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Computer Hardware Quiz Set 8

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1.  Which component stores an electrical charge?




2. You are installing an IDE hard drive that will be your boot drive. Which is the correct order of steps that need to be followed?




3. Which type of cable is most likely in use with rj-45 connectors?




4. To prevent toner from sticking to a laser printer's heat rollers apply which of the following:




5. Which controller would support an external CD-ROM drive?




6. What would you ask to determine if the display is working?




7. You should never put floppy drives hard drives or even VCR tapes or cassette tapes on top of speakers (or near any other source of magnetism) because of:




8. How many bits in a byte?




9. What is the result of adding an IP address to the DNS server search order




10. RS-232 is a standard that applies to?




11. Your modem does not respond when you try to dial out. You try another modem on another computer and get the same result. What is the most likely problem?




12. You suspect a virus has entered your computer. What will not be affected by the virus?




13. How would you allow device drivers and TSR's to be loaded into Upper Memory Blocks ?




14. Which is the easiest component to environmentally recycle?




15. When connecting a ribbon cable to a connector how do you know which direction to plug it in?




16. In inkjet technology the droplets of ink are deflected by?




17. With a dot matrix printer light then dark print is most commonly caused by:




18. RTS stands for:




19. To install a second IDE drive into a computer you must




20. What can you use to ensure power is not interrupted resulting in corrupted data?




21. When configuring is a network interface cards without jumpers or plug and play what is used to set the IRQs?




22. MSD exe does not have information on:




23. What command is used to hang up a MODEM when using the "AT Command set"?




24. Current is measured in units of:




25. The standard IRQ for the floppy drive is?




26. A keyboard locks up intermittently even when replaced with a new keyboard. What is the LEAST likely cause of the problem?




27. You are testing the resistance in Ohms of a fuse on a 2 amp system. If the fuse is good the meter should read?




28. To find out how much memory is available you could type _____




29. IBM's Micro Channel Architecture (MCA) specifies which type of the following bit access widths?




30. What is the best ground for a conductive work bench?




31. What could cause a fixed disk error?




32. A PC with a 486DX2 processor runs internally at 50Mhz. What speed would its external logic be running?




33. Match the device driver HIMEM.SYS to its operation.




34. Upper Memory blocks are located where?




35. The output voltages of a PC power supply are in the form of _____ current.




36. After doing a low-level format what would be the next step in configuring the hard drive in a system?




37. 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?




38. In laser printing there are six steps the printer follows. What comes between the conditioning phase and the developing phase?




39. During the laser printer's conditioning phase a uniform charge of _____ is placed on the photosensitive drum.




40. A dialog box with a bomb appears oh a Macintosh screen. What type of problem has occurred?




41. What is a system called that links together mainframes, minicomputers, and microcomputers that are in close proximity for the purpose of communication?




42. What is a network that uses a server to meet the needs of the other computers on the network?




43. What is an internal network designed to provide and disseminate information to internal staff by using the look and feel of the World Wide Web?




44. A network that links computers located thousands of miles of apart is called a_______________.




45. What network security feature prevents users on a network from using programs and information that they do not need to access?




46. What is the term used to describe “data about data”?




47. What is a prewritten plan that is put in place when things go horribly wrong?




48. What is software that is the electronic equivalent of a filing room?




49. What do we call a company that provides software through the Internet directly to the user’s computer?




50. What type of device represents the largest security risk?