Hardware_1 practice test 1
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| A PC doesn't work. What should you check first? | Ensure AC plug is plugged in.
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| A ____ is a circle where data is stored on a drive. | track
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| A sound wave has three primary characteristics. The first two are amplitude and frequency. What's the last one? | Timbre
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| A surge suppressor should be rated at a minimum of ____ joules. | 800
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| ATA/66, ATA/100, and ATA/133 require a ____ cable? | 80-wire
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| ATAPI CD-ROMs have regular ____ PATA (IDE) connectors and master/slave jumpers. | 40-Pin
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| ATX motherboards use a feature called ____ that allows software to turn the power on and off. | softpower
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| All modern CD-R drives allow you to burn additional data onto a CD-R disc until the disc is full. What are these drives called? | Multisession drives
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| All of the following are characteristics of an integrated GPU EXCEPT: | uses more power
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| All of the following are common hard drive speeds EXCEPT: | 9600
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| As of today, what is the fastest, most popular expansion bus in use? | PCIe
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| Be sure to orient the colored stripe on the side of the floppy cable to ____ on the motherboard floppy controller. | pin 1
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| Because CPU makers can't make the processors run much quicker, they are instead doing what? | Combining multiple CPUs on a single chip
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| CD-ROM drives use a ____ and mirrors to read the data off a CD-ROM. | laser
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| CPUs typically run faster than the clock. What do they use to do this? | Multipliers
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| Chipsets that support a feature called triple-channel memory usually support which type of memory? | DDR3
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| Combining many CPUs) into a single chip is called: | Multicore processing
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| Conventionally, if there is only one floppy drive, which drive letter should it be assigned? | A:
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| DVD-ROM is the DVD-equivalent of the standard ____ data format. | CD-ROM
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| Electrical surges and ESD can cause ____ failure. | component
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| Every device soldered to the motherboard is designed to run at the speed of which component? | clock speed
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| Examples of biometric identifiers include all of the following EXCEPT: | Personal Identification Number (PIN)
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| Expansion bays must be covered by the ____ to maintain proper airflow inside the case. | slot cover
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| FireWire has been replaced in practice by all of the following EXCEPT: | Serial
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| How fast does a Full-Speed USB device run? | 12 Mbps
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| How fast does a Hi-Speed USB device run? | 480 Mbps
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| How fast does a Low-Speed USB device run? | 1.5 Mbps
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| How fast is IEEE 1394a? | 400 Mbps
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| How fast is IEEE 1394b? | 800 Mbps
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| How is hard drive spindle speed measured? | Revolutions per minute (RPM)
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| How many ATA devices can be connected to most PCs? | Four
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| How many USB devices are supported by one host controller? | 127
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| How many bits make up a byte? | 8
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| How many channels of sound is the Dolby Digital sound standard designed to support? | Five
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| How many clock cycles does the CPU require to act on a command? | At least two
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| How many devices are supported by FireWire? | 63
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| How many drives can be supported with ATA-2 (sometimes called EIDE)? | Four
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| How many pins are in a DDR3 DIMM? | 240
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| How many pins are on a VGA connector? | 15
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| How many wires does the SATA interface have? | Seven
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| How much data can the highest capacity Blu-ray Disc store? | 50 GB
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| If Windows generates parity errors with the same addresses, the ____ is probably at fault. BIOS processor power supply |
RAM
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| In SDRAM, what does the S represent? | Synchronous
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| In a USB connection, what connects to the host controller? | Root hub
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| In which component does all of the processing and storage take place? | System unit
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