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Computer Tech Test

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UMBs, or upper memory blocks are located where?
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Resistance is measured:
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Voltage is measured:
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The Windows file system.ini contains primarily:
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You do a DIR on a diskette, remove it and insert another, and get the same DIR listing from the first diskette. This is known as a "phantom" directory, and it is caused by:
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What two DOS commands lets you know the presence of hidden files?
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Where is the "FILES=" statement placed?
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What is the largest partition size that DOS supports?
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You plug a power supply's connectors onto the system board. You know you did it correctly because:
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ESD is ___________.
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A CD-Rom drive always uses IRQ:
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In a computer with an eide adapter, where should you connect an ATA CD-Rom drive?
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A monitor's CRT (cathode ray tube) can pack quite a wallop of a charge even if it's been turned off for several days or more. Before you service a monitor, you must discharge the CRT using a tool specific for that purpose. Before you do the discharge, wha
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A 3xx POST error code indicates a problem with:
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What is EMI?
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On PC power supplies, the wire attached to pin one is usually:
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A spike is a sharp and sudden rise in voltage. It's duration is usually measured in:
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I once had a PC with no video. I replaced the system board, CPU, and video card, and still had no video. I then replaced the IDE cable and fixed the problem. Am I telling the truth?
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T OR F** You can have EISA and MCA devices in the same PC.
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A 17xx indicates a problem
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milliseconds
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between 640k and 1024k
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make sure the monitor is unplugged
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electrostatic discharge
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the two sets of black wires are together in the middle
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in parallel
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keyboard
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in config.sys
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on the secondary ide
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Windows system settings and device drivers
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line 34 on the floppy is bad or deffective floppy drive
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chkdsk and dir
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hard drive or controller
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after breaking the circuit
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2.1 Gig
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False
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Yes!
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depends on the adapter it's attached to
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electro﷓magnetic interference
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white or orange
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What's the best way to protect your hard drive data?
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Memory that is paged out to the hard drive is known as:
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In laser printing, there are six steps the printer follows. What comes between the conditioning phase and the developing phase?
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Virtual memory is composed of ram and:
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The POST routine, which counts system board ram first, is stored in:
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T OR F** SCSI adapters usually don't need drivers, just the devices that interface with them.
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You have two hard drives installed on your primary EIDE controller. You install a CD-ROM on your second EIDE controller. What jumper setting would you use for the CD-ROM?
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A 1xx (x can be any digit) POST error code indicates a problem with the:
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Which component stores an electrical charge?
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power on self test

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