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III. TEST THREE QUESTIONS
1. RS-232 is a standard that applies to?
a. frequencies
b. parallel ports
c. serial ports
d. networks
2. Comm ports use what?
a. 14 pin female connector
b. 25 pin male connector
c. edge connector
d. parallel connector
3. Before a modem transmits, it send a(n):
a. RTS
b. DTR
c. DSR
d. RQS
4. RTS stands for:
a. ready to start
b. ready to switch
c. request to scan
d. request to send
5. Select the true statement:
a. com4 and com3 share the same IRQ
b. com1 and com4 share the same IRQ
c. com2 and com4 share the same IRQ
d. com2 and com3 share the same IRQ
6. What is the i/o address for com1?
a. 3e8
b. 3bc
c. 5f8
d. 3f8
7. What is the i/o address for com2?
a. 2f8
b. 8f8
c. 330
d. e8e
8. What is the i/o address for com3?
a. 345
b. 3e8
c. ff8
d. 5e8
9. What is the i/o address for com4?
a. 2e8
b. 4e7
c. e8e
d. be0
10. A COM port is a _______ port.
a. parallel
b. static
c. multi
d. serial
11. Modems use ________________ transmission.
a. synchronous
b. asynchronous
c. timed interval
d. ata
12. CD-Rom drives typically do not have which of the following interfaces?
a. serial
b. parallel
c. ide
d. scsi
13. In a computer with an eide adapter, where should you connect an ATA CD-Rom drive?
a. on the floppy bus
b. on the primary ide
c. on the scsi bus
d. on the secondary ide
14. An exclamation point by the device in the device manager indicates that?
a. Device is removed
b. Device has a problem
c. Device is working properly
d. Device was disabled
15. How many devices can connect to the typical SCSI adapter?
a. 4
b. 9
c. 7
d. 10
16. IDE cables have how many pins?
a. 25
b. 40
c. 100
d. 60
17. What is the maximum number of IDE drives that EIDE will support?
a. 4
b. 7
c. 3
d. 5
18. A CD-Rom drive always uses IRQ:
a. 9
b. 5
c. 11
d. depends on the adapter it's attached to
19. Most PCs give a single beep on bootup to indicate they are ok hardwarewise. You boot your PC and don't get a beep. What should you check first?
a. system board
b. ram
c. speaker
d. power supply
20. A sound card typically uses which IRQ?
a. 6
b. 15
c. 1
d. 5
21. Which of the following is not internet related?
a. X.400
b. POP3
c. HTML
d. FTP
22. Static electricity thrives is which type of environment?
a. cold and dry
b. cold and humid
c. warm and humid
d. warm and dry
23. Which is the most difficult environmentally to dispose of?
a. CRTs
b. floppy drives
c. hard drives
d. power supplies
24. What should you use to clean the plastic cover on your monitor or PC?
a. alcohol
b. lint-free cloth
c. WD-40
d. gasoline
25. Which of the following is an input device only?
a. mouse
b. modem
c. SCSI controller
d. video card
26. Which component stores an electrical charge?
a. diode
b. capacitor
c. resistor
d. transistor
27. The floppy drive uses which DMA (direct memory access) channel?
a. 2
b. 4
c. 1
d. 3
28. The transfer corona uses a/an ______ charge to attract the toner to the paper.
a. negative
b. alternating
c. magnetic
d. positive
29. During the fusing process, toner is:
a. dry pressed into the paper
b. electrically bonded to the paper
c. melted into the paper
d. glued to the paper
30. On the PC side, the printer port is a:
a. 25 pin female serial connector
b. 25 pin female parallel connector
c. 25 pin male serial connector
d. 15 pin female serial connector
31. ISA is a(n) ___ bit technology.
a. 8/16
b. 16/32
c. 4/8
d. 12/24
32. Before upgrading your operating system, you should first:
a. remove TSRs
b. edit the startup files
c. run scandisk
d. backup your hard drive
33. What DOS program can you run to see which serial ports are detected?
a. command.com
b. comdiag
c. MSD
d. SDET
34. Where are most TSRs loaded?
a. config.sys
b. tsr.sys
c. msdos.sys
d. autoexec.bat
35. Where is the "FILES=" statement placed?
a. in config.sys
b. in msdos.sys
c. in command.com
d. in autoexec.bat
36. Where is the "BUFFERS=" statement placed?
a. in autoexec.bat
b. in config.sys
c. win.ini
d. system.ini
37. What must be loaded before loading emm386.exe.
a. Himem.sys
b. Himem.ini
c. Emm186.exe
d. Config.ini
38. When DOS is loaded high it is placed in the HMA (high memory area). This is located:
a. between 640k and 1024k
b. anywhere in extended memory
c. anywhere in expanded memory
d. the first 64k above 1024k
39. The upper memory area is located:
a. between 512k and 840k
b. between 640k and 1024k
c. anything above 1024k
d. between 1000k and 1024k
40. Extended memory is:
a. anything above 1024k
b. anything above 640k
c. anything accessed by rom
d. anything above 1 meg
41. Extended memory is managed by:
a. emm386.exe
b. DOS
c. ram controller
d. himem.sys
42. Expanded memory is managed by:
a. himem.sys
b. emm386.exe
c. DOS
d. rom bios
43. Conventional memory is:
a. anything below 1024k
b. only below 512k
c. anything up to 640k
d. anything between 640k and 1024k
44. What DOS command shows which TSRs are loaded?
a. TSR-SHOW
b. MEM /c
c. LOADVIEW
d. hold down CTRL key and hit "T"
45. Which provides the quickest data access time?
a. ram
b. IDE hard drive
c. cd-rom drive
d. SCSI hard drive
46. As you soon as you see DOS starting, what key do you press to bypass the startup files?
a. F6
b. F8
c. ESC
d. F5
47. As soon as you see DOS starting, what key do you press to step through the startup files?
a. F4
b. F5
c. F8
d. ALT
48. Cross-linked files are files which 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?
a. chkdsk
b. verify
c. unlink
d. scandisk
49. Which file is the user interface to the DOS prompt?
a. command.com
b. io.sys
c. msdos.sys
d. prompt.com
50. What device driver is used to create a virtual (or ram) drive?
a. ramdrive.sys
b. vram.sys
c. virtual.sys
d. virtual.ram
51. What command is used to partition a hard drive?
a. fdisk
b. format
c. chkdsk
d. format /q
52. The Windows file system.ini contains primarily:
a. desktop and application settings
b. Windows system settings and device drivers
c. Windows parameters used under DOS
d. used only by Windows 95, not Windows 3.x
53. To change your swap file settings, which one of these is correct?
a. go to control panel, 386 enhanced, virtual memory
b. go to file manager, swap file, virtual memory settings
c. go to program manager, virtual memory settings, swap file
d. got to control panel, swap file settings
54. What is a PIF?
a. programmed input file
b. program information file
c. processed information files
d. programmed information format
55. If you want to upgrade Windows 3.1 to Windows 95, and save all your application settings, you must:
a. install Win95 in the same directory as Win 3.1
b. install Win95 in the DOS directory
c. install Win95 with the /old switch
d. install Win95 with the /DOS switch
56. What file is part of the Windows 95 Registry?
a. sys.com
b. reg.com
c. system.com
d. system.dat
57. What file is a Windows 95 Registry backup file?
a. sys.bak
b. reg.bak
c. user.da0
d. system.bak
58. What is the command file used to bring up the Registry editor?
a. regist.exe
b. regedit.exe
c. redit.bat
d. openreg.exe
59. Which Registry key stores all of the system settings?
a. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
b. HKEY_SYS_SETTINGS
c. HKEY_PC_SETTINGS
d. HKEY_LOCAL_COMPUTER
60. You are installing Windows 95, and it crashes or hangs during the hardware detection phase. What is a good way to figure out what happened?
a. look at crash.log
b. look at crashdet.log
c. look at detlog.log
d. look at detlog.txt
61. You have several applications running, and the one you are currently working on freezes up. What do you do?
a. reboot the PC
b. click "ignore" and work on the other apps
c. CTRL-ALT-DELETE once, select the offending program, click "End Task"
d. CTRL-ALT-DELETE twice, control panel, programs, select, end
62. You are having problems with your PC, and you want to start it in "Safe Mode", so that just the minimum configuration needed to run Windows 95 loads. How do you do this?
a. F4
b. press ALT-S as soon as Windows starts
c. type Win95 /s at a DOS prompt
d. F8, select "Safe Mode"
63. Windows 95 gives you the opportunity to create a startup disk when you install it. However, if you skip it during installation, how can you create one later?
a. go to control panel, add/remove programs, startup disk tab, create
b. open "My Computer", select startup disk
c. go to System, Programs, Startup
d. go to control panel, startup disk, create
64. From what part of Windows 95 can you view device properties or remove them completely?
a. control panel, devices
b. device manager
c. system, settings
d. explorer, devices
65. How are IRQ, DMA, and I\O port information displayed?
a. start, settings, control panel, system, device manager, double-click computer
b. run Mem
c. run Explorer, system, properties, settings
d. view the System key in the Registry
66. How do you create a shortcut?
a. run shortcut.exe
b. control panel, create shortcut
c. control panel, system, settings, shortcuts
d. right-click desktop, select new, select shortcut
67. You name a file "This is my file". How is the file name displayed from the DOS prompt?
a. thisismy.fil
b. thisis~1
c. this.ile
d. this_is_my_file
68. Twisted-pair cable uses what type of connector?
a. RJ-45
b. RJ-11
c. XT-20
d. RJ-50
69. What is the maximum length of twisted-pair cable before a signal booster is needed?
a. 25 meters
b. 1000 feet
c. 500 meters
d. 100 meters
70. The internet uses which network protocol?
a. IPX/SPX
b. TCP/IP
c. ATM
d. Netbeui