Tuesday, December 11, 2018

BASIC HARDWARE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

51. What does ADSL stand for?
A. Asymmetrical digital subscriber line

52. What does AMD stand for?
A. Advanced micro devices

53. What does ATIPA stand for?
A. Automatic private internet protocol addressing

54. What does ATA stand for?
A. Advanced technology attachment

55. What does BIOS stand for?
A. basic input/output system

56. What does ATX stand for?
A. advanced technology extended

57. What does BNC stand for?
A. bayonet-neill-concelman or British navel connector

58. What does BTX stand for?
A. balanced technology extended

59. What does ATAPI stand for?
A. advanced technology attachment packet interface

60. You can’t seem to print from the printer but you could earlier that day. What should you do first?
A. Press the reset
B. Restart the print spooler
C. Unplug, then plug the printer back up
D. Replace it
ANS:B

61.You install a second IDE hard drive, then boot to windows. But windows will not recognize it. What should you do next?
A. Reinstall windows
B. Run CHKDISK
C. Run defrag
D. Change the jumper setting to slave
ANS:D

62. How many devices can USB support?
A. 27
B. 107
C. 2
D. 127
ANS:D

63. Which of the following offers the highest throughput?
A. ECP
B. EPP
C. SPP
D. IEEE 1284

64. Which of the following steps can be used to manually discharge a monitor?
A. vacuum the dust
B. unplug the monitor
C. use a monitor cleaner on the screen
D. use a high voltage probe with the monitor case open
ANS:D

65. How many heads does a drive with two platters have?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
ANS:D

66.Which of the following are the major hard drive settings in the CMOS? (Choose
three.)
A. Heads.
B. Tracks.
C. Volume.
D. Sector.
E. Cylinder.
Answer: A, D, E

67.You are a technician at HiTech Computers. Your newly appointed HiTech Computers trainee wants to know which bus slots an ISA card would work in. What will your reply be? (Choose two)
A. In a PCI slot
B. In an ISA slot
C. In a MCA slot
D. In an AGP slot
E. In an EISA slot
Answer: B, E

68.A customer’s Windows desktop appears distorted on her monitor. You want to
isolate the problem. What should you do? (Choose two)
A. Try another monitor.
B. Try another program.
C. Replace the power supply.
D. Install additional video memory.
E. Boot the computer to a command prompt.
Answer: A, E

69.You are a technician at ABC Computers. Your newly appointed ABC Computers trainee wants to make a bootable floppy diskette. What files MUST be copied to the diskette? (Choose three)
A: COMMAND.COM
B: SYS.COM
C: IO.SYS.
D: MSDOS.SYS.
Answer: A, C, D

70.A customer complains that they are getting buffer underrun errors every time they try to burn a CD-RW. What would you suggest the customer do to fix their problem? (Choose two.)
A: Turn the CD-RW over and use the other side.
B: Turn off all background tasks.
C: Burn at a slower speed.
D: Reboot computer.
Answer: B, C

71.You are a technician at ABC Computers. Your newly appointed ABC Computers trainee wants to know what the standard I/O Port Addresses for the 3 standard LPT Ports on a PC system are. What would your reply be? (Choose three)
A: Ox278.
B: Ox378.
C: Ox3BC
D: Ox3F8.
E: Ox3FF.
Answer: A, B, C

72.What is the benefit of an Energy Star compliant computer? (Choose two)
A. Will last longer before breaking down.
B. Is manufactured with less toxic chemicals.
C. Runs cooler.
D. Uses less electricity.
Answer: C, D

73.You are a technician at ABC Computers. Your newly appointed ABC Computers trainee wants to know what voltages would be found on an ATX power supply. What would your reply be? (Choose two)
A. -12 Volts
B. -9 Volts
C. -5 Volts
D. -3.3 Volts
Answer: A, C

74.Which of the following settings can be changed in the computers CMOS? (Select Two)?
A. Computer Data & Time
B. CD-ROM drive Letter
C. Type of Floppy Drive
D. Ram Memory Size.
Answer: A, C

75.Which priority settings are given to the SCSI ID number? (Choose two)
A. 0 lowest
B. 0 highest
C. 1 lowest
D. 15 lowest
E. 15 highest
Answer: B, D

76.You want to upgrade your slot1 motherboard. Which of the following chips are available in the slot1 package? (Choose three)
A. P 233
B. PII 233
C. PIII 333
D. PIII 800
E. AMD Athlon
Answer: B, C, D

77.Some one placed a BIOS password on a computer and forgot the password. What should you do? (Choose two)
A. Boot to a floppy and fdisk the drive.
B. Temporarily remove the CMOS battery.
C. Go into BIOS setup and delete the password.
D. Clear the CMOS by shortening the CMOS jumper.
E. Boot down the computer while holding down the key.
Answer: B, D

78.What are the minimum hardware components required for the POST to pass? (Choose all that apply.)
A. CPU
B. RAM
C. Mouse
D. Hard drive
E. Video Card
Answer: A, B, E

79.What is the main difference between AT and ATX motherboards? (Choose two)
A. PS/2 port
B. BNC connector
C. Soft power switch
D. Serial connectors
E. Parallel connectors
Answer: A, C

80.Which are valid types of parallel ports? (Choose three.)
A. EPP
B. EEP
C. ECP
D.USB
E. Bi-directional
Answer: A, C, E

81.Which type of connectors is used on a parallel printer cable? (Choose two)
A. DB9
B. RJ-25
C. DB25
D. MiniDIN
E. Centronics36
Answer: C, E

82.How many pins are on a serial port connector? (Choose two)
A. 8
B. 9
C. 10
D. 15
E. 25
F. 29
Answer: B, E

83.Which CPU socket 7-based? (Select all that apply.)
A. Pentium I
B. Pentium II
C. AMD Athlon
D. Pentium MMX
Answer: A, D

84.RISC Stands for Reduce Instruction Set Computing.(T/F)
Answer:True

85.DRAM is faster than SRAM.(T/F)
Answer:False

86.RDRAM chip uses the RIMM memory package. .(T/F)
Answer:True

87.SODIMM package is used in laptops and notebook computers. ?(T/F)
Answer:True

88. Mini Computer is a:
a. Mid sized multiprocessing computer
b. Big sized single processing computer
c. Small sized multiprocessing computer
d. None of the above.

Answer:a

89. The full form of UXGA is:
a. Uni-polar Extra Graphics Array
b. Ultra Extended Graphics Array

Answer:a

90. DAT use data compression while recording:
a. True
b. False

Answer:b

91. Serial port enables data flow in:
a. One direction
b. Both direction
c. Doesn’t flow the data
d. None of the above

Answer:b

92. The collection of chips and sockets that reside on the mother board are known as :
a. Slots
b. Ports
c. Chipsets
d. All of the above

Answer:c

93. The full form of POST is
a. Power on Self Test
b. Pre Operating System Test
c. Post Operating System Test
d. Physical Operating system Test
Answer:a

94. Following cable provide immunity from electrical interference:
a. UTP
b. Fiber Optic
c. STP
d. Coaxial
Answer:b

95. The BUS unit stores the instruction in:
a. Data Cache
b. Instruction Cache
c. Data Buffer
d. Instruction Buffer
Answer:b

96. The speed of FSB range from:
a. 64 to 133 Mhz
b. 32 to 266 Mhz
c. 128 to 586 Mhz
d. 66 to 533 Mhz
Answer:d

97.Following pins are used to establish electrical connection between the microprocessor and PC or other device:
a. Copper Pins
b. Silver Pins
c. Gold Pins
d. Zinc Pins
Answer:c

98 .SPGA has:
a. 1 square of array of pins
b. 2 square of array of pins
c. 3 square of array of pins
d. 4 square of array of pins

Answer:b

99. A 168-pin DIMM package has ________ pins on each side of the package
a. 84 pins
b. 64 pins
c. 32 pins
d. 16 pins

Answer:a

100. The memory bandwidth of the RIMM package is upto
a. 10.6 GB per second
b. 9.6 MB per second
c. 9.6 GB per second
d. 10.6 MB per second

Answer:c

BASIC NETWORKING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

BASIC NETWORKING QUESTIONS ANSWERS

101. The data rate of Parallel port (IEEE 1284) is
a. 2 Mbps
b. 4 Mbps
c. 6 Mbps
d. 8 Mbps

Answer:a

102. Pots can be used when monitors are set up for:
a. Maximum Contrast
b. Minimum Contrast
c. Maximum Brightness
d. Minimum Brightness

Answer:c

103. One of the following is not the correct form factor of the motherboard
a. Baby AT
b. Low Profile Extended
c. New Low Profile Extended
d. Advance Low Profile Extended

Answer:d

104. Socket 939 supports AMD Athlon 64 bit processors and AMD Athlon 64 FX processors
a. True
b. False

Answer:a

105. USB version 2.0 provides data transfer at the maximum speed of:
a. 560 Mbps
b. 480 Mbps
c. 512 Mbps
d. 610 Mbps

Answer:b

106. DVDs rotates counterclockwise and are recorded at a constant rate called:
a. Constant regular motion
b. Consistent Linear motion
c. Constant Linear velocity
d. Consistent Linear velocity
Answer:c

107. ATAPI is capable of supporting data transfer rates of upto:
a. 23 Mbps
b. 33 Mbps
c. 43 Mbps
d. 53 Mbps
Answer:b

108. The EIDE interface supports a maximum of _________hard drives on a system.
a. 2
b. 4
c. 6
d. 8
Answer:b

109. The SMPS consists of Primary rectifier and Secondary rectifier
a. True
b. False
Answer:a

110. The functional ICs used in SMPS are
a. IC TL 494 & IC LM 339
b. IC LL 696 & IC TM 465
c. IC MT 708 & IC LM 686
d. IC TT 576 & IC MM 786
Answer:a

111. PC/XT compatible motherboard has ______ DIP socket.
a. 4 pin
b. 6 pin
c. 8 pin
d. 10 pin
Answer:c

112. AGP 4x operates at ________Mhz and transfer the data with a maximum of ______Mbps

a. 256 & 1024
b. 276 & 1064
c. 256 & 1056
d. 266 & 1066
Answer:d

113. The maximum clock speed of PCI-X 2.0 is
a. 533 Mhz
b. 433 Mhz
c. 333 Mhz
d. 233 Mhz
Answer:a

114. The size of the Mini ITX motherboard is:
a. 170 mm long & 170 mm wide
b. 150 mm long & 150 mm wide
c. 130 mm long & 130 mm wide
d. 180 mm long & 180 mm wide
Answer:a

115. The full form of CMTS is:
a. Computer mode termination system
b. Complete mail transfer system
c. Cable modem termination system
d. Carrier mode transfer system
Answer:c

116. DSL is a technology that brings high-bandwidth information over ordinary copper telephone lines:
a. True
b. False
Answer:a

117. Firewire is also known as:
a. IEEE1394
b. IEEE1786
c. IEEE1566
d. IEEE 1666
Answer:a

118. SWAP drives allows to connect and disconnect drives to the system without shutting down the system
a. True
b. False
Answer:a

119. The common LPT port numbers range from:
a. LPT1 – LPT3
b. LPT4 – LPT6
c. LPT 7 – LPT9
d. LPT10 – LPT12
Answer:a

120. Molex connector used to provide
a. AC power to various drives within PC
b. DC power to various drives within PC
c. Increase the transmission power of a PC
d. Connection of USB on mother board
Answer:b

121. The full form of MNP is
a. Microsoft network protocol
b. Microcom network protocol
c. Modem network protocol
d. Motherboard network protocol
Answer:b

122. Platten knob is used to manually adjust the paper to start printing and to release the paper when it is jammed in the printer.
a. True
b. False
Answer:a

123. Passive terminator terminates the SCSI chain if the last drive on SCSI chain and the SCSI controller is less than:
a. .25 meter
b. 1 meter
c. .05 inch
d. .75 inch
Answer:b

124. PLCC is a ________________sided package in which an IC is installed.
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer:d

125. Nickle Cadmium is one of the type of battery used in Laptops:
a. True
b. False
Answer:a

126. The PCMCIA card has a _________pin connector that connects it to a slot in laptop:
a. 68 pin
b. 72 pin
c. 56 pin
d. 102 pin
Answer:a

127. Wide SCSI is used to transmit data over a ________bit bus
a. 128
b. 64
c. 32
d. 16
Answer:d

128. UXGA display standard used in PC monitors having a screen resolution of
a. 400X1600 pixels
b. 1600X1200 pixels
c. 800X1600 pixels
d. 1200X400 pixels
Answer:b

129. The distance between each pin in the RIMM package is:
a. 025 mm
b. .50 mm
c. .75 mm
d. 1 mm
Answer:d

130. One long beep and 3 short beeps signifies
a. RAM error
b. Audio error
c. Video error
d. Cache error
Answer:c

131. Logical memory stores data in the form of:
a. files
b. folders
c. binary
d. bits
Answer:a

132. RDRAM transfers data at the speed of:
a. 1200 mhz
b. 800 mhz
c. 512 mhz
d. 256 mhz
Answer:b

133. The AMR slot is bigger than PCI and AGP slot
a. True
b. False
Answer:b

134. The most common chipsets available today are
a. 915
b. 845
c. 945
d. 935
Answer:a,b

135. The output of SFX power supply unit is:
a. 110 W
b. 90 W
c. 120 W
d. 80 W
Answer:b

136. A portion of hard disk that functions as a separate unit of storage
a. Partition
b. Volume
c. Tracks
d. Sectors
Answer:a

137. What is the most important feature to look for when, replacing the mouse?
a. color
b. the manufacturer and model number
c. connector
d. the number of buttons
Answer:c

138. The USB port can supply power for a device?
a. True
b. False
Answer:a

139.What can cause laser-jet printer to print too light?
a. Malfunctioning high-voltage DC power supply.
b. Too much humidity in the air.
c. Printing on wrong side of paper.
d. Malfunctioning transfer corona
Answer:a

140. Which CPU socket 7-based?
a. Pentium II
b. Pentium I
c. AMD Athlon
d. Pentium MMX
Answer:d

141. What is the newest type of serial bus architecture?
a. ATA
b. ST-506
c. DVD
d. USB
Answer:d

142. What is the maximum distance for a 10Base2 segment?
a. 330 meters
b. 100 meters
c. 185 meters
d. 1000 meters
Answer:c

143. What is the smallest storage access unit on an IDE hard drive?
a. Sector
b. Cylinder
c. Partition
d. Track
Answer:a

144. When powering on a system, you receive a keyboard error. What generates this message?
a. POSIX
b. ASPI
c. CMS
d. POST
Answer:b

145. How many pins does a standard IDE connector have?
a. 34
b. 40
c. 68
d. 50
Answer:b

146. When you arrive at the customer’s desk the computer is giving a continuous beep noise that will not stop. What is the problem?
a. Improper driver was loaded on the hard drive
b. Virus was down loaded from the internet
c. BIOS on the motherboard was corrupted
d. A key on the key board is stuck in the down position
Answer:d

147. What would cause the error message “Bad or missing operating system at boot up”?
a. A bad floppy drive cable connection
b. Slave hard drive not powered up
c. Missing or corrupt boot sector
d. No CD-ROM
Answer:c

148. A NIC that has an ST or SC connector on it is an example of?
a. Fiber Optic
b. Thin Net
c. IR
d. Twisted Pair
Answer:a

148. Which protocol requires unique addressing through software configuration?
a. AppleTalk
b. NetBEUI
c. TCP/IP
d. IPX
Answer:c

149. The CD-ROM does not work on your system. You suspect that the CD-ROM is not getting the proper voltage. What should you use to test the power connector?
a. Multimeter
b. High voltage probe
c. Loop back tester
d. Continuity Tester
Answer:a

150. What is the first program to run during a system boot sequence?
a. AUTOEXEC.BAT
b. BIOS
c. COMMAND.COM
d. CONFIG.SYS
Answer:b

Monday, December 10, 2018

How do I set up Outlook 2016?

You have two ways to set up Outlook 2016:

E-mail Account and Manual setup or
Additional server types

Read below for step-by-step instructions on the different methods of setting up Outlook 2016:

E-mail Account Setup

Follow these instructions to set up an e-mail account with Outlook 2016:

1. Open Outlook and select E-mail Account. If the following Add Account panel does not appear, you can select File > Add Account.
2. Enter the following information, then click Next:

Field	Required Information
Your Name	Enter the name that you would like to have displayed when somebody receives an e-mail from you.
E-mail Address	Enter the full e-mail address of the e-mail box that you are currently setting up.
Password	Enter password of the e-mail address that you set when you created the mailbox in your Account Manager.
Retype Password	Re-enter the password.

3. Outlook will now attempt to find the necessary settings to configure.
Note: This step can take several minutes.
If prompted, click Allow to allow Outlook to configure your Outlook server settings.
4. This setup process will configure most of your settings, however, there is one setting that the system will not configure. Add a root path in order to ensure all of your folders and messages properly sync to the server.
When the setup process has completed, select Change account settings. Then click Next.
5. Click More Settings...
6. Select the Advanced tab and enter Inbox into the Root folder path.
7. You are all set! Click OK and you will be returned to the POP and IMAP Account Settings panel.
Click the Finish button to close the panel.
Your e-mail account is now set up. You may begin using Outlook 2016.

Manual Setup or Additional Server Types

Follow these instructions to set up an e-mail account with Outlook 2016 either manually or using additional server types:

1. Open Outlook and select Manual setup or additional server types, then the Next button.
2. From the Choose Service panel, Select POP or IMAP, then click the Next button.
3. From the POP and IMAP Accounts Settings panel, enter the following information, Then select More Settings:

Settings	Required Information
Your Name	Enter the name you to display in the From field when the recipient receives your e-mail.
E-mail Address	Your full e-mail address of the e-mail box that you are currently setting up. Example: help@webe-mailhelp.com
Account Type	Select POP3 or IMAP
Incoming mail server	mail.<yourdomainname.com> Example: mail.webemailhelp.com
Outgoing mail server (SMTP)	smtp.<yourdomainname.com> Example: smtp.webemailhelp.com For Register.com customers: mail.<yourdomainname.com> Example: mail.webemailhelp.com
User Name	Enter your full e-mail address of the e-mail box that you are currently setting up.
Password	Enter the password that you set when you created the mailbox in your account manager. Note: It is recommended that you also select Remember Password unless multiple users have access to your profile on your computer.
Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA)	Unchecked
Deliver new messages to:	New Outlook Data File

4. More Settings will pop up a new window that has three tabs. Select the Outgoing Server tab.
5. From the Outgoing Server tab, select My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication. Then select Use same settings as my incoming mail server.
6. Select the Advanced tab from the same popup window.
Change the Outgoing server (SMTP) port to 587 and enter Inbox for the Root folder path. Then click OK to proceed.
You will be returned to the POP and IMAP Account Settings panel.
7. Click the Next button.
8. Outlook will then attempt to test your account settings. Let the process complete until the Congratulations panel appears. Then click the Close button.
9. Click Finish.
Your e-mail account is now set up. You may begin using Outlook 2016.