General Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer.
1. The following are basic expansion card types except?
a. IDE b. ISA c. PCI d. AGP 2. What do you call the computer software which you configure before installing the OS? a. Apple OS b. AGP c. BIOS d. Gmail 3. What will you do if the customer wants to install an operating system in his/her PC but does not have an optical drive? a. Create a Server Card c. Install Power ISO b. Create Bootable Drive d. None of the above 4. What will you do if after installing both IDE and optical drive you have noticed that only one drive is working? a. Check Jumper Setting c. Check BIOS Settings b. Restart PC d. None of the above 5. How many wires does the UTP cable have? a. 6 c. 4 b. 8 d. 10 6. Which of the following is the most common CPU manufacturer? a. Extel c. AMA b. Intel d. Mac 7. ____________ is a type of copper cabling that is used for telephone communications and most Ethernet networks. a. Twisted pair c. ripped pair b. untwisted pair d. magnetic pair 8. Four pairs of wires are then wrapped in an overall metallic braid or foil. a. UTP c. Coaxial b. STP d. Shielded 9. It is a copper-cored cable surrounded by a heavy shielding. a. UTP c. Coaxial b. STP d. Shielded 10. ___________ is a glass or plastic conductor that transmits information using light. a. Coaxial c. STP b. UTP d. Fiber Optic 11. The _____________ cable is used in local area network to connect a PC to a network hub and router. a. Peer to Peer c. Straight through b. Client server d. Crossover 12. A ___________ on the other hand, can be used to connect two network devices directly, without the need for a router in the middle. a. Peer to Peer c. Straight through b. Client server d. Crossover 13. RJ in RJ45 stands for? a. Reserve Jack c. Recalled Jack b. Registered Jack d. Repaired Jack 14. The following are type of input devices except: a. Mouse b. keyboard c. monitor d. microphone 15. The following are examples of output devices except: a. Microphone c. LCD Projector b. Monitor d. LED TV 16. A kind of program which is harmful to computer operations. a. Spam c. Software b. Virus d. none of the above 17. A personal computer operating system developed by Microsoft. a. Mac c. Windows b. Penguin d. Android 18. What do you call the most common Operating system in cellphone now in the market? a. Android c. Windows b. Lollipop d. wismec 19. What should you configure in BIOS when you are going to install an operating system using optical media? a. installing driver c. boot priority b. boot sequence d. b and c 20. What do you call the primary circuit board of a personal computer? a. Power supply c. Motherboard b. HDD d. SSD 21. The following are example of output devices except: a. Monitor c. Speaker b. Scanner d. Headphones 22. Is any system software besides the operating systems that helps to maintain, manage and protect the computer system resources? a. Utilities c. Android b. Antivirus d. sequence 23. __________________ is basically anything that you can touch with your fingers. a. Malware c. Hardware b. Software d. None of the choices 24. ______________ basically means getting data into the computer to be processed. a. Output c. Copy b. Input d. Paste 25. __________________ basically means getting data out of the computer. a. Input c. Paste b. Output d. Copy 26. Directs all the activities and sets all the rules for how the hardware and software will work together. a. Computer System c. Hardware b. Software d. Operating System 27. GUI stands for? a. Graphical User Interface c. Graphical User Internet b. Graphical User interaction d. None of the choices 28. Programs that work with operating system software to help the computer to do specific types of work. a. System Software c. OS Software b. Application Software d. None of the Choices 29. The chip or chips that interpret and execute program instructions and manage the functions of input, output, and storage devices. a. Memory c. Expansion Cards b. CPU d. SD Cards 30. Contains the major components of the computer. It helps protect them a. Mother Board c. Antivirus b. Hard Disk d. Computer Case 31. A display screen to provide “output” to the user. It is where you view the information you are working on. a. LCD c. Monitor b. LED d. Television 32. Connects the computer to the monitor. It is a circuit board attached to the motherboard that contains the memory and other circuitry necessary to send information to the monitor for display on screen. a. SD Card c. Expansion Cards b. Video Card d. Sound Card 33. An input device operated by rolling its ball across a flat surface. The mouse is used to control the on-screen pointer by pointing and clicking, double-clicking, or dragging objects on the screen. a. Keyboard c. Scanner b. Mouse d. Bar Code reader 34. A device that holds a removable floppy disk when in use; read/write heads read and write data to the diskette. a. Hard Drive c. DVD Drive b. Disk Drive d. Floppy Disk Drive 35. Magnetic storage device in the computer. a. Disk Drive b. DVD Drive c. Hard Drive d. Floppy Disk Drive 36. Connects the speakers and microphone to the computer a. LAN card c. Video Card b. Sound Card d. MAN Card 37. A circuit board that connects the computer to the rest of the network usually using special cables. a. Network Card c. Sound Card b. Video Card d. None of the Choices 38. Connectors and ports for connecting the computer to external devices such as display ports, audio ports, USB ports, Ethernet ports/S ports etc. a. Back Panel connectors and Ports c. Side Panel connectors and Ports b. Front Panel connectors and Ports d. None of the Choices 39. Onboard button to turn on turn off and reboot the computer. a. CMOS Battery c. Power and Reset Button b. Keyboard d. Switch Button 40. Connects to mSATA solid state drive. In most cases this SSD is used as cache to speed up hard disk drives, but its possible to re purpose it as a regular hard drive. a. IDE Connectors c. mSATA Connector b. SATA Connectors d. None of the Choices 41. Connects to the 24 pin ATX power cable of a power supply unit which supplies power to the internet. a. AVX Power Connectors c. ADE Power Connectors b. ATX Power Connectors d. SATA Power Connectors 42. Supplies power to the CPU heat sink fan and computer case fans. a. Fan Connectors c. Fan Power Supply b. Fan Supply d. Fa Headers 43. Connects to modern hard disk drives, solid state drives and optical drives for data transfer. a. ATA Connectors c. LAN Connectors b. SATA Connectors d. Sound Connectors 44. Also known as the input/output controller hub /ICH/. a. North Bridege c. West Bridge b. South Bridge d. RAM Bridge 45. Supplies power to store BIOS settings and keep the real time clock running. a. AVR c. Fan Headers b. Power Supply d. CMO’s Battery 46. Connects to the power switch ,reset switch , power LED , hard drive LED and front audio ports of a computer case. a. Back panel Connectors c. Both a and b b. Front Panel Connectors d. None of the Choices 47. Connects each device to a single cable and at either end of the cable terminator is used to remove unsent data from the cable a. Single Node c. Star Topology b. Bus Topology d. Ring Topology 48. ___________ is a computer network that interconnects computers within a limited area such as a residence, school, laboratory, university campus or office building. a. LAN c. WAN b. MAN d. WLAN 49. ____________is a telecommunications network or computer network that extends over a large geographical distance. Wide area networks are often established with leased telecommunication circuits. a. LAN b. MAN c. WAN d. WLAN 50. _____________is a wireless computer network that links two or more devices using wireless communication within a limited area such as a home, school, computer laboratory, or office building. a. WAN b. LAN c. MAN d. WLAN