A+ 2009 Part 1 Of 3
This Quiz is to help prepare you for the A+ 2009 Certification. It comes in 3 parts and helps test you on both the Essentials and Practical portion of the certification.
- 1.You are working on a computer. Which of the following are considered essential?(Choose all correct answers.)
- A.
Motherboard
- B.
CPU
- C.
Memory
- D.
Video Card
- 2.Which of the following devices can be found on BOTH the front and back of a computer?(Choose all correct answers.)
- A.
Activity Lights
- B.
Power Switch
- C.
USB ports
- D.
PS/2 Ports
- 3.Which of the following can cause a desktop computer to fail? (Choose allthat apply.)
- A.
Overheating
- B.
Loose add-on cards
- C.
Drive failures
- D.
Adding more memory
- 4.Which of the following are the most commonly used Windows operating systems?(Choose the three best answers.)
- A.
Windows XP
- B.
Windows 2000
- C.
Windows Vista
- D.
Windows 8
- E.
Snow Leopard
- 5.Which of the following can be used in your day-to-day work on a standardWindows computer? (Choose the two best answers.)
- A.
CHKDSK
- B.
Winternals
- C.
Disk Defragmenter
- D.
Winipcfg
- E.
Format
- 6.Which of the following steps is important to perform when opening the case toaccess the internal parts of a computer?
- A.
Check the system manual
- B.
Get out the screw driver
- C.
Check for ESD
- D.
Check for EMI
- 7.How do you identify the cable that connects to the floppy drive?
- A.
It is flat
- B.
It is the longest cable
- C.
There is a twist at one end
- D.
It is the shortest cable
- 8.Which of the following can help in preventing ESD? (Choose two)
- A.
Touch the unpainted metal of the chassis
- B.
Wear sneakers
- C.
Remove the PSU
- D.
Wear an antistatic wrist strap
- 9.Which of the following types of hardware resources do both onboard and addoncard devices use? (Choose all that apply.)
- A.
IRQ
- B.
DMA
- C.
Memory
- D.
I/O port
- 10.How do you attach the VGA cable to the video card to prevent it from losingconnection?
- A.
By snapping it into the video port with both thumbs
- B.
By using the locking arm mechanism
- C.
By using a torx screwdriver
- D.
By turning the thumbscrews
- 11.What is the process of bypassing the CPU called?
- A.
Direct Memory Access
- B.
Overclocking
- C.
Task manager
- D.
Device Manager
- 12.The system bus and I/O bus carry four different types of signals throughout thecomputer. Which of the following are the signals? (Choose all that apply.)
- A.
Data
- B.
Power
- C.
Control
- D.
Adapters
- 13.Which of the following are considered expansion slots? (Choose all that apply.)
- A.
PCI
- B.
Bluetooth
- C.
AGP
- D.
USB
- 14.Which of the following can you use with SCSI (Small Computer Systems Interface)?(Choose all that apply.)
- A.
Hard drives
- B.
Scanners
- C.
Laser Printers
- D.
DVD-Roms
- 15.Which of the following are in the ATX family of motherboards? (Choose allthat apply.)
- A.
ATX
- B.
Mini-ATX
- C.
Flex ATX
- D.
BTX
- 16.Which of the following are causes of overheating? (Choose all that apply.)
- A.
Fan Failure
- B.
PSU Fan is too large
- C.
Incorrect heatsink
- D.
Incorrect CPU
- 17.Which of the following are considered integrated I/O ports? (Choose all that apply)
- A.
Serial Port
- B.
Parallel Port
- C.
USB port
- D.
PS/2 ports
- E.
RJ-44
- 18.Which one of the listed processors was the last slot-based processor designedby Intel?
- A.
Celeron
- B.
Pentium 2
- C.
Pentium Pro
- D.
Pentium 3
- E.
Pentium 1
- 19.Which of the following processors was the first dual-core design by AMD?
- A.
Athlon 64 X2
- B.
Athlon 32 X2
- C.
Athlon Sempron X2
- D.
Athlon X2
- 20.Which of the following best describes hyperthreading?
- A.
Processing two execution threads simultaneously
- B.
Overclocking your CPU
- C.
Processing two execution threads one after another
- D.
Processing two applications simultaneously
- 21.Before you remove the processor from the motherboard, what device shouldyou remove first?
- A.
PSU
- B.
RAM chip
- C.
Heatsink
- D.
Thermal compound/Paste
- 22.You have been dispatched to a client’s computer. You have decided that theprocessor is overheating. Which of the following steps can you take to help withthe air flow around the processor?
- A.
Blow it out with compressed air
- B.
Remove the heatsink from the cpu
- C.
Place it on a surface covered with old newspapers or waste paper
- D.
Clean off the old thermal paste and reapply a small amount to the processor
- E.
All of the above
- 23.To connect speakers to the sound card, which of the following must you use?
- A.
1 1/4" jack cable
- B.
1/8 inch mini-jack cable
- C.
2/3 inch jack cable
- D.
1/2" jack
- 24.What is the CMOS memory used for?
- A.
Keeping the time
- B.
To store Bios settings
- C.
To boot the computer
- D.
None of the above
- 25.What happens when the CMOS battery fails?
- A.
Cmos configuration is lost
- B.
The computer won't boot
- C.
The computer is destroyed
- D.
The motherboard is dead
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