COMPUTER HARDWARE QUIZ

You suspect a virus has entered your computer. What will not be affected by the virus?

Program files

None of these

Boot sector

CMOS

Floppy disks

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What beep codes could indicate a system board or power supply failure?

All of these

no beep

steady short beep

one long continuous beep tone

steady long beeps

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Which REQUIRES an anti-static bag for transport?

Power supply

Monitor

Floppy disks

None of these

I/O controller

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You have a PC with no video* Which of the following is LEAST likely to be causing the problem?

low AC outlet power

defective microprocessor

crashed hard drive

defective RAM (bank zero)

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Which hardware component controls serial port communications?

CPU

UART 16550

None of these

ROM BIOS

DMA823

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The digital multimeter is set for DC, Ohm and 20k. You will read _____ while measuring a good 2 amp fuse.

0.02

2

0.2

None of these

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ISDN uses _____ technology.

neither digital nor analog

mostly digital

only digital

only analog

digital and analog

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What is the highest binary number that can be referred to on a three position jumper block?

4

1

6

7

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When configuring is a network interface cards without jumpers or plug and play, what is used to set the IRQs?

CMOS

DMA

the OS

configuration software

None of these

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Which provides the fastest data access time?

Hard disk

CD-ROM

None of these

ROM

RAM

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