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System Administration 1 Flashcards

1
Q

How many pins does a SIMM have?

A

30 or 72

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2
Q

The various cards in a PC requires a ____ voltage to function.

A

DC

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3
Q

What type of hard disk formatting creates FAT (File Allocation Table) ?

A

High Level

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4
Q

What is the name of the printed circuit board?

A

Mother Board

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5
Q

Which Component of pc maintains data and time

A

CMOS RAM

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6
Q

IRQ 1 is commonly assigned to:

A

keyboard

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7
Q

LCD monitor is also known as

A

TFT stands for thin-film transistor

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8
Q

How can you tell that a particular ribbon cable should only be used to connect a floppy drive?

A

it has a twist in it

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9
Q

Data stored in a ROM cannot be changed by user of a computer?

A

TRUE

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10
Q

Is the data in a RAM stored on a permanent or temporary basis

A

Temporary

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11
Q

Winchester drive is also called:

A

Hard Disk Drive

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12
Q

TO write, erase, rewrite data on a CD RAM what type of CD ROM you should use?

A

CD-RW

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13
Q

A byte is equivalent to

A

8 bits

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14
Q

SMPS stands for

A

Switch Mode Power Supply

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15
Q

Which of the following is NOT a type of motherboard expansion slot?

A

ATX

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16
Q

Which IRQ does LPT1 commonly use?

A

7

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17
Q

How much data will a high density (HD) floppy disk hold?

A

1.44 MB

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18
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What is the name of the spec for the holes in a monitor’s aperture grill?

A

dot pitch

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19
Q

Which is the best hard disk seek time?

A

5ms

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20
Q

Fragmentation of data on computer hard disk causes it to work faster than before?

A

FALSE

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21
Q

What is the name of the card that controls read, write head and motor in the hard disk

A

Disc Controller Card

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22
Q

Which of the following retains the information it’s storing when the power to the system is turned off?

A

ROM

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23
Q

Acronym of HDD?

A

Hard Disk Drive

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24
Q

A program written using binary codes is called:

A

Machine language

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25
Q

How many bytes a sector of hard disk holds?

A

512 Bytes

26
Q

To be bootable a DOS partition must be:

A

active

27
Q

What does FDISK do?

A

creates partitions on the hard drive

28
Q

What kind of connectors are used to connect a PC power supply to a hard drive?

A

molex

29
Q

Acronym of FDD?

A

Floppy Disk Drive

30
Q

Which of the following is NOT a type of computer hard drive?

A

FDD

31
Q

What type of memory is a PEN drive

A

FLASH Memory

32
Q

What type of connector is used to plug a telephone line into a modem?

A

RJ-11

33
Q

What is BIOS an acronym for?

A

What is BIOS an acronym for?

34
Q

What does the acronym bits stand for?

A

Binart Digit

35
Q

What is the data transfer rate for USB 2.0?

A

480Mbs

36
Q

Which IRQ does the system timer commonly use?

A

0

37
Q

What piece of hardware do EIDE cables connect to?

A

hard disk

38
Q

How many pins does a DIMM have?

A

72

39
Q

Which IRQ does COM1 commonly use?

A

4

40
Q

Which frequency is a SDRAM clock speed?

A

133Mhz

41
Q

Which component in a pc maintains color depth and screen resolution of a monitor?

A

VRAM

42
Q

Today’s PC use what type of RAM..?

A

DDR SDRAM

43
Q

When plugging the P8 and P9 power connectors into the system board, which of the following is true?

A

the black wires of both connectors should be next to each other

44
Q

Which IRQ does the hard disk controller commonly use?

A

14

45
Q

IRQ 6 is commonly assigned to:

A

floppy drive controller

46
Q

Which of the following is NOT a type of RAM?

A

ROM

47
Q

Which do you use to comment out a line in the autoexec.bat file?

A

rem

48
Q

Which device you should use to prevent the effect of power fluctuation in the power supply on your computer and works for a specific period of time even there is no power?

A

UPS

49
Q

Portable Pen Drive connects to the________port of computer

A

USP

50
Q

What does the term “wave table synthesis” relate to?

A

sound

51
Q

What is different between AT and ATX power supplies?

A

AT supplies use P8 and P9 power connectors while ATX uses a single P1 connector.

52
Q

Which has more storage capacity CD or DVD

A

DVD

53
Q

With reference to a CPU, What MIPS means?

A

Million Instructions Per Second

54
Q

Hard Disk, DVD, CD-ROM are the examples What type of Memory?

A

Secondary

55
Q

Which of the following conditions most increases the likelihood that ESD will occur?

A

cool, dry conditions

56
Q

Parity is

A

an extra bit stored with data in RAM that is used to check for errors when the data is read back

57
Q

What are the four key functions of a computer system?

A

input, processing, output, and storage

58
Q

UPS stands for

A

Uninterrupted Power Supply

59
Q

Which is a PCI bus speed?

A

33Mhz

60
Q

Which is the best choice for a specification for a video card?

A

AGP

61
Q

The Concentric circles on the platter of hard disk are known as

A

Tracks

SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION (2 decks)

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