Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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What
type of printer is the instructor pointing to? a. | laserjet | c. | dot matrix | b. | inkjet | d. | think
jet | | | | |
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The term
____ refers to the set of instructions that directs the ____ to accomplish a task. a. | software,
firmware | b. | software, hardware | c. | hardware,
software | d. | firmware, hardware | | |
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3.
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Data
received by ____ devices goes to the CPU, and output travels from the CPU to output
devices. a. | throughput | b. | microprocessor | c. | CMOS | d. | input | | |
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Windows 2000
Professional is designed to replace all but ____. a. | Windows 95 | b. | Windows 98 | c. | Windows NT Workstation | d. | Linux | | |
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When you
type a single group of letters with no spaces, DOS assumes you want to ____. a. | locate the file with
that name | b. | see the contents of the file specified | c. | get a listing of the
current directory | d. | execute a program or batch file | | |
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6.
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The largest
address that can travel on an 8-bit ISA bus is ____K.
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One of the
few devices that uses polling to get serviced by the CPU is a ____. a. | scanner | b. | printer | c. | joystick | d. | monitor | | |
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8.
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All ____-bit
programs, including device drivers and BIOS, must be assigned memory addresses in the first 1024K of
addresses.
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Figure 3–3
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In Figure
3-3, Item B is the ____. a. | system board connections for IDE and floppy
drives | b. | DIMM slots | c. | P1 power connection on the system board | d. | PCI local bus
slots | | |
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In Figure
3-3, Item D is the ____. a. | system board connections for IDE and floppy
drives | b. | DIMM slots | c. | P1 power connection on the system board | d. | PCI local bus
slots | | |
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The bus
between a Pentium Pro processor and the L2 cache is known as the cache bus or ____. a. | back side
bus | b. | front side
bus | c. | internal
bus | d. | external
bus | | |
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Beginning
with the ____ processor, L2 cache was moved from the system board into the processor
housing. a. | Pentium | b. | Pentium MMX | c. | Pentium Pro | d. | Pentium II | | |
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13.
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The Pentium
III supports front side bus speeds of ____ and ____ MHz. a. | 150,
200 | b. | 125,
175 | c. | 100,
133 | d. | 200,
266 | | |
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Possibly the
greatest limitation of DOS is ____. a. | real mode processing | b. | its command line
interface | c. | maintaining backward compatibility to accommodate older software and
hardware | d. | the size of the DOS kernel | | |
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The first
64K of memory above 1M is called ____. a. | conventional memory | b. | HMA | c. | upper memory | d. | extended
memory | | |
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The largest
amount of memory that a driver needs to initialize itself and to hold its data is called the maximum
size, or the ____. a. | payload | b. | capacity | c. | load size | d. | holding | | |
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In a process
known as ____, a floppy disk is mapped into tracks and sectors. a. | partitioning | b. | registering | c. | formatting | d. | mapping | | |
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The most
common floppy drive type today is the ____ drive. a. | 3.5" double density | b. | 5.25" high
density | c. | 5.25" double density | d. | 3.5" high
density | | |
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The FAT code
for the last cluster of a file is ____.
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20.
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The DOS
command that deletes files is ____. a. | REMOVE | b. | KILL | c. | DEL | d. | UNDELETE /LIST | | |
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With IDE
drives, the OS executes the remainder of the format process. This is known as a
____. a. | low level
format | b. | high-level format | c. | partition | d. | part | | |
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Each device
on a SCSI bus is assigned a number, called either the SCSI ID or ____. a. | LUN | b. | DEV NR | c. | DEV ID | d. | LDI | | |
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For DOS,
each entry in a FAT for most hard drives is 16 bits, called ____. a. | FAT12 | b. | FAT32 | c. | FAT16 | d. | FAT64 | | |
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CHS mode, or
____ mode, is being used when the physical geometry is the same as the logical
geometry. a. | Normal | b. | Large | c. | LBA | d. | ECHS | | |
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Following
the boot record, the OS creates ____ copies of the FAT as well as the root directory, just as it does
with floppies.
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26.
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Hardware
problems usually show up in the ____. a. | first hour of operation | b. | Windows 95 start
up | c. | OS
load | d. | POST | | |
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A ____
provides telephone support and is the front line of tech support. a. | PC support
technician | b. | PC service technician | c. | bench
technician | d. | help-desk technician | | |
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28.
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To test a
keyboard cable, use a multimeter to perform a ____ test. a. | ground | b. | continuity | c. | voltage | d. | none of the above | | |
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29.
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To find out
what IRQs, I/O addresses, DMA channels and upper memory addresses your devices are using, use ____
for Windows 9x. a. | MEM | b. | MDS | c. | Device Manager | d. | Systools | | |
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30.
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Hewlett
Packard recommends a printer cable length not to exceed ____ feet.
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31.
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To clean a
mouse, remove the cover and mouse ball, and use a cotton swab dipped in a very small amount of ____
to clean the rollers. a. | alcohol | b. | WD-40 | c. | liquid soap | d. | solvent | | |
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If a CD-ROM
drive shares a cable with a hard drive, it can ____ the hard drive's performance. a. | compound | b. | balance out | c. | enhance | d. | slow down | | |
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33.
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As voltage
increases, resistance ____. a. | decreases | b. | stays the same | c. | increases | d. | becomes zero | | |
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34.
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In PCs, ____
is used for ground, but in home wiring, ____ is hot. a. | white,
black | b. | black, black | c. | white,
white | d. | black, white | | |
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A(n) ____
UPS switches circuits from the AC circuit to a battery-powered circuit. a. | outline | b. | inline | c. | pass-through | d. | stand-by | | |
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36.
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The type of
fire extinguisher that is rated to handle electrical fires is Class ____.
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DOS and
Windows 3.x use ____. a. | 32 bit code | b. | 24 bit code | c. | 16 bit code | d. | 8 bit code | | |
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The GDI core
program of Windows 9x uses ____. a. | only 32 bit code | b. | only 16 bit
code | c. | a mix of 8 and 16 bit
code | d. | a mix of 16 and 32 bit
code | | |
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The three
core portions of Windows 9x are ____. a. | User, Kernel and GDI | b. | Kernel, CPU and
memory | c. | keyboard, mouse and monitor | d. | GDI, GUI,
GMW | | |
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USB support
was first available on ____. a. | DOS | b. | Windows 3.1 | c. | Windows 95, Release 2 | d. | Windows
98 | | |
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41.
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The ____
setup option uses the least hard drive space. a. | Typical | b. | Portable | c. | Compact | d. | Custom | | |
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Windows NT
is multithreaded, meaning that ____. a. | the system is fault-tolerant | b. | more than one event can
be processed at the same time | c. | 16-bit and 32-bit programs can be processed
together | d. | Windows NT can be ported to different
platforms | | |
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A Windows NT
workgroup is a ____. a. | logical group of computers and users that share
resources | b. | physical group of computers and users that share
resources | c. | logical group of computers sharing a centralized
directory | d. | physical group of computers sharing a centralized
directory | | |
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44.
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____ is
recommended for laptops because of its improved power management? a. | Windows 2000
Server | b. | Windows 98 | c. | Windows 2000 Professional | d. | Windows
3.1 | | |
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45.
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The
Emergency Repair Process restores the system to the state it was in ____. a. | at the time of the last
successful boot | b. | immediately after the Windows 2000
installation | c. | before any hardware drivers were installed | d. | before the GUI was
added | | |
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46.
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The Celeron
configuration that will fit into a Slot 1 is the ____. a. | SECC | b. | SEPP | c. | FCPGA | d. | Socket 9 | | |
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47.
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Dial-up
networking (DUN) uses ____ to send packets of data over phone lines. a. | AppleTalk | b. | PPP | c. | NetBEUI | d. | ARCnet | | |
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48.
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It is
important to remember that, unlike DOS, Linux and UNIX commands are ____-sensitive.
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49.
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To discharge
the capacitors in a power supply or monitor, use a flat bladed screwdriver to short the ____ and ____
prongs. a. | neutral,
ground | b. | hot, neutral | c. | hot,
ground | d. | neutral, switch | | |
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50.
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A(n) ____
virus actively conceals itself, using a variety of techniques. a. | polymorphic | b. | encrypting | c. | stealth | d. | covert | | |
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