Necessary Computer Hardware Question With Answer for Competetive Exam:

1.With respect to the interface network card, what does the term 10/100 refer to?

A. Protocol speed.

B. A fiber network.

C. Megabits per second.

D. Minimum and maximum server speed.

2. What is a type of IDE translation?

A. LBA

B. UTB

C. QIC

D. USB

3. You are the technician at Certkiller . The sales director's computer shuts down and

reboots unexpectedly. Which of the following could be a cause of this problem?

A. The BIOS is set to reboot automatically every day.

B. Her external SCSI CD-RW is using too much power.

C. The CMOS is configured to cycle power at a certain time.

D. The power supply is not providing enough power to the system.

4. WRAM is used on a?

A. Modem.

B. Video card.

C. Motherboard.

D. ATA controller.

5. What is the first program to run during the bootup process?

A. I/O.sys

B. Command.com

C. BIOS

D. Msdos.sys

6. How much video RAM is needed to display 1024 into 768 at 24bit color?

A. 1MB.

B. 4MB.

C. 8MB.

D. 512KB.

7. You have just installed a new internal PCI modem in your desktop. It will not dial

out. What is the problem?

A. The port speed is set too high.

B. The modem has not been set up in control panel properties

C. The phone line is plugged in to the line-in port on the modem card.

D. The phone line out of the wall is plugged into the phone port on the modem

card.

8. What are benefits of cleaning the inside of the computer? (Choose Two)

A. Increase connectivity speed.

B. Provide better system cooling

C. Increase CPU processing speed.

D. Increase the value of your computer.

E. Reduce the risk of component failure.

9. A customer calls and says that her computer will not boot. She can hear noises and

see lights on the box but nothing comes on the screen. What should you take to the

site to fix the problem?

A. Hard Drive

B. Video Card

C. Power Cable

D. Power Supply

10. The resolution on a new 19" ULTRA VGA monitor was set to 640 x 480 16 colors.

You change the resolution to 800x600 High color 16-bit. But the monitor goes blank.

What could be the problem?

A. The video card is using an IRQ

B. The video card is not installed properly

C. The monitor trapezoid setting is wrapped.

D. The refresh rate is too fast for the monitor

11. The computer will not boot from the floppy drive. What are the most likely causes?

(Choose two)

A. The floppy drive is defective.

B. There is no partition on the hard drive.

C. The boot floppy is formatted on FAT 16.

D. The boot sequence in the BIOS is incorrect

E. The hard drive has more than one partitions defined.

12. How many devices does USB support?

A. 32

B. 64

C. 127

D. 256

13. The monitor is displaying mostly in green and not in normal colors. Which of the following would cause this? (Choose Two)

A. The monitor is defective

B. The refresh rate is too fast.

C. The resolution is set too high

D. A pin on the connector is bent.

E. The drivers are installed incorrectly.

14. What is the I/O address of the secondary controller?

  A. 01F0

  B. 0170

  C. 0168

  D. 0136

15. Which of the following can be used to clean the inside of a computer tower?

A. Vacuum

B. Canned air

C. Turbo fan

D. Liquid cleaner

16. Which of the following configuration settings are set in EEPROMS on a NIC?

(Choose three)

A. IRQ

B. Protocol

C. IP Address

D. I/O Address

E. MAC address

17. What is the main difference between AT and ATX motherboards? (Choose two)

A. PS/2 port

B. BNC connector

C. Soft power switch

D. Serial connectors

E. Parallel connectors

18. Which of the following source present a risk factor for virus infection on a PC?

(Choose two)

A. A floppy disk received from a friend.

B. A downloaded file from the internet.

C. FDISK/MBR file on the hard drive.

D. . DLL file that was loaded with a new machine.

E. . CAB file that was loaded with the new machine.

19. A bent pin on a three row DB-15 male connector plug could cause problems with

which device or component?

A. Monitor

B. Joy sticks

C. Laser-Jet Printer

D. External Modem

20. Which ports are most often used to connect a digital camera to a computer? (Choose

two)

A. USB Port

B. SCSI Port

C. PS/2 Port

D. Parallel Port

E. RS-232 Port