General Knowledge Tech Quiz 5

 

1. Your customer has 2 PCs connected on a peer-to-peer network and wants them to share one internet connection. Which version of windows was the first to accomplish this task?
A. win 98
B. win 98SE
C. win 95B

2. The most advanced of these Intel pentium chipsets that supports UDMA and SDRAM?
A. 430TX
B. 430VX
C. 430ZX

3. How do you see hidden files in win 98?
A. device manager > show all files
B. explorer > view > folder options > view > show all files
C. attrib > see hidden > execute

4. Location of Smartdrv, LH, Path and Prompt?
A. autoexex.bat
B. config.sys
C. command.com

5. The most recent information taken from the hard drive is stored in a __ so that the hard drive platters don't have to spin again and locate the information in the usual way (its much faster)?
A. primary cache
B. disk cache
C. L2

6. Safe mode in win9x uses?
A. sound card drivers
B. VGA driver
C. both

7. term to describe where RJ11 connectors are used?
A. pipeline
B. POTS
C. T3

8. You install a new floppy drive but when you start the computer the floppy light stays on constantly. What most likely went wrong?
A. the molex connector is in backwards
B. the berg connector is in backwards
C. the red or blue line on the cable (pin 1) is reversed

9. ___ allows a device to request CPU attention?
A. DMA
B. IRQ
C. I/O address

10. The minimum number of 30 pin SIMMs needed run a 386SX processor (hint: a 386SX does have the same external data bus as a 286)?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 4

11. Win 95 uses DOS ___?
A. DOS 5.0
B. DOS 6.22
C. DOS 7.0

12. The fastest way to encrypt a file in Win2000?
A. in MSDOS type ENCRYPT followed by the file name
B. right click the file > Properties > Advanced
C. go to Programs > Accessories > System Tools

13. A 15 pin female DB connector with 2 rows of pins on the back of a computer can be a __?
A. VGA connector
B. printer port
C. joystick or MIDI port

14. Dial up protocol that supports error correction, DHCP, and compression?
A. PPP
B. either PPP or SLIP
C. SLIP

15. A 1x32 SIMM is a __ MB module?
A. 1 MB
B. 2 MB
C. 4 MB

16. The Hayes AT command used to tell the modem to hang up?
A. ATP
B. ATZ
C. ATH

17. How many bytes are in a sector?
A. 256
B. 512
C. 1024

18. All devices in a computer must have a __?
A. DMA
B. I/O address
C. IRQ

19. Most devices in a computer have a __?
A. IRQ
B. DMA
C. I/O address

20. Very few devices in a computer have a __?
A. I/O address
B. DMA
C. IRQ