1. Which key enables you to step through the boot process?

a. F8

b. F2

c. F1

d. F5

2. What is processed first?

a. CPU

b. CMOS

c. BIOS

d. IO.SYS

3. Where would you locate the current BIOS version ID?

a. Motherboard manual

b. BIOS setup screens

c. System properties

d. On the back of the computer

4. What should you do after replacing a CMOS battery?

a. Use FDISK

b. Format the hard drive

c. Set the date and time

d. Flash the BIOS

5. ATAPI is a standard for which?

a. Modem

b. Mass Storage Devices

c. Power

d. CPU

6. Which of the following is the most important step when upgrading a system BIOS?

a. Write down all the settings

b. Shut down all peripherals

c. Save the BIOS upgrade files on to a Floppy disc

d. Unplug all connectors

7. To which connector on an IDE cable, should you connect the bootable drive?

a. The first connector on the primary IDE controller cable

b. The third connector on the secondary IDE controller

c. Either the first or the second connector on the primary IDE controller cable

d. The second connector on the primary IDE controller cable

8. What would be the first step in diagnosing a computer that will not boot-up that was running fine the day before?

a. Check the AC outlet for voltage

b. Replace the CMOS battery

c. Test the power supply

d. Reseat the hard drive cable controller

9. What would be the most probable cause of a problem where the sound card and a printer are working intermittently?

a. An improperly seated card

b. A changed printer cable

c. The wrong APM setting

d. Conflicting IRQs

10. What is the function of the bootstrap loader?

a. Interprets the commands loaded at the command line

b. Initializes the system hardware

c. Tests the system hardware

d. Initiates a search for an operating system on a floppy or hard drive

11. What is the best way to keep a system cool with proper air flow?

a. Keep slot back plates in place

b. Add a second power supply with fan

c. Remove the lid

d. Use a lower voltage processor

12. Which one of these hardware devices on a motherboard can be updated through software?

a. system BIOS

b. IDE controller

c. data bus

d. chip set

13. ROM does not usually contain what?

a. CMOS setup

b. POST routine

c. MBR

d. System BIOS

14. Most modern motherboards contain at least one ISA slot. Why?

a. To allow space for the sound card

b. To ensure backward compatibility

c. Too expensive to remove

d. Required for memory expansion

15. Which of the following is the main feature of SDRAM?

a. Using fewer transistors

b. Locating the boot sector

c. Transferring the BIOS information

d. Delivering the data in high speed bursts

16. What is the maximum throughput of the PCI bus?

a. 128 Kb/sec

b. 66Mhz

c. 132 Mb/sec

d. 10 Mb/sec multiplied by the clock rate

17. What is the cause of chip creep?

a. Thermal expansion and contraction

b. Chips that don't communicate with other chips

c. Overheating of chips due to electrical shorts

d. Chips memory that is incompatible with the motherboard

18. Which statement describes what happens when shadowing options are enabled in a computer BIOS?

a. Values are stored twice in the memory for redundancy checking

b. Conventional memory is remapped to top of extended memory

c. Instructions stored in various ROM chips are copied into RAM

d. Data stored in RAM and adaptive card is shadowed into extended memory

19. An IDE drive configuration can be set to use a particular connector on the cable by?

a. Jumping for cable select

b. Jumping connector for slave

c. Jumping connector for master

d. Plugging the IDE cable into the second connector on the motherboard

20. Which of the following would you use to connect two computers together in an Ethernet peer to peer network using RJ-45 connectors and Category-5 Cable?

a. Hardware Loopback

b. Patch Cable

c. Cross over cable

d. Modem