R4RIN – MCQs, Mock Tests | Computer Hardware and Networking Computer Hardware Quiz Set 6

A PCMCIA measuring 10.5mm is what type?

1. type 1
2. type 2
3. type 1 and 3
4. type 3

✅ Correct Answer: 4

What component would most likely cause a "parity error"?

1. bad hard disk
2. bad controller
3. bad RAM
4. bad software

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Whenever you have a hardware resource conflict, it will more likely be an IRQ conflict rather than an i/o conflict because:

1. there are a lot more I/O addresses than IRQs.
2. the BIOS sometimes has more of a problem controlling IRQs
3. I/O addresses cannot conflict
4. software tends to correct I/O conflicts

✅ Correct Answer: 1

You have just installed a new internal PCI modem on you desktop. It will not dial out. what is the problem?

1. The port speed is set too high
2. the modem has not been set up in control panel properties
3. the phone line is plugged into the line-in port on the modem card
4. the phone line out of the wall is plugged into the phone port on the modem card

✅ Correct Answer: 4

After you service a laser printer, you notice dirty print. Which of the following would correct the problem.

1. Clean the developer tank
2. Reset the printer
3. Run several blank pages
4. Clean the laser diode

✅ Correct Answer: 3

After you service a laser printer, you notice dirty print. Which of the following would correct the problem?

1. Clean the developer tank
2. Reset the printer
3. Run several blank pages
4. Clean the laser diode

✅ Correct Answer: 3

During the boot process, a system first counts memory from where?

1. Expansion memory board
2. Video adapter
3. System board
4. Cache

✅ Correct Answer: 3

What command is used to reset a MODEM when using the

1. ATR
2. ATZ
3. DTR
4. DCE

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Modems use _____ transmission.

1. Synchronous
2. Asynchronous
3. Timed interval
4. PPP

✅ Correct Answer: 2

What should he used to extinguish a computer fire?

1. fire hose
2. class a extinguisher
3. class c extinguisher
4. silver foam water

✅ Correct Answer: 3

In ROM BIOS, the acronym BIOS stands for:

1. Basic Intuitive Output Set
2. Basic Input Organizational System
3. Basic Input Output System
4. Basic Industry Operating System

✅ Correct Answer: 3

What command is used to hand up a MODEM when using the "AT Answer Command set"?

1. ATZ
2. ATD
3. ATR
4. ATH

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Why does a successfully mapped network drive disappear every time you boot the computer?

1. The computer you are connected to has moved
2. You didn't click reconnect on log on
3. The map statement is not in the autoexec.bat file
4. The last drive was not set correctly

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which hardware component controls serial port communications?

1. ROM BIOS
2. CPU
3. DMA823
4. UART 16550

✅ Correct Answer: 4