Chapters 5 - 8: A Certification Review Questions

The following A+ Certification Review Questions are related to the general topics introduced in Part I, Chapters 5 through 8, of this book. The answers and supporting references are provided after the review questions. It is important to remember that all of the answer references specify chapters that are located in Part II of this book: The A+ Certification Exams.

1.	What is the memory bus width of a 30-pin SIMM? 8-bits 4-bits 1-bit 1,024
2.	What is the memory bus width of a 72-pin SIMM? 8-bits 4-bits 32-bits 64-bits
3.	There are three programs running in “protected mode.” One program fails. What happens to the other two programs? Both programs fail One fails, one does not Neither program fails Only the program in slot 1 fails
4.	There are two SODIMM memory module configurations mentioned in Table 17.3 of Chapter 17. What are the number of pins and memory bus widths associated with the SODIMMS? (Choose Two) 72 pins and 32 bits 144 pins and 64 bits 184 pins and 16 bits 168 pins and 64 bits
5.	These memory modules are often used in sub-notebook computers. They have 144 pins and provide a 64-bit data path. What are they? DIMMs RIMMs MicroDIMMs L3 cache SIMMs
6.	If the Memory Manager in Windows 9x cannot provide memory to an application, what will occur? A book fault A hard drive crash A page fault A black screen of death
7.	In what order should you prepare a hard drive before a Windows 9x installation? FDISK, FORMAT, Reboot the system Reboot the system, FDISK, FORMAT FORMAT, FDISK, Reboot the system Simply run the DOS program PREPARE.BAT before installation
8.	Which Backup type is the fastest and requires the least amount of tape storage space? FULL Backup Incremental Backup Differential Backup Full/Copy Backup
9.	What is characteristic of an Incremental Backup? Will only back files up to a ZIP drive Backs up all files no matter what Backs up all files with the archive bit set to off Backs up all files with the archive bit set to on
10.	Your computer is Plug and Play. You install a second hard drive. What will determine its drive letter? You The ribbon cable position The jumpers and dip switches The Plug-and-Play Operating System
11.	You need to terminate a SCSI bus that has an external CD-ROM and an internal hard drive. What devices would you terminate? The SCSI controller and the motherboard. The hard drive and the CD-ROM. The motherboard, the SCSI controller, and CD-ROM. You do not have to terminate both ends of a SCSI chain.
12.	You want to install two new IDE drives on the same ATA controller and configure them as master/slave. You install drive 1 as master and drive 2 as slave. Your BIOS does not detect drive 2 on bootup. What would you do next to troubleshoot drive 2? Install an IDE add-on card. Set up drive 2 to be the master. Remove drive 1 and reboot. Configure both drives to be master. Set the BIOS hard drive detection method to cable select.
13.	What would you have to enable on a SCSI controller card in order to use a tape device? Direct Memory Access Termination C000-C7FFF The INT 13h support
14.	You are trying to access your “A” drive. You keep getting an error message “Drive not ready, abort, retry or Fail.” What is causing this problem? (Choose Two) You need to change the jumpers on your floppy drive back to slave. You have bad media inserted in your floppy drive. The spindle motor needs adjustment. Your physical floppy drive needs cleaning. Use compressed air.
15.	Which of the following devices are compatible with SCSI technology? (Choose Three) A tape drive unit A modulation device A network interface card A hard drive A CD-ROM
16.	What is the highest ID assignment on a SCSI 1 device with a block of three jumpers? 0 7 1,024 15
17.	Which of the following commands will remove MBR infector viruses and replace a systems boot loader with a generic boot loader? Erase MBR FDISK /? Format C:\MBR ScanDisk /MBR FDISK /MBR None of the above
18.	Which RAID level is known as disk mirroring? RAID Level 0 RAID Level 1 RAID Level 3 RAID Level 5 None of the above
19.	There is no sound coming from your speakers as you play your favorite CD. What is most likely the problem? Your floppy drive cable is connected backwards. You need to refresh your sound card RAM. Your CD-ROM audio cable is disconnected. Your sound card drivers have become corrupt.
20.	What should your first troubleshooting step be if you have installed a new CD-ROM, CD-RW, or DVD device into a computer and it doesn’t work? Insert a pin or paper clip into the tiny hole on the front of the unit. Verify that the jumper settings on the device are correct. Purchase a new device. Verify that the CD, CD-RW, or DVD’s audio cable is connected to an installed sound card. None of the above.
21.	Which key must you press during text-mode setup of Windows XP in order to load RAID or SCSI drivers from a floppy? F3 F4 F5 F6
22.	Which of the following are valid types of video memory? (Choose Three) RWAM VRAM XRAM WRAM XGRAM SGRAM
23.	You need to manually reset your modem. Which AT modem command would you use? ATA ATH ATZ ATREST=ALL
24.	Modems use which type of connector? BNC RJ-45 RJ-11 Kevlar
25.	Using a video resolution of 800x600 is equivalent to using which video mode? Raster Vector VGA SVGA MCA None of the above
26.	How many pins does a VGA connector have? 7 9 10 15 None of the above
27.	Which of the following choices is not a touch screen technology? Surface Wave. Resistive. Capacitive. Foam element. All of the above represent touch screen technologies.
28.	If a device such as a network interface card has an ST or SC connector, it will most likely be used with which type of cable? Thicknet 100BaseTX Fiber optic Shielded twisted pair
29.	What does 10/100 mean? 10 users for peer-to-peer, 100 for server based 10 or 100Mbps transmission A processor that utilizes 10 threads and 100 processes A Sonet technology term for high-speed access
30.	What is considered the hub in a wireless network? Router Server computer Access point Wireless NIC card WAP None of the above
31.	What type of connector is most commonly used with twisted-pair cabling? RJ-11 RJ-45 BNC STP
32.	A customer is trying to access a Novell network using a NIC card with the IPX/SPX protocol bound to it. The customer cannot access the network. What is most likely the problem? Incorrect frame type setting. Incorrect IP configuration. The IPX/SPX protocol should be the first in the binding order. IPX/SPX and TCP/IP cannot run together.
33.	What is DMA channel 2 assigned to? Second DMA controller (cascades to DMA channels 0–3) Floppy drive (possible tape drive) Available Port 1024 None of the above
34.	What is the command used to make a bootable floppy system disk? FORMAT A: /S FORMAT /S A: SYS A: /FORMAT MAKEFLOPPYBOOTABLE.BAT
35.	Which version of Windows does not include NT Backup by default? Windows XP Professional Windows XP Home Windows NT 4.0 Windows 98
36.	Which type of memory uses 184 pins and has a memory bus width of 16 bits (or 2 bytes wide)? SIMM DIMM RIMM SODIMM NOSDRMM None of the above
37.	What would a bent or broken DB-15 male connector pin cause? FRU displacement Monitor problems 800x600 pixels Fragmentation
38.	Which of the following relates to the measurement of time that it takes for the electron gun to redraw the display? Interlace Refresh rate Dot pitch Pixel triad
39.	You have changed your display settings while using Windows 98 and have rebooted your system. Windows will not come up. What mode would you use to troubleshoot this problem? 386 enhanced mode Safe mode Graphics mode SVGA mode
40.	Which RAID level is not considered fault tolerant? RAID 32 RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 None of the above

Answers

1.	A—Chapter 17, “Memory Packaging”
2.	C—Chapter 17, “Memory Packaging”
3.	C—Chapter 16, “Processors and Modes”
4.	A and B—Chapter 17, “Memory Packaging”
5.	C—Chapter 17, “Memory Packaging”
6.	C—Chapter 23, “Memory Management Utilities”
7.	A—Chapter 24, “Installation and Upgrading”
8.	B—Chapter 24, “Utilities and Settings”
9.	D—Chapter 24, “Utilities and Settings”
10.	D—Chapter 20, “The Hard Drive”
11.	B—Chapter 20, “Drive Controllers and Interfaces”
12.	B—Chapter 20, “Drive Controllers and Interfaces”
13.	D—Chapter 20, “Drive Controllers and Interfaces”
14.	B and D—Chapter 20, “The Floppy Drive”
15.	A, D and E—Chapter 20, “Drive Controllers and Interfaces”
16.	B—Chapter 20, “Drive Controllers and Interfaces”
17.	E—Chapter 20, “The Hard Drive”
18.	B—Chapter 20, “RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) “
19.	C—Chapter 18, “Sound Cards”
20.	B—Chapter 20 , “Optical Storage Devices”
21.	D—Chapter 28, “Windows XP Installation Process”
22.	B, D, and F—Chapter 17, “Memory Types and Characteristics”
23.	C—Chapter 18, “Modems”
24.	C—Chapter 21, “Networking Connectors and Cables”
25.	D—Chapter 19, “Liquid Crystal Display”
26.	D—Chapter 19, “Liquid Crystal Display”
27.	D—Chapter 18, “Touch Screen”
28.	C—Chapter 21, “Networking Connectors and Cables”
29.	B—Chapter 22, “Network Interface Cards”
30.	C—Chapter 21, “Wireless Connectivity”
31.	B—Chapter 21, “Networking Connectors and Cables”
32.	A—Chapter 22, “Protocols”
33.	B—Chapter 18, “Direct Memory Access Channels (DMAs)”
34.	A—Chapter 23, “DOS Windows Utilities”
35.	B—Chapter 28, “Windows XP Tools and Utilities”
36.	C—Chapter 17, “Memory Packaging”
37.	B—Chapter 19, “Video Display Devices”
38.	B—Chapter 19, “Cathode Ray Tube (CRT)”
39.	B—Chapter 19, “Monitor Shapes and Sizes “
40.	B—Chapter 20, “RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) “