DOA
Numbers
PC Hardware
Ports and Connections
Networking
100
By removing the platters and magnets, sanding and grinding the platter surfaces, this hardware will be DOA.
What is a hard drive?
100
This is the alternative name for Firewire.
What is IEEE 1394?
100
This system converts AC current from the wall outlet into the DC currents required by electronic circuits.
What is the Power Supply?
100
The correct socket type must correspond with the specific family of CPU. The LGA socket matches which manufacturer's CPU?
What is Intel?
100
When a Network is divided into sections it is called by a specific name. What is that name?
What is Segment?
200
When too many people try to access me at the same exact time, I cannot function.
What is a Network Server?
200
The max amount of RAM the 64-bit version of Windows can theoretically run on.
What is 16 EB?
200
This component is the mathematical brain behind the computer. Without it, the computer will not work.
What is the Central Processing Unit (CPU)?
200
I am the chip that contains the logic to convert data moving between serial and parallel devices and the cornerstone of serial ports and modems.
What is UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter)?
200
What color is the 6th Pin in T568B?
What is Green?
300
I purchased (blank) from MicroCenter so my computer would run faster. Now my computer won't log on and I am DOA.
What is RAM?
300
If you create an additional user on your PC through Computer Management and opt not to select "password will never expire," how many days until the user will need to change their password?
What is 42?
300
Desktop computers have this for expansions, but portable (laptop) computers do not.
What is Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI)?
300
A device that plugs into a USB port or other specialized port and offers common PC ports, such as serial, parallel, USB, network, and PS/2.
What is a Port Replicator.
300
My internet speed was 10 Mbps then I upgraded to 10Gbps. What cable do I need to get my full speed?
What is Cat6/Cat6a?
400
I was removed during an upgrade and now I can't fit in my spot. My pins are now messed up and I'm DOA.
What is a CPU?
400
Number of possible combinations of IPv6 addresses. (Rounding accepting)
What is 18,000,000,000,000,000 (18 quadrillion)?
400
The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. It is a memory bank with its own battery. *Give the full name, not the acronym!
What is the Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor?
400
The port numbers (blank and blank) and utility protocol (blank) that uses DHCP.
What is 67, 68; UDP (User Datagram Protocol)?
400
In the 1980s, IBM developed the NetBIOS Extended User Interface (NetBEUI). This sends out frames address to the Media Access Control (MAC) FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF which means it broadcast because of this it limits how many computers one network can handle. How many computers can run in one NetBEUI?
What is 300?
500
I got stabbed and now no one can see me.
What is a monitor?
500
The CD File System is also known as this
What is ISO-9660?
500
A set of routines residing in firmware that boots the operating system. Prior to loading the operating system, this component also provides software drivers for the basic peripheral support that is part of the motherboard.
What is the Basic Input Output System (BIOS)?
500
A router function that enables you to automatically open an incoming connection to one computer based on a specific outgoing connection; requires NAT (network access translation); an alias IP address shields IP addresses within a network.
What is Port Triggering?
500
When setting up a server for online access we use what is called a Domain Name Server (DNS). There are 7 domain name qualifiers, called top-level domains (TLDs). General (commercial) business, educational organizations, government organizations, international, military organizations, internet organizations, and Nonprofit organizations. What are they?
What is .com .edu .gov .int .mil .net .org?
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