General Knowledge Tech Quiz 3

1. The Win 2000 performance and system monitor logs can be viewed by going to START > SETTINGS >?
A. CTL PANEL > ACCESSORIES > SYSTEM TOOLS
B. ACCESSORIES > COMMUNICATIONS
C. CTL PANEL > ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS

2. A 10 BASE T (twisted pair) network is usually connected to a computer with a __ connector?
A. RJ11
B. RJ45
C. BNC

3. Win NT4 may require ___ to boot from a SCSI drive. This file is the device driver for the SCSI hard disk controller?
A. Bootsect.dos
B. NTLDR
C. NTBootdd.sys

4. Bridges transfer intranet network packets faster than routers because they perform fewer operations (less overhead)?
A. True
B. False

 

5. DIMMs install?
A. at a 45 degree angle
B. straight down in socket
C. with a ZIF lever

6. To change how the DOS prompt looks go to Prompt in __ (hint: location of most TSRs)?
A. COMMAND.COM
B. AUTOEXEC.BAT
C. CONFIG.SYS

7. The four attributes that files can have in DOS?
A. Read, System, Write, Share
B. Read, Write, System, Hidden
C. Read, System, Hidden, Archive

8. Where is the extended memory manager HIMEM.SYS located (hint: and most device drivers)?
A. AUTOEXEC.BAT
B. CONFIG.SYS
C. COMMAND.COM

9. DOS will not boot without this system file (hint: read extensions carefully)?
A. COMMAND.COM
B. EMM386.EXE
C. MSDOS.COM

10. This key combination may be required if you wish to open the start menu in win 9x when the customer's mouse is not working?
A. CTL-ALT
B. CTL-ALT-DEL
C. CTL-ESC

11. You are hired to network 8 computers in an office. The office manager wants a high level of security and tells you that the cost is not as important as is having a secure network. You should set up a ___ network?
A. peer to peer
B. client server
C. ethernet

12. win95 shortcuts have this extension?
A. INI
B. LNK
C. EXE

13. A client says he can receive but not send email from Outlook Express. What should you check first?
A. Device Manager
B. POP3 settings
C. SMTP settings

14. Most modems use __ transmission with stop, parity, and data bits instead of being controlled by a clock?
A. asynchronous
B. synchronous
C. atm

15. You are installing a network card on a computer that will be placed on an Ethernet network. The ___ must be unique and different from any other computers on the network for this setup to work?
A. IRQ
B. MAC address
C. I/O address

16. Which of the following files is required to start DOS (the other two will execute if present but are not absolutely required)?
A. CONFIG.SYS
B. AUTOEXEC.BAT
C. IO.SYS

17. Using the TCP/IP protocol on the internet with win 9x, which command is used to determine the number of routers that exist between your computer and the domain name you are trying to reach?
A. ping
B. tracert
C. netstat

18. While running Win95 a program locks up. To shut down the program that has hung press __ and then end task?
A. CTRL-DEL
B. CTRL-TAB
C. CTRL-ALT-DEL

19. DOS internal commands like DIR are part of __ which are the fastest to execute because this program doesn't have to go out and find the file to run it, its internal?
A. CONFIG.SYS
B. IO.SYS
C. COMMAND.COM

20. Which file would you edit to change the multiboot options in win 9x?
A. msdos.sys
B. io.sys
C. config.sys