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Question 1

what does the bios provide for the computer

Answer 1

provides the programming that enables the cpu to communicate with hardware

Question 2

what is the boot sequence for an older bios system

Answer 2

power good
cpu
POST
boot loader
operating system

Question 3

you add a second hdd, physically correctly but it doesnt show up in windows, what should she do

Answer 3

reboot into CMOS (watch for instructions)

Question 4

when a peripheral device has no driver install software only an application included that means what

Answer 4

the device has an option ROM, because it works

Question 5

describe the relationship between bios and hardware

Answer 5

all hardware needs BIOS

Question 6

after a power surge, the pc rebooted and nothing appears on screen only beeps, what is most likely the problem

Answer 6

long repeating beep indicates and a dead pc most likely indicates a RAM problem

Question 7

how to change a CMOS password

Answer 7

find the CMOS clear jumper on the motherboard and then boot the computer with a shunt to on the jumper to clear the CMOS information

Question 8

after CMOS changes, pc powers on only gets to CMOS not into WIndows, how do you fix this

Answer 8

load default settings in cmos

Question 9

old Pentium system powers up starts to run through POST but then stops, displays CMOS configuration mismatch error, what is the most likely cause of the problem

Answer 9

CMOS battery is likely dying

Question 10

where does windows store device drivers

Answer 10

windows stores device drivers in the Registry

Question 11

what does a separate expansion bus crystal do

Answer 11

enables the expansion bus to run at a different speed than the frontside bus

Question 12

what does a black down arrow next to a driver in device manager mean

Answer 12

device has been disabled

Question 13

what variation of PCI bus is for laptops, specifically

Answer 13

Mini-PCI

conserves space and power

Question 14

out of:
AT or ATX or ITX or CTX (motherboards)
which controls the PC industry

Answer 14

ATX motherboards are the most common

Question 15

New system gave blue screen in the middle of presentation now wont boot at all not even to CMOS after extensive troubleshooting replacing the motherboard fixed the problem,
what was most likely the cause of the problem

Answer 15

system suffered burn-in failure

Question 16

what are standouts when changing motherboards

Answer 16

the metal connectors that attach the motherboard to the case

Question 17

very buggy computer reboots randomly, you suspect the motherboard how do you test

Answer 17

check settings, verify good components, replace components, document all testing

Question 18

you have a new motherboard

what kind of ICH does it have

Answer 18

Southbridge

input output controller hub ICH

Question 19

what companys dominate chipset market

Answer 19

AMD and Intel

Question 20

If windows recognizes the a device where will it appear

Answer 20

Device Manager

Question 21

what is the proper voltage for a US electrical outlet

Answer 21

120v

Question 22

what voltage does an ATX12V P1 connector provide for the motherboard

Answer 22

ATX12V power supply P1 connector provides 3.3, 5 and 12 to the motherboard

Question 23

what sort of power connector did a floppy disk drive typically use

Answer 23

floppy drives commonly used a mini connector

Question 24

new power supply surprised when it came with an extra 4 wire connector, what is this connector

Answer 24

to support more power hungry chips

Question 25

what should you keep in mind when testing DC connectors

Answer 25

DC connectors have polarity, the red lead should ways touch the hotwire, the black lead should touch ground wire,

Question 26

what voltages should the two hot wires on a Molex connector read?

Answer 26

the red wires should be 5v the yellow wire 12v

Question 27

why cover all expansion slot covers on PCs?

Answer 27

keep good air flow in PC

Question 28

a pc's power supply provides DC power in what standard configuration?

Answer 28

3 primary voltage rail | one each for 12volt 5volt and 3.3volt connectior

Question 29

what features of ATX systems prevents a user from turning off a system before the operating system has been shut down?

Answer 29

the soft power feature of ATX sytems

Question 30

how many pins does a SATA power connector have?

Answer 30

15 pins

Question 31

what are the common spindle speeds for an HDD

Answer 31

5400 7200 10,000 15,000 rpm

Question 32

form factor for connecting directly to the motherboard socket

Answer 32

the M.2 (and mSATA) SSD has a dedicated motherboard socket

Question 33

how many PATA hard drives can you have on a system with two PATA hard drive controllers?

Answer 33

each controller supports 2 drives

Question 34

how do you differentiate two PATA drives on the same cable

Answer 34

PATA drives use master/slave jumpers to differentiate between the two drives

Question 35

what happens if you cable a PATA hard drive incorrectly

Answer 35

nothing will be damaged or lost there just won't be any communication

Question 36

what is the maximum cable length of an internal SATA device?

Answer 36

1 meter

Question 37

what is maximum number of SATA drives you can have on a system?

Answer 37

no maximum, limit imposed by motherboard/ host card

Question 38

which SATA version offers the least overhead and thus best performance?

Answer 38

SATA express (SATAe) uses the PCIe bus and has none of the traditional SATA overhead

Question 39

which standard supports magnetic SATA drives most efficiently?

Answer 39

the AHCI standard supports magnetic SATA drives efficiently | American Standard Code for Information

Question 40

which RAID standard requires at least for drives?

Answer 40

RAID 10 requires at least 4 drives

Question 41

list the file systems that Windows can use

Answer 41

FAT(FAT16) FAT32, AND NTFS for HDD and FAT64 for removable flash drives

Question 42

identify the four possible entries in a file allocation table

Answer 42

an end of life marker a bad sector marker code indicating the cluster is available and the number of the cluster where the next part of the file is stored

Question 43

what program does microsoft include with windows to partition and format a drive

Answer 43

windows uses the disk management console to partition and format a drive

Question 44

what does NTFS use to provide security for individual files and folders

Answer 44

NTFS views individual files and folders as objects, it can provide security for those objects through an Access Control List

Question 45

how do you check for HDD errors in windows 8.1

Answer 45

Error-checking is used to check a drive for errors

Question 46

to make your files unreadable by others what should you use

Answer 46

encryption

Question 47

how can you effectively expand the capacity of an NTFS drive

Answer 47

by installing a second drive and mounting it to a folder on the original smaller NTFS drive

Question 48

which configuration requires three same sized volumes

Answer 48

RAID 5 requires 3 same sized volumes

Question 49

which partitioning schemes enable the creation of more than four partitions or volumes on a single hard drive

Answer 49

both GPT and dynamic disk partitioning schemes enable the creation of more than four partitions or volumes on a single hard drive

Question 50

which storage option in windows 8 or later offers the best mix of resiliency and performance with two drives

Answer 50

two way mirror space