Computer Hardware Quiz

1) Which of the following is NOT a type of motherboard expansion slot?
a) ISA b) PCI c) AGP d) ATX


2) Which IRQ does COM1 commonly use?
a) 3 b) 4 c) 6 d) 7 e) 14

3) Which of the following is NOT a type of computer hard drive? a) IDE b) FDD c) SCSI d) EIDE

4) Which of the following retains the information it's storing when the power to the system is turned off? 
a) CPU b) ROM c) RAM d) DRAM e) DIMM


5) How can you tell that a particular ribbon cable should only be used to connect a floppy drive? 
a) it's white b) it has a red line along one edge c) it's wider than all the other ribbon cables d) it has a twist in it


6) What is BIOS an acronym for? 
a) bootstrap initial operating system b) basic input output startup c) boot initial operating startup d) basic input output system


7) Which of the following is NOT a type of RAM?
 a) SIMM b) DIMM c) ROM d) SLIPP


8) What does FDISK do? 
a) performs low-level formatting of the hard drive 
b) fixes bad sectors on the hard drive 
c) recovers lost clusters on the hard drive 
d) creates partitions on the hard drive


9) What type of connector is used to plug a telephone line into a modem? 
a) COM1 b) RJ-45 c) RJ-11 d) RJ-10


10) What is different between AT and ATX power supplies?
 a) They are identical except for their shape. 
b) AT supplies use a single P1 power connector while ATX uses P8 and P9. 
c) AT power supplies run on 120V AC current while ATX uses 220V AC 
d) AT supplies use P8 and P9 power connectors while ATX uses a single P1 connector.

11 What are the four key functions of a computer system? 
a) input, processing, output, and storage 
b) keyboard, display, memory, and disk drive 
c) word processing, spreadsheets, database, and contact management 
d) read, write, calculate, and display 
e) bits, bytes, words, and OSI


12. The hard disk drive magnetic surface is divided in concentric circles called tracks, and each track is divided into segments called sectors. What is the name given to the set of tracks that have the same spatial position on all discs present in the hard disk drive? 
1. Side 
2. Face 
3. Cylinder 
4. Head 


13. How many information bytes can be stored in a sector? 
1. 128 
2. 256 
3. 512 
4. 1024 


14. The hard disk drive capacity is defined by its formatting pattern. We call the hard disk drive formatting pattern as: 
1.FAT 
2.VFAT 
3.Cluster 
4.Geometry 


15. What is the maximum storage capacity on FAT-16 system? 
1. 504 MB 
2. 2 GB 
3. 8.4 GB 
4. 10 GB 


16. Where is stored the location of the first cluster of a file? 1.Directory
2. FAT
3. VFAT Inside the file itself




19. What feature DOES NOT belong to Serial ATA standard? 
Serial transmission. 
4-wire cable.
150 MB/s or 300 MB/s transfer rates.
Master and Slave configuration.


20. What does active partition mean? Single partition. Partition with all the hard disk drive capacity. Partition with an operating system installed. Partition that will be used to boot the operating system.


21.Which of the following is not an input device?
Keyboard Joystick Microphone Monitor


22.Approximately how many bytes make one Megabyte One Million Ten Thousand One Hundred One Thousand


23.Which part is the "brain" of the computer? Monitor CPU RAM ROM


24.The capacity of your hard drive is measured in Gigabytes MHz Mbps 52X


25.How much information can a CD (Compact Disk) usually store? 150 Mb 650 Mb 10 Mb 1.4 Mb

26.What is the permanent memory built into your computer called? CD-ROM ROM CPU RAM


27.Which device allows your computer to talk to other computers over a telephone line as well as access the internet?
Hard Drive Modem CD-ROM drive RAM

Question 28:
Which of the following is NOT a type of motherboard expansion slot? ISA PCI AGP ATX


Question 29:
Which IRQ does COM1 commonly use?
3 4 6 7 14