15 Free A+ Practice Questions for the Core Hardware
Exam
Question 1
Which of the following are valid processors
(select 2)?
386SX
386DX2
386DX
Cyrix
586
Question 2
True or False: An MCA bus supports PnP, bus
mastering, & burst mode.
True
False
Question 3
A low-level format received by a floppy disk
does what?
Adds
a root directory
Includes
a FAT (File Allocation Table)
Stores
720K
Creates
a structure of sectors, tracks, &
clusters.
Question 4
A 80Hz refresh rate indicates what?
That
the screen will be redrawn 800 times per
second.
That
the screen will be refreshed 80 times
per minute.
That
the screen will be redrawn 80 times per
second.
None
of the above
Question 5
A user is complaining of problems. You find that
upon startup, the IBM machine give two beeps
alerting you to a POST error. Error code 301
shows. What is wrong with this machine?
There
is a monitor error.
There
is a keyboard error.
This
is not a POST error. Two beeps indicates
a motherboard error.
There
is a serial card error.
Question 6
What is this an example of?
A
30-pin SIMM
A
72-pin SIMM
A
168-pin DIMM
C-RIMM
Question 7
Your current network is performing poorly. More
workstations need to be added and it's already
very slow. It runs on 10Base2 and is suffering
from signal bounce. Which of the following
statements is true?
You
are using a bus topology with a physical
broken connection.
You
are using a ring topology and are
missing a terminator.
You
are using a ring topology with too many
workstations.
You
are using a bus topology with too many
workstations and a missing terminator.
Question 8
Bridges are capable of which?
Expanding
the length of a network segment.
Acting
as a firewall.
Segmenting
networks.
Communication
of computers on a LAN.
Question 9
Which is true of a female DB 15-pin video port?
It
has 2 rows of 5 pinholes.
It
has 3 rows of 5 pinholes.
It
has one row of 8 pinholes and one row of
7 pinholes.
It
has one row of 6 pinholes and one row of
9 pinholes.
Question 10
You have just installed two hard drives into the
same machine. One is set up as the slave and
both are on the same IDE channel. You notice
that the drive's LED light is constantly lit on
the slave drive. What do you need to do to fix
this?
Troubleshoot
the slave drive by reconfiguring the
slave to be the master, removing the
original master drive, then rebooting.
Disable
the secondary controller in the BIOS.
Manually
enter the drive settings on the BIOS.
Install
more memory.
Question 11
SVGA and Ultra VGA are two distinct video
standards. True or False?
True.
False.
Question 12
SVGA is represented by all of the following
resolutions except:
1600
x 1200
800
x 600
640
x 480
1280
x 1024
Question 13
Which is true of an Active Matrix LCD?
The
LCD is divided into two halves.
Each
pixel is constantly refreshed.
The
pixels are fixed.
It
uses more electricity.
None
of the above.
Question 14
What are the correct stages and order of the EP
laser printing process?
Cleaning,
Writing, Conditioning, Developing,
Fusing, Transferring, and End of Cycle
Cleaning,
Conditioning, Writing, Developing,
Transferring, Fusing, & End of Cycle
Erasing,
Writing, Heating, Developing, Fusing,
Transferring, & End of Cycle
Conditioning,
Erasing, Writing, Developing, Fusing,
Transferring, & End of Cycle