REVIEW QUESTIONS

1. What is the main difference between AT and ATX power supplies?

A. ATX power supplies require 240V AC input.
B. The ATX power supply is controlled by a soft-ware switch on the
system board.
C. ATX power supplies deliver more power to the system.
D. AT power supplies blow air onto the system board rather than out
through the back of the unit.
2. Which type of storage is volatile?
A. RAM
B. CD-ROM
C. Disk
D. ROM
3. Which term does not describe the dot information produced by a color
monitor?
A. PEL
B. Pixel
C. Triad
D. Picture element
4. Which system component executes software instructions and carries out
arithmetic
operations for the system?
A. The microprocessor
B. The CMOS RAM
C. The BIOS
D. The U and V pipes
5. Which video standard is superior to the others listed?
A. VGA
B. SVGA
C. XGA
D. S3TV
6. PC-compatibles use a ______ connector for the VGA video function.
A. 9-pin, female D-shell
B. 15-pin, male D-shell
C. 15-pin, female D-shell
D. 25-pin, male D-shell
7. Disk drive tracks are composed of ________.
A. sectors
B. clusters

C. FRUs
D. magnetic spots
8. During startup, the memory of a computer is tested by ________.
A. the CPU
B. the CMOS setup program
C. the POST
D. the Interrupt Controller
9. Which of the following interfaces employs a 50-pin cable?
A. An internal SCSI interface
B. An EIDE interface
C. A VESA bus
D. An LPT port
10. An optical CD-ROM disk typically contains ________ of information.
A. 420MB
B. 600MB
C. 680MB
D. the Interrupt Controller
11. A good example of firmware is ______.
A. CONFIG.SYS
B. Windows 95
C. DOS
D. ROM BIOS
12. Which type of interface would you normally expect to encounter when
installing an
external CD-ROM drive?
A. ISA
B. IDE
C. SCSI
D. USB
13. Nonvolatile data can be stored in _____.
A. Register
B. Cache
C. ROM
D. RAM
14. Which of the following constitutes a valid boot-up sequence?
A. POST, initialization, bootup
B. Initialization, bootup, POST
C. Bootup, POST, initialization
D. Initialization, POST, bootup

15. The resolution for a video adapter operating in native VGA mode is ____.
A. 350x468
B. 640x480
C. 800x600
D. 1024x768
16. Replacing the power supply in an AT system requires that you also _____.
A. reset the CMOS
B. reinstall Windows
C. match the P8 and P9 PS connectors to the P1 and P2 motherboard
connectors, respectively
D. replace the AC power cord