COMPUTER HARDWARE QUIZ

Resistance is measured in ohm.

FALSE

True

Replace the ribbon

None of the listed here

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You get a CMOS checksum error during bootup. What is most likely the cause?

hard drive types are incorrectly defined

BIOS needs updating

power supply is bad

CMOS battery is nearing end of life

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The mouse pointer moves erratically, what is the possible cause? The mouse

None of these

has an incorrect IRQ setting

driver is not installed properly

is not connected

ball is dirty

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What should you replace if the brightness or contrast adjustments were malfunctioning on a laptop?

led display

None of these

adjustment switch

led display cable

fuse

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When installing PCI NICS you can check the IRQ availability by looking at

CONFIG.SYS

None of these

Motherboard BIOS

Jumper settings

Dip switches

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In addition to I/O port addresses, SCSI adapters also use a range of ROM addresses for their onboard BIOS.

1

25 pin male port

9 pin female port

None of these

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How many IRQs does a chain of USB devices require?

None of these

2

1

4

3

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RS-232 is a standard that applies to?

Parallel port

Game port

None of these

Serial port

All of these

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What is the jumper setting on a SCSI device to configure it to use the fourth SCSI id? Remember, SCSI ids start with zero.

10

110

11

101

1

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If the voltage on pin 1 of the power supply is not in the range of _____ volts, the PC will not boot.

2.5 - 5

43952

50 - 110

44124

15 - 25

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