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a) TRANSISTOR
b) INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
c) VACCUM TUBE
d) VLSI
14) AFTER INSERTING A FLOPPY DISK AND ACCESSING THE A: DRIVE YOU GET
THE ERROR MESSAGE? SEEK ERROR READING DRIVE A.. ABORT,RETRY,FAILURE?
WHAT MAY BE THE PROBLEM?
a) INTERFACE CABLE IS BAD
b) DRIVE HEAD IS BAD
c) FLOPPY DISK IS BAD
d) DRIVE CIRCUITRY IS BAD
15) YOU HAVE 5 PARTITIONS IN YOUR HARD DISK. YOU HAVE INSTALLED A NEW
CD-ROM DRIVE IN YOUR SYSTEM .BUT YOU CAN’T ABLE TO ACCESS IT. WHILE
BOOTING THE DRIVER IS GETTING LOADED PROPERLY BUT THE MSCDEX IS
REFUSED LOAD PROPERLY BY GIVING AN ERROR MESSAGE “NOT ENOUGH DRIVE
LETTERS”. WHAT WILL BE THE SOLUTION ?
a) ADD LAST DRIVE=Z IN AUTOEXEC.BAT FILE
b) ADD LAST DRIVE=Z IN CONFIG.SYS FILE
c) ADD LAST DRIVE=G IN CONFIG.SYS FILE
d) EDIT THE AUTOEXE.BAT FILE AND CHANGE THE MSCDEX COMMAND TO
MSCDEX/H:MSCDOOD
16)A COMPUTER IS GETTING HANGED FREQUENTLY. WHAT MAY BE THE POSSIBLE
PROBLEM(SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)
a) FAULTY SMPS
b) CORRUPTED S/W
c) MEMORY
d) MOTHER BOARD
17) WHEN YOU SWITCH ON A COMPUTER GIVES CONTINUES LONG BEEP SOUNDS,
WHILE THERE IS NO DISPLAY ON THE MONITOR. WHAT MAY BE THE POSSIBLE
PROBLEM?
a) HARD DISK DRIVE
b) BIOS ROM
c) DISPLAY CARD
d) MEMORY
18) HOW DO YOU CREATE A STARTUP DISK IN WINDOWS 98(SELECT ALL THAT
APPLY)
a) START-SETTING-CONTROL PANEL-ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS-
STARTUP DISK
b) START-SETTING-CONTROL PANEL-ADD/NEW HARDWARE-STARTUP DISK
c) START-SETTING-CONTROL PANEL-ADD/NEW SOFTWARE-STARTUP DISK
d) MY COMPUTER-CONTROL PANEL - ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS - STARTUP DISK
19) OUT OF THE DIFFERENT O/P OF SMPS WHICH ARE SET BY DISK DRIVES?
(SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)
a) +5V
b) +12V
c) -5V
d) -12V
24) THE NORMAL SIZE FOR A HARD DRIVE SECTOR IN A PC-COMPATIBLE SYSTEM
IS ---------
a) 512 BYTES
b) 640 BYTES
c) 512 KB
d) 640 KB
25) YOU GET A CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR UPON BOOT. WHAT IS THE MOST LIKELY
CAUSE?
a) POWER SUPPLY FAILURE
b) BIOS NEED TO BE UPDATED.
c) CMOS BATTERY IS NEARING END OF LIFE.
d) HDD TYPES ARE INCORRECTLY DEFINED.
31) HOW MANY INTERRUPT LEVELS ARE AVAILABLE FOR A PENTIUM SYSTEM?
a) 16
b) 32
c) 8
d) 64
32) WHAT WILL BE VALUE OF THE RESISTOR WITH THE FOLLOWING COLOR
CODES?
RED, YELLOW, GOLD
a) 24 OHMS
b) 240 OHMS
c) 2.4 OHMS
d) 0.24 OHMS
42) WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD YOU TAKE WITH YOU TO THE REPAIR SITE
WHEN
A CUSTOMER COMPLAINS THAT HE IS RECEIVING A "NO FIXED DISK PRESENT"
ERROR?
a) A BRAND NEW HARD DISK
b) A NEW IDE CABLE
c) A CD-ROM CONTAINING APPROPRIATE DRIVE
d) THE POWER SUPPLY
43) WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE CABLE USED TO CONNECT SCSI DEVICES
TO THE COMPUTER INTERNALLY?
a) 40 – PIN RIBBON CABLE
b) USB CABLE
c) 50 – PIN RIBBON CABLE
d) PARALLEL PRINTER CABLE
44) WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE COLOR-CODE USED FOR THE KEYBOARD
PORT ON A NEW PC
THAT USES A MINI-DIN 6 CONNECTOR?
a) PINK
b) BLUE
c) GREEN
d) PURPLE
45) WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE COLOR-CODE USED FOR THE MOUSE PORT
ON A NEW PC
THAT USES A MINI-DIN 6 CONNECTOR?
a) PINK
b) BLUE
c) GREEN
d) PURPLE
46) WHAT IS THE USE OF WRITE PROTECTION IN A FLOPPY?
a) TO AVOID ACCIDENT DELETION OF FILES
b) TO PREVENT EDITING THE CONTENT OF FILES.
c) TO PROTECT FROM THE VIRUS
d) TO PREVENT ACCIDENT FORMATTING OF THE FLOPPY
e) ALL THE ABOVE
52) IN MONITORS THE EHT VOLTAGE IS GENERATED WITH THE HELP OF ________
a) SMPS
b) YOKE
c) LOT
d) AQUADAG COATING
58) WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A TASK YOU CAN ASK A CUSTOMER, WHO IS
EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH HIS DISPLAY, TO PERFORM SO THAT YOU CAN
DETERMINE WHETHER IT IS A VIDEO CARD OR MONITOR FAULT?
a) REPLACE THE MONITOR WITH A WORKING MONITOR FROM ANOTHER
COMPUTER
b) REPLACE THE IDE CABLES
c) REPLACE THE VRAM
d) REPLACE THE VIDEO CARD WITH ONE FROM A WORKING COMPUTER.
59) WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CAN BE CAUSED BY THE PRINT RIBBON ADVANCE
GEAR SLIPPING?
a) A SMALL BLANK LINE RUNNING THROUGH A LINE OF PRINT
( CONSISTENTLY)
b) A SMALL BLANK LINE RUNNING THROUGH A LINE OF PRINT
( INTERMITTENTLY)
c) PRINT LINES THAT GO FROM DARK TO LIGHT AS A PRINT HEAD MOVES
ACROSS THE PAGE
d) CONSISTENTLY FADED OR LIGHT CHARACTERS
63) WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING LINE BEST EXPLAINS THE SUPER SCALAR
TECHNOLOGY?
a) IT ALLOWS THE ADDRESSING OF MORE THAN 1GB RAM
b) IT IMPROVES THE PERFORMANCE OF MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS
c) IT ALLOW EXECUTING TWO SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS
SIMULTANEOUSLY
d) IT ALLOW THE DIRECT DATA TRANSFER BETWEEN RAM AND HARD DISK
65) WHICH DRIVE LETTER WILL BE ASSIGNED TO THE DRIVE AT THE END OF THE
CABLE TWIST?
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
68) WHAT TYPE OF I/O DEVICE USES A 2-ROW, 15-PIN FEMALE CONNECTOR?
a) MONITOR
b) GAME PORT
c) PRINTER
d) MODEM
69) THE STANDARD VGA RESOLUTION IN GRAPHICS MODE WITH 16 ON SCREEN
COLORS IS ______ PIXELS.
a) 1280 X 1024
b) 640 X 480
c) 800 X 600
d) 1024 X 748
74) WHAT IS THE HIGHEST DRIVE LETTER THAT CAN BE ASSIGNED TO A LOGICAL
DRIVE IN A FAT- BASED SYSTEM?
a) W
b) Z
c) S
d) H
75) WHERE DOES THE BOOTSTRAP LOADER LOOK FOR THE OPERATING SYSTEM
BOOT FILES?
a) THE DYNAMIC PARTITION
b) THE ACTIVE PARTITION
c) THE EXTENDED PARTITION
d) THE PRIMARY PARTITION
78) WHAT TYPE OF DEVICE WOULD YOU EXPECT TO FIND IN AN AGP SLOT?
a) SCSI CARD
b) AMR CARD
c) NETWORK CARD
d) VIDEO CARD
80) WHICH DRIVE LETTER WILL BE ASSIGNED TO THE DRIVE AT THE END OF THE
CABLE TWIST?
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
82) WHAT TYPE OF I/O DEVICE USES A 3-ROW, 15-PIN FEMALE CONNECTOR?
a) MONITOR
b) GAME PORT
c) PRINTER
d) MODEM
84) WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CONNECTORS ARE USED TO DEVICES THAT CAN BE
HOT- SWAPPABLE
a) 5 PIN DIN CONNECTOR
b) 6 PIN PS/2 MINI DIN CONNECTOR
c) RS -232C SERIAL PORT
d) USB PORT
87) YOU REPLACE YOUR CMOS BATTERY, WHAT MUST YOU DO NEXT?
a) NONE FDISK
b) FLASH THE BIOS
c) SET THE DATE AND TIME
d) FORMAT THE HARD DISK
89) WHAT IS YOUR FIRST ACTION WHEN YOUR HDD REPORTS THAT IT IS
DEVELOPING BAD SECTORS?
a) REPLACE THE DRIVE.
b) RUN SECCLEAN FROM DOS.
c) RUN THE DEFRAG UTILITY.
d) RUN SCANDISK WITH THE THOROUGH OPTION SELECTED
90) THE PRINT FROM A DOT-MATRIX PRINTER IS LIGHT AND UNEVEN. THIS IS
MOST LIKELY CAUSED BY:
a) DEFECTIVE PRINT HEAD
b) WORN RIBBON
c) PAPER NOT ADVANCING PROPERLY
d) DEFECTIVE CARRIAGE ASSEMBLY
e) WORN PLATTEN
92) WHAT STATISTIC MEASURE THE TIME IT TAKES THE CRT’S ELECTRON BEAM TO
PAINT THE SCREEN FROM TOP TO BOTTOM?
a) DOT PITCH.
b) INTERLACING.
c) VIDEO RAM.
d) REFRESH RATE.
95) MOST PCS GIVE A SINGLE BEEP ON BOOT UP TO INDICATE THEY ARE OK
HARDWARE WISE. YOU BOOT YOUR PC AND DON'T GET A BEEP. WHAT SHOULD YOU
CHECK FIRST?
a) SYSTEM BOARD
b) RAM
c) MICROPROCESSOR
d) POWER SUPPLY
e) SPEAKER
96) _____ IS THE TERM USED TO REFER TO THE PROCESS OF TWO MODEMS
ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATIONS WITH EACH OTHER.
a) INTERACTING
b) HANDSHAKING
c) CONNECTING
d) LINKING
e) PINGING