Question 1

What does POST stand for?

computer

Printer Online Standard Test
Power On Self Test
Power Off Standard Test
Preferred Operating System Timing

Answer

Correct Option: B

Question 2

A problem with parity error indicates a problem with:

computer

hard drive
I/O Controller
power supply
memory

Answer

Correct Option: D

Question 3

WAN stands for:

computer

Wide Area Network
World Area Network
Wide Artificial Network
Wide Access Network

Answer

Correct Option: A

Question 4

Which processor has a 32-bit Data Bus and a 24-bit Address Bus?

computer

80286
80386DX
80486SX
80386SX

Answer

Correct Option: D

Question 5

True/False: CD-ROMs typically hold 1000 megabytes.

computer

True
False

Answer

Correct Option: B

Question 6

What is the function of MSCDEX.EXE?

computer

A DOS CD-ROM driver
Memory Management Program
Loads Windows 3.11 into Upper Memory
SCSI driver

Answer

Correct Option: A

Question 7

True/False: Older BIOSs may need to be upgraded to support newer hard drives.

computer

True
False

Answer

Correct Option: A

Question 8

How many devices can you connect to a typical SCSI adapter?

computer

2
7
8
2 Internal, 7 External

Answer

Correct Option: B

Question 9

Which of the following would NOT be considered an FRU? (Choose all that apply)

computer

NFU Controller
Hard Drive
System Board
RAM Chips

Answer

Correct Option: B

Question 10

Your system boots up but you don't hear a beep, which part should you check first?

computer

RAM
System Board
CPU
Speaker

Answer

Correct Option: D

Question 11

The laser printer has 6 steps it follows to print.

computer

True
False

Answer

Correct Option: A

Question 12

What type of interface has the fastest data transfer?

computer

Parallel
Serial
DirectCPU Bus
SCSI
IDE

Answer

Correct Option: D

Question 13

You have an existing hard drive on your IDE adapter. You are installing a second hard drive and want the first hard drive to still be the bootable hard drive. How should you configure the second hard drive?

computer

master
beta
slave
secondary

Answer

Correct Option: C

Question 14

Your system continuously reboots itself. Which of the following could be the problem? (Check all that apply)

computer

Bad system board
Bad Power Supply
Faulty Adapter Card
AC Power Faulty
All of the above

Answer

Correct Option: E

Question 15

ESD is:

computer

Electronic Surge Device
Ergonomic System Device
Electronic System Display (for laptops
Electrostatic Discharge

Answer

Correct Option: D

Description: Basic Computer Quiz 1
Number of Questions: 15
Created by: Aliensbrain Bot
Tags: computer

Basic Computer Quiz 1

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