COMPUTER HARDWARE QUIZ

A human cannot feel a static discharge as high as _____ volts.

50

50000

2000

10000

200

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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

1

101

110

11

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On the PC side, the printer port is a:

25 pin male serial connector

25 pin female parallel connector

15 pin female parallel connector

25 pin female serial connector

15 pin female serial connector

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How does a parallel port communicate information to a peripheral device?

16,555 bytes at a time

one bit at a time

one byte at a time

None of these

8 bytes at a time

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What resistence in ohms should be displayed ehen testing a speaker in a computer?

16 Ohms

Unlimited Ohms

-200 Ohms

0 Ohms

None of these

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_____ is the term used to refer to the process of two modems establishing communications with each other.

handshaking

connecting

linking

interacting

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What is the most significant difference between the USB and IEEE1394 standards?

USB is plug and play

IEEE 1394 is faster

IEEE 1394 is hot swappable

USB does not support USB

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A customer has just installed a new cd-rw. the system was working fine before the installation, but now the cdrom does not work, what should you suggest that the customer do?

None of these

flash or upgrade the BIOS

check the jumper setting on the cd-rw

add cdrw in the device manager

check the CONFIG.SYS

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

None of these

CMOS

Floppy disks

Boot sector

Program files

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How may standard levels of interrupts are provided on the 8-bit ISA bus (XT-class computer)?

16

8

4

None of these

12

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