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1 POST stands for:
printer online standard test
positive operating system test
power on self test
printer online static test
particle of static transfer
2 POST is done when the PC is:
giving a numeric error code
restarted with the reset button
CTRL-ALT-DELETE booted
warm booted
3 The POST routine, which counts system board ram first, is stored in:
rom bios
cmos
ram
8259 POST controller
microprocessor
4 A 1xx (x can be any digit) POST error code indicates a problem with the:
video
ram or rom
hard drive
system board
first adapter card
5 A 2xx POST error code indicates a problem with:
ram or rom
hard drive
system board
second adapter card
cmos battery
6 A 3xx POST error code indicates a problem with:
mouse
keyboard
floppy drive
video adapter
monitor
7 A 4xx, 5xx, or 24xx POST error code indicates a problem with:
hard drive
IRQ controller
video adapter
keyboard
floppy drive
8 A 17xx POST error code indicates a problem with:
cmos
rom bios
DMA controller
hard drive or controller
power supply
9 A parity error usually indicates a problem with:
memory
hard drive
hard drive controller
i/o controller
power supply
10 How many bits in a byte?
16
8
255
10
11 PCMCIA stands for "personal computer memory card international association". PC cards are:
not hot swappable
plug and play
not plug and play
used only in mainframes
12 Type one PC cards:
are used only in desktops
are no longer being produced
are the thinnest of the PC cards
don't exist
have their own power source
13 To start the setup program (or cmos setup), there is usually a key or set of keys you must press simultaneously. Some of the ones used by various PCs are listed below. Select the incorrect key press.
CTRL-ALT-ENTER
CTRL-ALT-DELETE
CTRL-ALT-S
DELETE
F10
14 The floppy drive uses which DMA (direct memory access) channel?
5
4
1
9
2
15 You do a DIR on a diskette, remove it and insert another, and get the same DIR listing from the first diskette. This is known as a "phantom" directory, and it is caused by
line 34 on the floppy cable is bad
bad microprocessor
defective diskette
failing hard drive
16 The power connector on a floppy drive is called a:
berg connector
molex connector
has no formal name
mini-molex
hybrid connector
17 On most floppy cables, the order for the connectors is:
adapter, drive A, drive B
adapter, tape drive connector, drive A
adapter, drive B, drive A
adapter, drive A or B, drive A or B
depends on cmos settings
18 The print from a dot-matrix printer is light and uneven. This is most likely caused by:
worn platten
worn ribbon
paper not advancing properly
defective printhead
defective carriage assembly
19 The print from a dot-matrix printer is sometimes light, sometimes dark. This is most likely caused by:
worn platten
paper not advancing properly
worn ribbon
defective carriage assembly
defective printhead
20 On a dot-matrix printer, regular lube maintenance should be followed, but this component should never be lubed:
carriage bearings
carriage rails
printhead
platten bearings
paper advance bearings
21 Your laser printer is on, you hear the fan running, but it won't print. What is the first thing you should check?
that the printer is not jammed
that all the cables are connected securely
that the printer is online
that the printer has paper
that the correct print driver is installed
22 In laser printing, there are six steps the printer follows. What comes between the conditioning phase and the developing phase?
cleaning phase
writing phase
fusing phase
transfer phase
nothing
23 During the laser printer's conditioning phase a uniform charge of _______ is placed on the photosensitive drum.
+600 volts
-600 volts
+1000 volt
+ 12 volts
-1000 volts
24 In order to place this charge on the drum, the primary corona wire must emit a charge of:
+6000 volts
+110 volts
+15000 volts
-6000 volts
-110 volts
25 The transfer corona uses a/an ______ charge to attract the toner to the paper.
negative
positive
alternating
magnetic
electronic pulse
26 Your laser printer gives you an error code 50. This is usually caused by a defective:
fuser assembly
laser unit
formatter board
DC controller
high voltage power supply
27 Laser printer toner is composed primarily of:
particles of plastic resin and rust
saw dust
talc
ash
28 An important first step in troubleshooting which component in a laser printer is causing a jam is to:
note where in the paper path the paper stops
check all voltages
look up error codes
turn the printer off, then on again
remove the jammed paper
29 Select the best choice for cleaning laser toner from clothing:
pure dishwashing detergent
alcohol
warm soapy water
clean cloth with cool water
30 During the fusing process, toner is:
dry pressed into the paper
glued to the paper
melted into the paper
electrically bonded to the paper
high pressure sprayed onto the paper
31 On the PC side, the printer port is a:
25 pin male serial connector
25 pin female serial connector
15 pin female serial connector
15 pin female parallel connector
25 pin female parallel connector
32 ISA is a ___ bit technology.
8/16
16/32
4/8
12/24
32/64
33 A device which supports DMA is able to i/o with memory by and large bypassing the CPU. Bus mastering takes this a step further by allowing a bus-master device to take charge of the data bus and send data to other devices, including memory, and also allows two bus master devices to talk to each other without requiring the services of the CPU. Does ISA support bus mastering?
yes, but only one device
yes
no
yes, in a DX, but not an SX
yes, but only in a Pentium
34 EISA and MCA devices do not have jumper settings. How are they configured?
through DOS
dip switches
CMOS setup
Windows setup
EISA configuration utility or IBM reference diskette (MCA)
35 You can have EISA and MCA devices in the same PC.
true
false
36 PCI devices do not have jumper settings or dip switches. How are they configured?
they are always self-configuring
through DOS
CMOS setup
Windows setup
37 You can place an ISA device in an EISA slot.
true
false
38 You can place an EISA device in an ISA slot.
true
false
39 You can only place an MCA device in an MCA slot.
true
false
40 Which bus architecture does not supports 32 bit data transfers?
PCI
EISA
MCA
PCMCIA
41 Which bus architecture does not support bus mastering?
VLB
PCI
MCA
EISA
42 A switching power supply steps down voltage by means of:
a network of capacitors
a network of resistor conduits
transformers
there is no such thing
turning off and back on in rapid cycles
43 Pick the correct choice for the 8088 CPU.
16 bit word size, 8 bit data path
8 bit word size, 16 bit data path
16 bit word size, 16 bit data path
8 bit word size, 8 bit data path
4 bit word size, 8 bit data path
44 Pick the correct choice for the 80386SX CPU.
16 bit word size, 16 bit data path
32 bit word size, 8 bit data path
32 bit word size, 32 bit data path
32 bit word size, 16 bit data path
8 bit word size, 32 bit data path
45 Pick the correct choice for the 80486DX CPU.
32 bit word size, 16 bit data path
32 bit word size, 16 bit data path
32 bit word size, 32 bit data path
64 bit word size, 32 bit data path
32 bit word size, 64 bit data path
46 What is the first CPU to include an internal math coprocessor?
386DX
486SX
486DX
Pentium
Pentium Pro
47 You plug a power supply's connectors onto the system board. You know you did it correctly because:
the two sets of black wires are facing the outside edge of the system board
the two sets of black wires are together in the middle
one set of black wires is outside, one is toward the inside
all are facing the power supply
it doesn't matter as long as they can be plugged in
48 Before upgrading your operating system, you should first:
remove TSRs
backup your hard drive
edit the startup files
run scandisk
run chkdsk
49 What DOS program can you run to see which serial ports are detected?
comdiag
serial.chk
MSD
SDET
command.com
50 Where would you load mouse.sys?
config.sys
autoexec.bat
win.ini
io.sys
msdos.sys
51 Where would you place mouse.com or mouse.bat?
config.sys
autoexec.bat
system.ini
io.sys
msdos.sys
52 What is a TSR?
test status request
terminate and stay resident program
token steady route
take status request
token set ready
53 Where are most TSRs loaded?
autoexec.bat
config.sys
tsr.sys
msdos.sys
you cannot load TSRs
54 Where is the "FILES=" statement placed?
there is no files statement
in autoexec.bat
in config.sys
in msdos.sys
in command.com
55 Where is the "BUFFERS=" statement placed?
in config.sys
in autoexec.bat
win.ini
system.ini
config.ini
56 Himem.sys must be loaded before loading emm386.exe.
true
false
57 You can run Windows 3.1 or 3.11 without loading himem.sys.
true
false
58 You must have himem.sys loaded before you can load DOS high.
true
false
59 The reason you load DOS high is to:
optimize DOS to run faster
free up more extended memory
free up more conventional memory
free up more expanded memory
avoid i/o conflicts
60 The upper memory area is located:
between 640k and 1024k
above 1 meg
between 512k and 840k
anything above 1024k
between 1000k and 1024k
61 Extended memory is:
paged memory
anything above 1024k
anything above 640k
anything accessed by rom
anything above 1 meg
62 Extended memory is managed by:
DOS
rom bios
himem.sys
emm386.exe
ram controller
63 Expanded memory is:
paged memory
anything below 1 meg
anything above 640k
anything above 1024k
between 640k and 1024k
64 Expanded memory is managed by:
CPU
himem.sys
emm386.exe
DOS
rom bios
65 Conventional memory is:
only below 512k
anything up to 640k
anything between 640k and 1024k
anything below 1024k
anything above 1 meg
66 By default, DOS will load where?
conventional memory
above 1024k
expanded memory
extended memory
HMA
67 UMBs, or upper memory blocks are located where?
anything above 640k
anything above 1024k
between 640k and 1024k
in extended memory
in conventional memory
68 What statement in config.sys will allow DOS access to unused UMBs?
UMB=DOS
UMB=1
device=DOSUMB
DOS=UMB
UMB=true
69 What DOS command shows which TSRs are loaded?
LOADVIEW
TSR-SHOW
hold down CTRL key and hit "T"
MEM /c
DOSVIEW
70 The DIR command shows a single directory listing. What switch is required to show the subdirectories inside the directory where you typed the DIR command?
/s
/show all
/sub
/ds
71 You wish to see the hidden files in a directory and you type
"DIR /A:H". Does this work?
yes
no
72 What two DOS commands lets you know the presence of hidden files?
chkdsk and attrib
chkdsk and scandisk
chkdsk and dir
attrib and dir
dir and scandisk
73 Which is not one of the two hidden DOS system files?
io.sys
command.com
msdos.sys
74 Which provides the quickest data access time?
rom
IDE hard drive
cd-rom drive
ram
SCSI hard drive
75 In CMOS setup, if you enable Rom Bios Shadowing, what happens?
rom is used instead of ram
rom cannot be used by the bios
rom memory is minimized
rom memory is maximized
a copy of the bios is placed in ram
76 What does XMS refer to?
extended memory
extra high memory
expanded memory
extra memory systems
has nothing to do with memory
77 What does EMS refer to?
extended memory
expanded memory
enhanced memory standard
enhanced memory systems
has nothing to do with memory
78 Virtual memory is composed of ram and:
himem.sys
DOS extensions
a swap file
a bios extension
a rom sub-system
79 Memory that is paged out to the hard drive is known as:
extended memory
virtual memory
expanded memory
conventional memory
memory cannot be paged to the hard drive
80 Memory that is paged from extended memory addresses to a 64k window in the upper memory area is known as:
expanded memory
extended memory
virtual memory
high memory
memory cannot be paged in this manner
81 In order for EMM386.EXE to emulate expanded memory, you must load what into config.sys?
load emm386.exe /noems
device=emm386.exe /noems
device=emm386.exe /ram
load emm386.exe
82 In addition to managing expanded memory, emm386.exe also manages the upper memory blocks.
true
false
83 If you wanted to exclude the entire 64k upper memory block of the "C" segment from being used by DOS, which would you place in config.sys?
device=emm386.exe x=C000-CFFF
device=emm386.exe /x /C
device=emm386.exe /C \X
device=emm386.exe /exclude C
device=emm386.exe /X,C000-CFFF
84 What device driver must be loaded in config.sys to enable power management on a laptop computer?
power.bat
power.exe
power.ini
power.com
power.sys
85 You wish to make a diskette bootable. From the "C" prompt you type:
sys /a: /boot
boot /a
sys boot a:
sys c: a:
86 As soon as you see DOS starting, what key do you press to bypass the startup files?
CTRL
F5
F6
F8
ESC
87 Which is a user configurable DOS startup file?
msdos.sys
config.sys
config.dos
dosstart.exe
88 As soon as you see DOS starting, what key do you press to step through the startup files?
F4
F5
F8
ALT
TAB
89 Which statement is placed in autoexec.bat to halt its processing until a key is pressed?
stop
hold
pause
interrupt
90 You have an older PC that may or may not require the double buffering option in SMARTDRV.EXE. What can you type at the DOS prompt to find out if it's needed?
smartdrv /db-function
smartdrv /double-buffer
smartdrv /double/?
smartdrv /? /double-buffer
smartdrv
91 What is the switch to use with SMARTDRV to cause it to disable write-behind caching on all drives?
/off
/c
/no-wb
/cache:off
/x
92 If SMARTDRV is not loaded you may reduce the number of allocated buffers in the "BUFFERS=" statement.
true
false
93 What DBLSPACE switch is used to create a new compressed drive?
/mount
/compress
/create
/size
/automount
94 In DOS 6.0, once a drive has been compressed using DBLSPACE, it cannot be uncompressed. However, DOS 6.2 and above allows for a compressed drive to be uncompressed. After you determine you have enough free space to "unravel" a compressed drive, what switch do you use with DBLSPACE to do this?
/undo
/uncompress
/unpack
/back
/restore
95 Cross-linked files are files that erroneously claim the same cluster. Only one file can have the cluster, which means that fixing the problem will result in some data loss, but recovering one file is better than losing both. What DOS program "fixes" cross-linked files?
link /repair
scandisk
chkdsk
verify
unlink
96 Which command makes a file read only?
read_only +r "filename"
attrib /r "filename"
read_status /y "filename"
attrib +r "filename"
readonly /y "filename"