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When you are able to narrow down a grinding sound from inside the PC as coming from the hard drive, what is the most likely cause of that noise?

( A )   Speaker to close to hard drive
( B )   Vibrations from the cd-rom drive
( C )   Loose ribbon cable
( D )   Excessive dust surrounding the drive
( E )   HDI (Head-to-Disk Interface)

The Correct Answer is: E

The most chosen answer was [ C ] :: [ Loose ribbon cable ]

Explanation:
A grinding noise coming from the hard drive is most likely caused by an HDI situation. This occurs when a head becomes misaligned and eventually this will scratch / burn the disk making it inoperable.


What is the maximum color depth of a SVGA monitor?

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( A )   256 colors
( B )   1024 colors
( C )   64k colors
( D )   16 million colors
( E )   None of the above

The Correct Answer is: D

Explanation:

Explanation:

The table below compares various vieo types:

Video monitor -----Max. Color depth ------Max. Resolution

CGA ---------------16 Colors--------------160X100

EGA----------------64 colors--------------640X350 (Graphics Mode)

VGA----------------256 colors-------------640X480 (Graphics Mode)

SVGA---------------16 Million Colors------1280X1024 or even more


Recognizing components:

( A )   Printer Port
( B )   Internal Modem
( C )   Video Card
( D )   Processor
( E )   Motherboard

The Correct Answer is: E

Explanation:
The picture is of a Motherboard. It is actually an Intel Socket 478 Motherboard with support for a P4 Socket 478 mPGA Processor.


What key combination can be used to trigger the Start button to open. Sometimes necessary when the taskbar is hidden or can't be located and their is no Start button on the keyboard.

( A )   Alt - Esc
( B )   Ctrl - Esc
( C )   Ctrl - Alt - Delete
( D )   F10
( E )   Shift - Esc

The Correct Answer is: B

Explanation:
By having the Ctrl & Esc keys pressed at the same time the Start menu will open.

Most keyboards now have a Windows logo / Start button between the Ctrl & Alt keys, which would also work.


When a continuous beep sound comes from the PC when trying to boot there is a problem with which piece of hardware?

( A )   BIOS code is corrupted
( B )   Speaker unplugged
( C )   Mouse not plugged in
( D )   Hard disk crash
( E )   Power supply

The Correct Answer is: E

Explanation:
When there is a problem with the power supply, a long beep sound will be used to alert the user.


This quiz was generated by user guest359044 in july2002.

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In the month of july2002 this quiz was given 218 times during which guest359044 received the highest score.


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Extra Knowledge


Modem

Details:
MO-Dulator/
DEM-odulator

Used to transfer
data through
a telephone line.

There are both
internal and
external modems
available.

Modem shown
is internal.

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