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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
The output voltages of a PC power supply are in the form of _____ current. |
| A. | AC |
| B. | DC |
| C. | amperage |
| D. | resistive |
| E. | trickle |
| Answer» C. amperage | |
| 2. |
After doing a low-level format, what would be the next step in configuring the hard drive in a system? |
| A. | Format DOS partition |
| B. | Install operating system |
| C. | Configure DMA channel and back-up interrupt |
| D. | Partition hard disk |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 3. |
In laser printing, there are six steps the printer follows. What comes between the conditioning phase and the developing phase? |
| A. | transfer phase |
| B. | writing phase |
| C. | fusing phase |
| D. | cleaning phase |
| E. | All of the above |
| Answer» C. fusing phase | |
| 4. |
A keyboard locks up intermittently even when replaced with a new keyboard. What is the LEAST likely cause of the problem? |
| A. | A second bad keyboard |
| B. | The keyboard controller chip |
| C. | The keyboard connector |
| D. | The motherboard |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. The keyboard controller chip | |
| 5. |
The standard IRQ for the floppy drive is? |
| A. | 9 |
| B. | 6 |
| C. | 10 |
| D. | All of the above |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. 10 | |
| 6. |
When configuring is a network interface cards without jumpers or plug and play, what is used to set the IRQs? |
| A. | DMA |
| B. | CMOS |
| C. | the OS |
| D. | configuration software |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 7. |
MSD exe does not have information on: |
| A. | cache |
| B. | video |
| C. | operation system |
| D. | com ports |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. video | |
| 8. |
Which is the easiest component to environmentally recycle? |
| A. | Motherboards |
| B. | CMOS batteries |
| C. | Toner cartridges |
| D. | Cathode ray tubes |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. Cathode ray tubes | |
| 9. |
In inkjet technology the droplets of ink are deflected by? |
| A. | Electrically Charge Plate |
| B. | Multi directional nozzle |
| C. | High pressure jets |
| D. | All of the above |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Multi directional nozzle | |
| 10. |
To prevent toner from sticking to a laser printer's heat rollers, apply which of the following: |
| A. | Alcohol |
| B. | Oil |
| C. | Ammonia |
| D. | Beer or Jack Daniels |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Ammonia | |
| 11. |
You should never put floppy drives, hard drives, or even VCR tapes or cassette tapes on top of speakers (or near any other source of magnetism) because of: |
| A. | RFI |
| B. | EMI |
| C. | EXE |
| D. | FYI |
| E. | IOU |
| Answer» C. EXE | |
| 12. |
In which phase of the laser printing process is a positive charge placed on the paper to pull the toner from the print drum? |
| A. | Writing |
| B. | Transferring |
| C. | Conditioning |
| D. | All of the above |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Conditioning | |
| 13. |
Which component stores an electrical charge? |
| A. | diode |
| B. | rectifier |
| C. | capacitor |
| D. | resistor |
| E. | transistor |
| Answer» D. resistor | |
| 14. |
What command is used to hang up a MODEM when using the "AT Command set"? |
| A. | ATZ |
| B. | ATD |
| C. | ATR |
| D. | ATH |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 15. |
RTS stands for: |
| A. | ready to start |
| B. | ready to switch |
| C. | request to send |
| D. | request to scan |
| E. | ready to set |
| Answer» D. request to scan | |
| 16. |
What is the result of adding an IP address to the DNS server search order |
| A. | It restricts browsing to that DNS server |
| B. | It overrides the local systems IP address |
| C. | It tells the DNS Server where the local system is located |
| D. | It tells the local system where the DNS Server is located |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 17. |
RS-232 is a standard that applies to? |
| A. | Parallel port |
| B. | Serial port |
| C. | Game port |
| D. | All of the above |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Game port | |
| 18. |
Your modem does not respond when you try to dial out. You try another modem on another computer and get the same result. What is the most likely problem? |
| A. | defective modem |
| B. | defective computer |
| C. | software bug |
| D. | bad phone line |
| E. | virus |
| Answer» E. virus | |
| 19. |
How would you allow device drivers and TSR's to be loaded into Upper Memory Blocks ? |
| A. | DOS=High |
| B. | devicehigh= |
| C. | loadhigh= |
| D. | DOS=UMB |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 20. |
Which type of cable is most likely in use with rj-45 connectors? |
| A. | 10base2 |
| B. | 10base5 |
| C. | 10baseT |
| D. | 10baseFL |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. 10baseFL | |
| 21. |
How many bits in a byte? |
| A. | 16 |
| B. | 8 |
| C. | 255 |
| D. | 10 |
| E. | 2 to the 9th power |
| Answer» C. 255 | |
| 22. |
Pick the correct choice for the 8088 CPU. |
| A. | 16 bit word size, 8 bit data path |
| B. | 8 bit word size, 8 bit data path |
| C. | 16 bit word size, 16 bit data path |
| D. | 4 bit word size, 8 bit data path |
| E. | 8 bit word size, 16 bit data path |
| Answer» B. 8 bit word size, 8 bit data path | |
| 23. |
In which mode can 2 or more applications be stored in memory at the same time? |
| A. | Segmented Mode |
| B. | Unprotected Mode |
| C. | Real Mode |
| D. | Protected Mode |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 24. |
How does a parallel port communicate information to a peripheral device? |
| A. | one bit at a time |
| B. | 8 bytes at a time |
| C. | one byte at a time |
| D. | 16,555 bytes at a time |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. 16,555 bytes at a time | |
| 25. |
You suspect a virus has entered your computer. What will not be affected by the virus? |
| A. | CMOS |
| B. | Boot sector |
| C. | Floppy disks |
| D. | Program files |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Boot sector | |
| 26. |
On PC power supplies, the wire attached to pin one is usually: |
| A. | blue or red |
| B. | blue or white |
| C. | red or black |
| D. | red or white |
| E. | white or orange |
| Answer» F. | |
| 27. |
To find out how much memory is available, you could type _____ |
| A. | EMM |
| B. | MEM |
| C. | CHKDSK |
| D. | MEMMAKER |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. CHKDSK | |
| 28. |
When seeking to upgrade for a particular motherboard what do you need to know? |
| A. | memory |
| B. | hard drive |
| C. | make & model |
| D. | dimm |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. dimm | |
| 29. |
You are installing an IDE hard drive that will be your boot drive. Which is the correct order of steps that need to be followed? |
| A. | jumper properly, auto-detect(or configure manually) in CMOS, low level format, high level format, partition |
| B. | jumper properly, auto-detect(or configure manually) in CMOS, partition, high level format with / s switch |
| C. | jumper properly, partition, auto-detect(or configure manually in CMOS, high level format with /s switch |
| D. | jumper properly, auto-detect in CMOS, regular format |
| E. | jumper properly, partition, low level format, high level format |
| Answer» C. jumper properly, partition, auto-detect(or configure manually in CMOS, high level format with /s switch | |
| 30. |
What is the size of a sector? |
| A. | 512 bytes |
| B. | 256 bytes |
| C. | 512 Kb |
| D. | 1024 bytes |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. 256 bytes | |
| 31. |
In which mode can two or more applications be stored in memory at the same time? |
| A. | Segmented Mode |
| B. | Unprotected Mode |
| C. | Real Mode |
| D. | Protected Mode |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 32. |
A protocol is a set of rules governing a time sequence of events that must take place |
| A. | between peers |
| B. | between modems |
| C. | between an interface |
| D. | across an interface |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. between modems | |
| 33. |
The coming together of three technologies i.e. microelectronics, computing and communications has ushered in |
| A. | information explosion |
| B. | information technology |
| C. | business revolution |
| D. | educational upgradation |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. business revolution | |
| 34. |
Terminals are used to |
| A. | collect data from the physical system |
| B. | provide information for the manager |
| C. | communicate management decisions to the physical system |
| D. | All of the above |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 35. |
During the laser printer's conditioning phase a uniform charge of _____ is placed on the photosensitive drum. |
| A. | +1000 volt |
| B. | +600 volts |
| C. | -600 volts |
| D. | -1000 volts |
| E. | + 12 volts |
| Answer» D. -1000 volts | |
| 36. |
A dialog box with a bomb appears oh a Macintosh screen. What type of problem has occurred? |
| A. | A RAM problem |
| B. | A software problem |
| C. | A ROM problem |
| D. | An ADB problem |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. A ROM problem | |
| 37. |
Current is measured in units of: |
| A. | volts |
| B. | amps |
| C. | ohms |
| D. | farads |
| E. | diodes |
| Answer» C. ohms | |
| 38. |
The process of converting analog signals into digital signals so they can be processed by a receiving computer is referred to as: |
| A. | modulation |
| B. | demodulation |
| C. | synchronizing |
| D. | synchronizing |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. synchronizing | |
| 39. |
An example of digital, rather than analog, communication is |
| A. | DDD |
| B. | DDS |
| C. | WATS |
| D. | DDT |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. WATS | |
| 40. |
What is the loopback address? |
| A. | 127.0.0.1 |
| B. | 255.0.0.0 |
| C. | 255.255.0.0 |
| D. | 255.255.255.255.0 |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. 255.0.0.0 | |
| 41. |
How many OSI layers are covered in the X.25 standard? |
| A. | two |
| B. | three |
| C. | seven |
| D. | six |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. seven | |
| 42. |
A modulator converts a _____ signal to a(n) _____ signal. |
| A. | FSK; PSK |
| B. | PSK; FSK |
| C. | analog; digital |
| D. | digital; analog |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 43. |
The birthplace of the World Wide Web is considered to be |
| A. | the Department of Defense |
| B. | CERN |
| C. | ARPA |
| D. | Netscape |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. ARPA | |
| 44. |
An ROP would be attached to a |
| A. | simplex channel |
| B. | duplex channel |
| C. | half duplex channel |
| D. | full duplex channel |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. duplex channel | |
| 45. |
The loss in signal power as light travels down the fiber is called |
| A. | attenuation |
| B. | propagation |
| C. | scattering |
| D. | interruption |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. propagation | |
| 46. |
The basic Ethernet design does not provide |
| A. | access control |
| B. | addressing |
| C. | automatic retransmission of a message |
| D. | multiple virtual networks |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. multiple virtual networks | |
| 47. |
Phase shift keying (psk) method is used to modulate digital signals at 9600 bps using 16 levels. Find the line signaling speed (i.e., modulation rate) |
| A. | 2400 bands |
| B. | 1200 bands |
| C. | 4800 bands |
| D. | 9600 bands. |
| Answer» B. 1200 bands | |
| 48. |
You are in the process of analyzing a problem that requires you to collect and store TCP/IP Packets. Which of the following utilities is best suited for this purpose? |
| A. | NBTSTAT |
| B. | Performance Monitor |
| C. | NETSTAT |
| D. | Network Monitor |
| E. | DHCP Management Console |
| Answer» E. DHCP Management Console | |
| 49. |
Bus is |
| A. | one or more conductors that some as a common connection for a related group of devices |
| B. | a continuous frequency capable of being modulated or impressed with a second signal |
| C. | the condition when two or more stations attempt to use the same channel at the same time |
| D. | a collection of interconnected functional units that provides a data communications service among stations attached to the network |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. a continuous frequency capable of being modulated or impressed with a second signal | |
| 50. |
Which of the following medium is used for broadband local networks? |
| A. | Coaxial cable |
| B. | optic fiber |
| C. | CATV |
| D. | UTP |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. UTP | |