COMPUTER HARDWARE QUIZ

You just installed a new IDE hard drive, but your system BIOS will not recognize the new drive, what should you check first.

jumpers on the hard drive

hard drive manufacturer web site information

drivers that need to be loaded

None of these

cable sequence

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A 2xx POST error code indicates a problem with:

second adapter card

hard drive

CMOS battery

RAM or ROM

system board

TRUE ANSWER : ?
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Resistance is measured in ohm.

True

None of the listed here

Replace the ribbon

FALSE

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In inkjet technology the droplets of ink are deflected by?

Electrically Charge Plate

None of these

Multi directional nozzle

High pressure jets

All of these

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

0.2

None of these

2

0.02

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To prevent toner from sticking to a laser printer's heat rollers, apply which of the following:

Ammonia

Oil

Alcohol

Beer or Jack Daniels

None of these

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What is the size of a sector?

512 Kb

512 bytes

256 bytes

1024 bytes

None of these

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What device prevents power interruptions, resulting in corrupted data?

Multiple SIMMs strips

Surge protector

Data guard system

Battery back-up unit

TRUE ANSWER : ?
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What is the i/o address for com1?

5f8

300000000

3f8

8

3bc

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What allows you to print on both sides of the printer?

toner cartridge

duplexer

None of these

paper-swapping unit

fuser

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