The Smooze A+ Quiz
Just some questions tossed together from my notes. A little heavy on the hardware side of things.
- 1.What is the minimum processor speed required to install/upgrade Windows 2000?
- A.
233Mhz
- B.
133Mhz
- C.
333Mhz
- D.
500Mhz
- E.
550Mhz
- 2.What is the minimum processor speed required to install/upgrade Windows XP?
- A.
Pentium II
- B.
300Mhz
- C.
233Mhz
- D.
133Mhz
- E.
Pentium I
- 3.What 3 operating systems can you upgrade to Windows 2000 from?
- A.
Windows ME
- B.
Windows 98
- C.
Windows NT Workstation
- D.
Windows 95
- E.
Windows Millenium
- 4.What operating systems can you upgrade to Windows XP from?
- A.
Windows 2000
- B.
Windows NT Server
- C.
Windows 98
- D.
Windows ME
- E.
Windows NT Workstation
- 5.How much memory is required to install/upgrade to Windows 2000 or Windows XP?
- A.
128mb
- B.
64mb
- C.
256mb
- D.
32mb
- 6.How much free hard drive space is required for a Windows XP install/upgrade?
- A.
2gig
- B.
2.5gig
- C.
1.5gig
- D.
650mb
- 7.What is the maximum length that a USB cable can be?
- A.
1 meter
- B.
5 meters
- C.
4.5 meters
- D.
4 meters
- E.
10 meters
- 8.How many pins does a USB cable have?
- A.
9
- B.
6
- C.
4
- D.
15
- E.
25
- 9.What is the maximum number of USB devices supported?
- A.
63
- B.
25
- C.
50
- D.
100
- E.
127
- 10.What is IEEE1394 commonly called?
- A.
USB
- B.
Serial
- C.
Parallel
- D.
Firewire
- E.
Hotlines
- 11.What are the two Firewire standards?
- A.
IEEE 1394a
- B.
IEEE 1394b
- C.
IEEE 1394n
- D.
IEEE 1394g
- E.
IEEE 1394ab
- 12.What is the maximum number of Firewire devices are supported?
- A.
127
- B.
72
- C.
150
- D.
50
- E.
63
- 13.Does Firewire always required a PC to be used?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- C.
Maybe
- D.
Sometimes
- 14.What is RS-232 more commonly known as?
- A.
USB
- B.
Serial
- C.
Parallel
- D.
Centronix
- E.
R2-D2's brother
- 15.Is the serial port on a computer male or female?
- A.
Male
- B.
Female
- 16.What is the maximum distance of a serial cable?
- A.
10 feet
- B.
15 feet
- C.
20 feet
- D.
50 feet
- E.
12 feet
- 17.What is the standard for Parallel?
- A.
RS-232
- B.
IEEE 1394a
- C.
IEEE1394b
- D.
802.11g
- E.
IEEE 1284
- 18.How fast is 802.11a?
- A.
11mb
- B.
15mb
- C.
24mb
- D.
54mb
- E.
75mb
- 19.Which of these are wireless networks?
- A.
802.11a
- B.
802.11g
- C.
802.11n
- D.
802.12a
- E.
802.11b
- 20.Why catagory cable would you use for a gigabit network?
- A.
Cat 5
- B.
Cat 5e
- C.
Cat 6
- D.
Cat 6e
- E.
Cat 4
- 21.What type of RAM is found on CPU's?
- A.
DDR
- B.
SDRAM
- C.
SRAM
- D.
RIMM
- E.
CRIMM
- 22.What is Latency?
- A.
Checks for errors
- B.
A coating on the RAM for cooling
- C.
How long it takes the processor to find the RAM
- D.
Amount of time for a CPU request to be filled by the RAM
- 23.What is ECC?
- A.
Effective Character Correction
- B.
Energy Checking Component
- C.
Error Correcting Code
- D.
Error Corrected Code
- 24.Are Parity and ECC the same thing?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 25.What is the difference between Parity and ECC?
- A.
ECC checks for errors only
- B.
Parity checks for errors only
- C.
ECC checks for errors and corrects them
- D.
Parity checks for errors and corrects them
- E.
Nothing they are the same thing
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