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My son has given me these questions to answer but i have not a clue about computers and he is at me the hole time to do them.  So i said i would just to keep the young boy happy.

Can any of you kind people help me out on this??

If so can you underline the correct answer as it would be much appreciated.

PART 1
1 - What feature of a ribbon CABLE should be noted before it is disconnected ?
•      The overall length of the cable.
•      The position of the striped edge.
•      The position of any nearby jumpers.
•      The proximity of PCI boards
2 - What produces the final output from a video board ?
•      ADC
•      PCI
•      CPU
•      DAC
3 - When cables are disconnected what should be done ?
•      Labelled to show device and orientation.
•      Coiled and rubber-banded to protect cable.
•      Attached to anti-static earth strap.
•      Ends covered in plastic bag to protect board from scratches.
4 – Which type of CPU socket is easiest to work with ?
•      LIF
•      ZIF
•      PCI
•      IDE

5 – What can sometimes indicate pin 1 ?
•      Round blob of solder.
•      Triangular blob of solder.
•      OVAL blob of solder.
•      Square blob of solder

6 – What type of system cause unacceptable flicker ?
•      Non-interlaced, low refresh rate.
•      Interlaced, low refresh rate.
•      Non-interlaced, low resolution.
•      Interlaced, low resolution.


7 – What indicates a bad video card on start-up ?
•      One long and one short beep.
•      Two long and one short beep.
•      One long and two short beeps.
•      Two short beeps.

8 – What method is used to convert analogue sounds into digital ?
•      BITBLT
•      Sampling
•      Synthesis
•      Sequencing

9 – What sample size is the minimum necessary for multimedia ?
•      8 bit
•      16 bit
•      32 bit
•      64 bit

10 – What type of connectors are used be pass-through cables ?
•      MOLEX
•      DIN
•      BNC
•      Berg

11 – What is the maximum capacity of a DVD disk ?
•      640MG
•      4.7GB
•      9.4GB
•      17GB

12 – What format is compatible with most existing DVD players ?
•      DVD-R
•      DVD-RAM
•      DVD-RW
•      DVD+RW

13 – What does PnP require ?
•      Suitable hardware and software.
•      Suitable software only.
•      Suitable hardware only.
•      The hardware and software are irrelevant.

14 – Which I/O address range is used for the primary hard disk controller ?
•      F0-FF
•      1F0-1F8
•      170-177
•      238-23B

15 – How many DMA channels are available on the modern machines ?
•      0
•      4
•      7
•      8

16 – Which of the following is not used by PCI buses ?
•      DMA
•      IRQ addresses
•      ROM addresses
•      I/O addresses

17 – Which IRQ is allotted to the keyboard ?
•      0
•      1
•      2
•      3

18 – Which bus allows IRQ sharing ?
•      VESA
•      MCA
•      ISA
•      PCI

19 – What size is CMOS memory ?
•      64 bytes
•      64Kb
•      640Kb
•      64Mb

20 – What is the most common resource problem ?
•      DMA conflicts
•      I/O conflicts
•      ROM conflicts
•      IRQ conflicts

21 – Which IRQ should you avoid using if possible ?
•      2
•      5
•      9
•      13


PART 2
22 – Which of the following hard drive interface protocols is the most recent ?
•      ATAPI
•      EIDE
•      Fast ATA-2
•      ATA-133

23 – How many pins should the drive connector have if you are installing one of the faster drives available ?
•      40
•      66
•      80
•      100



24 – How many devices can be linked to a single IDE channel ?
•      1
•      2
•      4
•      6

25 – How are master and slave drives configured during installation ?
•      DIP switches
•      Jumpers
•      Software selection
•      Pre-configured

26 – Where is an IDE bootable drive’s start-up software located ?
•      BIOS
•      RAM
•      First sector
•      Last sector

27 – What drive information is contained in CMOS ?
•      Manufacturer
•      Interface type
•      Cable type
•      Drive type

28 – How many built in Drives types are stored in CMOS ?
•      35
•      37
•      47
•      49

29 – What is the maximum number of IDs that can be supported on a single cable with SCSI 1 and SCSI 2 ?
•      7, 15
•      8, 16
•      8, 15
•      7, 14

30 – What is the maximum data transfer rate using Fast-wide SCSI, and what bit width can it use ?
•      16 MBPs, 8 bits
•      16 MBPs, 16 bits
•      20 MBPs, 16 bits
•      40 MBPs, 16 bits

31 – How many connectors should external SCSI devices have ?
•      1
•      2
•      3
•      4

32 – How many terminators are required on a SCSI chain and what type of terminator must be used with SCSI-3 ?
•      1, passive
•      1, active
•      2, passive
•      2, active

33 – What feature allows SCSI to transfer date from peripheral to peripheral ?
•      Bus mastering
•      DMA
•      Programmed input/output
•      PCI

34 – If a SCSI hard disk is the bootable disk on a system then what ID number should it have ?
•      0
•      1
•      2
•      Doesn’t matter




35 – If there is a problem with devices connected to the SCSI host adapter then what is the best method for solving the problem ?
•      Swap device on the cable.
•      Try changing the host adapters ID.
•      Experiment with changing the devices IDs.
•      Power-down and then reboot the system.

36 – What is the configuration of a SCSI-2 cable ?
•      Centronics 50-conductor – mini DVB-50 pin connector.
•      Centronics 50-conductor – Centronics 50-conductor connection.
•      Mini DVB-50 pin connector – mini DVB-50 pin connector.
•      HP-50 connector – HP-50 connector

37 – What type of terminator is commonly used in host adapters ?
•      Centronics
•      SIPP
•      DIPP
•      DIP switch

38 – Where is the SCSI start-up software located when the system uses a bootable SCSI hard drive ?
•      CMOS
•      System BIOS
•      On-board BIOS
•      RAM

39 – If SCSI disks appear on the system but cannot be accesses what is the most likely problem ?
•      More than one device with the same ID.
•      Drivers have not been installed.
•      Passive termination is being used instead of active.
•      The cable is connected upside down.

And hers the last bit

40 – How many parallel ports is supported be Windows XP ?
•      1
•      2
•      3
•      4

41 – Which type of printer has more problems sharing the parallel port ?
•      Inkjet
•      Laser
•      Dot Matrix
•      Thermal Transfer

42 – Which version of Windows does not support USB ?
•      XP
•      2000
•      ME
•      NT

43 – What value for the hardware version shown in the general Tab of Windows Device Manager for the USB Universal Host Controller may indicate a motherboard upgrade as necessary ?
•      00
•      000
•      01
•      001

44 – If an inkjet printer appears to be working but nothing prints what is the likely cause ?
•      Cable is not connected properly.
•      Driver is not installed.
•      Cartridge is out of ink.
•      Wrong type of paper is being used.

45 – What type of cable is suitable for bi-directional communication with printers ?
•      IEEE 1284
•      IEEE 1482
•      IEEE 1248
•      IEEE 4128



46 – Why must care be taken when working inside a Laser printer ?
•      Easily damaged components.
•      Toxic fumes.
•      Hot surfaces.
•      Sharp edges.

47 – A vertical white strip on a laser printout indicates that the likely cause is what ?
•      Insufficient Toner.
•      Condensation on the drum.
•      Overheating of the drum.
•      Toner on corona wire.

48 – What file type format is least efficient ?
•      BMP
•      GIF
•      JPG
•      TIFF

49 – Which of the following statements is correct for a shared parallel port ?
•      The scanner should be switched on first.
•      The printer should be switched on first.
•      Both the printing and scanning can occur simultaneously.
•      The port should not be an ECP port.

50 – Which pins are the signal ground pins in 25 pin and 9 pin RS-232 connectors respectively ?
•      5, 7
•      1, 5
•      7, 5
•      5, 1

51 – What pin should pin 20 be connected to in a 25 pin DTE to 9 pin DTE null modem cable ?
•      6
•      7
•      8
•      9
52 – What name is given to the effect where data in one wire is affected by electromagnetic influences from another wire ?
•      Degaussing
•      Crostalk
•      Thermal Shock
•      Static

53 – Which module is most prone to damage from liquid spills ?
•      Floppy drive
•      Hard disk
•      Monitor
•      Keyboard

54 – Which of the following is used to help dissipate heat in addition to cooling fans ?
•      Heat channels
•      Heat ducts
•      Heat sinks
•      Heat reducers

55 – Which cables are most vulnerable to crosstalk ?
•      Speaker cables
•      Ribbon cables
•      Power cables
•      Monitor cables

56 – Which of the following is a source of potentially damaging magnetic fields ?
•      Speakers
•      Optical mice
•      Heat sinks
•      Ribbon cables

57 – What name is given to a long duration over-voltage ?
•      Spike
•      MOV
•      Surge
•      Brownout

58 – Why should connected devices be plugged into the same power circuit ?
•      To reduce the occurrence of spikes.
•      To reduce the occurrence of brownouts.
•      To prevent static imbalance.
•      To provide a common ground.

59 – What is the main route of infection for macro viruses ?
•      ftp sites
•      peer-to-peer-sharing
•      infected floppies
•      e-mails

60 – What type of virus randomly CREATES new names for itself ?
•      Logic Bomb
•      Trojan
•      Polymorphic
•      Macro

61 – What type of virus is normally limited in spread due to damage it causes to host systems ?
•      Logic Bomb
•      Trojan
•      Polymorphic
•      Macro
The answers for Q1-Q61 are as follows..

Get out of computer school and get yourself a job on a garbage truck or some other menial job preferably not one using power tools.  You are obviously too stupid to be around electricity. Quote

If so can you underline the correct answer as it would be much appreciated.

My son has given me these questions to answer but i have not a clue about computers and he is at me the hole time to do them.  So i said i would just to keep the young boy happy.