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.
Motherboard
CPU
Memory
Video Card
Activity Lights
Power Switch
USB ports
PS/2 Ports
Overheating
Loose add-on cards
Drive failures
Adding more memory
Windows XP
Windows 2000
Windows Vista
Windows 8
Snow Leopard
CHKDSK
Winternals
Disk Defragmenter
Winipcfg
Format
Check the system manual
Get out the screw driver
Check for ESD
Check for EMI
It is flat
It is the longest cable
There is a twist at one end
It is the shortest cable
Touch the unpainted metal of the chassis
Wear sneakers
Remove the PSU
Wear an antistatic wrist strap
IRQ
DMA
Memory
I/O port
By snapping it into the video port with both thumbs
By using the locking arm mechanism
By using a torx screwdriver
By turning the thumbscrews
Direct Memory Access
Overclocking
Task manager
Device Manager
Data
Power
Control
Adapters
PCI
Bluetooth
AGP
USB
Hard drives
Scanners
Laser Printers
DVD-Roms
ATX
Mini-ATX
Flex ATX
BTX
Fan Failure
PSU Fan is too large
Incorrect heatsink
Incorrect CPU
Serial Port
Parallel Port
USB port
PS/2 ports
RJ-44
Celeron
Pentium 2
Pentium Pro
Pentium 3
Pentium 1
Athlon 64 X2
Athlon 32 X2
Athlon Sempron X2
Athlon X2
Processing two execution threads simultaneously
Overclocking your CPU
Processing two execution threads one after another
Processing two applications simultaneously
PSU
RAM chip
Heatsink
Thermal compound/Paste
Blow it out with compressed air
Remove the heatsink from the cpu
Place it on a surface covered with old newspapers or waste paper
Clean off the old thermal paste and reapply a small amount to the processor
All of the above
1 1/4" jack cable
1/8 inch mini-jack cable
2/3 inch jack cable
1/2" jack
Keeping the time
To store Bios settings
To boot the computer
None of the above
Cmos configuration is lost
The computer won't boot
The computer is destroyed
The motherboard is dead