Hardware
Devices
Networking
Cables
Computer/Net Theory
100
Before the OS kicks in, the BIOS runs a test. What is the name os this test? (Give me the full name for credit).
What is POST (Power On Self Test)
100

What is the onluyu device that takes you out of your network? A. Switch B. Bridge C. Router D. Repeater

What is C. Router

100

Which of the following is a class C address? A. 10.10.x.x B. 169.254.x.x C. 192.168.x.x D. 255.x.x.x

What is C. 192.168.x.x

100

Which of the following cable types has a MAXIMUM transfer speed greater than 1 Gbps? A. CAT6 B. CAT5 C. CAT5e D. STP

What is A. CAT6

100

Which of the following terms BEST describes the software or hardware used to manage virtual machines? A. Hypervisor B. Cloud Server Manager C. Supervisor D. Host Computer

What is A. Hypervisor

200

This IC system facilitates communication between the GPU, CPU and RAM.

What is the Northbridge

200

Switches use what type of information to send data to a client? A. IP address B. Network Address C. MAC Address D. Web Server

What is C. MAC Address

200

To produce an automated power off to a Linux system in 20 minutes time, which of the following commands would you use? A) sudo shut down –h 20 B) sudo power off –h 20 C) sudo poweroff –h 20 D) sudo shutdown –r 20 E) sudo shutdown –h 20

What is E) sudo shutdown -h 20

200

Which of the following cables are prone to electromagnetic interference? A. STP B. PVC C. Plenum D. UTP

What is D. UTP

200

Cloud computing provides multiple advantages. Which of below elements is BEST described by a service’s ability to be scaled up or down as the needs changes for a particular user without requiring costly hardware changes? A) Resource pooling B) On-demand C) Measured Service D) Rapid elasticity

D) Rapid elasticity

300

When diagnosing potential RAM issues, which of the following should be checked for proper configuration? A. Bus speeds B. Fan speeds C. UAC configuration D. CMOS battery voltage

What is A. Bus Speeds

300

What is used specifically for Wireless networking?

A. Hub B. WAP C. Switch D. RJ-45

What is B. WAP

300

Which of the following protocols would an email client use? A. HTTP B. SNMP C. POP3 D. SFTP

What is C. POP3

300

Which of the following connector types is found on coaxial cables? A. F B. ST C. RJ-11 D. RJ-45

What is A. F

300

An office of 25 computers is interested in employing a file server, network shares, and print server functionality. Which of the following network setups would be BEST suited for this situation? A. Ad-hoc B. Workgroup C. Domain D. Token ring

What is C. Domain

400

This feature/tool is used to facilitate communication between mother board components and the BIOS.

What is Firmware

400

This server type is in charge of resolving IP address' to names?

What is a DNS server

400

What protocol(s) would you use to set up email? A) 112 B) 110 C) 21 D) 25 E) 143 F) 443

What is 110 , 25 , and 143

400

A technician needs to configure a computer with an external storage drive. Which of the following interfaces would provide the FASTEST throughput? A. USB 2.0 B. eSATA C. CAT5 D. FireWire

What is B. eSATA

400

What CLI command would you type to view the MAC address of a host machine?

What is ipconfig /all

500

There are several alternatives available to satisfy the built in mass storage needs of computers. Which of the following are current hard drive technologies? (Choose three) Magnetic drive Tape drive Solid State Drive Floppy disk Hybrid Drive Digital versatile disc

What is Magnetic drive, Hybrid Drive, and SSD

500

Software or hardware that checks information coming from the Internet and either blocks it or allows it to pass through depending on the applied configuration settings is called:

What is... Firewall.

500

A technician has replaced a bad internal WLAN card in a Windows 7 Professional laptop. The WLAN card is listed in Device Manager as enabled and working. Which of the following should be done NEXT to use the card? A. Change the security passphrase of the network. B. Configure encryption on the router. C. The SSID of the network must be added to the connection. D. The firmware and drivers must be updated to the latest version.

What is C. the SSID of the network must be added to the connection.

500

A dial-up modem uses which of the following types of connectors? A. RJ-11 B. RG-59 C. RJ-45 D. RG-6

What is A. RJ-11

500

Which of the following Control Panel utilities will allow a technician to change the associated file extension type in a Windows machine? A. Folder options B. Administrator tools C. Accessibility options D. Regional and language options

What is A. Folder Options