On the PC side, the printer port is a:
A. 25 pin female serial connector
B. 15 pin female parallel connector
C. 25 pin male serial connector
D. 15 pin female serial connector
E. 25 pin female parallel connector
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You were installing an application in Windows 95, and the computer crashes, what do you do?
A. press alt + Ctrl + delete, twice
B. press alt + Ctrl + delete, and end task
C. press the reset button on the computer
D. turn off computer and boot from a floppy disk
E. None of the above
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RS-232 is a standard that applies to:
A. serial ports
B. parallel ports
C. game ports
D. networks
E. digital frequencies
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You just installed a new IDE hard drive, but your system BIOS will not recognize the new drive, what should you check first.
A. cable sequence
B. jumpers on the hard drive
C. drivers that need to be loaded
D. hard drive manufacturer web site information
E. None of the above
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During boot-up, the memory test:
A. Is a superfluous step that should be ignored
B. Checks and verifies that contiguous memory is installed
C. Is an operational error
D. Displays what memory is installed, but nothing else
E. None of the above
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What is the best ground for a conductive work bench?
A. AC outlet
B. Ground to bend
C. To another device
D. Chassis ground
E. None of the above
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Topically, how many type III PC cards can you insert in a laptop
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. None of the above
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What is the first thing you could do to check for damage to a printer after receiving it?
A. Run MSD diagnostics
B. Attach it to a PC and print something
C. Check the cables
D. Unbox it and examine it for physical damage
E. None of the above
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You have a system that periodically locks up. You have ruled out software, and now suspect that it is hardware. What should you do first that could help you narrow it down to the component at fault?
A. rotate the RAM
B. replace the RAM
C. replace the level 2 cache SIMM
D. disable the CPU cache in CMOS
E. replace the CPU
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What's the best way to protect your hard drive data?
A. regular backups
B. periodically defrag it
C. run chkdsk at least once a week
D. run scandisk at least once a week
E. run a regular diagnostic
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On a dot matrix printer, you should never lubricate which part?
A. carriage rails
B. printhead pins
C. paper advance bearings
D. carriage bearings
E. None of the above
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How many devices can be used on a single SCSI bus? Keep in mind that the SCSI host adapter counts as a device.
A. 1
B. 8
C. 20
D. 10
E. All of the above
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Match the device driver HIMEM.SYS to its operation.
A. Supports (ANSI) terminal emulation
B. Manages the use of extended memory
C. Uses expanded memory on a 80386 processor
D. Supports code page switching
E. None of the above
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_____ help prevent power surges.
A. Surge suppressor
B. Spike protector
C. UPS system
D. High-grade multi-meter
E. None of the above
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The digital multimeter is set for DC, Ohm and 20k. You will read _____ while measuring a good 2 amp fuse.
A. 0
B. 0.02
C. 0.2
D. 2
E. None of the above
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An anti static strap uses a small _____ to make sure you do not become the least path of resistance to the ground?
A. capacitor
B. diode
C. transistor
D. resistor
E. None of the above
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If the memory slots have 30 pins then the chip is a?
A. DIMM
B. SIMM
C. SDRAM
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
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Laser Jet printer speeds are measured in pages per minute (ppm) what do we use to measure dot-matrix printers?
A. lines per inch
B. lines per sheet
C. characters per inch
D. characters per second
E. None of the above
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Which values are held in CMOS for the hard drive
A. size (heads, cylinders, sectors)
B. IRQ
C. Free space
D. Virus alert
E. None of the above
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Which of the following would be a logical first step in troubleshooting a PC?
A. Check the computer CMOS
B. Define the circumstances of the problem
C. Call the vendor
D. Define what applications are being used
E. None of the above
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