Quiz Questions
Quiz Questions
Quiz Questions
a) Expansion board
b) Power supply
c) Monitor
d) Keyboard
2. What voltage does a Pentium system use?
a) + 5 volts
b) +12 volts
c) +3.3 volts
d) + 8 volts
3. A 25-pin female connector on the back of your computer will typically be
a) A parallel port
b) Serial port 1
c) Docking
d) COM2 port
5. You just installed a new IDE hard drive, but your system BIOS will not recognize the
new drive, what should you check first.
a) jumpers on the hard drive
b) drivers that need to be loaded
c) cable sequence
d) hard drive manufacturer web site information
7. What is the first thing you could do to check for damage to a printer after receiving it?
a) Check the cables
b) Run MSD diagnostics
c) Unbox it and examine it for physical damage
d) Attach it to a PC and print something
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9. Resistance is measured in?
a) Volts
b) Watts
c) Amps
d) Ohms
10. What beep codes could indicate a system board or power supply failure?
a) no beep
b) steady short beep
c) one long continuous beep tone
d) All of the above
11. On the 16-bit ISA bus, IRQ2 is elevated to which higher level Interrupt?
a) 11
b) 13
c) 9
d) 15
13. The mouse pointer moves erratically, what is the possible cause? The mouse
a) has an incorrect IRQ setting
b) driver is not installed properly
c) ball is dirty
d) is not connected
14. Which peripheral port provides the FASTEST throughput to laser printers?
a) Parallel
b) RS-232
c) Serial
d) SCSI
15. Most PCs give a single beep on bootup to indicate they are ok hardware wise. You
boot your PC and don’t get a beep. What should you check first?
a) RAM
b) system board
c) power supply
d) speaker
16. A hard disk is divided into tracks which are further subdivided into
a) sectors
b) clusters
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c) heads
d) vectors
17. Which type of system board is the MOST likely candidate for processor upgrading if
you want maximum performance and future compatibility?
a) PCI
b) ISA
c) ML
d) EISA
22. The ____________, also called the brains of the computer, is responsible for processing data.
a) motherboard
b) memory
c) ram
d) central processing unit (cpu)
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a) application software.
b) system software.
c) operating system software.
d) platform software.
26. The PC (personal computer) and the Apple Macintosh are examples of two different:
a) platforms.
b) applications.
c) programs.
d) storage devices
27. Servers are computers that provide resources to other computers connected to a:
a) network.
b) mainframe.
c) supercomputer.
d) Client
28. Smaller and less expensive PC-based servers are replacing ____________ in many businesses.
a) supercomputers
b) clients
c) laptops
d) mainframes
29. ____________ are specially designed computers that perform complex calculations extremely
rapidly.
a) servers
b) supercomputers
c) laptops
d) mainframes
31. The difference between people with access to computers and the Internet and those
without this access is known as the:
a) digital divide.
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b) internet divide.
c) web divide.
d) broadband divide
32. ____________ is the science revolving around the use of nano structures to build devices on
an extremely small scale.
a) nanotechnology
b) micro-technology
c) computer forensics
d) artificial intelligence
33. Which of the following is the correct order of the four major functions of a computer?
a) process ?? output ?? input ?? storage
b) input ?? output?? process ?? storage
c) process ?? storage ?? input ?? output
d) input ?? process ?? output ?? storage
37. ____________ controls the way in which the computer system functions and provides
a means by which users can interact with the computer.
a) the platform
b) the operating system
c) application software
d) the motherboard
38. The operating system is the most common type of ____________ software.
a) communication
b) application
c) system
d) word-processing software
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39. ____________ are specially designed computer chips that reside inside other devices,
such as your car or your electronic thermostat.
a) servers
b) embedded computers
c) robotic computers
d) mainframes
40. The metal or plastic case that holds all the physical parts of the computer is the:
a) system unit.
b) cpu.
c) mainframe.
d) platform.
SECTION B SELECT ANY THREE QUESTIONS
Question 1
a) State any two functions of:
(i) Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) (2mrks)
(ii) Power Supply Unit (2mrks)
b) (i) State voltage values for connector cables: black, yellow, and red.(3mrks)
(iii) Differentiate between AT and ATX motherboard power connectors. (4mrks)
(iv) With examples, explain the terms:
(i) backward compatibility. (2mrks)
(ii) proprietary hardware. (2mrks)
c) As a UICT laboratory technician, explain how you are to protect:
(i) yourself against high voltages of computer systems. (3mrks)
(ii) microchips against electrostatic discharge (ESD). (2mks)
Question 2
a) (i) What is the main role of the motherboard in a PC? (4mrks)
(ii) What Are the Main four essential Components of a Motherboard? (4mrks)
b) (i) Define computer motherboard form factor and give two examples. (4mrks)
(ii) Define computer chipsets (2mrks)
(iii) Give one component connected to north bridge and south bridge? (2mrks)
c)(i) What is meant by cache memory? (2mrks)
(ii) Cache memory is divided into multiple levels, such as? (2mrks)
Question 3
a) (i) What are the main stages of troubleshooting a PC? (3mrks)
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(ii) State any three software troubleshooting tools. (3mrks)
b) What could be the cause of each of the following:
(i) PC does not show light when switched on. (2mrks)
(ii) PC goes through POST but keeps on rebooting. (2mrks)
(iii) Grinding noise, but power supply unit is fine. (2mrks)
c) (i) What information is contained in owner’s manual? (2mrks)
(ii) How can owner’s manual be used in troubleshooting? (2mrks)
d) With explanation why do we perform computer virus scan? (4mrks)
Question 4
a) (i) Write in full AGP and PCI bus technologies. (4mrks)
(ii) What are the advantages of PCI over ISA bus technology? (4mrks)
b) With examples, differentiate between:
(i) system and peripheral buses (2mrks)
(ii) data and address buses (2mrks)
d) With examples, explain the technologies:
(i) Interrupt Request (IRQ) (2mrks)
(ii) Direct Memory Access (DMA) (2mrks)
e) Suppose you have been requested by a friend to upgrade his PC hardware.
Describe what you will do. (4mrks)
Question 5
a) (i)What is the main function of computer memory? (2mrks)
(ii) Outline the steps taken to upgrade computer memory. (2mrks)
(iii) Differentiate between main memory and secondary memory. (2mrks)
b) (i) Explain the terms available memory and physical memory. (4mrks)
(ii) State any four factors that can cause a RAM module not to be
recognized by the system. (2mrks)
c ) (i) What happens if you use a slower DDR2 module in a system of higher
speeds? (4mrks)
(ii) DDR with 100 MHz memory bus (bus clock rate) and data transfer rate of 8
mbps. What is the maximum data rate of the module? (4mrks)
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