IT Essentials - Idiots' Guide
A simple quiz created to test your knowledge of IT essentials, as taught by the Cisco IT Essential Third Edition book.
- 1.Which voltage levels may be found in wires from an ATX power supply?
- A.
+/- 12V
- B.
+/- 5V
- C.
+3.3V
- D.
0V
- E.
All of the above.
- 2.What is the difference between voltage and current?
- A.
Voltage is a song whereas current is a dried fruit.
- B.
Voltage is the measure of force required to push electrons through a circuit and current is the measure of flow of those electrons.
- C.
Voltage is power and current is the measure of electrostatic potential.
- D.
Voltage is needed to eluminate star signatures in telescopes whereas current is the presence of the same star signature.
- E.
All of the above.
- 3.From the list below, select tools which are commonly found in a repair tool kit.
- A.
Flat head screwdriver.
- B.
Phillips head screwdriver.
- C.
Cross head screwdriver.
- D.
Torx screwdriver.
- E.
All of the above.
- 4.When typed into 'Run', which command will open the Command Line Interface?
- A.
Command
- B.
Cmmd
- C.
Cmd
- D.
Comd
- 5.What is the definition of the word 'jargon'?
- A.
A fictional language spoken by a race of creatures on the television program Star Trek.
- B.
A state of discombobulation.
- C.
The seperation of quarks from larger particles such as protons.
- D.
Technical speak that an untrained person or kangaroo may not understand.
- 6.There are four modes of operation in CPUs. Select two of them from the following list:
- A.
Real mode.
- B.
Safe mode.
- C.
Compatible mode.
- D.
Depache mode.
- 7.What is a cluster?
- A.
A term used in the Royal Air Force to describe a large quantity of airmen or airwomen failing at a simple task.
- B.
The smallest unit of space for storing data.
- C.
A type of cloud formation.
- D.
Sporadic fungi found in bedspaces of Davies block 14E.
- 8.What is a network?
- A.
A piece of equipment used by workers in the hungarian fishing trade.
- B.
A gorup of two or more electronic devices, such as computers, PDAs and smartphones, that communicate with each other to share data and resources.
- C.
A mission on the Special Ops menu of CoD: Modern Warfare 2.
- D.
A type of sexual deviance.
- 9.What is the most secure way of removing data from a hard drive?
- A.
Beat the hard drive repeatedly with a hammer like AC Joynes beating a cat.
- B.
Reformat the hard drive.
- C.
Feed the disk to a zombie, then remove the zombies head from its body with a solid object or high calibre firearm.
- D.
Use a pair of spectacles, angled towards the sun, to melt a hole in the disk.
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