MCQ's For Computer/EC/IT -4



151.  A customer calls and says his computer will not boot. You have determined that no sounds are coming from the system and none of the lights are on. What should you take to the site to fix the problem?
a.     Video Card
b.     Power Supply
c.      CPU
d.     Modem
Answer:b
152.  A Windows 9x system fails to successfully detect new devices that are added. What should you check first?
a.     CMOS settings in BIOS for Plug and Play
b.     Device manager for DMA assignments.
c.      BIOS settings in CMOS for Plug and Play.
d.     Plug and Play settings in control panel.
Answer:c
153.  What device must be installed on a computer to provide it with a physical and electrical connection to a network?
a.     Gateway
b.     BNC connector
c.      NIC
d.     Router
Answer:c
154.  What should you do after installing a new ink-jet cartridge?
a.     Adjust the assignment manually
b.     Reboot your computer
c.      Print a very detailed picture
d.     Run the printer alignment program
Answer:d
155.  On the dot-matrix you only see the bottom half of the characters. What is a possible cause of this?
a.     Paper text incorrectly on tractor.
b.     Defective home position sensor.
c.      Wrong paper thickness
d.     Defective print head
Answer:d
156.  What can a crossover cable in an Ethernet network be used to do?
a.     Convert from 10 Megabits per second to 100 Megabits per second
b.     Connect two network devices without a Hub
c.      Test a faulty network card.
d.     Improve bandwidth between the server and the workstations
Answer:b
157.  Why would the back of your page come out dirty on a Laser printer?
a.     High humidity level.
b.     Bad AC power module
c.      Contaminated fuser.
d.     Light weight paper
Answer:c

158. Where is hard disk information stored?
a.     CMOS
b.     SYSTEM.INI
c.      BOOT.INI
d.     RAM
Answer:a
159.  How many IDE controllers are typically built into an ATX motherboard?
a.     8
b.     2
c.      4
d.     1
Answer:b
160.  How many bits wide is the AGP Bus?
a.     16
b.     8
c.      64
d.     32
Answer:d
171.  On a dot matrix printer which paper type requires tractors to feed the paper?
a.     Single sheets
b.     Envelopes
c.      Continuous Forms
d.     Fiction Fed
Answer:c
172. Which type of cable is most likely in use with RJ-45 connectors attached to a computer?
a.     10BaseT
b.     10Base5
c.      10BaseXL
d.     10Base2
Answer:a
173. Which motherboard type allows you to turn off the computer via software?
a.     MCA
b.     VESA
c.      AT
d.     ATX
Answer:d
174. How many pins are on a serial port connector? (Choose two)
a.     15
b.     8
c.      9
d.     25
Answer:c,d
175.  Which statement is true concerning the installation of USB mouse?
a.     You must shut the computer down, plug in the mouse, and restart.
b.     You must first set up a specific IRQ for the device.
c.      You can plug it in while the computer is running.
d.     You must first set a DMA channel for the new device
Answer:c
176. An IDE drive can be set to use a specific connector on the cable by?
a.     Jumping connector for master
b.     Jumping for cable select.
c.      Jumping connector for slave
d.     Plugging the IDE cable into the second connector on the motherboard
Answer:b
177.  What is the common language that computers use to talk with one another on a network?
a.     Protocol
b.     Client
c.      Adapter
d.     Operating system
Answer:a
178.  What is the name of the process that laser printers use to produce a printed image?
a.     Electro-photographic
b.     Micro-laser printing
c.      Ink-jet laser photographic
d.     Laser writing
Answer:a
179. Which device connects to a parallel port?
a.     External Modem
b.     Mouse
c.      Joystick
d.     External storage device
Answer:d
180.  The computer identifies a non-mask able interrupt error. What is most likely cause of this error?
a.     Defective RAM
b.     Lost clusters
c.      Corrupted software
d.     The I/O controller
Answer:a
181.  When replacing a power supply what must you observe?
a.     Voltage
b.     Wattage
c.      Resistance
d.     Current
Answer:a
182. On a system with one hard drive and one CD-ROM what is the typical placement of the CDROM drive?
a.     Master drive on the secondary IDE channel
b.     Master drive on the primary IDE channel.
c.      Slave drive on the primary IDE channel.
d.     Slave drive on the secondary IDE channel
Answer:a
183.  Laser jet printer speeds are measured in pages per minute (PPM). What do we use to measure the speed of dot matrix printers?
a.     Lines per inch.
b.     Lines per sheets
c.      Characters per inch
d.     Characters per second
Answer:d
184.  What does a 601 error POST (Power On Self-Test) indicate?
a.     floppy drive error
b.     hard drive error
c.      defective power supply
d.     network boot problem
Answer:a
185.  When upgrading to a Pentium II, which slot or socket is viable?
a.     Slot 3
b.     Slot 1
c.      Socket 7
d.     Slot A
Answer:b

186.  A laser printer generates a totally black paper. What is the cause?
a.     Low level in the tonal cartage.
b.     No power to the primary corona.
c.      No power to the transfer corona.
d.     Malfunctioning image laser.
Answer:b
187.  You must service the laser printer in your office. Which part of the printer should you avoid touching because it is hot?
a.     High voltage power supply
b.     Print head
c.      Fuser
d.     Primary corona
Answer:c
188.  What expansion bus types do most motherboards support?
a.     ISA, EISA
b.     MCA, PCI
c.      ISA, VESA, PCI
d.     ISA, PCI, AGP
Answer:d
189.  With respect to the interface network card, what does the term 10/100 refer to?
a.     Megabits per second.
b.     Minimum and maximum server speed
c.      Protocol speed
d.     A fiber network.
Answer:a
190.  When seeking to upgrade your BIOS for a particular motherboard. What do you need to know?
a.     Make and Model
b.     Memory Type
c.      Hard Drive Size
d.     DIMM manufacturer
Answer:a
191.  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.      Hard Drive manufacturer Website information
d.     Drivers that need to be loaded
Answer:b
192.  How many devices does USB support?
a.     64
b.     127
c.      256
d.     32
Answer:b
193.  You have just installed a new internal PCI modem in your desktop. It will not dial out. What is the problem?
a.     The phone line out of the wall is plugged into the phone port on the modem card
b.     The modem has not been set up in control panel properties
c.      The phone line is plugged in to the line-in port on the modem card.
d.     The port speed is set too high
Answer:a
194.  What would a Multimeter be used to measure?
a.     Floppy drive speed
b.     Power-supply voltage
c.      CD-ROM data
d.     RAID controller synchronization
Answer:b
195.  What is your first action when windows report that your hard drive is developing bad sectors?
a.     Run Scan Disk with the thorough option
b.     Run Secclean from DOS
c.      Replace the hard drive
d.     Run the defrag utility on the hard Drive
Answer:a
196. You get a CMOS Checksum error during boot up. What is the most likely cause?
a.     CMOS battery is nearing end of life
b.     Power Supply is bad
c.      BIOS needs Updating
d.     Hard Drive types are incorrectly defined
Answer:a


197. Mouse is a :
a.     Plotting device
b.     Drawing device
c.      Pointing device
d.     None of the above

Ans: C

198. Which among these are the example of hardware component of a computer system: (multiple choice)
a.     Input device
b.     Output device
c.      Device driver
d.     Central processing unit
e.      All of the above

Ans: A, B and C

199. How many bits are there in a byte:
a.     6
b.     2
c.      8
d.     16
Ans: C

200. How many bytes there in a megabytes:
a.     1008
b.     2012
c.      1024
d.     1214
Ans: C