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- A SIMM uses what type of connection
- 168 pin
- What I/O method examines the status of peripherals under system control
- Polling
- How long can a RS-232C Cable be
- 100 Meters
- What part of the system is repsonsible for setting hard drive letters?
- OS
- What is the max number of devices that can be added to a wide SCSI device controller
- 15
- What type of PC card would be used for a PCMCIA modem
- Type II
- What type of error checking is associated with parity operations
- Parity checking
- In a P2P network what do all computers operate as?
- Both servers & clients
- What Key combinations can be used to toggle between functions on the task bar
- ALT-TAB & ALT-ESC
- How do you correct errors for autoexec.bat or config.sys
- use sysedit
- when dealing with disk startup erros what utilities can be useful?
- single step start up procedures, ERD disks
- In portable computers what provides the drivers for hot swaped PCMCIA cards?
- card services
- RAID 0
- striped disk array w/fault tolerance
- RAID1
- Mirroring & duplexing
- RAID 2
- Code hamming
- RAID 3
- Bit-Interleaved Parity
- RAID 4
- Dedicated Parity Drive
- RAID 5
- Block Interleaved Distributed Parity
- How thick is a type I PCMCIA card
- 3.3 mm
- IRQ 0
- system timer
- IRQ 1
- keyboard controller
- IRQ 2
- cascading
- IRQ 3
- Serial port 2 (COM2) or COM 4
- IRQ 4
- Serial Port 1 (COM 1 & COM 3)
- IRQ 5
- Parrallel port II LPT2
- IRQ 6
- floppy disk controller board
- IRQ 7
- parallel port I LPT1
- IRQ 8
- real time clock
- IRQ 9
- cascade
- IRQ 10 & 11
- Unused
- IRQ 12
- motherboard mouse port
- IRQ 13
- math coprocessor
- IRQ 14
- primary HD controller
- IRQ 15
- secondary HD controller
- what meter reading would u expect from an open speaker
- blank
- 10base2
- thinnet coax
- what file is used to load the Windows environment?
- WIN.COM
- how many files can be placed in a directory in a FAT based system
- 512
- What utility can be used to make older MS apps compliant with Win9x
- Mkcompat
- What utility can be used to restore WIN XP registry if you cannot boot to a GUI
- Recovery console
- Which Win 9x command can be used to stop programs that are not responding
- Close programs
- Which of the XP features can be used to provide internet access to multiple computers through 1 connection?
- ICs
- What is the max length for a standard SCSCI cable
- 20 FT
- Flash memory uses what type of PCMCIA card
- type II
- What is the memory address for COM1
- 3F8
- What three files are required to enable CDROM support on Win 9x
- Autoexec.bat, MSCDEX.exe, command.com
- To restore a copy of the registry in Win 9x what dos command should you use?
- SCANREG/RESTORE
- Where can you change the network ID in win 2000?
- System Properties
- What is the function of the Autoexec.bat file?
- AUTOEXEC.BAT is most often used to set environment variables and run virus scanners, system enhancements, utilities, and driver handlers that must operate at the lowest level possible. Applications that run within the Windows environment upon its loading are listed in the Windows registry.
- What version of Windows come with Internet Connection Sharing
- Win 98 SE & Win 2000
- DMA 0
- reserved/open
- DMA 1
- SDLC audio controller, Audio sound card or LAN
- DMA 2
- floppy drive controller
- DMA 3
- sound card, hard disk controller, ecp/epp parallel port
- dma 4
- cascade to channels 0-3
- dma 5
- reserved LAN
- dma 6
- reserved
- dma 7
- reserved sound card
- COM1
- 03F8 ( IRQ 4)
- COM3
- 03E8 IRQ 4
- COM 2
- 02F8 IRQ 3
- COM 4
- 02E8 IRQ 3
- LPT1
- IRQ 7
- What helps USB generate much higher thruput than earlier serial transfer protocols
- NRZI
- What is IEEE-802.3?
- Ethernet
- What is IEEE-802.5?
- Token Ring
- What is 802.11
- Wireless Networking
- What is the max length of a serial cable?
- 50 feet
- What is the max length of a parallel cable?
- 25 feet
- What is an IEEE-1284 cable?
- Parrallel
- When looking at a picture of a LPT port and a COM port what is the main difference?
- LPT is female jack, COM is a male jack
- What are CAT 1 2 & 3 grade cables used for
- voice grade analog signals
- What is Cat 4?
- digita signals but doesn't meet standards for 10base-T
- What does the VER command do?
- tells you which version of DOS is running.
- What are the three fundamental files that make up the DOS operating system?
- IO.Sys, command.com & msdos.sys
- What would you do if the following appeared " Bad or missing command interpreter"
- reload sys.com using SYS:C
- WHat file always loads first in a bootup
- IO.SYS
- WHat file is not required for startup?
- config.sys
- During POST you hear 2,3 or 4 beeps what could that be?
- memory
- What does MEMMAKER affect?
- memory space NOT application performance
- What is the primary function of WIN.INI
- controls how the OS looks to the end user and has LOAD & RUN lines which allow programs to be loaded at startup
- What registry editor is preferred for Win XP
- regedit
- What file always loads first reguardless of version?
- IO.SYS
- How would you create an emergency start-up disk in Win 9x?
- Start-Settings-Control Panel-Add Remove Programs - Startup Disk tab
- Where are VxDs installed from?
- System.INI
- What does DETLOG.EXE do?
- keeps track of what hardware devices are found on the system
- What does BOOTLOG.TXT do?
- Keeps track of the first starup process and the success or failure of each step
- What is ERU and what does it do?
- emergency repair utility, restores system registration files
- What file would you work with to et a copy of the registry?
- RB003.CAB
- What does the boot.ini file display
- any other operating systems available on the disk
- How would you check the registry for errors?
- SCANREG /FIX
- What file must be changed to enable multi-boot capabilities in win 9x
- msdos.sys
- What file must be changed to enable multi-boot capabilities in win 2000
- boot.ini
- Which of the following is most likely to protect a personal computer system during an electrical storm?
- Turn it off
- What type of socket do Pentium II processors use?
- SEC
- Which processors use slot 2?
- Intel Xeon
- If you are using a ground strap to ground a computer that you are working on, where should it be attached?
-
To any metallic frame on the case
Correct - A 3xx POST error code indicates a problem with:
- Any number starting with 3 usually indicates a problem with the keyboard.
- Sally sends a print job to her laser printer, but when she goes to check on it, she sees that the printer is printing completely black pages. What is the reason for this?
- There is no power to the Primary Corona
- Which kind of printers use a roll of film that is heated by heat elements on the printhead causing the ink to be applied to specially coated paper?
- Dye-sublimation
- A 4xx, 5xx, or 24xx POST error code indicates a problem with your:
-
4xx – Monochrome video problems.
5xx – color video problems. - What is the maximum speed of an Intel Pentium III Processor?
- Internal Speed Range: 450 MHZ - 1.26 GHZ
- Which of the common protocols is non-routable
- NetBUEI
- Which of the following motherboard types would have a DIN5 keyboard connector?
- Baby AT, AT, XT
- On boot the computer outputs 1 long beep. The computer has an Award BIOS. What is the most likely cause of the problem?
- Memory
- How long should you wait for the CRT to discharge before opening the case?
- CRTs retain can lethal charges for a period even longer than several hours after being turned off.
- Your computer locks up while counting the RAM on boot-up. What is the most common cause of this?
- Processor needs to be replaced
- Which of the following are printer languages?
-
PostScript
PCL - What is the throughput of an AGP 8x video card?
- 2.1 GBps
- Which CPU goes into Slot A
- Slot A is for AMD Athlon processors.
- n laser printing, what are the six steps in laser printing?
- The six step are Cleaning, Conditioning, Writing, Developing, Transferring and Fusing.
- The purpose of a line analyzer is:
- To warn of voltage spikes
- Which AT Modem command will cause the modem to hang up
- ATH
- What do you terminate SCSI devices with?
- Resistors
- During the fusing process, toner is
- Melted into the paper
- What beep codes do not indicate a system board or power supply failure?
- One long, two short beeps
- Which of the following processors use socket 370?
-
Intel Pentium III
3. Intel Celeron - When using an ohmmeter:
- Remove power to the circuit before attaching the meter
- How many pins do slot 1 processors have?
- 242
- Which line of Intel processors was the first to include level 2 (L2) cache?
- Pentium PRO
- Which type of charge does the transfer corona of a laser printer use to attract the toner to the paper?
- Positive
- The hard drive makes a grinding noise. The cause is probably:
- HDI (Head-to-Disk Interference)
- A 17xx POST error code indicates a problem with:
- Hard drive controller
- The total length of your SCSI cables should not exceed
- 6ft
- What does 10BaseT mean
- 10 Mbps, baseband transmission, twisted pair wire
- Which Windows Operating Systems can you network with IEEE 1394
- Windows ME, XP pro & XP Home
- How can you change an object's icon in Windows 9x?
- Right-click, properties, short-cut tab, change icon button
- What is the device driver architecture used in Windows ME?
- WDM
- For Telnet to work, which of the following TCP ports must you enable?
- 23
- When working with Windows XP’s Control panel set to categorical grouping, which group would you find the system icon in?
- Performance and Maintenance
- Windows 2000 creates several logs during the installation process. Which file contains an action log describing every step that Setup performs in chronological order?
- Setupact
- When working with Windows XP’s Control panel set to categorical grouping, which group would you find the Administrative Tools icon in?
- Performance and Maintenance
- Which OEM cd is not bootable?
- Windows 95
- emm386.exe also manages
- managing expanded memory, manages the upper memory blocks.
- On your Windows 2000 system an application has crashed. Where can you locate the log file created by Dr Watson?
- \Windows\Drwatson
- In Windows 2000, which of the following are tracked by the System Registry?
-
Hardware
2. Network settings
3. User preferences
4. Storage systems - What command should you use to trace a path to a remote system and report packet losses at each hop along the way?
- Pathping
- To copy all the files and subdirectories from one directory to another use the ________ command.
- XCOPY /S
- Where are the Windows 2000 registry hive files located?
- WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG
- Which Windows 9x component is responsible for what appears on the display and other graphics functions?
- GDI.EXE
- Which log file would you check if you wanted to see which components were installed during setup?
- setuplog.txt
- What log file would you check if you wanted to track which software has been installed on a computer?
- setuplog.txt
- setuplog.txt
- Using the System Backup utility
- For Windows 2000 to fully utilize dual processors, which feature is necessary?
- SMP
- The setup utility used to perform a clean installation of Windows 2000 is?
- WINNT.EXE
- Which tools does Windows 98 offer to help resolve printing problems?
-
Print Troubleshooter
Enhanced Print Troubleshooter - How do you turn off the visual effects in Windows XP?
- Use the System applet in the Control Panel
- Which key do you hold down in order to bypass the autorun feature on a CDROM?
- SHIFT
- minimum Hardware requirements for Windows XP are:
-
CPU: Pentium II 233 MHz
RAM: 64 MB
Hard Drive: 1.5 GB - Which of the following keys can be used to get a Windows 98 computer into Safe Mode?
- F8 & F5
- You have a single hard drive that has an extended partition containing the two logical drives 'D' and 'E'. You add a second hard drive. Which is correct?
- Second drive becomes 'D', logical drives become 'E' and 'F'
- An example of a TSR is:
- A memory resident utility
- In Windows XP, a hard drive can be searched for lost allocation units using:
- CHKDSK