3d052 Vol. 2; 201-206
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Some of the volume 2 questions, close your book and test your knowledge!
- 1.Which original component is very susceptible to damage from electrostatic discharge?
- A.
Read only memory (ROM)
- B.
Basic input/output system (BIOS)
- C.
Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS)
- D.
Electronic erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM)
- 2.What is considered as nonvolatile permanent memory?
- A.
Random access memory (RAM)
- B.
Read only memory (ROM)
- C.
Basic input/output system (BIOS)
- D.
Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS)
- 3.What is considered to be a computer's main storage?
- A.
Random access memory (RAM)
- B.
Read only memory (ROM
- C.
Basic input/output system (BIOS)
- D.
Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS)
- 4.What is a form of firmware that contains the computer's startup instructions?
- A.
Cache
- B.
Basic input/output system (BIOS)
- C.
Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS)
- D.
Electronic erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM)
- 5.What is defined as an asynchronous signal from a computer hardware device indicating the need for attention from a CPU or a synchronous event?
- A.
Cache
- B.
Buffer
- C.
Interface
- D.
Interrupt
- 6.Which controller component interprets an electronic signal, prioritizes it, and requests the attention of the CPU?
- A.
Disk request
- B.
Utility resource
- C.
Priority interrupt
- D.
Integrated resource
- 7.Which interrupt request line number is normally used for the floppy disk controller?
- A.
2
- B.
4
- C.
6
- D.
8
- 8.Which is a term used to describe that data is whole or complete?
- A.
Driver
- B.
Parity Bit
- C.
Data Integrity
- D.
Error Correction
- 9.What is considered as a technique or method of checking data integrity?
- A.
Fault
- B.
Parity
- C.
Interrupt
- D.
Asynchronous
- 10.Which is a very simple example of an error detecting code?
- A.
Interrupt
- B.
Parity bit
- C.
Asynchronous
- D.
Data Integrity
- 11.What is a way of utilizing a group of storage devices as if they were physically connected to a server when they are not?
- A.
Network attached storage (NAS)
- B.
Storage area network (SAN)
- C.
Redundant array of independent disks (RAID)
- D.
Array storage
- 12.What is an advantage of using a SAN architecture?
- A.
Ease of replacing the hard drive
- B.
Ease of replacing network connectivity
- C.
Ease of replacing the server
- D.
Multiple users can acess the server at once
- 13.What is the connection type of choice for a SAN?
- A.
Fibre Channel
- B.
ATA over Ethernet (AoE) < not a WoW term...
- C.
Small computer system interface (SCSI)
- D.
Internet small computer system interface
- 14.Which storage device can be easily connected to a network and appears as a network drive?
- A.
SAN
- B.
RAID
- C.
NAS
- D.
RHD
- 15.Which storage device has the means of providing data storage reliability using multiple hard drives?
- A.
SAN
- B.
NAS
- C.
SCSI
- D.
RAID
- 16.The hard drives in a RAID array are presented to the server as....
- A.
1 single hard drive
- B.
A collection of hard drives
- C.
A single RAID array
- D.
A remote storage device
- 17.Which technology is often used in RAID array that can be daisy chained?
- A.
Small computer system interface (SCSI)
- B.
Serial attached (SAS) SCSI
- C.
Serial advanced technology attachment (SATA)
- D.
Peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe)
- 18.Which is not a characteristic of high order-languages?
- A.
They are nearly self-documenting
- B.
They use English like statements
- C.
Source codes that are written closest to machine language
- D.
Programs are transportable between computers with few changes
- 19.What best describes programming machine code?
- A.
Another term for firmware
- B.
Statements that correspond to complex actions
- C.
Instructions in a form that is acceptable to the computer
- D.
Source code, that when compiled, is appropriate for the computer
- 20.Which selection is a set of markup symbols or codes inserted in a file intended for display on a web browser page?
- A.
Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML)
- B.
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
- C.
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
- D.
Dynamic HTML (DHTML)
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