FreePractice - Part Seven (ver 1.2.00)

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1 DOS consists of two basic types of commands. What are they?
Executable and Compiled
Internal and External
Formatted and non-formatted
System and User
2 With the development of the 80386 chip, the processor and system memory are able to read and write how many bits of data per clock cycle?
16
8
32
64
3 Which DOS system file is not required for system startup?
COMMAND.COM
HIMEM.SYS
IO.SYS
CONFIG.SYS
4 Which Windows 3.x file configures specific hardware devices and their associated settings?
WIN.INI
SYSTEM.INI
PROTOCOL.INI
API.INI
5 Which leftover file in Windows 95 no longer contains system code, but allows for special system settings to be user defined?
IO.SYS
MSDOS.SYS
ANSI.SYS
HIMEM.SYS
6 You need to run Windows 3.x in standard mode, so you enter the command WIN /S at the DOS prompt. You receive an error message stating that a file is missing. Which file is most likely missing when you receive this error message?
WIN386.EXE
HIMEM.SYS
DOSX.EXE
WIN.COM
7 You are working on a customer’s Windows 3.x PC and you notice that the Main program group is missing several applets. How can you easily repair the problem?
Using the customer’s Windows disk set Reinstall Windows
From the Program Manager click File Run and enter SETUP /P to restore the default program groups.
Copy all of the *.GRP files from another PC to this one
Edit the SYSTEM.INI file
8 You encounter a hard disk that will no longer boot. After booting with an emergency boot floppy and running an anti-virus program, you successfully remove the virus that infected the boot sector of the hard disk. What command could you use to restore the boot record of the hard disk?
FORMAT
FDISK /MBR
MIRROR
RESTORE
9 You wish to partition a hard disk. After carefully backing up all the data on the drive, which DOS command would you use to create a primary and secondary DOS partition?
FORMAT /U
FDISK
SYS
SCANDISK C:
10 You want to setup a PC so it automatically starts Windows 3.x upon bootup. Which line should you be sure is in the AUTOEXEC.BAT?
LOADHIGH WINDOWS
EXEC WIN.COM
WIN
MEMMAKER
11 A customer claims that he cannot print large print jobs using Windows 3.x Print Manager. You note that his C:\ drive has only about 5mb of available space on it, but he has a D: drive with over 200 MB of space available on it. What should you do to give Windows Print Manager more room to spool print jobs?
Tell the customer that you have to format the C: drive to get more space for the print spooler
Edit the AUTOEXEC.BAT file so the line SET TEMP=D:\TEMP replaces the old TEMP variable line
Edit the WIN.INI file to modify the print spooler path
Reformat the D: drive
12 Basically, all memory above the 1024KB line is considered ____________.
Expanded memory
Extended memory
High memory
Reserved memory
13 Where can a portion of the DOS operating system be loaded?
Expanded memory
The high memory area
Extended memory
Reserved memory
14 What became known as "upper Memory"?
The first 64kb of the high memory area
The first 384kb of the expanded memory
The first 384kb of the extended memory
The last 64kb of reserved memory
15 Expanded memory swapped portions of memory called ___________ in and out of upper memory.
Frames
Pages
Registers
Segments
16 How can you force EMM386 to use specific regions of upper memory?
Specify the area of memory with the INCLUDE switch
Specify the area of memory with the FORCE switch
Use HIMEM.SYS
Use FCBS
17 How can you tell whether a specific driver is being loaded in conventional or upper memory?
Type the MEM command
Type the MEM /P command
Type the MEM /C command
Type the MEM /D command
18 You are called out to troubleshoot a user’s system that received an Illegal Operation error after a few minutes in the Operating System. What is most likely the problem?
Bad memory module
Parity Error
Expanded memory paging error
Application error
19 Which of the following is the extended memory manager?
HIMEM.SYS
EMM486.SYS
HIMEM.EXE
EMM386.SYS
20 What information will you see when you type the MEMINFO command in DOS 5.0?
Amount of conventional memory
Amount of reserved memory
Number of drivers loaded into memory
Nothing, There is no such command
21 Based on the following excerpt from a CONFIG.SYS file, what appears to be the problem?

DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
DOS=UMB,HIGH
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DISPLAY\DISPLAY.SYS
The DOS=UMB,HIGH command will not work
HIMEM.SYS is being loaded after EMM386.EXE
The DEVICEHIGH line is incorrect
HIGHMEM does not have the proper parameter to load DOS into the high memory area
22 What is one advantage of using SCANDISK rather than CHKDSK?
SCANDISK can repair errors on the floppy drives
SCANDISK can repair physically bad clusters on a hard drive
SCANDISK can correct Partitions on a compressed drive
SCANDISK can correct lost clusters on a compressed drive
23 Which of the following is the upper memory manager?
MEMMAKER
HIMEM.SYS
EMM386.SYS
EMM386.EXE
24 Virtual memory refers to what process?
The process of swapping data in and out of reserved memory
Using a file on the hard disk to simulate RAM
Swapping memory from extended to expanded
Using extended memory to simulate expanded memory
25 How can the AUTOEXEC.BAT file be used to decrease the amount of conventional memory used?
You can load some drivers from the autoexec.bat instead of the CONFIG.SYS
You don’t have to specify the use of the autoexec.bat, which frees up conventional memory
You can load software in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file to force programs into high memory
None of the above
26 The first 640K of memory are referred to as:
Conventional Memory
Upper memory
Extended memory
High memory area
27 When installing SIMM memory modules you can determine the correct direction to install the modules by:
Notches in the chips
Notch in the middle of the pins
Notch on one end of the module
They can be installed either way
28 You are looking at a memory module thought to be a DIMM module. How many pins would be on a DIMM module?
30 pins
72 pins
168 pins
16 pins
29 You are working on an older PC and discover it is using a RAMDRIVE. A RAMDRIVE is:
The same as virtual memory
Memory that works like a hard disk
Used to permanently store information
A hard disk that appears to be RAM
30 Checking the hard disk while running Windows 3.1, you discover a very large file called 386SPART.PAR. what is this file?
Windows temporary swap file
Windows permanent swap file
A temporary file created when installing Windows 3.1
A temporary file created when installing DOS
31 When checking virtual memory on Windows 3.1 on a machine that does not seem to run Windows as fast as it should, you notice a it has a temporary swap file. Should you change it?
Yes, a permanent swap file runs Windows faster
No, a temporary swap file runs Windows faster
Yes, a permanent Swap file is removed at the end of Windows
No, a temporary swap file is removed at power down
32 To install DIMM modules into the motherboard you will:
Place the module at a 45degree angle in the socket, then bring it to a vertical position
Line up all the metal tabs and press straight down
Line the module straight over the socket and press down
Lay the module in position and screw it in
33 The system BIOS and ROM chips are called:
Software
Hardware
Firmware
Bootware
34 Which of the following operating systems does not use conventional upper and extended memory?
Windows 95
DOS
Windows NT
Windows 3.1
35 Memory chips that are pressed individually into the motherboard are:
DIP
SIMM
DIMM
ROM
36 A customer calls and says he needs some SIMM modules. What type processor does not use these?
486
386
Pentium Pro
Pentium
37 The computer runs for various periods of time before giving an "out of memory" message. The possible reason is:
Bad hard disk
Badly seated memory chips
Bad power supply
Virus
38 You have a 486 PC. You have bought SIMM modules for it. When you attempt to install them you discover they do not fit. What is the problem?
486s do not use SIMM
You have the wrong type of SIMM (30 or 72 pin)
You are installing in the wrong socket
You cannot add RAM to a 486
39 The Microsoft program that allows you to display various reports of memory usage is:
MEMMAKER.EXE
MSD.EXE
QEMM.EXE
MEM.EXE
40 The Microsoft program that displays information about various items of the system and shows memory conflicts is:
MEMMAKER.EXE
MSD.EXE
QEMM.EXE
MEM.EXE
41 What is the program that fixes disk errors caused by files that were left in an open status?
DEFRAG
SCANDISK
FAT
MEMMAKER
42 What program made by Microsoft is similar to SCANDISK in fixing errors?
CHKDSK
MEMMAKER
QEMM
DEFRAG
43 The customer reports that he is at a DOS prompt and cannot start Windows 3.1. Windows was working an hour ago. What is the problem?
Windows is not on machine
They have gone to the Windows DOS prompt
Windows is damaged
Virus
44 You are getting memory errors and you think that it is because your software is conflicting with your motherboard. What should you do first to solve the problem?
Contact the vendor for updates and patches
Test the motherboard with Norton Utilities
Swap out the motherboard with an identical PC
Low-level format your drive
45 What does EEPROM stand for?
Electronically Executable Programmable Read Only Memory
Electronically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
Extended Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
Expanded Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
46 Which of the following is the fastest?
IDE
EDIE
ROM
RAM
47 If you want to force EMM386 to stay out of a specific region of upper memory, what would you do?
Use Virtual Memory settings in the 386 enhanced applet
Run MEMMAKER
Use the INCLUDE switch in the CONFIG.SYS
Use the EXCLUDE switch in the CONFIG.SYS
48 The LIM memory specification renamed system memory to:
Standard
Conventional
High
Extended
49 Where is conventional memory located?
Up to 640KB
Above 1040KB
Between 640KB and 1024KB
Above 384 and below 1024KB
50 Where is Extended Memory located?
Up to 640KB
Above 1024KB
Above 384 and below 1024KB
Above 1040KB