RAM, ROM & OTHER MEMORY
QUESTIONS #2

INTRODUCTION QUESTIONS 1. IRQ's, COM's, ESD, I/O ADDRESSES, CONNECTORS, SAFETY 2. RAM, ROM & MEMORY 3. CPU MODELS , BUSES 4. HARD DRIVE's, FLOPPY's, CDROM's, 5. MODEMS, NETWORKS 6. MONITOR's 7. PRINTER's 8. MORE CONNECTOR's , CABLE's 9. DOS/WINDOWS 10.DOS/WINDOWS 11. MISC/ TROUBLE-SHOOTING REFERENCE TABLES IRQ's I/O ADDRESS's LOGICAL MEMORY PHYSICAL MEMORY POST ERROR CODES CPU TYPES BUS TYPES DRIVE CABLES MODEM COMMANDS NETWORKING MONITOR's PRINTER TYPES LASER STEPS HP-LASER ERROR CODES CONNECTORS CABLES

GO TO     25     50     REFERENCE TABLES 1. The memory addresses from 0 to 640KB are known as      A. conventional memory      B. expanded memory      C. high memory      D. common memory 2. The major advantage of using Flash ROM is      A. you can upgrade BIOS without replacing the chip      B. memory capacity is increased      C. you do not have to re-load the operating system      D. hard drives are protected 3. When an I/O device such as a serial port or modem is not enabled during startup, what is the cause?      A. corrupted memory      B. failed BIOS      C. monitor burnout      D. lost clusters 4. What device uses a battery to keep settings when the computer is turned off?      A. CMOS      B. Hard drive      C. RAM      D. ROM 5. You might flash the BIOS when?      A. adding peripherals      B. replacing memory      C. replacing the CPU      D. adding a video card 6 .Which provides the quickest access to data?      A. ROM      B. IDE      C. SCSI      D. RAM 7 . What does TSR stand for?      A. Terminate and Stay Ready      B. Terminate and Stay Resident      C. Terminal Stays Ready      D. Testing System Ready 8 . A SIMM has how many pins?      A. 36      B. 30      C. 34      D. 40 9 . How much memory is conventional memory?      A. 640K      B. 1024k      C. 1204k      D. 512k 10 . What component would most likely cause a parity error?      A. ROM      B. controller      C. software      D. RAM

11 . What is considered firmware?      A. DOS      B. Windows      C. Windows 95      D. BIOS (ROM)

12 . Which computer system component is used for short- term data storage?      A. Hard drive      B. Floppy drive      C. Tape drive      D. RAM

13 . Nanoseconds are used to measure the speed of what computer system component?      A. CD-ROM      B. Floppy drive      C. Hard drive      D. RAM

14 . Which type of RAM is normally the fastest?      A. DRAM      B. VRAM      C. SRAM      D. WRAM

15 . DRAM is best described by what statement?      A. DRAM does not need refresh      B. Continuously needs refresh      C. DRAM is faster than SRAM      D. DRAM is faster than WRAM

16 . What does the term "SIMMs" refer to?      A. Standard RAM used on a computer      B. Used for BIOS memory      C. RAM used for virtual memory

17 . What action will enable more applications to run simultaneously?      A. Add larger hard drive      B. Increase size of Swapfile      C. Add RAM      D. Upgrade CPU

18 . Upper Memory blocks are located where ?      A. Conventional Memory      B. Extended Memory      C. Expanded memory      D. Reserved Memory

19 . Define HMA      A. any memory above 590K      B. any memory above 640K      C. The first 64K of extended memory      D. The first 64K of expanded memory

20 .One reason for an incorrect time/date setting could be      A. low power supply voltage      B. low CMOS battery      C. low disk space      D. a bad UPS

21 . The following drive type parameters can be configured in CMOS EXCEPT      A. tracks      B. cylinders      C. seek time      D. number of heads

22 . What type of chip contains low level software for configuring the system's capabilities with hardware?      A.CPU      B. UART      C. SIMM      D. BIOS

23. What contains the computer BIOS and maintains its data with the use of a battery for periods when the system is powered down?      A. CMOS      B. RAM      C. DRAM      D. CPU

24. What are the first 64K of extended memory?      A. Upper memory      B. High memory area      C. Conventional memory      D. Expanded memory

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25 . What memory is located between 640k and 1024K that is used to load DOS drivers to allow applications more conventional memory?      A. Expanded memory      B. Extended memory      C. Conventional memory      D. Upper memory

26 . What memory is located above the first 1024K of memory?      A. Conventional      B. Extended      C. Upper      D. Expanded

27 .What memory is addressed in pages of 16k?      A. Expanded      B. Extended      C. Upper      D. Conventional

28 . What type of ROM chip has a window that allows the chip to be erased with an ultraviolet light?      A. SROM      B. PROM      C. EPROM      D. EEPROM

29. What type of ROM chip is erasable using software?      A. SROM      B. PROM      C. EPROM      D. EEPROM

30. Which DOS driver is used to manage extended memory?      A. Mem386.sys      B. Himem.sys      C. Ramdrive.sys      D. EMM386.exe

31.Which DOS driver is used to emulate expanded memory?      A. Himem.sys      B. Mem386.sys      C. Ramdrive.sys      D. EMM386.exe

32 . What types of RAM needs to be refreshed at a regular rate?      A. SRAM      B. ROM      C. EEPROM      D. DRAM

33. Which type of memory would not be considered to be volatile memory?      A. SRAM      B. DRAM      C. ROM      D. None of the above

34 . The system BIOS and ROM chips are called:      A. Software      B. Firmware      C. Hardware      D. Bootware

35 . Checking the hard disk while running Windows 3.1, you discover a very large file called 386SPART.PAR. what is this file?      A. Windows permanent swap file      B. Windows temporary swap file      C. A temporary file created when installing Windows 3.1      D. A temporary file created when installing DOS

36 . You are looking at a memory module thought to be a DIMM module. How many pins would be on a DIMM module?      A. 16 pins      B. 30 pins      C. 76 pins      D. 168 pins

37. Virtual memory refers to what process?      A. The process of swapping data in and out of reserved memory      B. Swapping memory from extended to expanded      C. Using a file on the hard disk to simulate RAM      D. Using extended memory to simulate expanded memory

38 . A parity error usually indicates a problem with:      A. hard drive      B. memory      C. hard drive controller      D. i/o controller

39 . What's the size of the conventional memory?      B. 256 KB      A. 640 KB      C. 1024 KB      D. 1088 KB

40 . Soft memory errors are caused by____      A. Bad Simm      B. Short in circuit      C. Random events

41. "Parity" errors usually indicate bad memory.      A. true      B. false

42 . If you get frequent general protection faults, this could indicate:      A. A hard drive cable connected incorrectly      B. Too much RAM is installed      C. Poor quality of memory chips      D. All of the above

43 . POST stands for:      A. positive operating system test      B. particle of static transfer      C. power on self test      D. printer online static test

44 . The POST is performed by      A. The Rom Bios Chip      B. The Basic Rom Chip      C. The Disk operating system      D. The RAM Chip

45 . ----- error code identifies a floppy drive problem      A. 301      B. 401      C. 501      D. 601

46. A series 300 error is a problem with the ______.      A. Keyboard      B. Floppy drive      C. Video      D. Memory

47 . During boot-up, the memory test:      A. Checks and verifies that contiguous memory is installed      B. Displays what memory is installed, but nothing else      C. Is an operational error      D. Is a superfluous step that should be ignored

48 . During the boot process, a system first counts memory from where?      A. Expansion memory board      B. Cache      C. System board      D. Video adapter

49 . The following process determines the amount of memory present, the date/time, and which communications ports and display adapters are installed in a microcomputer?      A. Power on Self Test      B. Start-up utility test      C. Power up boot process      D. Power on start up process

50 . In ROM BIOS, the acronym BIOS stands for:      A. Basic Input Output System      B. Basic Industry Operating System      C. Basic Intuitive Output Set      D. Basic Input Organizational System

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51 . What is a common complication when adding a 1.6G IDE hard drive to an older system such as a 16 Mhz 80386 system?      A. The drive is too big for the available drive bays      B. The old style IDE connector won't plug in properly      C. The power supply may be sufficient      D. System BIOS needs to be upgraded

52 . During the normal PC boot process, which of the following is active first?      A. Hard disk information      B. ROM BIOS      C. CMOS      D. RAM

53 . When SHADOWING is enabled in a computers BIOS:      A. Instructions stored in various ROM chips are copied into extended memory      B. Values are stored twice in the memory for redundancy checking      C. The conventional memory is re-mapped to the top of the extended memory      D. Data stored in RAM chips on adapter cards are shadowed into extended memory

54 . What may you need to upgrade after installing a brand new IDE drive on your old PC?      A. new drive controller      B. more Ram      C. ROM BIOS      D. new operating system

55 . You have an old PC that you decide to upgrade with a 1 gig IDE hard drive. You find that you can't configure CMOS to see the entire hard drive. The best you can do is 540 Meg. What is the fix?      A. use a device driver that makes the bios see the drive as simply a block storage device, or upgrade the bios if possible      B. put multiple partitions on the hard drive      C. manually input the sectors, cylinders, and heads      D. make the bios think it's a SCSI drive

56 . In CMOS setup, if you enable Shadowing, what happens?      A. rom memory is minimized      B. rom memory is maximized      C. rom is copied to ram      D. rom cannot be used by the bios

57 . Basic system configuration information is stored in      A. Config.sys      B. BIOS      C. ROM      D. CMOS

58 . If you enable ROM BIOS Shadowing in CMOS, what happens?      A. ROM memory is minimized      B. ROM is used in place of RAM      C. A copy of the BIOS is placed in RAM

59 . A series 100 POST error code indicates a problem with the:      A. hard drive      B. ram or rom      C. system board      D. video adapter

60 . A series 200 POST error code indicates a problem with:      A. hard drive      B. ram or rom      C. system board      D. video adapter

61 . A series 400, 500, or 2400 POST error code indicates a problem with:      A. hard drive      B. ram or rom      C. system board      D. video adapter

62 . A series 1700 POST error code indicates a problem with:      A. hard drive      B. ram or rom      C. system board      D. video adapter

63 . In a DMA transfer, which component is responsible for controlling data transfer?      A. BIOS      B. CPU      C. PCI bus      D. I/O device

64 . What type of DMA transfer will operate when a CPU is operating?      A. multitasking      B. burst mode      C. DUAL mode      D. cycle-stealing

65 . What type of software often uses the ROM BIOS?      A. system      B. application      C. learning      D. games

66 . What type of RAM "sockets" can be seen on motherboards?      A. 30 pin SIMM's      B. 72 pin SIMM's      C. 168 pin DIMM's      D. all of the above

67 . If a bank of memory, on the motherboard, is full of SIMM/DIMM memory it is called      A. Populated      B. Unpopulated      C. Complete      D. Banked

68 . Which of the following memory speeds is the fastest?      A. 40ns      B. 70ns      C. 80ns      D. 100ns

69 . This type of memory uses a clock to synchronize a memory chip's input and output signal.      A. Cache      B. DIMM      C. DRAM      D. SRAM

70 . Primary and Secondary cache uses which type of memory?      A. DIMM      B. SIMM      C. DRAM      D. SRAM

71 . Memory integrated into the processor is:      A. Main Memory      B. Pipeline Cache      C. Primary Cache      D. Level 2 Cache

72 . How many 30-bit SIMMS are required to populate a bank on a 486 system that has a 32-bit data bus?      A. 2      B. 3      C. 4      D. 5

73 . Device drivers loaded in the config.sys file is loaded into the following memory area:      A. Conventional Memory      B. Upper Memory      C. Extended Memory      D. Expanded Memory

74 . Device drivers that are loaded in Windows 3.x are loaded into the following file:      A. Config.sys      B. Registry      C. System.ini      D. Command.com

75 . Most manufacturers setup their BIOS to load into what area of memory during the boot process.      A. Conventional Memory      B. First 640K of Memory      C. Upper Memory      D. Extended Memory

76 . This is a technique for transferring data from main memory to a device without passing it through the CPU.      A. Direct Memory Association      B. Direct Memory Address      C. Direct Memory Access      D. Interrupt Request

77 . Select the devices below that would use DMA      A. Tape Drive      B. Floppy Drive      C. Sound Card      D. all the above

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