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| ___is the smallest motherborard version in the ATX standard |
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| ___is a veriant of the the microATX created by intel. |
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| The maximum dimensions of a FlexATX motherboard are___inches |
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| Some_____chips on a motherboard handle the infrared connection |
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| Modern CPUs such as the intel Core i7 and the AMD Phenom II incorporate the_________Chip on the processor rather than locating it on the Northbridge. |
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| ____are the lights that have positive and negative sides |
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| The function of each LED wire is usually printed on the_____ |
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| Electrical surges and ESD can cause_______failure |
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| A(n)_____symptom is the most difficult symptom to diagnose |
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| A brand new system failing due to manufacturing defects and any system failing due to shock of electrostatic discharge is often called a_____failure |
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| What type of failure results in the PC failing to boot? |
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The only dedicated connector on an AT motherboard is the______plug |
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| The______Determines the type of processor and RAM required for a motherboard |
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| BTX defines a special heat sink and fan assembly called the______ |
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| ATX motherboards use a feature called______that allows software to turn the power on and off |
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| The LPX and NLX form factors provided an insertion slot for the______card |
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| shorter wires can easily handle double or quadruple the______speed of the motherboard |
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| What determines the type of case a motherboard needs and provides a maximum expansion slot limit? |
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| What provides support to USB and FireWire on computers? |
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| The motherboard mounts to the case via email connectors called______. |
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| What unit is used to measure voltage? |
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| What is the unit of measuring current? |
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| Which of the following units measure resistance? |
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| What type of voltage does a PC us? |
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| In an IEC-320 plug, which wire carries the usable electrical voltage? |
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| Which of the following wires carries no voltage? |
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| Power supplies come with a standard ______ for the motherboard and interior devices. |
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| The P1 connector from the power supply is plugged into the______socket. |
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| Which connector is the most common type of connector used for devices that requires 5v or 12v of power? |
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| The 3.5-inch floppy drives uses the ___ connector. |
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| Powe supplies are rated in ____. |
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| What type of power connector is L-shaped? |
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| A coworker is taking a computer overseas and asks you what concerns he should have. What do you tell him? |
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| make sure he switches the power supply to 220AC |
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| The standard modem power supply provides _____ volts of power. |
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| Which of the following uses the soft power feature? |
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| molex connectors are used for ____ power. |
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| expansion bays must be covered by the ______ to maintain proper airflow inside the case. |
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| a PC doesn't work. what should you check first? |
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| ensure AC plug is plugged in |
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| Power supplies are protected from spikes of AC current with the use of a____ |
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all of the above
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| how many watts of power does a typical hard drive in a PC require? |
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| what class of fire extinuisher should be used on an electric fire |
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| what is the amount of amps and volts needed by a particular device to function called |
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| which of the following handles the interconnection between most of the devices and the CPU? |
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| what are the northridge and the southridge collectively known as? |
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| Which chip acts as a clock to keep the current date and the time? |
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| Which chip is used to store information that describes specific device parameteres? |
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| how can you easily clear the CMOS, including clearing the password? |
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| Unplug the PC and short the CMOS jumper |
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| the computer is beeping constantly after you've booted it. What's likely to be the problem |
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| POST checks all of the following except: |
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| which is the first electrical component to "wake up" when a computer is turned on? |
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| what are the programs stored on ROM chips called? |
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| the CPU sends an I/O address using the first 16 address bus wires after turning on the ________ wire |
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| Where do expansion cards plug into? |
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| when installing an expansion card, what should you be careful of? |
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| What should be installed first, the USB device or the USB driver? |
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| What should be installed first, the FireWire device or FireWire driver? |
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| of the following, what will allow you to uninstall a program in Windows XP? |
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| Which slot provides support for graphically intense computer games only? |
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| Configurations of resources being used by devices is done through ____ in modern systems. |
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| each platter requires ____ heads. |
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| A _____ is a circle where data is stored on a drive on a SINGLE platter |
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| Which interface requires a ribbon cable and a built-in controller on the drive itelf. |
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| Modern PATA drives use a ____ connector for power. |
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| How many pins does an EIDE (PATA) drive have? |
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| what hot-swappable external hard drive technology uses shielded cable with lenths up to two meters outside the PC? |
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| what is the process of spreading data across multiple drives? |
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| Disk mirroring is also known as ___. |
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| windows can create partitions using the _____ disk. |
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| all basic hard drive partition tables support up to ____ partitions. |
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| which of the following is the default primary partition for Windows? |
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| A PC can boot to both Windows XP and Linux or Windows Vista. What is this called? |
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| how many extended partitons can be created in a hard drive |
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| In Windows, each _____ is assigned a drive letter from C: to Z: |
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| What tool in Windows is used to partition and format a drive. |
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| A _____ volume is similar to a primary partition, but it is not a primary partition. |
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| What will happen to your data if you try to convert a dynamic disk back to a basic disk? |
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| Data will be lost because it requires a clean install |
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| To change a basic disk to dynamic , right-click the drive icon and select ____. |
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| By default, what is the maximum size of an NTFS dynamic disk? |
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| What file system enables a user to adjust te cluster size as well as manage security? |
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| What is the storage capacity of the present day 3 1/2 inch flopy disk? |
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| What is the device used to read a floppy disk? |
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| What will happen if the floppy drive cable is installed backward when installin a floppy drive? |
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| LED will blink repeatedly |
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| what is the speed of High-speed USB 2.0? |
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| CD-ROM drives use a ____ and mirror to read the data off a CD-ROM. |
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| What kind of memory do USB drives use? |
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| What is the storage capacity of a single -layer Blu-ray Disc |
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| While booting, most PCs will first look for an operating system in the ____ drive |
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| How much data can the highest capacity Blu-ray Disc store? |
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| DVD-ROM is the DVD-equivalent of the standard ____ data format. |
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| What can be used to read different USB cards? |
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| What is USB flash memory typically known as? |
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| Conventionally, if there is only one floppy drive, which drive letter should it be assigned? |
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| All of the following are part of the computing process except? |
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| What are the three primary stages of the computing process? |
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| Input, Processing, Output |
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| What are spare parts that you take with you to a worksite or workstation called? |
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| If a theory is not confirmed, what should you do next? |
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| Establish a new theory or escalate |
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