BRIGADE CORPORATION INDIA PVT LTD - Technical Question Paper

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A COM port is a _______ port.

a. parallel
b. serial
c. static
d. multi
2. A single speed (1X) CD-ROM drive transfers data at:
a. 1 MB per second
b. 150 KBs per second
c. 20 million bits per second
d. 186,282 bits per second
3. IDE cables have how many pins?
a. 25
b. 50
c. 100
d. 40
4. What is the maximum number of IDE drives that EIDE will support?
a. 15
b. 3
c. 4
d. 2
5. The output voltages from a PC power supply are:
a. +20, +110, -20, -110
b. +5, +12, -5, -12
c. +110, -110, +25, -25
d. +10, -10, +20, -20
6. On most floppy cables, the order for the connectors is:
a. adapter, drive A, drive B
b. adapter, tape drive connector, drive A
c. adapter, drive B, drive A
d. adapter, drive A or B, drive A or B
7. ISA is a ___ bit technology.
a. 8/16
b. 16/32
c. 4/8
d. 12/24
8. What DOS command shows which TSRs are loaded?
a. TSR-SHOW
b. DOSVIEW
c. LOADVIEW
d. MEM /c
9. Memory that is paged out to the hard drive is known as:
a. extended memory
b. virtual memory
c. expanded memory
d. conventional memory
10. You have a single hard drive that has an extended partition containing the two logical drives "D" and
"E". You add a second hard drive. Which is correct?
a. second drive becomes "D", logical drives become "E" and "F"
b. second drive becomes "F", logical drives are unchanged
c. second drive becomes "D", logical "D" is deleted
d. second drive becomes "E", logical "E" is deleted
11. The standard VGA display has ____ pixels in its native graphics mode?
a. 640x320
b. 640x480
c. 680x440

d. 1024x786
12. To find out how much memory is available, you could type _____
a. EMM
b. MEM
c. CHKDSK
d. MEMMAKER
13. When executed from a bootable hard drive, which command will make a formatted floppy disk
bootable?
a. COPY C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM A:\
b. ATTRIB C:\*.SYS A:\
c. XCOPY C:\DOS\*.* A:\
d. SYS C: A:
14. Suppose you had an incurable computer virus and decided to wipe out all the data and partitions on
your hard drive and reformat using FDISK utility. What is the order in which you must delete the
partitions?
a. Extended, Logical, Primary
b. Primary, Extended, Logical
c. Logical, Extended, Primary
d. Logical, Primary, Extended
15. What happens to files deleted from the Recycle Bin?
a. Clusters are flushed.
b. The files are moved to C:\Windows\Temp.
c. Sectors of hard drive are blanked/erased.
d. Associated entries in the FAT are removed.
16. You want to access ISP.COM, which is a secure site, how do you do that?
a. HTTPS://ISP.COM
b. HTTPS:/\ISP.COM
c. HTPS:ISP.COM
d. HTTPS:\\ISP.COM
17. You are having problems with a particular system and want to replace the current copy of the registry
with an older copy. At a DOS prompt which command should you type?
a. SCANREG.EXE /RESTORE
b. SCANREG.EXE /REVISE
c. SCANREG.EXE /REPLACE
d. SCANREG.EXE /REVERSE
18. What is the 32-bit command line interpreter in Windows 2000?
a. CMD.EXE
b. CMD.COM
c. COMMAND.EXE
d. COMMAND.COM
19. Which command allows viewing or editing of common configuration files?
a. SYSEDIT
b. REGEDIT
c. CONFIG
d. AUTOEDIT
20. Which of the following is an MS-DOS System Program?
a. Autoexec.bat
b. Config.sys
c. Format.com
d. Ansi.sys
21. Which of the following are invalid file names?
a. FILENAME.TXT
b. COMMAND.COM
c. FILENAME.123
d. None of the above
22. A customer calls and says that she can send e-mails without any problem but can't receive any e-mail.
What should you check?

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a. Modem settings.
b. Account password.
c. SMTP server settings.
d. POP3 server settings
What is the small plastic connector called that is on the end of a network cable?
a. RJ-11
b. RJ-25
c. RJ-45
d. RJ-52
Which Windows program automatically saves files in ASCII format?
a. Microsoft Word
b. WordPerfect
c. Notepad
d. Write
A small high-speed memory that is used to increase the speed of processing by making current data
available to the CPU at a rapid rate.
a. Cache memory
b. RAM
c. ROM
d. Virtual memory
You need a new cable that you can use with your modem. Which type of connector does modems uses
to plug into the phone outlet?
a. USB
b. RJ-11
c. RJ-45
d. Serial
Which port has the fastest data transfer rate?
a. Serial
b. Parallel
c. USB
d. Ethernet
What is SMPS used for in a PC?
a. For power
b. For DC power
c. For AC power
d. For both AC and DC power
To remove the hidden, system, and read only attributes from the msdos.sys file, which command
would be used?
a. attrib msdos.sys h s r
b. unattrib msdos.sys h s r
c. attrib msdos.sys +h +s +r
d. remove attrib h s r msdos.sys
When does Windows XP update the Last Known Good Configuration?
a. After ntoskrnl.exe loads
b. When login screen appears
c. Once you successfully login to normal mode
d. During log off
A customer tries to install a USB printer on his Windows 95 computer, but cannot get the computer to
recognize the printer, the error is "Unknown device" in Device Manager. What is the most likely
problem?
a. Wrong driver is being installed
b. IRQ conflict between COM an USB port
c. USB not supported in Win95.
d. DMA conflict in Device Manager.
What is the correct order for preparing a hard disk for Windows 98?
a. Reboot, format, FDISK.
b. FDISK, format, reboot.
c. Format, FDISK, reboot.

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When certain classes of new device drivers are installed, Windows XP Professional will maintain a
copy of the previously installed driver, which can be reinstalled if problems occur. This feature is
called:
a. Device Driver Rollback
b. Device Manager
c. Add New Hardware
d. System Driver Restore
Device manager can do all of the following except...
a. Update drivers
b. Change peripheral I/O settings
c. Check for system file errors
d. Identify installed ports
When discussing CD writing, what is a Buffer Underrun?
a. When the CD burner drive skips
b. When the system runs out of buffer memory
c. When the CD burner drives buffer runs out of data
d. When the system locks up
After installing a program in Windows 98, your computer runs abnormally. A closer look at the
software package reveals that the program has the Windows 95 logo on it, but not the Windows 98.
Most likely, the program has overwritten a core Windows 98 file with an older, incompatible file.
What Windows 98 utility will allow you to find and replace the corrupt file with the original
Windows 98 file?
a. System Configuration Editor
b. Dr. Watson
c. Version Conflict Manager
d. System File Checker
Which of the following Windows9x components contains a structure with key entries?
a. Device Manager
b. Registry
c. Control Panel
d. Windows Explorer
Where is the DIR command located?
a. C:/WINDOWS/SYSTEM
b. COMMAND.COM
c. C:/WINDOWS/COMMAND
d. C:/WINDOWS
What command is used to convert FAT and FAT32 disk volumes to NTFS?
a. convert.exe
b. syscon
c. dcpromo.exe
d. fat2ntfs.exe
Windows XP provides significant enhancements for wireless networking. Highspeed wireless
networks based on the WiFi _____ standard are being installed in businesses, on campuses, and in
public places, such as airports and coffee shops.
a. IEEE 1394
b. 802.11b
c. NTFS
d. .NET