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BIS350 Quiz 2

True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

DDR SDRAM modules have only one notch on the edge connector, whereas regular SDRAM modules have two.
 

 2. 

The equation to calculate the capacity of the hard drive, in bytes, for an older drive that has x cylinders, y heads, and z sectors/tracks is capacity = xyz.
 

 3. 

The low-level format builds a file system for each logical drive.
 

 4. 

The ATA/133 standard supports hard drives larger than 137 GB.
 

 5. 

It is possible for one logical drive to be formatted with one file system and other logical drives on the same hard drive to be formatted with a different file system.
 

 6. 

Serial ATA supports only one drive per connector on the motherboard.
 

 7. 

You should verify that your recovery plan works by practicing it before disaster occurs.
 

 8. 

A fragmented hard drive increases access time.
 

 9. 

When a key is pressed on a foil-contact keyboard, two metal plates make contact and close a circuit.
 

 10. 

Hi-Speed USB cables can be up to 5 meters long.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 11. 

The SDRAM data path is ____ bits wide.
a.
16
c.
64
b.
32
d.
128
 

 12. 

____ can hold up to 2 GB of RAM.
a.
DDR SDRAM
c.
SDRAM
b.
SLDRAM
d.
EDO RAM
 

 13. 

What type of memory uses part of the hard drive as though it were RAM?
a.
Ramdrive
c.
EEPROM
b.
Paging memory
d.
Virtual memory
 

 14. 

Generally, ____ has the fastest speeds.
a.
SCSI
c.
IEEE 1394
b.
IDE
d.
USB 2.0
 

 15. 

Windows ____ does not support IEEE 1394.
a.
NT
c.
98
b.
2000
d.
XP
 

 16. 

If a hard drive has four platters, it has ____ heads.
a.
2
c.
8
b.
4
d.
16
 

 17. 

With IDE drives, the ____ is responsible for physically locating the data on the drive.
a.
system BIOS
c.
hard drive controller
b.
OS
d.
IDE connector
 

 18. 

Windows 2000/XP does not support a FAT32 volume larger than ____ GB.
a.
4
c.
32
b.
16
d.
137
 

 19. 

Which of the following is false?
a.
It is best to install NTFS at the same time you install Windows NT/2000/XP from the setup CD, or you can convert a FAT file system to NTFS after Windows is installed.
b.
NTFS uses a virtual file allocation table to hold information about files and directories and their locations on the hard drive.
c.
NTFS is designed to provide more security than does the FAT file system.
d.
None of the above.
 

 20. 

If POST beeps three times, then the most likely cause is a ____ error.
a.
hard drive
c.
memory
b.
video
d.
CPU
 

 21. 

____ clusters are clusters that have no file in the FAT pointing to them.
a.
Orphan
c.
Cross-linked
b.
Lost
d.
Solo
 

 22. 

The Melissa virus is an example of a ____ virus.
a.
file
c.
Trojan horse
b.
macro
d.
boot sector
 

 23. 

What is the maximum speed of IEEE 1394B?
a.
12 Mbps
c.
1.2 Gbps
b.
480 Mbps
d.
115.2 Gbps
 

 24. 

As many as ____ USB devices can be daisy chained together using USB cables.
a.
53
c.
212
b.
127
d.
There is no limit.
 

 25. 

Which of the following is false regarding a USB cable?
a.
The B-Male connector is flat and wide.
b.
It has four wires.
c.
It can connect devices or devices and a hub.
d.
The connector on the host computer is called the A-Male connector.
 

 26. 

IEEE 1394A allows for cable lengths up to ____ feet.
a.
5
c.
50
b.
15
d.
328
 

 27. 

The maximum speed of USB 2.0 is ____.
a.
12 Mbps
c.
480 Mbps
b.
400 Mbps
d.
1.2 Gbps
 

 28. 

Which monitor feature most affects price?
a.
Resolution
c.
Multiscan
b.
Screen size
d.
Refresh rate
 

 29. 

The ____ is the distance between adjacent dots on the screen that the electronic beam hits.
a.
refresh rate
c.
frequency
b.
dot pitch
d.
resolution
 

 30. 

With ____ matrix display, a transistor that amplifies the signal is placed at every intersection in the grid, which further enhances the pixel quality.
a.
dual-scan passive
c.
active
b.
dual-pixeling
d.
passive
 

Completion
Complete each sentence or statement.
 

 31. 

After installing memory modules, turn on the PC and watch ____________________ count the amount of memory during the boot process.
 

 

 32. 

Internally, hard drives have one, two, or more ____________________ that are stacked together and spin in unison.
 

 

 33. 

The first sector of the hard drive is called the _________________________.
 

 

 34. 

When you first boot up after installing a hard drive, go to ____________________ and verify that the drive has been recognized and that the settings are correct.
 

 

 35. 

A(n) ____________________ is a temporary storage area in RAM for data being read from or written to a hard drive.
 

 

 36. 

If a hard drive retrieves and saves data slowly, run ____________________ to rewrite files so that they are in contiguous sectors.
 

 

 37. 

After you install a new device and reboot the PC, the ______________________________ will launch, prompting you to install the device drivers.
 

 

 38. 

A(n) ____________________ manages the USB bus.
 

 

 39. 

One IEEE 1394 host controller can support up to ____________________ devices.
 

 

 40. 

The tool to help resolve hardware conflicts in Windows is the ____________________.
 

 



 
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