COMPUTER HARDWARE QUIZ

What product is used to clean smudged keys on a keyboard?

All-purpose cleaner

TMC solvent

Denatured alcohol

None of these

Silicone spray

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

None of these

Beer or Jack Daniels

Alcohol

Oil

Ammonia

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The floppy drive uses which DMA (direct memory access) channel?

2

3

7

5

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Which would you have to upgrade to install an EIDE drive?

RAM BIOS

ISA motherboard

A 286 CPU

Controller board

None of these

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After installing a sound card, the system locks up when a parallel port tape backup unit is also used. What is most likely the problem?

defective tape driver

defective LPT port

IRQ

DMA

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A dialog box with a bomb appears on a Macintosh screen. What type of problem has occurred?

A RAM problem

An ADB problem

A software problem

None of the listed here

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The 34-pin connection on an I/O card is for?

SCSI drive

floppy drive

IDE drive

None of these

zip drive

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A workstation has just been installed on an Ethernet LAN, but cannot communicate with the network. What should you check first?

None of the listed here

verify the ip configuration on the workstation

reinstall the network interface card driver

verify the link status on the computer's network card

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What is the result of adding an IP address to the DNS server search order

It restricts browsing to that DNS server

It overrides the local systems IP address

It tells the DNS Server where the local system is located

It tells the local system where the DNS Server is located

None of these

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How is ink transferred to paper in common ink jet printers?

Boiling ink

Motorized pump

Ink is sprayed on to the paper and managed by a nozzle

Screens deflect ink on the paper into the proper positions

Crystal

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