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Q1. What is the IRQ of COM 1 ?

2
3
4
5

Q2. What is not a common replaceable FRU ?

Chipset
System Board
Power Supply
Floppy Drive

Q3. What is the I/O address of COM 1 ?

2F8
2E8
3F8
3E8

Q4. How many times can you re-fill an inkjet cartrige ?

3
2
1
0

Q5. What is the most difficult to dispose of environmentally ?

Cmos battery
ram chip
system board
hard drive

Q6. What precautions should you take when working on a monitor ?

ensure power is on to take measurements
ensure you are un-earthed
ensure that someone is close to help
ensure that you are earthed

Q7. When replacing a power supply in a PC how are the black wires situated ?

they are placed at opposite ends
they are placed together on the inside
it really doesn't matter
they are the first and fourth pins in the block


Q8. You have just upgraded the RAM in your computer and you get an error in the POST, what should the error code be ?

161
164
301
there shouldn't be an error


Q9. Your external modems RTS led is lit what does this mean?

Return to sender
Run to serial
Request to send
run the sound


Q10. Which of the following are both input and output devices:

Monitor
Serial Port
Keyboard
Mouse


Q11. What is the max length for a coaxial bus ?

165 meters
150 meters
185 meters
285 meters

Q12. Which of the following are possible SCSSI components ?

Hard drives, CD ROMS, Mice
Tape drives, CD ROMS, hard drives, monitors
Keyboards, hard drives, CD ROMS
CD ROMS, Hard drives, scanners, tape drives

Q13. What is the IRQ of COM 1 ?

2
3
4
5

Q14. What is the I/O address of COM 1 ?

3F8
3E8
2E8
2F8

Q15. What is the IRQ of COM 2 ?

2
3
4
5

Q16. What is the I/O address of COM 2 ? (Thanx every1 !)

3F8
3E8
2E8
2F8

Q17. What is the IRQ of COM 3 ?

2
3
4
5

Q18. What is the I/O address of COM 3 ?

3F8
3E8
2E8
2F8

Q19. What is the IRQ of COM 4 ?

2
3
4
5

Q20. What is the I/O address of COM 4 ?

3F8
3E8
2E8
2F8

Q21. A floppy drive commonly uses what IRQ ?

6
12
13
15

Q22 .When are the chances of ESD the greatest ?

Before a thunder storm
After a thunder storm
Hot and humid
Cold and dry

Q23. What is the main differrence between EMI and ESD ?

EMI is rarely experienced
ESD is rarely experienced
EMI is recoverable ESD is not
ESD is recoverable EMI is not

Q24. If you connect a CD ROM to the same cable as your Hard Disk, What should you set the CD ROM as ?

Master
Slave
You don't have to do anything, it sets itself
As secondary master

Q25. What IS a valid SCSI cable ?

DB 9 male
RCA
Centronics 50
DB 15

Q26. If your PC boots OK and there are no beeps on start-up, what can you assume ?

Nothing, it's normal
Something is wrong with the CMOS settings
The speaker is falty
You are in dreamland

Q27. What is the fastest on a PC ?

ROM
CMOS
SCSI
RAM

Q28. In laser printing, what stage comes between the cleaning and writing stages ?

Transferring of the image
Conditioning of the drum
Phase reversal on the paper
Heating of the fuser

Q29. When should you NOT wear a ESD bracelet ?

Walking around the mall
When working on a monitor
When working with DIMMs
When working on a anti-static mat

Q30. How would you discharge a monitor ?

With a pair of insulated pliars
With a screwdriver
Get an apprentice to do it
After checing on your 1. social security 2. medical aid 3. etc

Q31. What is a common connector for SERIAL connections ?
DB 15 F
SCSI
DB 9 female
DB 9 male

Q32. Pin 1 on a ribbon cable is usually ?

Thicker than the rest
Thinner than the rest
Is a different color
Is the same color as the rest

Q33. What component holds charge or voltage after the voltage is removed ?

Resistor
Transistor
Crystal
Capacitor

Q34. How many devices can be chained off a SCSI adaptor card - including the card?

10
25
8
7

Q35. Most SCSI adaptors must be set to ID .... ?

10
3
7
It doesn't matter

Q36. Firmware refers to what component ?

Hard drives
Floppy drives
BIOS
RAM

Q37. What is NOT a typical FRU ?

Keyboard
Monitor
Memory
Chipset

Q38. Which processor has a 24 bit address and 32 bit internal register ?

286
386SX
386DX
486SX

Q39. What was the first processor to have a 32 bit address register ?

286
386SX
386DX
486SX

Q40. What was the first processor to have a 64 bit data bus ?

386SX
486SX
486DX
Pentium

Q41. ISA is __ bit technology ?

8
16
24
32

Q42. AN EISA card can fit into a ISA slot ? (yes you can make anything fit with a hammer, but will it work ?)

True
Blatent lie

Q43. Conventinal memory is the first ____ k ?

1024
1048
640
512

Q44. Upper memory is between ____ k and ____ k ?

1024 / 1048
1048 / end
640 / 1024
512 / 640

Q45. How could you disable 'bus mastering' on a laptop ?

Software rendering
Hardware rendering
CMOS
POST

Q46. What is the easiest way to make a bootable floppy disk ?

Buy one
Using the sys c: a:/bootup/ command
format a: /s
[start][settings][control pannel][system][make start up disk]

Q47. What is the common maintenance of a hard drive ?

Regular reformats
Reular defrags and fdisks
Regular defrags and scandisks
Regular dissembly and cleaning platters

Q48. When upgrading a 3.1 OS to a '95/98, what should you not do ?

Check that the software is licenced
Backup the hard drive
Service the PC
Take note of the settings in CMOS

Q49. In modem talk, using the AT command group, how could you dial the number 7264555 ?

ATD726555
AT7264555D
ATD7264555
ATH7264555

Q50. 10BaseT cable can be used on a run of less than _____ meters ?

50
100
185
200

Q51. Coaxial cable is defined as 10Base __ ?

t
fl
q
5

Q52. What can burn you on a dot matrix printer ?

The ribbon
The fuser assembly
The printhead
The roller

Q53. What is a common replaceable unit on a laser printer ?

The drum
The conditioning corona (primary)
The ozone filter
The cleaning blade

Q54. What part of a laser printer must not be exposed to light ?

The drum
The primary corona
The fusing assembly
The toner

Q55. If you have just messed toner on the bosses wifes dress, how should you tell her to clean it ?

Hot and soapy water
Cold and soapy water
Using a long distance call from another country
You shouldn't - you're fired anyway !

Q56. PCMCIA card type 3 is used for ?

Memory expansion cards
Modems, network cards, etc
Mass storage devices
Printers

Q57. The yellow wire on a power supply is usually ___ volts ?

+5
-5
+12
-12

Q58. The floppy drive uses what DMA typically ?

0
1
2
3

Q59. The floppy drive uses what IRQ?

5
6
8
12

Q60. What type of motherboard supports a soft start option ?

AT
ATR
ATZ
ATX

Q61. A mouse uses what to control its movement ?(not talking about the new microsoft one !)

Light pulses
Magnetic pulses
Motors
Capstans

Q62. A printer cable would have what connector attaching to the PC ?

Centronics
DB 9
DB 15
DB 25

Q63. When replacing a power supply what would not be an issue ?

Input voltage
Size
Power output
Color

Q64. What voltage does a 386 processor require ?

5
15
12
3.3

Q65. The Pentium 2 processors use which conection ?

Slot1
Socket 1
Socket 8
Socket 7

Q66. A monitor should be cleaned with ?

A damp cloth
De-natured alcohol
A soft,lint free cloth
Tequila

Q67. The motherboard should be cleaned with ?

A stiff bristled brush
A vacume cleaner
An oxygen spray
A wet cloth

Q68. A CD holds how much data ?

3.44M
512 M
640-700 M
72 M

Q69. What is resistance measured in ?

ohms
micro-farads
volts
amperes

Q70. When measuring an unknown voltage what scale should you initially use ?

The one you think is correct
The lowest
The highest
The middle range

Q71. The fan on your PC is making a screeching noise and doesn't sound healthy, what should you do ?

Replace the fan
Replace the supply
Wait until it 'dies'
The fan isn't important, it is unneccessary

Q72. You can leave slot covers off the back of your PC without any problems ?

True
False

Q73. Second to ESD, what is the biggest threat to components ?

Dust
Cold
Heat
Over-use

Q74. SIMMS should be inserted at what angle ?

90
75
60
45

Q75. A DIMM should be inserted at what angle ?

90
75
60
45

Q76. How many primary partitions can you have on a hard drive ?

1
2
3
4

Q77. SRAM uses what component to store data ?

Capacitors
Resistors
Transistors
Chokes

Q78. An IDE cable has how many pins ?

50
40
36
30

Q79. The real time clock uses which IRQ ?

15
14
11
8

Q80. What do women want from a man ?

Love
Wild Sex
Money
A slave




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