Practice Test: Question Set - 08
1. Which is the most difficult environmentally to dispose of?
- (A) Floppy
drives
- (B) Hard
drives
- (C) Power
supplies
- (D) CRTs
2. ESD potential decreases with the use of:
- (A) De-ionizing
fans
- (B) A
wrist strap
- (C) Rubber
gloves with matching cap
- (D) A
static meter
3. During preventative maintenance on a dot matrix printer, do NOT lubricate:
- (A) Platen
assembly
- (B) Print
head pulley
- (C) Print
head pins
- (D) Paper
advance gear bushings
4. During the boot process, a system first counts memory from where?
- (A) Expansion
memory board
- (B) Video
adapter
- (C) System
board
- (D) Cache
5. One of the major components of a PC is the Central Processing Unit (CPU) which can be best described as:
- (A) The
device that sends the monitor signals telling it what to display
- (B) The area
that regulates all of the system power usage
- (C) The
area where all the of the Basic input/output routines are stored
- (D) The area
where all of the processing takes place
6. The ESD wrist strap is designed to protect PC Components or Service Technicians?
- (A) PC
Components
- (B) Service
Technicians
- (C) Both (a) and
(b)
- (D) None
of the above
7. Which provides the fastest access to large video files?
- (A) Optical
drives
- (B) IDE
hard drives
- (C) SCSI hard
drives
- (D) EIDE
hard drives
8. 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
9. Which step should you perform first before discharging a CRT?
- (A) Remove the
CRT from its housing
- (B) Disconnect
the CRT from the computer
- (C) Remove the
video assembly
- (D) Turn power
off before removing power source
10. How many standard levels of interrupts are provided on the 8-bit ISA bus (XT-class computer)?
- (A) 4
- (B) 8
- (C) 12
- (D) 16
11. If the voltage on pin 1 of the power supply is not in the range of _______ volts, the PC will not boot.
- (A) 10 - 20
- (B) 1 - 5
- (C) 50 - 110
- (D) 2.5 - 5
12. Resistance is measured in ohm.
- (A) True
- (B) False
13. How many devices does USB support?
- (A) 127
- (B) 125
- (C) 100
- (D) 225
14. What IRQ is used for COM 2?
- (A) 1
- (B) 2
- (C) 3
- (D) 4
15. A workstation has just been installed on an Ethernet LAN, but cannot communicate with the network. What should you check first?
- (A) Reinstall
the network protocols
- (B) Reinstall
the network interface card driver
- (C) Verify
the ip configuration on the workstation
- (D) Verify
the link status on the computer's network card
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