Apple Hardware Exam: Trivia Quiz!

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1.

Which THREE of the following constitute a basic computer system?
- A.
  
  USB printer
- B.
  
  Monitor
- C.
  
  Cpu
- D.
  
  Firewire hard drive
- E.
  
  Slots
- F.
  
  Keyboard and mouse or trackpad
2.

When any Mac goes into sleep mode the first thing that happens is
- A.
  
  The backlit keyboard loses illumination ATA
- B.
  
  The microprocessor goes into a low-power mode
- C.
  
  The hard drive spins down
3.

Once the hard drive has gone through the startup process and is running, you can open a window instantly using:
- A.
  
  Cache memory
- B.
  
  Ram memory
- C.
  
  Rom memory
4.

How can customers obtain software from Apple?
5.

How does apple release new versions of software?
- A.
  
  Reference
- B.
  
  Upgrade
- C.
  
  Update
- D.
  
  Install
- E.
  
  Preinstall
6.

What stores the instructions for initiating the boot sequencing?
7.

Fill in the blanks: FireWire _____________ is faster than USB at transferring digital data
8.

What is missing: Cheetah, Puma, Jaguar Tiger, Leopard- and Snow Leopard
9.

You are replacing a customer’s drive. Which of the following requires a parallel ATA replacement?
- A.
  
  PowerMac G5
- B.
  
  Macpro
- C.
  
  Powermac G4
10.

What might be the consequences of trying to use Full Duplex communication in a shared Ethernet Segment? Don't use punctuation. Just words.
11.

Most Apple products provide either FireWire 400. or both FireWire 400 ( ____ Megabits per second, 4 and __ pin connectors) and FireWire 800 (800 Megabits per second, __ pin connector). FireWire 800 is____________compatible and allows the connection of a FireWire 400_____________.
12.

Target Disk mode has two primary uses:
- A.
  
  High speed data transfer
- B.
  
  Disk cloning
- C.
  
  Diagnosis of bad HDD
13.

Optical digital audio in and out ports are known as:
- A.
  
  Torline ports
- B.
  
  Toslink ports
- C.
  
  Trolink ports
14.

Some peripherals work with the slower USB data-transfer rate of 12 Mbit/s. These include:
- A.
  
  Scanner
- B.
  
  Flashcard reader
- C.
  
  Dvd drive
- D.
  
  Digital Cameras
- E.
  
  CDrom
15.

Which is true?
- A.
  
  USB devices use two types of plugs, Type A and Type B. The Type A plug is dome-shaped and connects to the host computer or a downstream hub. The Type B plug, which is flat, connects upstream to the USB device.
- B.
  
  USB devices use two types of plugs, Type A and Type B. The Type A plug is flat and connects to the host computer or an upstream hub. The Type B plug, which is somewhat house-shaped, connects downstream to the USB device.
16.

The _____ allows you to set up multiple monitors.
17.

The display system preference lets you set up multiple monitors in two ways. ____ and ____
18.

______________offers low power consumption but has a reduced range when compared to AirPort/AirPort Extreme.
19.

Name two Macs on which you can reset the PMU without opening the system and one that requires opening the system.
20.

ALS(_____________________) governs the illumination of the backlit keyboard and the brightness of the screen.
21.

Which type of compression removes some non-redundant content from the original, which results in reduced quality of the compressed file?
- A.
  
  Lossy
- B.
  
  Lossless
22.

Apple-developed CUPS (___________________) is a cross-platform, portable printing software layer for UNIX-based operating systems.
23.

Open Firmware Access - You can start up into Open Firmware by holding down:
- A.
  
  Command-Option-f-4
- B.
  
  Command-Option-o-f
- C.
  
  Command-Option
24.

The counterpart to Open Firmware for Intel Macs is:
- A.
  
  MFI
- B.
  
  EFI
- C.
  
  EFO
25.

With the introduction of the Mac mini model with an optional DVD+/-RW/CD-RW SuperDrive, Apple now supports ___________________discs of both + and - types.