Q.1

ESD would cause the most damage to which component?

  • Power supply
  • Expansion board
  • Monitor
  • Keyboard
  • None of the above
Q.2

Which would you have to upgrade to install an EIDE drive?

  • RAM BIOS
  • A 286 CPU
  • Controller board
  • ISA motherboard
  • None of the above
Q.3

A customer calls and says her computer won't boot, she can hear noises and can see lights on the box, but nothing comes up on the screen, what should you take to the site to fix the problem?

  • hard drive
  • video card
  • power cable
  • power supply
  • None of the above
Q.4

What is a common language that computers use to talk with one another on a network

  • client
  • adapter
  • protocol
  • operating systems
  • None of the above
Q.5

Which values are held in CMOS for the hard drive

  • size (heads, cylinders, sectors)
  • IRQ
  • Free space
  • Virus alert
  • None of the above
Q.6

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
Q.7

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

  • l0Mhz
  • 25Mhz
  • 50Mhz
  • 100 Mhz
  • None of the above
Q.8

"Parity" errors usually indicate bad memory.

  • True
  • False
Q.9

What is the main communication method from one PDA to another PDA?

  • IR
  • USB
  • RS-232
  • IEEE 1394
  • None of the above
Q.10

The acronym HDI stands for:

  • Half duplex interface
  • Hard disk interface
  • Head to disk interference
  • Help desk interference
  • None of the above
Q.11

Which is NOT typically a Field Replaceable Unit?

  • System ROM
  • Power supply
  • System chasis
  • Video controller
  • None of the above
Q.12

What voltage does asystem use?

  • +12 volts
  • + 5 volts
  • + 8 volts
  • +3.3 volts
  • None of the above
Q.13

One of the major components of a PC is the Central Processing Unit (CPU) which can be best described as:

  • The device that sends the monitor signals telling it what to display
  • The area that regulates all of the system power usage
  • The area where all the of the Basic input/output routines are stored
  • The area where all of the processing takes place
  • None of the above
Q.14

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

  • 8 bit & 16 bit
  • 16 bit & 24 bit
  • 16 bit & 32 bit
  • 32 bit & 64 bit
  • None of the above
Q.15

Which provides the fastest data access time?

  • RAM
  • ROM
  • CD-ROM
  • Hard disk
  • Floppy disk
Q.16

A wrist grounding strap contains which of the following:

  • Surge protector
  • Capacitor
  • Voltmeter
  • Resistor
  • None of the above
Q.17

The following process determines the amount of memory present, the date/ time, and which communications ports and display adapters are installed in a microcomputer?

  • Start-up utility test
  • Power on Self Test
  • Power up boot process
  • Power on start up process
  • None of the above
Q.18

Dust in a computer actually increases the size of the magnetic fields inside it. This is not good, so you must occasionaiy dust, I trust. What's the best way to do this?

  • reverse vacuum
  • any small vacuum device
  • blow real hard on the system board
  • use a lint-free cloth and wipe gently
  • non-static compressed air
Q.19

The DC voltage on most circuit boards is:

  • -12 volts
  • 0 volts
  • +5 volts
  • +12 volts
  • None of the above
Q.20

ESD potential decreases with the use of:

  • De-ionizing fans
  • A wrist strap
  • Rubber gloves with matching cap
  • A static meter
  • None of the above
Q.21

A capacitor is measured in which of the following units?

  • Volts
  • Ohms
  • Farads
  • Resistance
  • None of the above
Q.22

What device protects against line deficiencies?

  • Surge protector
  • UPS
  • Logic probe
  • Capacitor
  • None of the above
Q.23

What allows you to print on both sides of the printer?

  • fuser
  • duplexer
  • toner cartridge
  • paper-swapping unit
  • None of the above
Q.24

You are testing the resistance in Ohms of a fuse on a 5 amp system. If the fuse is good, the meter should read?

  • 5.0
  • 0.5
  • 0.0
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.25

A human cannot feel a static discharge as high as _____ volts.

  • 200
  • 2000
  • 10000
  • 50000
  • 50
Q.26

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

  • UPS
  • Proper grounding
  • Surge protector
  • Sag protector
  • None of the above
Q.27

How can you totally protect a PC from damage during an electrical storm?

  • Disconnect the AC power cable
  • Disconnect all external cables and power cords
  • Use a surge protector
  • Turn off the AC power
  • None of the above
Q.28

COM 4 uses which I/O port?

  • 2F8H
  • 3F8H
  • 3E8H
  • 2E8H
  • None of the above
Q.29

ISDN stands for:

  • internal select data nulls
  • integrated services digital network
  • interval set down next
  • interior sector direct none
  • inferior sector data net
Q.30

What action will correct patchy, faint, uneven or intermittent print on a dot matrix printer?

  • Replacing the ribbon
  • Replacing the timing belt
  • Adjusting the paper feed tension
  • Adjusting the tractor feed tension
  • None of the above
Q.31

If the voltage on pin 1 of the power supply is not in the range of _____ volts, the PC will not boot.

  • 10 - 20
  • 1 - 5
  • 50 - 110
  • 15 - 25
  • 2.5 - 5
Q.32

On a leased line installation a known good external modem shows no carrier detect light. Where is the problem most likely to be?

  • In the modem
  • In the phone line
  • In the computer
  • In the DTC equipment
  • None of the above
Q.33

Which type of pc card (PCMCIA) slot will allow the insertion of a hard drive?

  • type I
  • type II
  • type III
  • type IV
  • None of the above
Q.34

How is ink transferred to paper in common ink jet printers?

  • Boiling ink
  • Crystal
  • Motorized pump
  • Screens deflect ink on the paper into the proper positions
  • Ink is sprayed on to the paper and managed by a nozzle
Q.35

Every video card must have?

  • CMOS
  • RAM
  • CPU
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.36

In the DOS memory model, the HIGH Memory Area (HMA). is the _____ memory.

  • Last 64k of conventional
  • Last 64k of extended
  • First 64k above conventional
  • First 64k of extended
  • None of the above
Q.37

A parity error usually indicates a problem with:

  • memory
  • hard drive
  • hard drive controller
  • I/O controller
  • power supply
Q.38

What is the i/o address for com1?

  • 3e8
  • 3bc
  • 5f8
  • 3f8
  • 008
Q.39

On a dot-matrix printer, regular lube maintenance should be followed, but this component should never be lubed:

  • Platten bearings
  • Carriage rails
  • Printhead
  • Paper advance bearings
  • None of the above
Q.40

What are the IRQ's for sound card?

  • IRQ8
  • IRQ4
  • IRQ5
  • IRQ7
  • None of the above
Q.41

A brownout is defined as:

  • a slightly elevated voltage lasting from seconds to minutes or more
  • a slightly decreased voltage lasting from seconds to minutes or more
  • complete power out lasting a few minutes
  • alternating power out, power on lasting a few minutes
  • has nothing to do with electricity
Q.42

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

  • Alcohol
  • Oil
  • Ammonia
  • Beer or Jack Daniels
  • None of the above
Q.43

To install a second IDE drive into a computer, you must:

  • Set the master-slave jumper to slave on the second drive
  • Use the IDE configuration software to set the new drive as slave
  • Verify that you define the new drive as D: in the CMOS setup
  • Verity that you attach the drive to the connector at the end of the ribbon cable
  • None of the above
Q.44

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

  • +1000 volt
  • +600 volts
  • -600 volts
  • -1000 volts
  • + 12 volts
Q.45

Which device uses a DMA channel?

  • Modem
  • Network Card
  • Sound Card
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.46

What Does EISA stand for?

  • Extended Industry Standard Architecture
  • Expanded Industry Standard Architecture
  • Enhanced Industry Standard Architecture
  • Electronics Industry Standard Architecture
  • All of the above
Q.47

During the normal PC boot process, which of the following is active first?

  • RAM BIOS
  • CMOS
  • ROM BIOS
  • Hard disk information
  • None of the above
Q.48

Which step should you perform first before discharging a CRT?

  • Remove the CRT from its housing
  • Disconnect the CRT from the computer
  • Remove the video assembly
  • Turn power off before removing power source
  • None of the above
Q.49

The ESD wrist strap is designed to protect PC Components or Service Technicians ?

  • PC Components
  • Service Technicians
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.50

What type of FRU is a SCSI host adapter?

  • CPU
  • I/O card
  • video card
  • hard drive
  • None of the above
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