Nten111 / Elen115 / CompTIA Practice
Just a few practices questions for the NTEN111/ELEN115 final exam. Most of this material should be relevant for those taking their CompTIA A+ certification. No log-in or email required - Just make up a user name to take the quiz (Sorry - ProProfs won't let me disable this)
- 1.BIOS stands for:
- A.
Binary Initialization Operation Scheme
- B.
Basic Input/Output System
- C.
Binary Input/Output System
- 2.Every computer performs a POST during start-up.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.The BIOS configuration can be reset to factory defaults by either removing the back-up battery or shorting the "CLEAR" jumper on the motherboard.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.By default, on most systems the POST will halt the boot process if it does not detect that a monitor is connected.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.The BIOS is stored on the first sector of the primary hard drive.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.SATA stands for:
- A.
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
- B.
Serial Advanced Terminal Adapter
- C.
Serial Adapter Terminal Attachment
- 7.ATAPI was created to allow the connection of CD-ROM and tape drives to SATA ports
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.Virtually all new hard drives on the market today connect to the motherboard through an IDE interface.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.How many devices can be connected to a single IDE channel?
- A.
2
- B.
4
- C.
12
- 10.Typically, a SCSI controller card will assume the lowest address in the device chain.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.How many devices can be connected to a wide SCSI bus? (Including the controller card)
- A.
8
- B.
16
- C.
12
- 12.VGA is an analog interface.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.DVI (Digital Visual Interface) cables carry both video and audio signals.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 14.What is the word size of a Pentium 4 CPU?
- A.
16-Bit
- B.
32-Bit
- C.
64-Bit
- 15.IEEE1394 is also commonly known as:
- A.
USB
- B.
SATA
- C.
Firewire
- 16.USB 2.0 has a theoretical maximum throughput of _____Mbps
- A.
12
- B.
480
- C.
1000
- 17.A standard KVM allows you to connect multiple monitors to one PC.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 18.RAID6 Requires a Minimum of __ disks.
- A.
2
- B.
3
- C.
6
- D.
4
- 19.RAID0 Requires a Minimum of __ disks.
- A.
1
- B.
2
- C.
4
- 20.RAID5 Requires a Minimum of __ disks.
- A.
3
- B.
2
- C.
5
- 21.The data path width and word size of a CPU do not necessarily have to be the same.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 22.In a typical computer, data would travel between the CPU and the RAM via the:
- A.
WR Bennett Bridge
- B.
Northbridge
- C.
Southbridge
- D.
Westbridge
- 23.Peripheral controllers for interfaces such as USB and Ethernet connect to the CPU by way of the:
- A.
Westbridge
- B.
Southbridge
- C.
Northbridge
- 24.Graphics cards typically connect to the CPU through the:
- A.
Northbridge
- B.
Westbridge
- C.
Southbridge
- 25.A certain hard drive has 65535 Cylinders, 32 Heads, and 500 Sectors. Given the industry standard sector size is 512 bytes, how big is the drive?
- A.
0.00190GB
- B.
32 GB
- C.
500 GB
- D.
65535 MB
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