Hardware Exam

1. Which of the following connector types has four connection points, or four
wires?

A. PS/2
B. USB
C. DB-9
D. BNC

2. 2. Which of the following is true about a DIMM? (Choose all that apply)

A. A DIMM has a 32 bit path to the memory chips.

B. DIMMs have to be installed in pairs
C. DIMMs do not have to be installed in pairs
D. A DIMM has a 64-bit path to the memory chips.

3. You install a second network adapter in your Windows 2000 Professional

computer. The next day, your system won't startup. You try the Safe Mode
advanced boot option. The computer starts but cannot see the C: drive.
Which hardware component should you troubleshoot as the most likely
reason the computer cannot startup except in Safe Mode?

A. Hard disk
B. The second network adapter
C. The Workstation service
D. The registry

4. What is RAID 1? (Choose all that apply)

A. Disk Striping with Parity

B. Disk Mirroring
C. Disk Striping
D. Disk Duplexing

5. You have just put a new PCI card into a system. It is conflicting with an older
EISA card that is in the system. Both adapters appear to be trying to use
IRQ11. What can you do to solve this problem?

A. Use winmsd.exe to reserve IRQ10 for devices that are not Plug and Play.
B. Use winmsd.exe to reserve IRQ11 for devices that are not Plug and Play.
C. Reboot the computer and edit the BIOS settings for the computer. Reserve
IRQ11 for devices that are not Plug and Play.
D. Reboot the computer and edit the BIOS settings for the computer. Reserve
IRQ5 for devices that are not Plug and Play.

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 6. 6. The Picture below shows a generic motherboard layout. Identify A, B, C, D,
E, F

7. 7. Overdriving or doubling the clock speed of a processor only increases the

speed of the CPU.

A. TRUE
B. FALSE

8. What is CMOS chip and how it is linked with bios?

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 9. Write correct beep Definitions for beep sounds code below?

1 beep-

2 beeps-

3 beeps-

4 beeps-

5 beeps-Processor Failure

6 beeps-

1 Long beep, 2 shorts-

1 long beep, 3 shorts-

Continuous beeping-

DRAM refresh failure ,Memory Parity circuit failure , System timer failure, Base 64K
RAM failure, Keyboard controller gate A20 error Processor failure, Display memory
R/W test failure, A failure has been detected in memory above 64K, Failure in the
video system, A problem with the memory or video.

10.When you power on a computer what is the first to final step of process runs
and loads until you logged on the computer ?write step by step
11.How would you find out if an external modem has been detected and
installed correctly in Windows 98/98SE simply? Write the method?
12.NICs are used to connect workstations to servers or workstations to
workstations.

A. True
B. False
13.USB stands for

A. Universal Serial Bus

B. Universal System BiosReference:
C. Universal Standard Bus
D. Universal System Bus
14.Which IRQ is usually assigned for the primary IDE hard disk controller?

A. 5
B. 7
C. 9

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 D. 14
E. 15

15.What is MAC address and where it is stored?

16.Give the assembling steps for PC?

17.What is partitioning?
b. What are partition types?

c. Give two partition softwares?

18.Briefly describe about RAM technologies?

19. Briefly explain the factors that you would consider before purchasing a
computer?
20.Draw a CPU diagram with(north bridge, south bridge ) and usb etc…?

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