Practice Test: Question Set - 09
1. Modems use _________ transmission.
- (A) Synchronous
- (B) Asynchronous
- (C) Timed
interval
- (D) PPP
2. How many IRQs does a chain of USB devices require?
- (A) 1
- (B) 2
- (C) 3
- (D) 4
3. What is the paper feeding technology most commonly associated with dot-matrix printers?
- (A) Sheet
feed
- (B) Tractor feed
- (C) Friction
feed
- (D) Manual
feed
4. During boot-up, the memory test:
- (A) Is a
superfluous step that should be ignored
- (B) Checks and
verifies that contiguous memory is installed
- (C) Is an
operational error
- (D) Displays
what memory is installed, but nothing else
5. A parity error usually indicates a problem with:
- (A) Memory
- (B) Hard drive
- (C) Hard
drive controller
- (D) Power supply
6. In laser technology, what happens during the transfer stage?
- (A) Residual
toner is transferred to the waste receptacle
- (B) The laser
transfers the image from the drum to the paper
- (C) The image is
transferred from the drum to the paper
- (D) A
negative charge is transferred to the surface of the drum
7. Which hardware component controls serial port communications?
- (A) ROM BIOS
- (B) CPU
- (C) DMA823
- (D) UART 16550
8. What action will correct patchy, faint, uneven or intermittent print on a dot matrix printer?
- (A) Replacing
the ribbon
- (B) Replacing
the timing belt
- (C) Adjusting
the paper feed tension
- (D) Adjusting
the tractor feed tension
9. What is the modem hang up command?
- (A) ATHU
- (B) ATH
- (C) ATZ
- (D) ATX
10. Which best describes a fragmented hard drive:
- (A) The platters
are bad
- (B) Data files
are corrupted
- (C) Clusters of
data are damaged
- (D) Files are
not stored in consecutive clusters
11. Static electricity thrives is which type of environment?
- (A) Cold and
humid
- (B) Warm and
humid
- (C) Warm and dry
- (D) Cold and dry
12. A hard disk is divided into tracks which are further subdivided into:
- (A) Clusters
- (B) Sectors
- (C) Vectors
- (D) Heads
13. WRAM is used on a
- (A) Modem
- (B) Video card
- (C) Motherboard
- (D) Ata
connector
14. What is your first action when windows reports that your hard drive is developing bad sectors?
- (A) Replace the
hard drive
- (B) Run defrag on
the hard drive
- (C) Run scandisk
with the "thorough" option
- (D) None of the
above
15. In the Binary numbering system, a (1) represents a jumper being shorted and a (0) represents a jumper being open. On a three-bit jumper block on a SCSI drive, how would an ID of logical 3 be set?
- (A) 100
- (B) 010
- (C) 011
- (D) 101
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