COMPUTER HARDWARE QUIZ

COM 4 uses which I/O port?

3F8H

2E8H

None of these

3E8H

2F8H

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You're on your PC at midnight and an electric storm pops up. What's the best way to protect your PC.

you don't worry; you have a lightning rod on your house

unplug the PC and remove phone line from the modem

you don't worry; you've got a surge protector on your PC and phone line to your modem

you don't worry; you've got a surge protector on your PC

stop standing on it

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When seeking to upgrade for a particular motherboard what do you need to know?

make & model

hard drive

None of these

memory

dimm

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You must service the laser printer in your office. Which part of the printer shoud you avoid touching because it is hot?

primary corona

printer head

high-voltage power supply

None of these

fuser

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MSD exe does not have information on:

com ports

operation system

None of these

cache

video

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The ESD wrist strap is designed to protect PC Components or Service Technicians ?

Service Technicians

None of the listed here

PC Components

Both Service Technicians and PC Components

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How many DMA channels are in an AT-machine?

None of these

7

4

8

3

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A modem could be attached to which port?

Video port

ASYNC port

Parallel port

Keyboard connector

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When installing an internal modem, all of the following IRQ's can be used except?

15

12

14

10

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With respect to a network interface card, the term 10/100 refers to

megabits per seconds

protocol speed

None of these

a fiber speed

minimum and maximum server speed

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