nature
Non-volatile in nature
Both of these
None of these

45. RAM stands for?

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Random Aligned Memory
Random Access Memory
Read Access Memory
None of these

46. Which of the following is an output device?

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Scanner
Joystick
Speaker
Touchpad

47. What is the full form of IP?

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Internet protocol
Immediate protocol
Internet processing
Immediate processing

48. The acronym for MAC is?

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Media Access configuration
Main Access control
Media Access control
Main access configuration

49. Modem is used for?

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Supply DC power
DC to DC conversion
AC to DC conversion
Modulation and demodulation

39. Which of the following is used between CPU and RAM to speed up the processing power of a CPU?

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Virtual Memory
Cache Memory
DRAM
Flash Memory

38. Which of the following is lowest in memory hierarchy?

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Registers
Secondary Memory
Cache Memory
RAM

37. CRT stands for?

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Character Ray Tube
Cathode Ray Tube
Color Resonant Technique
Color Ray Tube

27. How to measure Voltage –

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In Parallel
In Serial
After breaking the circuit
After checking the resistance

28. Which of the following possible cause the mouse pointer no longer moves smoothly –

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Ball is dirty
Is not connected
Driver is not installed properly
Has an incorrect IRQ setting

29. Which of the following motherboard form factor uses 20 pin connector –

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ATX
AT
Baby AT
All of the above

30. Which of the following cause of a fixed disk error –

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No – CD
Bad RAM
Slow processor
Incorrect CMOS setting

31. DVD stands for?

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Digital video display
Digital Versatile Disk
Digital video disk
None of these

32. A wireless technology built in electronic gadgets used for exchanging data over short distances is?

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Wifi
Bluetooth
Modem
USB

33. Which of the following is a type of optical media?

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FDD
HDD
CD
Magnetic Tape

34. The types of printers, in which the printing head contacts with the paper in printing process, are called as:

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Non-impact printer
Impact printer
Laser printer
None of these

35. LCD stands for?

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Liquid crystal Display
Laser Crystal Display
Light Crystal Display
None of these

36. Which of the following is a GUI device?

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Keyboard
OMR
Mouse
All of these

50. Which of the following is known as the brain of a computer?

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Monitor
CPU
Keyboard
ROM

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