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Standard High-Speed Networking Ports

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Standard High-Speed Networking Ports

The document consists of a series of multiple-choice and true/false questions related to computer hardware and technology. Topics covered include memory bandwidth, data flow in serial ports, types of cables, monitor settings, and various components of computer systems. It also addresses issues related to USB, BIOS upgrades, and printer malfunctions.

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Q. NO. 1 The memory bandwidth of the RIMM package is upto


1. 10.6 GB per second
2. 9.6 MB per second
3. 9.6 GB per second
4. 10.6 MB per second
5. n/a

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Q. NO. 2 Serial port enables data flow in:
1. One direction
2. Both direction
3. Doesn’t flow the data
4. None of the above
5. n/a

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Q. NO. 3 Following cable provide immunity from electrical interference:
1. UTP
2. Fiber Optic
3. STP
4. Coaxial
5. n/a

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Q. NO. 4 Pots can be used when monitors are set up for:
1. Maximum Contrast
2. Minimum Contrast
3. Maximum Brightness
4. Minimum Brightness
5. n/a

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Q. NO. 5 DVDs rotates counterclockwise and are recorded at a constant rate called:
1. Constant regular motion
2. Consistent Linear motion
3. Constant Linear velocity
4. Consistent Linear velocity
5. n/a

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Q. NO. 6 SPGA has:
1. 1 square of array of pins
2. 2 square of array of pins
3. 3 square of array of pins
4. 4 square of array of pins
5. 5 square of array of pins

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Q. NO. 7 The collection of chips and sockets that reside on the mother board are known as :
1. Slots
2. Ports
3. Chipsets
4. All of the above
5. n/a
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Q. NO. 8 PROM stores the _______ permanently
1. Data
2. Segments
3. Pages
4. Programs
5. n/a

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Q. NO. 9 Which memory module should be used by the memory block to detect the memory errors?
1. ECC
2. BIOS
3. Parity Checking
4. SIMM
5. n/a

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Q. NO. 10 Following pins are used to establish electrical connection between the microprocessor and PC or
other device:
1. Copper Pins
2. Silver Pins
3. Gold Pins
4. Zinc Pins
5. n/a

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Q. NO. 11 A 168-pin DIMM package has ________ pins on each side of the package
1. 84 pins
2. 64 pins
3. 32 pins
4. 16 pins
5. 48 pins

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Q. NO. 12 Mini Computer is a:
1. Mid sized multiprocessing computer
2. Big sized single processing computer
3. Small sized multiprocessing computer
4. None of the above.
5. n/a

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Q. NO. 13 The BUS unit stores the instruction in:
1. Data Cache
2. Instruction Cache
3. Data Buffer
4. Instruction Buffer
5. n/a
PART OVER
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Q. NO. 1 The USB port can supply power for a device?
1. TRUE
2. FALSE
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Q. NO. 2 DAT use data compression while recording:
1. TRUE
2. FALSE

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Q. NO. 3 The Molex connector connects to the Floppy Disk Drive.
1. TRUE
2. FALSE

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Q. NO. 4 ALU stands for Arithmetic and logic Unit.
1. TRUE
2. FALSE

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Q. NO. 5 Floppy disk use flash memory for storage.
1. TRUE
2. FALSE

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Q. NO. 6 The SMPS consists of Primary rectifier and Secondary rectifier
1. TRUE
2. FALSE

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Q. NO. 7 DSL is a technology that brings high-bandwidth information over ordinary copper telephone lines:
1. TRUE
2. FALSE

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Q. NO. 8 SIMM stand for Serial In -line Memory Module.
1. TRUE
2. FALSE

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Q. NO. 9 The internal SCSI cable is Coaxial.
1. TRUE
2. FALSE

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Q. NO. 10 Firewire is IEEE 2482.
1. TRUE
2. FALSE

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Q. NO. 11 A fatal error during startup is signaled by Several beeps.
1. TRUE
2. FALSE

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Q. NO. 12 Platten knob is used to manually adjust the paper to start printing and to release the paper when it
is jammed in the printer.
1. TRUE
2. FALSE

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Q. NO. 13 R.I.S.C Means Reduced Instruction Set Computing.
1. TRUE
2. FALSE
PART OVER
49/82/275/3 Multiple Choice Marks = 1
Q. NO. 1 What are advantages of the USB? (Choose three.)
1. Speed.
2. Safety.
3. Security.
4. Expansion.
5. Ease of configuration.

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Q. NO. 2 The monitor is displaying mostly in green and not in normal colors. Which of the following would
cause this? (Choose Two)
1. The monitor is defective
2. The refresh rate is too fast.
3. The resolution is set too high
4. A pin on the connector is bent.
5. The drivers are installed incorrectly.

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Q. NO. 3 Which Devices would be MOST susceptible to ESD (Electrostatic Discharge) Damage? (Choose
Two)
1. CPUs
2. Monitors
3. Printers
4. Memory Chips.
5. None of above

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Q. NO. 4 What would a failed processor fan most likely cause? (Choose two)
1. CPU damage
2. System lockups
3. Hard drive failure
4. Floppy drive failure
5. CD-ROM drive failure

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Q. NO. 5 Which actions should a technician consider in a case where the user often complains about
receiving the “Out of Disk Space” error? (Choose three)
1. Add more RAM.
2. Add a larger Harddrive.
3. Replace diskette drive.
4. DEFRAG the existing Harddrive.
5. Remove unneeded files.

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Q. NO. 6 Which priority settings are given to the SCSI ID number? (Choose two)
1. 0 lowest
2. 0 highest
3. 1 lowest
4. 15 lowest
5. 15 highest

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Q. NO. 7 Which events increase the chances of a motherboard failure? (Choose two)
1. Power being lost while updating the BIOS.
2. Power being lost while updating the printer.
3. Connecting a USB device with the power on.
4. Connecting a PS/2 mouse with the power on.
5. Connecting a serial mouse with the power on.

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Q. NO. 8 If a Laser printer pulls multiple paper sheets at one time, what are possible causes? (Choose three.)
1. Humidity
2. Worn Fuser
3. Improper media
4. Worn Separation Pad
5. Defective toner cartridge.

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Q. NO. 9 What voltages would be found on an ATX power supply. What would your reply be? (Choose
two)
1. -12 Volts
2. -9 Volts
3. -5 Volts
4. -3.3 Volts
5. None of above

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Q. NO. 10 What is the benefit of an Energy Star compliant computer? (Choose two)
1. Will last longer before breaking down.
2. Is manufactured with less toxic chemicals.
3. Runs cooler.
4. Uses less electricity
5. None of above

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Q. NO. 11 The modem will not dial out. What is the most likely cause of the problem? (Choose two)
1. Cable is not plugged in.
2. The phone line is defective
3. The Modem is set for tone dial.
4. The internet service provider is down.
5. The modem is set to disable call waiting

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Q. NO. 12 What can be done with a system when its IDE controller fails on the motherboard? (Choose two)
1. Install a new driver.
2. Reset the ROM BIOS.
3. Replace the hard drive.
4. Replace the motherboard.
5. Install an IDE add-on card.
PART OVER
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Q. NO. 1 When seeking to upgrade your BIOS for a particular motherboard. What do you need to know?
1. Make and Model
2. Memory Type
3. Hard Drive Size
4. DIMM manufacturer
5. n/a

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Q. NO. 2 Which device connects to a parallel port?
1. External Modem
2. Mouse
3. Joystick
4. External storage device
5. n/a

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Q. NO. 3 Wide SCSI is used to transmit data over a ________bit bus
1. 128
2. 64
3. 32
4. 16
5. 48

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Q. NO. 4 Where is hard disk information stored?
1. CMOS
2. [Link]
3. [Link]
4. RAM
5. n/a

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Q. NO. 5 What would a Multimeter be used to measure?
1. Floppy drive speed
2. Power-supply voltage
3. CD-ROM data
4. RAID controller synchronization
5. n/a

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Q. NO. 6 How many devices does USB support?
1. 64
2. 127
3. 256
4. 32
5. n/a

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Q. NO. 7 The _________ chip controls communication between the cpu and the memory.
1. South bridge
2. Flash ROM
3. Controller
4. Northbridge
5. None of above
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Q. NO. 8 A portion of hard disk that functions as a separate unit of storage
1. Partition
2. Volume
3. Tracks
4. Sectors
5. n/a

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Q. NO. 9 How many pins does a standard IDE connector have?
1. 34
2. 40
3. 68
4. 50
5. 42

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Q. NO. 10 Logical memory stores data in the form of:
1. files
2. folders
3. binary
4. bits
5. n/a

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Q. NO. 11 What is the newest type of serial bus architecture?
1. ATA
2. ST-506
3. DVD
4. USB
5. n/a

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Q. NO. 12 One long beep and 3 short beeps signifies
1. RAM error
2. Audio error
3. Video error
4. Cache error
5. n/a
PART OVER
37/62/204/16 Multiple Choice Marks = 1
Q. NO. 1 Which ports are most often used to connect a digital camera to a computer? (Choose two)
1. USB Port
2. SCSI Port
3. PS/2 Port
4. Parallel Port
5. RS-232 Port

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Q. NO. 2 How many pins are on a serial port connector? (Choose two)
1. 8
2. 9
3. 10
4. 15
5. 25
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Q. NO. 3 Which of the following are considered types of video RAM? (Choose Two)
1. VRAM.
2. LRAM.
3. HRAM.
4. DRAM.
5. SGRAM

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Q. NO. 6 Which of the following settings can be changed in the computers CMOS? (Select Two)?
1. Computer Data & Time
2. CD-ROM drive Letter
3. Type of Floppy Drive
4. Ram Memory Size.
5. None of above

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Q. NO. 8 The computer will not boot from the floppy drive. What are the most likely causes? (Choose two)
1. The floppy drive is defective
2. There is no partition on the hard drive.
3. The boot floppy is formatted on FAT 16.
4. The boot sequence in the BIOS is incorrect
5. The hard drive has more than one partitions defined.

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Q. NO. 9 What can cause laser-jet printer to print too light? (Choose two)
1. Too much humidity in the air.
2. Malfunctioning transfer corona.
3. Printing on wrong side of paper.
4. Duplex mechanism inside printer.
5. Malfunctioning high-voltage DC power supply.

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Q. NO. 10 A user often gets “Out of disk space” error. Which actions should you consider? (Choose three)
1. Add more RAM.
2. Add a larger hard drive
3. Replace diskette drive.
4. Remove unneeded files.
5. DEFRAG the existing hard drive.

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Q. NO. 12 What RAID levels provide added performance as well as fault tolerance. What would your reply
be? (Choose two)
1. RAID 0
2. RAID 1
3. RAID 0+ 1
4. RAID 5
5. None of above

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Q. NO. 13 What is the main difference between AT and ATX motherboards? (Choose two)
1. PS/2 port
2. BNC connector
3. Soft power switch
4. Serial connectors
5. Parallel connectors

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Q. NO. 14 Some one placed a BIOS password on a computer and forgot the password. What should you do?
(Choose two)
1. Boot to a floppy and fdisk the drive.
2. Temporarily remove the CMOS battery.
3. Go into BIOS setup and delete the password.
4. Clear the CMOS by shortening the CMOS jumper.
5. Boot down the computer while holding down the key.

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Q. NO. 15 A customer installed a new modem now her mouse freezes up. What could be done to correct the
problem? (Choose two)
1. Reboot system.
2. Set the mouse to a different IRQ.
3. Set the modem to a different COM Port.
4. Move the modem to a different expansion slot
5. None of above
PART OVER
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Q. NO. 1 The _____________ provides the back-up power to the CMOS.
1. Battery
2. CMOS supply
3. Supply
4. CMOS Setup
5. None of above

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Q. NO. 2 The _______________ protects the pc from the effects of electric interference.
1. Power Supply
2. Cable system
3. Cover
4. System Case
5. None of above

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Q. NO. 3 _____________ boosts the data signals on the microprocessor.
1. Transistor
2. RAM
3. Control unit
4. Prefetch unit
5. None of above

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Q. NO. 4 The__________ produces the visual effects on the monitor.
1. Monitor card
2. Display card
3. Adapter
4. Display cable.
5. None of above
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Q. NO. 5 Overclocking the microprocessor ____________.
1. increases processor speed
2. changes the BIOS setting
3. enables multitasking
4. enables multiprocessing
5. None of above

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Q. NO. 6 The ___________ memory is an electrically programmable device.
1. FLASH
2. VIDEO
3. PROM
4. EPROM
5. None of above

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Q. NO. 7 The ___________ has a higher capacity for executions than any other computer.
1. Supercomputer
2. Minicomputer
3. Mainframe
4. Microcomputer
5. None of above

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Q. NO. 8 The CPU is a part of the ___________.
1. BIOS
2. System Case
3. Motherboard
4. Chipset
5. None of above

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Q. NO. 9 The ___________ bus standard introduces by IBM is not used presently.
1. PCI
2. MCA
3. VESA
4. ISA
5. None of above

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Q. NO. 10 The _________________ socket has a leaver to install the microprocessor on the motherboard.
1. Leaver Insertion force
2. No Insertion Force
3. Low Insertion Force
4. Zero Insertion Force
5. None of above

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Q. NO. 11 Virtual memory is a___________ memory area.
1. Real
2. Imaginary
3. Virtual
4. Storage
5. None of above
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Q. NO. 12 The keyboard and the ______________ use the PS/2 port that looks the same.
1. mouse
2. modem
3. monitor
4. printer
5. scanner

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Q. NO. 13 The speed of the CD-RW drive is specified using ____________ speeds.
1. one
2. two
3. three
4. four
5. None of above

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Q. NO. 15 The AMD microprocessor card uses the __________ to connect to the motherboard.
1. Socket A
2. Slot A
3. Socket B
4. Slot B
5. None of above
PART OVER
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Q. NO. 1 How many hard disks can you connect using the Serial ATA?
1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4
5. None of above

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Q. NO. 2 The _____________ layer of the CD reflects the laser beam.
1. Plastic
2. Acrylic
3. Aluminum
4. Label
5. None of above

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Q. NO. 3 IC TI494 has_________ number of pins.
1. 4
2. 8
3. 12
4. 16
5. 14

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Q. NO. 4 A __________ of the PC/XT system controls the operation of the power supply.
1. Feedback circuit loop
2. Power supply unit
3. Transformer
4. Up/down toggle switch
5. None of above

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Q. NO. 5 The Minimum operating temperature of the hard disk drive is___________.
1. 5 degree Celsius
2. 10 degree Celsius
3. 15 degree Celsius
4. 20 degree Celsius
5. 25 degree Celsius

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Q. NO. 6 ___________ standard supports data transmission at a speed of up to 56Kbps.
1. V32
2. V34
3. V42
4. X2
5. None of above

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Q. NO. 7 The 3.5 inch floppy disk drive rotates the floppy disk at a speed of __________ rpm.
1. 100
2. 200
3. 300
4. 400
5. 500

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Q. NO. 8 You can partation the hard disk using____________.
1. Fdisk
2. Splitdisk
3. Format
4. Pdisk
5. None of above

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Q. NO. 9 Which software is used to align the misaligned read write head of the floppy disk?
1. Nero
2. Super Format
3. AlignIT
4. Drive Probe
5. None of above

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Q. NO. 10 The high level formatting is also known as ______________ formatting.
1. Sub
2. Linear
3. Logical
4. Physical
5. None of above

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Q. NO. 11 The ______________ Keyboard was introduce to help users suffering from stress-related disorder
of the wrist.
1. Cordless
2. Optical
3. Ergonomic
4. Programming
5. None of above

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Q. NO. 12 The power supply unit converts AC to ________.
1. BC
2. CC
3. DC
4. EC
5. None of above

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Q. NO. 13 The firist 8 inch floppy disk was _____________.
1. Single sided
2. Double sided
3. Single sided high density
4. Double sided high density
5. None of above

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Q. NO. 14 The __________________ layer of the CD-R disc enables you to write data to it.
1. Plastic
2. Acrylic
3. Aluminum
4. Photosynthetic dye
5. None of above

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Q. NO. 15 A ____________ floppy disk has important system files on it.
1. BIOS
2. formatted
3. boot
4. installer
5. None of above
PART OVER
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Q. NO. 1 Socket 939 is developed by AMD.
1. TRUE
2. FALSE

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Q. NO. 2 PS/2 connector is 5 pins.
1. TRUE
2. FALSE

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Q. NO. 6 Socket LGA 775 is developed by AMD.
1. TRUE
2. FALSE
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Q. NO. 9 In NortanAntivirus,the Pre-install Scanner runs before Norton Antivirus 2006 Installation.
1. TRUE
2. FALSE

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Q. NO. 10 DSL Means Digital Subscriber Line.
1. TRUE
2. FALSE

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Q. NO. 11 The LPX form factor is used for low profile system cases.
1. TRUE
2. FALSE

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Q. NO. 12 Linux requires EXT file system.
1. TRUE
2. FALSE

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Q. NO. 14 The Dot Matrix printer is considered noisiest.
1. TRUE
2. FALSE

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Q. NO. 15 The PS/2 mouse uses IRQ 12 line.
1. TRUE
2. FALSE

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Q. NO. 2 The full form of POST is
1. Power on Self Test
2. Pre Operating System Test
3. Post Operating System Test
4. Physical Operating system Test
5. n/a

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Q. NO. 4 The full form of UXGA is:
1. Uni-polar Extra Graphics Array
2. Ultra Extended Graphics Array
3. Undifine External Graphic Array
4. n/a
5. n/a
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Q. NO. 8 Molex connector used to provide
1. AC power to various drives within PC
2. DC power to various drives within PC
3. Increase the transmission power of a PC
4. Connection of USB on mother board
5. n/a

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Q. NO. 10 One of the following is not the correct form factor of the motherboard
1. Baby AT
2. Low Profile Extended
3. New Low Profile Extended
4. Advance Low Profile Extended
5. n/a

PART OVER
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Q. NO. 1 The AMR slot is bigger than PCI and AGP slot
1. TRUE
2. FALSE

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Q. NO. 2 The Size of Monitor is measured diagonally.
1. TRUE
2. FALSE

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Q. NO. 9 Socket 939 supports AMD Athlon 64 bit processors and AMD Athlon 64 FX processors
1. TRUE
2. FALSE
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Q. NO. 13 "format a: /q" enables you to perform a quick format.
1. TRUE
2. FALSE

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Q. NO. 7 Which of the following are the major hard drive settings in the CMOS? (Choose three.)
1. Heads.
2. Tracks.
3. Volume.
4. Sector.
5. Cylinder
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Q. NO. 9 What must you do to attach a new IDE hard drive? (Choose three)
1. Select a unique ID
2. Set the termination jumpers
3. Set the master/slave jumper
4. Ensure proper cable orientation
5. Install drive bay and secure it properly

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Q. NO. 2 When powering on a system, you receive a keyboard error. What generates this message?
1. POSIX
2. ASPI
3. CMS
4. POST
5. n/a

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Q. NO. 3 How many IDE controllers are typically built into an ATX motherboard?
1. 8
2. 2
3. 4
4. 1
5. 6

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Q. NO. 5 What is the smallest storage access unit on an IDE hard drive?
1. Sector
2. Cylinder
3. Partition
4. Track
5. n/a

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Q. NO. 9 You get a CMOS Checksum error during boot up. What is the most likely cause?
1. CMOS battery is nearing end of life
2. Power Supply is bad
3. BIOS needs Updating
4. Hard Drive types are incorrectly defined
5. n/a

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Q. NO. 11 You can connect LAN card to the_____________ slot.
1. AGP
2. PCX
3. PCI
4. AGX
5. None of above

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Q. NO. 12 What is the common language that computers use to talk with one another on a network?
1. Protocol
2. Client
3. Adapter
4. Operating system
5. n/a

PART OVER
Q. NO. 1 Your newly appointed Smart Computers trainee wants to know what the standard I/O Port
Addresses for the 3 standard LPT Ports on a PC system are. What would your reply be? (Choose three)
1. Ox278.
2. Ox378
3. Ox3BC
4. Ox3F8
5. Ox3FF

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Q. NO. 1 ____________ convert digital data to analog and vice versa
1. Modem
2. Facsimile(FAX)
3. Video Cards
4. LAN Card
5. None of above

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Q. NO. 5 Memory bank is a ___________ unit of memory in a computer.
1. Physical
2. Virtual
3. Logical
4. Pre-installed
5. None of above
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Q. NO. 2 You can connect ___________ hard disks to a single controller using ATA.
1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4
5. None of above
PART OVER
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Q. NO. 1 The maximum clock speed of PCI-X 2.0 is
1. 533 Mhz
2. 433 Mhz
3. 333 Mhz
4. 233 Mhz
5. n/a

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Q. NO. 2 The size of the Mini ITX motherboard is:
1. 170 mm long & 170 mm wide
2. 150 mm long & 150 mm wide
3. 130 mm long & 130 mm wide
4. 180 mm long & 180 mm wide
5. n/a
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Q. NO. 4 PC/XT compatible motherboard has ______ DIP socket.
1. 4 pin
2. 6 pin
3. 8 pin
4. 10 pin
5. 12pin

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Q. NO. 5 ATAPI is capable of supporting data transfer rates of upto:
1. 23 Mbps
2. 33 Mbps
3. 43 Mbps
4. 53 Mbps
5. n/a

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Q. NO. 7 AGP 4x operates at ________Mhz and transfer the data with a maximum of ______Mbps
1. 256 & 1024
2. 276 & 1064
3. 256 & 1056
4. 266 & 1066
5. n/a

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Q. NO. 8 The EIDE interface supports a maximum of _________hard drives on a system.
1. 2
2. 4
3. 6
4. 8
5. 10

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Q. NO. 9 The functional ICs used in SMPS are
1. IC TL 494 & IC LM 339
2. IC LL 696 & IC TM 465
3. IC MT 708 & IC LM 686
4. IC TT 576 & IC MM 786
5. n/a
6. n/a

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Q. NO. 1 The output of SFX power supply unit is:
1. 110 W
2. 90 W
3. 120 W
4. 80 W
5. 100W

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Q. NO. 3 UXGA display standard used in PC monitors having a screen resolution of
1. 400X1600 pixels
2. 1600X1200 pixels
3. 800X1600 pixels
4. 1200X400 pixels
5. n/a

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Q. NO. 5 The most common chipsets available today are
1. 915
2. 845
3. 945
4. 935
5. 925

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Q. NO. 6 RDRAM transfers data at the speed of:
1. 1200 mhz
2. 800 mhz
3. 512 mhz
4. 256 mhz
5. n/a

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Q. NO. 7 Nickle Cadmium is one of the type of battery used in Laptops:
1. True
2. False
3. n/a
4. n/a
5. n/a

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Q. NO. 9 The distance between each pin in the RIMM package is:
1. 025 mm
2. .50 mm
3. .75 mm
4. 1 mm
5. n/a

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Q. NO. 3 The data rate of Parallel port (IEEE 1284) is
1. 2 Mbps
2. 4 Mbps
3. 6 Mbps
4. 8 Mbps
5. 10 Mbps

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Q. NO. 6 The speed of FSB range from:
1. 64 to 133 Mhz
2. 32 to 266 Mhz
3. 128 to 586 Mhz
4. 66 to 533 Mhz
5. n/a
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Q. NO. 1 PLCC is a ________________sided package in which an IC is installed.
1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4
5. 5

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Q. NO. 2 Firewire is also known as:
1. IEEE1394
2. IEEE1786
3. IEEE1566
4. IEEE 1666
5. n/a

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Q. NO. 3 SWAP drives allows to connect and disconnect drives to the system without shutting down the
system
1. True
2. False
3. n/a
4. n/a
5. n/a

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Q. NO. 4 Passive terminator terminates the SCSI chain if the last drive on SCSI chain and the SCSI
controller is less than:
1. 25 meter
2. 1 meter
3. .05 inch
4. .75 inch
5. n/a

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Q. NO. 6 The common LPT port numbers range from:
1. LPT1 – LPT3
2. LPT4 – LPT6
3. LPT 7 – LPT9
4. LPT10 – LPT12
5. n/a

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Q. NO. 7 The full form of CMTS is:
1. Computer mode termination system
2. Complete mail transfer system
3. Cable modem termination system
4. Carrier mode transfer system
5. n/a
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Q. NO. 10 The full form of MNP is
1. Microsoft network protocol
2. Microcom network protocol
3. Modem network protocol
4. Motherboard network protocol
5. n/a

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Q. NO. 1 Nickle Cadmium is one of the type of battery used in Laptops:
1. TRUE
2. FALSE

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Q. NO. 4 SWAP drives allows to connect and disconnect drives to the system without shutting down the
system
1. TRUE
2. FALSE

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Q. NO. 3 How Many Pins are on a RIMM Module?
1. 144
2. 168
3. 184
4. 256
5. None of above

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Q. NO. 10 The _______________ type of mouse uses laser technology to detect movement
1. Optomechnical
2. Optical
3. Mechnical
4. Cordless
5. None of above

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Q. NO. 4 USB version 2.0 provides data transfer at the maximum speed of:
1. 560 Mbps
2. 480 Mbps
3. 512 Mbps
4. 610 Mbps
5. n/a

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The BUS unit stores instructions specifically in the Instruction Cache, whereas data caches store data required by the processor. This separation ensures that instructions are readily accessible for the CPU to execute, enhancing processing efficiency by reducing the time needed to fetch operations, thereby decreasing CPU idle time and increasing overall computational performance .

RAID levels 0+1 and RAID 5 provide a combination of enhanced performance and fault tolerance. RAID 0+1 offers data striping, which improves performance, combined with mirroring, which ensures fault tolerance by duplicating the data. RAID 5 achieves both benefits by distributing error-checking data across all drives, allowing data to be recovered if one drive fails without an extensive impact on performance .

The USB is advantageous due to its speed, safety, and ease of configuration. It provides fast data transfer rates, ensuring quick communications between connected devices. Additionally, its design incorporates built-in safety features to prevent device damage from power surges, along with plug-and-play capabilities, facilitating easy setup and automatic configuration .

Ergonomic Keyboards are designed to align the hands and wrists naturally, reducing strain and preventing stress-related disorders such as carpal tunnel syndrome. These keyboards often feature split-key layouts or adjustable angles to maintain a comfortable hand position, thus alleviating discomfort and promoting a healthier typing posture, which is particularly beneficial for users who spend extended periods typing .

A Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket facilitates easy processor installation by requiring no pressure to insert the CPU, thus minimizing the risk of damaging delicate pins on the processor and motherboard. This contrasts with traditional sockets that require force to secure the processor, increasing the chances of physical damage. ZIF sockets enhance safety and reliability in CPU installation processes .

If a BIOS password is forgotten, one can either temporarily remove the CMOS battery or clear the CMOS by shorting the CMOS jumper. Both methods reset the motherboard's BIOS settings, effectively removing any stored passwords. Removing the battery disconnects power, which clears volatile memory, while shorting the jumper provides a quick electrical path to erase the stored settings, making these techniques effective at restoring system access .

Overclocking increases processor speed by running the CPU at a higher frequency than specified by the manufacturer, thereby allowing more instructions to be processed per second. However, this practice can lead to increased heat generation and instability, as the components may operate beyond their intended thermal and electrical thresholds, potentially causing system crashes or hardware damage if not properly managed .

A mini computer is categorized as a mid-sized multiprocessing computer, which differentiates it from big-sized single processing computers and small-sized ones. This classification emphasizes its capability to process multiple tasks simultaneously with mid-sized scale, positioned between mainframe computers and personal computers .

Virtual Memory is an imaginary area that emulates additional RAM by using a portion of the hard drive, whereas Real Memory refers to the physical RAM installed in the system. Virtual Memory allows systems to run larger applications or more processes than the installed RAM would typically allow, acting as a temporary expansion to actual memory, albeit slower because it relies on disk access rather than fast memory modules .

Key differences between AT and ATX motherboards include the presence of a soft power switch on ATX boards, allowing the operating system to control power, unlike the fixed power switch on AT boards. ATX motherboards also often incorporate integrated I/O ports for PS/2 mouse and keyboard, enhancing connectivity compared to AT models. These design improvements facilitate ease of use and system management .

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