Practice Test: Question Set - 20
1. To install a second IDE drive into a computer, you must:
- (A) Set the
master-slave jumper to slave on the second drive
- (B) Use
the IDE configuration software to set the new drive as slave
- (C) Verify that
you define the new drive as D: in the CMOS setup
- (D) Verity
that you attach the drive to the connector at the end of the ribbon cable
2. What does the acronym RTS represent?
- (A) Required to
save
- (B) Ready to
start
- (C) Request to
send
- (D) Right to
separate
3. What device prevents power interruptions, resulting in corrupted data?
- (A) Battery
back-up unit
- (B) Surge
protector
- (C) Multiple
SIMMs strips
- (D) Data guard
system
4. Your customer tells you the print quality of their dot matrix printer is light then dark. Which of the following could cause the problem?
- (A) Paper
slippage
- (B) Improper
ribbon advancement
- (C) Paper
thickness
- (D) Head
position
5. What is the best ground for a conductive work bench?
- (A) AC outlet
- (B) Ground to bend
- (C) To another
device
- (D) Chassis
ground
6. All Operating Systems get their total memory initialized from?
- (A) CPU
- (B) BIOS
- (C) ROM
- (D) RAM
7. After trying to unload a TSR, you get an error message saying that other TSRs were loaded after the one you tried to remove. Which of the following commands could you use to see the current load order?
- (A) MEM /P
- (B) MEMMAKER
- (C) MEM /C
- (D) SYS:
8. Pick the correct choice for the 80386SXCPU.
- (A) 16 bit word
size, 16 bit data path
- (B) 32 bit word
size, 16 bit data path
- (C) 8 bit word
size, 32 bit data path
- (D) 32 bit word
size, 8 bit data path
9. Which is NOT typically a Field Replaceable Unit?
- (A) System ROM
- (B) Power supply
- (C) System chassis
- (D) Video
controller
10. ISDN uses _______ technology.
- (A) Only digital
- (B) Digital and
analog
- (C) Only analog
- (D) Neither
digital nor analog
11. If the memory slots have 30 pins then the chip is a?
- (A) DIMM
- (B) SIMM
- (C) SDRAM
- (D) None of the
above
12. A hard disk is divided into tracks which are further subdivided into:
- (A) Clusters
- (B) Sectors
- (C) Vectors
- (D) Heads
13. Pick the correct choice for the 8088 CPU.
- (A) 16 bit word size,
8 bit data path
- (B) 8 bit word
size, 8 bit data path
- (C) 8 bit word
size, 16 bit data path
- (D) 4 bit word
size, 8 bit data path
14. Which provides the fastest data access time?
- (A) RAM
- (B) ROM
- (C) CD-ROM
- (D) Hard disk
15. 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
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