What does the BIOS do when a plug and play card is installed?
Looks for the manufacturer of the card
Checks the processor ID for compliance
Disables the other cards until the new card is installed
Consults the ESCD to determine which system resources are available and needed for the card
The RS-232 interface on a printer is also known as what?
The Centronics
The Parallel
The SCSI
The Serial
Which printer type would MOST likely produce the most noise?
Dot Matrix
Ink Dispersion
Laser
Thermal
What is the total number of devices that can connect to a IEEE 1394 (FireWire) port?
10
50
63
126
What would be the MOST effective way to make a personal computer boot from a CD-ROM?
Disable the primary Master Hard drive.
Configure the CD-ROM to primary Master
Change the boot order in the CMOS settings
Set the CD-ROM to bootable in the cpu settings.
While working in a system, a computer technician notices that the CD ROM does not appear to be working correctly. The Device Manager displays a yellow sign with an exclamation point next to the secondary IDE controller. What does the exclamation point mean?
That the device has been disabled
Automatic settings for that particular device have been overridden
The system has no idea what this particular device is
A device is in a problem state or not functioning properly
After installing a new PCI card into an older PC the PC will not boot, however, the PCI card will work in a newer PC. What is the likely cause?
The PCI card is using another card's interrupt
The PCI drivers are incompatible with the older PC.
The older PC's power supply is not powerful enough for the new PCI card
The PCI card is PC1 2.1 based and the older PC only supports PC1 2.0
A user reports that the system is shutting down after running for about 10 minutes. The technician examines the PC and finds that the BIOS is reporting the CPU fan RPM of 0. What seams to be the problem?
The CPU fan needs to be replaced
The CPU needs to be replaced
The CMOS battery needs to be replaced
The power card needs to be replaced
10Base2 uses which of the following connectors?
AUI
BNC
RJ-45
ST
Which of the following protocols answers a request to an Internet site?
HTTP
SNMP
SMTP
TELNET
The system timer is at IRQ:
0
1
2
3
Which of the following cable types is the MOST expensive to implement?
UTP
Coax
IR (Infrared)
Fiber
Cache memory located on the processor chip is typically referred to as which of the following?
RAM Cache
System Cache
Level 1 Cache
Dynamic Cache
After you take a page out of the LaserJet printer, the printer looks good but smears when you pickup the paper. What is the problem?
Damp paper
Fuser assembly
Wrong type of toner
Output roller assembly
What is the standard parallel cable used with most ink jet printers?